The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-24
TUSCALOOSA WILL
FIGHT BOIL WEEV|L
Believed Pest Will Reach
Jefferson by Next Year
TO TAKE UP PAVING
George Brown of Birmingham Tusca-
loosa Railway and Utilities Co.
Coming to Give Information
Concerning the Work

Tuscaloosa, September ga -tSpecialo
In an effort to take steps to mead OH
the advance of the bool weevil in rus
caloosa county and to prepare the far
mers and instruct them in the best
methods of fighting the pest, meet
ing of the boil weevil committee Of the
Tuscaloosa board of trade has been
called for next Saturday morning at
the Board of Trade rooms here. Far
ley Maxwell, who is chairman OF the
committee, urged all the members to
attend and he has sent out letter to
each one calling attention TO the fact
that the weevll is already invading this
county and according TO the opinion OF
DR.. w +. Kinds, state entomolosist,
great harm to the cotton crop of this
county will be done during the coming
year. IT is stated by the experts who
have recently been in this county that
before Snext year the weevil will have
crossed the entire width of Tuscaloosa
county and will have reached as far as
Jefferson county.
In response to a telegram from the
city commissioners of Tuscaloosa,
George J. Brown, vice president and
general manager of the Birmingham
Tuscaloosa Railway and Utilities conf
pany, states that he will arrive in this
city on or about October A. 1t is ex-
pected that some definite information
will be obtained by the city commits
sion and the people generally on that
date concerning the probable time of
completion of work on the electric car
line, the power plant and the gas
works here which the company is un-
der contract to have finished at an
early date.
One of the most important matters
which the commission has to take up
with the company is the paving of the
streets between the car tracks. There
are many blocks of paving between the
tracks and at the intersections which
must be done by the car company and
the city commission is very anxious to
have the work done at once.
The city commission today canvassed
the returns in the election for city conf
missioner held Monday and Hugh Prince
was formally declared to be elected. A
resolution was also adopted commencing
w III. Nicol, the candidate receiving the
second highest number OF votes in the
F.. first race, but whose withdrawal from
the second race YVES announced last week,
for allowing his name to go on the ticket.
There was some doubt on the part OF the
attorneys as to Ihe legality of the cleo
tion of Prince, should the name of Nicol
/, lie
Withdrawal, Nicol consented for his name
to appear on the ballot. The canvass
by the commission today showed that
Z Prince had received 265 votes and Nicol IA
An orga nization of another church III
Tuscaloosa was affected Monday night
and new house or worship is to be con-
structed by the congregation, which will
be known as the First Christian church
Of Tuscaloosa. The organization is the
result of a series of tent meetings which
have been conducted here for the pa st
several weeks by the Rev. S. p. Spigel,
the state evangelist of the Christian
church. More than 50 members of the
new church are already organized into
the new religious body.
The board of elders comprise the fol-
lowing we'll known men of Tuscaloosa
@. V. Crabtree j. S. Thomas, l.. S. San
ford and W f. Bowers The board cf
deacons are f. l.. Clarkson c. NJ. Joiner,
Jr., Otto Marie e ~ Bowers and c. ..
McEniry.