The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-28
FORWARD STEP IN
 LIE OF FARMER
Establishment of Rural Phone I Service of Great Aid
IMPROVED FARM IDEAS
Williamson Corn Method And Ad- ynnced Ideas on Diversified Farm Ing Are Being Used to Advant-
 age in Franklin County

Russellville, February 27.-fSpecial.) A forward step in the advancement o' farm life in Franklin county has only recently been made when rural tel enhone line was completed, running from Newburg to Phil Campbell via Bishop Town and Trapp Town, two very important villages in this coun- ty. The line was put up by a com many composed of men whose avo9- tion, directly or indirectly, is farming and who are interested in seeing 'na' V the farmers of this county get the same advantages that farmers Tn oth- CT sections are getting. This telephone line has about S5 stations and several others are yet to be added.
 Farmers in Franklin are now waking m to their own interests and are work ing for all the advanced farming ideas and rural conveniences that have been put into operation in other parts or the so,,th. With rural telephone convent ences and the rural routes which nave in the past few years been established in this county Franklin begins to prloe herself on her advancement and pros perity.
 Diversified farming is now being studied as never before and several articles from the pens of the diifereh' farmers of this county who nave ihaue certain experiments on different ines the past season have been published Ill the local paper These articles snow that Franklin county is awake to her advantaees and that her progressive farming element does not intend to Tel ! an opportunity pass that will show to inc other counties and states that this is an ideal county in every respect. The williamson corn method which was advocated the past season py 'he Auo- urn experiment station was gwen test by farmers here and the good quail ities investigated personally by stnose who had an interest In Knowing HOW the plan would work
 An office which heretofore has been a very popular one with the people oI D Franklin county and each election has found men who were always ready to apply for the position, but this time this office, if present indications stand will go "a-begging this is the rep resentative to the state legislature. No one as yet has auth orized his name
 
 even had the matter under advisement so far as we have heard. John Rigs by of Phil Campbell has about oe- cided to make the race and IL may De that a Russellville attorney will enter for this honor, though he has not as yet decided to make the race.
 It is probable that the entries into the primary have all announced, though I others have had under adyisement Tor u. vering, for the various offices. The sshe-up now is:
 Jordan, w. D. Lowery, h. J. MoooS' John H. Sibley.
 For Circuit Clerk-D. A. Maine, present encumbent. and w. R. Johnson of Red Bay.
 For .Sheriff-E. B. Winchester of Pleasant Site J. W. Lawler Of Vina' M. c. Strange and James A. Ramsey of Russellviile.
 The Franklin county public school teachers held very profitable institute in the public school building in this city Friday and Saturday. Several h subjects which were discussed nave adrawn more than the usual amount of fnterest All the teachers in this coun- H ty seem to be elated over the progress of the various schools in the county. y Friday night Prof. J. Melvin Crowell' principal of the Haleyville high school, delivered very profitable address to the teache CTS and a number of the cit- izens of this city MT. Crowell had for a subject, "The Ideal Student" A greater number of the teachers of this county were in attendance at this meeting than have ever attended ses- sion of the institute before. H. J. Willingham of Montgomery and a candidate for state superintend- ent of education, was booked for an address but because of other engage ments was not able to appear. Miss Vida Taylor, very popular young woman of the Daley commun- n sAcently. Miss Taylor had been suf- .6nths.
 News has been received in this city of the death of Rev. Porter Duboise very prominent Baptist minister. near Newburg Monday. Rev. Duboise was pastor of number of churches in this county and was a man much beloved by his people everywhere. 1
 T. F. Leftwich killed two very tne Slird dogs this week. They had become lpflicted with hydrophobia and MT ILeftwich had kept them up for num- Jber of days suspecting that they had (been bitten by dog suffering with Fabies. He purchased another bird dog Fecently but the dog left immediately hfter being turned loose. Last week MT Ieftwich received letter from a man In Mississippi saying that the dog was | Head from hydroph obia and that it had ] lon collar with the name of Left /wich upon it.
 The poll tax records of this county show that only one negro paid polls | for the year 1909. He Is Thomas J James. principal of the Russellville ne- gro public school and a true-blue demo- crat.
 Huntsville Man Dies
 Huntsville, February 27.-( Special. )-Al. bert w. Pratt father of Tracy w. Pratt president of the West Huntsville Cot ton mill. and of Russell Pratt of Sheffield died at Red Wing. Minn.. Tuesday. Ht was prominent in social and financial cir. cles and was well known in Huntsville k.Aorf Msz1aW