The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
CRAIG SPEAKS IN SELMA
CONGRESSMAN UNVEILS ON WORK
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Hopes to Bring Experts to Middle Aiabama to Discuss BoiI Wee / vil--News of the
 Central City.

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 Central City.
 Selma. Dec. 29.---( -(Speciap-To the members of the Commercial and In- dustriai Association at the meeting held in the Association rooms on Wa ter street. Congressman William B. Craig made a most interesting talk upon agricultural subjects.
 Mir. Craig is a member of the Com mittee of Agriculture of the lower House and since he has been in Con- gress has given considerable time to the study of all subjects pertaining to agriculture and is well yersed in
 regarding the growing and planting of crops. He Is endeavor- lng 10 get the Department of Agricul- ture to send to Selma during Febru- ary or March an expert on the boil weevil question to address the farm CTS of Dallas county and Central Ala bama. The boil weevil Is scheduled to appear in Central Alabama a year from now he stated. and he thought 1t would be good piaE to have the farmers addressed upon q subject which Is of such importance to them
 Mir. Craig told the meeting that the government had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to destroy this cotton pest but had finally arr rived at the decision that the pest could not be destroyed but would have to be combatted intelligentiy.
 Mir. Craig also addressed the meet ing on the question of farm irrigation and told of the steps in that direc- tion which the government was talk ing in this section and how eventual iy he hoped to have established near Selma government experimental sta ton.
 MT. Craig said that the farm of T. B. Woods near Selma was a good il- lustration of the good which irriga- tion would do: that Mir. Williams. the irrigation expert, had found an en- thusiastic supporter in him and was we'll pleased with what he had done.
 Mir, Craig said that the farmers of Central Alabama were now facing crisis and which would be upon them next year with the appearance of the boil weevil. There were two fmpor- tant things for them to do to avoid this crisis he said. One was for them to divide their large plantations into small farms and the other was for them to irrigate these small farms and in this way they would be able to raise crops and be more independent than they would be with large farms.
 Ticket Agent Appointed.
 With the opening of the uptown tick ct office of the Southern Railway in the Hotel Albert building about January 1, there will be several changes in railroad circles here. The official appointments hove not been received yet but will probably be made in the next few days.
 Unofficially it was announced here today that Emmett S. Sullivan, who at present hold the position of ticket agent at the Union passenger station, will be promoted to the position of city passenger and ticket agent and will have charge of the uptown of- flee.
 Joe Lawson. who is now assistant ticket agent at the Union passenger station, will be mada ticket agent there. Who will succeed MT. Lawson as assistant has not been named yet.
 The re- opening of the uptown tick ct office by the Southern Railway will prove a source Of great convenience to the patrons of that line in thls city. The office which the road formerly occupied has been secured and will be opened as soon after the first of the year as possible.
 Court Opens aIondny.
 The winter term of the City Court of Selma will be formally opened next Monday morning with Judge J. W. Mabry presiding.
 Little business will be transacted by the court during the first week but or. the second Monday the grand jury and the petit juries willNbe em- panneled and the court will get down to work.
 There are but few cases On the docket of the court and 1t Is expected that the session will be a short one.
 County to Buy Bl0odhounds.
 committee from the Court Of County Commissioners consisting of Julien Smith and Dr. W. c. Phillips, left this morning for Wetumpka. to view the work of some bloodhounds which the State has for sale. The county proposes to purchase pack of bloodhounds which will be used in eontunction with the working of the public roads of the county and if the dogs work satisfactorily the commit tee will purchase them.
 Marriage of MT. Pettus And Miss
 Dawson.
 A pretty and quiet wedding was solemnized this afternoon at 3 o'clock at St. Pauls Episcopal Church, when Mir. Edmund Winston Pettus and Miss Mary Dawson were married in the presence of large and fashionable gathering of relatives and friends.
 The church was appropriately and tastefully decorated for the occasion with stately palms potted ferns and