The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-28
ROADS IN BARBOUR IN BAD CONDITION
 H. Smallpox Scare Has About
 Died Out in Eufaula s.e&s
SCHOOLS ARE OPENED
unfavOrable Weather Prevents Work on National Highway-Sunday School Room to Be Built to
 Eufaula Methodist Church


 Eufaula, February 27.-(special )-Farm work throughout this section is sufferng a serious set back on account of the ex- cessive rains and the roads are praet- cally impossible for loaded wagons, rem dering the hauling of guano almost im- possible.
 Information has been received here that the high wind of last Tuesday did considerable damage in the southwest sec tion of Sthe county around Louisville. where trees were uprooted and fences were blown away. In one instance the home of farmer was unroofed and his residence was flooded and small houses dotted about the fields for the storage of seed cotton were for the greater part swept away by the winds.
 The county board of revenue has not been able to push the work on the ma tional highway that has extended about the Pike county line, and all work has been practically abandoned. at least until
 the soil dries out The blowing that has been done has not amounted to much and the lands are said to be badly washed l where it has progressed to any material extent Plum and other fruit trees are budding under the influence of the few
 days of warm sunshine.
 Prof. IT. Vieson, the new leader and n- | structor of the Second Regiment band of the city has arrived preparatory to assuming charge of the organization about l the middle of next month. It is his par- pose to organize well regulated orohes-
 tra. here also and he is surveying the
 surroundings with that end int,view The smallpox scare here has almost died away and the public schools reopened
 Monday, after having suspended for the period of two weeks. Several ru.a schools in the surrounding sections that closed on account of a threatened epdem- | ic of measles and humps also resumed | today, and it is thought that thesep evils have been practically abated.
 | Politics both in county and municipal
 affairs are, warming up and the candi- 1 dates have begun to shell the woods 1 Some interest in national politics are also being asserted and candidates are on the move Carl F. Price of Elba. candi-
 date for congressman at large, delivered | addresses to the citizens of Louisville, | Clio and ozark last week.
 l J. w. Seaborn and family, who have been residing here, shave moved to their l former home in Texasville, where in -tu- | ture they will make their home and where Mr. Seaborns will engage in agri- cultural pursuits the coming year. i, Tho members of the First Methodist 1 rhurih ale interesting themselves. in, the maj Ger oflerecting a Sunday school room I in connection With the edifice and to this i end a meeting was convened last week While no definite action was taken, a neat cash sum was raised among those present. and the Ladies Aid society pledged s5o0 toward the cause. A confer ence between committee that was ap-
 pointed and the stewards will take place
 soon, which, it is believed will brns
 about the desired result.
 F. R. West, an old citizen who suffered
 a slight stroke of paralysis while pur-
 suing his regular duties in his mercantile
 business here short time ago Is in1-
 porving nicely and hopes to be out again
 soon.