The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
DALLAS ID FIGHT
 THE BOIL WEEV|L Meeting of Citizens Satur-
 day Week in Selma
COURT MEETS TODAY
Sessions of Federal Court Will Be Pre- sided Over by Judge TOulmin of Mobile-Packet Brings Heavy
 Cargo From Mobile

selma, November 6.-(Special 1.-The in- vasion of the boil weevil in Dallas coun- ty and central Alabama will bring about a serious condition, and which to avert the farmers of this section of the state will have to act in concert. To get this concert of action from the farmers of Dallas county and central Alabama, Farm Demonstration Agent John Blake of Dal- las county and the Selma Chamber of Commerce have issued a call for a meet ing which will be held in the court room of the courthouse here at 10 o'clock on the morning of Saturday, November 16.
 Practically every farmer in Dallas coun- ty, white and black, as well as in ad- joining counties, will receive a card in- viting him to attend the meeting. The boil weevil next year will prove a se- rious question to the rural residents of this section of the state, and the meet ing which is to be held here is being sup ported by the business men of Selma. The meeting which is to be held Is being ar ranged through the efforts of Farm Dem onstration Agent John Blake of Dallas county and the Selma Chamber of Com merce.
 AlitduG d SOod programme lldS Dttn arranged and four good speakers have been secured. among them Col. Sam Will John, State Demonstration Agent B. l.. Moss, Jesse. M. Jones, district demonstra- ton agent and Dan T. Gary.
 U. s. Court Today
 The November term of the northern di- vision of the southern district of the United States court of Alabama will con vene in Selma at noon Thursday The session of the court will be presided over by Judge Harry Toulmin of Mobile.
 Chiffon Couple Weds
 In his office at the courthouse wednes- day morning Probate Judge P. II. Pitts married Miss Laura Nix to Charles Glass cock, both of Chiffon county. The mar riage was runaway affair.
 Brought Large Freight
 The Alabama river packet Mary S. Blees" reached the Selma wharf from Mobile late Wednesday night, bringing to this city a large load of cotton and cotton seed besides miscellaneous freight Early Thursday morning the Mary S. Blees will leave for Montgomery with a very small freight for the up-river landings. The boat is expected to reach the Selma wharf on the return trip to
 
 point will take on a large load of com pressed cotton for export.
 socialist or prohibition party been tab ulated
 The congressional race in seven of the I2 Michigan districts still was in doubt, as also was the make up of the next state legislature, which will elect successor to United States Senator William Alden Smith. In the latter case, however the republicans appar- ently had a slight lead
 The constitutional amendment grant ing woman suffrage, which, according to early returns, seemed to have been carried by a safe margain, may have been defeated.
 Ferris. democrat. for governor, will have a plurality of probably 10000 to 12,000, but the remainder of the state ticket apparently will be republican by safe margin.
 Iowa
 Des Moines, la. November 6.-With all most complete returns from 73 out of the 99 counties in the state available tonight Wilson continued to maintain his earlier lead over Roosevelt, with the majority for the counties indicated of more than lS,O0O.
 For 5S of the counties the vote was complete and in the remainder nearly so, the count including 20 precincts. estimat- ed and ,,tood as follows; Taft S2.271, Will son 12S,6l7 Roosevelt 115,139.
 United States Senator Kenyon, republi- can, is practically certain of reelection Returns from legislative districts through out the state indicate that the republi- cans have at least S2 members on joint ballot. one more than majority.