The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-21
TUSCALOOSA WORKS
 FOR UNION STATION
:, 6, s, and M. & 0. Roads
 Urged to Erect Building
r AIRY QUEEN BY LOCALS
Pretty operetta Given at Elks' Audi torlum for Benefit of U. D. C. and for Civic Im-
 provement.

Tusealoosa April 0-(speeial. )-Tusca- loosa, in keeping with other cities which ave outgrown thei' railroad depot ia 'iiltles is making an effort 10 secure
 new unl1n station. In line with this
 no Board of Trade has been making
 forts to help the city and at recent
 neeting adopted a resolution that the lody urge upon the Alabama Great 'outhsrn Railroad company the neces- ;ity of station on it's line commensurate
 Sith the importance of the place. It
 iises also that, if possible, it enter in @ith the Mobile and Ohio railroad and
 ulld for us a union station.
 Dr M L. Tisdale of Evergreen has leen assigned to the duty of an in-
 erne at the Bryce Insane hospital here Dr. Tlsdale was valedictorian of his class
 il the Medical department of the univer- dty at Mobile. at the recent commence
 rent which Is the reward of the most
 istinguished member of tho class. The
 ospital appointments in .aet, are only
 iven to the graduates winning the high
 st honors. and the appointment to the hospital here Is regarded as the biggest
 plum available by all of the medical
 tudents
 pr. Taylor, who was formerly on the
 taff of physicians at the hospital, and LIS lately been pursuing post graduate
 fGrk in New York, has just returned to
 he city He will be here only few
 ys. however as he has severed as connection with the hospital and will 90 to Tuskegee, where he will practice asdicine.
 The Civic Improvement society, which has accomplished a great deal in the way of street and yard Improvements and cleaning, has again this year announced q large number of prizes which will be awarded for various qualities of order and beauty In individual lawns and yards i'll the city. The rules state that no mem- Der of the society shall be eligible to compete for the prizes. The prizes of- fered are handsome and substantial in nearly every case, and will doubtless be sought after with considerable enthus- iasm.
 The senior class of the Central Female college entertained at a delightful recep- ton Thursday evening, at which there was a large and brilliant gathering. The class comprises about thirty pretty girls, representing various parts Of the state, and most of the invited guests being university students, the occasion was an unusually happy one. The young ladies were assisted in reegfinR by pr. Giles, Miss shelton Miss Deslia, Miss Car ter, Miss Kilgore and Miss Hays of the faculty.
 News has reached here of the complete destruction By fire of the saw mill Of D. o. Parker located at Duncanville, AT-l. I1t a.,1 l.. fa In the second time in little oyer year that Mr Parker has lost his mill by fire. It is supposed that the fire was of in- cendiary origin.
 A new firm has just been established here, 1t being entitled Whatley Cape hart, and located on Broad street, just one door west of the Tuscaloosa News company. The firm will be engaged in all kinds of repair and cabinet work. MT. Capeheart is an experienced machinist and MT. Whatley splendid cabinet maker and wood worker.
 MT. and Mrs. Kitchens, who have been residing here for some little time, have left, to the regret of many frierhs and acquaintances, and are now living Tor a short time in Eutaw. MT. Ki i.Nins is experimenting the placing of the long distance wire for the Amreiean Bell Tele- phone company betwten Chattanooga and New Orleans, and has his headquarters here for some time. Mrs. Kitchens Is an accomplished violinist and musician and was heard several times here with great pleasure In violin solo renditlons.
 MT. l. A. Read was brought in on the Mobile and Ohio yesterday afternoon, hav- ing had his leg broken over at his mill at Eolne Thursday. He was met at the station by the ambulance, and carried to the hotel, where he remained until the o'clock train, when he was taken to Bir- mlngham to St. Vincent's hospital
 The Fairy Queen, a very pretty little operetta, was rendered here last night at the Elks' auditorium by local talent, and entertained a large and enthusiastic audience The performance was arranged nd staged by Mrs Annie Anton of Mem phis. nd she also sang the leading role of the opera. Rosale The two other lead ing roles were sung by Miss Mary Hewell Majors, The Fairy Queen, and Mrs. J. A. Anderson, Mother Grlnt, both singing and rendering their parts splendidly. The choruses composing many young ladies an 3dgentlemen representing Gypses and Shepherds, were we'll sung and d-tastefully staged The fairies parts were taken by a number of little girls who looked the part and drilled and sang beautifully. The entertainment was for the benefit of the United Daughters of the Confederacy here and the Civic Improvement society. Quite a large sum was realized at the door last night. The performance was repeated at a matinee this afternoon, and the large audience then present consider ably increased the profit of the undertake