The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-08
SCOUT TRIP FROM
 MOBILE ID SELMA Many Delegates to Attend Alabama Good Roads
 Association

Mobile. october 7.-(Special )-Greatest interest has been aroused in the proposed
 scouting trip from Mobile to Selma, on the occasion of the meeting of the Ala
 bama Good Roads association, October
 25, and it is now believed that at least
 a dozen cars will be in the procession, all
 headed for Selma, when 1t leaves Mopiie
 on the morning of October 23. Arrange ments are being made for pilot parues
 to meet the Mobile autoists at various
 points, and a number of lnformal Sooi
 roads meetings will be held en rou'e'
 It is planned to reach Selma on the morn ing that the convention opens. The at tendance from Mobile will, it is expected,
 he large as delegates will be appointed
 by all three commercial organizations as
 we'll as by the good roads associa'loh and the board of road revenue connis-
 sioners. Advices received from Varions
 places along the proposed route are u
 the effect that there is great enthusrlasm
 over good roads, and it is believed me
 scouting trip from Mobile to Selma will
 materially aid in the construction or ah
 automobile road between the two cities,
 which will be a link in the proposed
 road from the lakes to the gull.
 There is, apparently, little interest m
 the proposition to annex a considerable
 section of territory to the west of the
 city limits, an election for Whlch has
 been called for October 24, notwithstand-
 ing the fact that newspaper contro-
 versy, conducted by interested parties,
 has been on for some time. The recent
 action of the board of city commissioh-
 CTS in doubling the water rate 10 coii-
 sumers, supplied from city mains, ous-
 side of the corporate limits Will, IL Is pe-
 licved. be instrumented in strengthening
 the vote in favor of the proposition. inc
 action of fire insurance companies In
 applying a fourth class rate to property
 outside of the limits, owing to recent
 ruling in effect that the Mobile ire de-
 partment could not answer alarms over
 inc line.~ will also have an effect. About
 9o0o people reside in the territory affected. and it is the general belief that a large
 majority favor annexation to the city. pailroads have been crowded to their
 capacity in the handling of bananas dur ing the past week, a number of steamers
 regularly plying between New Orleans and Central American ports in the frult trade having been diverted to MoDle
 on account of the inability of the llli-
 nois Central to handle the traffic On
 account of the strike Every refrigefa-
 tor car available on the Mobile and Ohio
 railroad been ordered to Mobile and so
 far the business has been handled
 promptly. All railroads are experiencing
 delay in handling freight, owing to scare
 ity of cars of all classes due to the trou- ble on the Hartman lines.
 There is talk of a strike among the seamen at this port, principally those engaged in fruit steamers, who demand standard scale of wages and equal lib erty for the seamen shipped in other countries with those shipped in the Uni ted States The steamer Agnella. fruiter. left port several days ago with partial crew of negroes, white sailors other than those under contract from foreign ports refusing to sail on the vessel. It is expected that the seamen will make a demonstration when the yes- sel returns to port, probably in about ten days
 The remains of the vicar general of the Mobile diocese of the Catholic church, Very Reverend c. T. O'Callaghan who, for the past A years has minstered to the people of St. Vincents parish in this city. were laid to rest this morning in the Catholic cemetery, the funeral being one of the largest ever held in the city. After being prepared for burial and encased in a magnificent casket the body
 reposed in state at the church from g o'clock Friday afternoon until o'clock; this morning, and during that time a constant procession passed the bier Pontifical high mass was celebrated at 9 o'clock this morning, nearly every. priest in this section being in attendance. besides many from different parts of the state and other states, and the, church was crowded to the doors. The old system of disposing of garbage. by dumping 1t in various sparcey settled