The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-17
FORT PAYNE WATER
 SUPPLY ID BE MADE
 PURE BY F|LTERING

Montgomery, April 16-(Special)-A soon as citizens of Fort Payne DeKalb county, were informed by the state board of health that It's epidemic of typhoid fever had resulted from contamination of it's water supply through surface closets, it immediately appropriated $500 for the purchase of a chlorine filtration plant and placed S750 in the hands of the state board with the request that it be used in a thorough cleanup of the town
 Dr. Paul P. Salter field representative, and J. W. Donley, sanitary engineer of the state health department, have re- turned from Fort Payne, where they completed the investigat tion. Analysis of the water supply showed colon bacilli and investigate of individual cases of typhoid fever showed that the patients at sometime had drunk water from the town supply. Citizens were urged to boil their water until the filtration plant could be installed. The chlorine plant of the health department will be installed until the citys new one can be delivered and built. About B cases of fever were re- ported in the town. As soon as Dr. Sal ter and MT. Donley discovered the cause about 400 citizens met in mass meeting and determined to clean up the town.
 Final plans for the annual meeting of the Alabama Medical association, which will be held in this city this week, begin ming Tuesday were completed at a meet ing of the board of censors of the as- sociation held at the Exchange hotel Monday afternoon. Members of the board present were: pr. B. L. Wyman and Dr. volI of ,ir1O baf m Tr- I. w Johnston of Tuskegee, Dr. Gay of Selma, Dr. c. A. Mohr and Dr. M T. Gaines of Mobile, Dr. Glenn Andrews and Dr. l. L. Watkins of Montgomery, and pr. Is. w. Welch, state health officer. The only absentee was Dr. w. H. Sanders, former state health officer, who could not attend because of illness.
 The meetings of the state association will be held at the Exchange hotel and will continue throughout the week.
 Determined to do it's part toward the production of food supplies sufficient to meet the needs of the nation the Jack son County High school of Scottsboro has announced that its sessions in the future will continue throughout the year in- stead of only nine months, and that a schedule will be arranged so boys and girls from the farms may attend school one week and spend the next week on the farms in putting into practical use the things learned in school.
 This is the first time In this state that such a school system has been estab- lished It is proposed to give much at tention to agricultural methods and to permit students to attend only every other week in order that they may at once get practical results from the time spent in school. Although details of the system have not been worked out, it is probable that two sets of classes will be organized Attention will be given one week to the students who will spend the next week on the farms, while the fol lowing week will be given to those whc remained at home the week before.
 Prof R P Wills. principal of tho school, is given credit for working out the system The Jackson High school will be the first high school in the state to run throughout the year. Two years ago the Florence Normal school established the system of teaching
 throughout the year and it is no" growing until it has reached several other state schools.
 Huston Harris of Lamar county, whc was -releas sed on parole by Governor | O'Neal December IT, 1914. was ordered returned to the penitentiary to com plete 12-year term for second degree murder by Governor Henderson Mon Qdy. 1ne RONeFHOT Sdlu IIdll ID Lets' violated the terms of his parole.
 Governor Henderson has appointed E. L. Smith of Carrollton a member of the jury commission of Pickens county. He will succeed W. F. Kirk patrick, who resigned in September. Lorenzo Ferguson (Fuzzy) Woodruff, native of Montgomery and one of the best known newspaper men in the south, returned to his native haunts nT1 l., of the Montgomery Advertiser. MT. Woodruff succeeded Taylor Kennerly, who resigned after two years service to take up newspaper work in New York Mrs. Kennerly, who had been a contributor to the wOmens section of The Advertiser. also has accepted a position with a New York syndicate.
 Mir. Woodruff has spent a greater part of the past two years in Atlanta. where he was employed as sporting editor and magazine writer for the Atlanta Georgian and Sunday Ameri- can sxsWl
 Governor Henderson left Monday night for Birming gham. where he wifi represent the state government at the annual meeting of the United States Good Roads association. Governor Henderson is on the programme for an address.
 C. brOOKS smith. Stdle insurance commissioner, has gone to Des Moines. Iowa, to attend the National ConveE- ton of Insurance Commissioners of the United States
 J. M Moore, state food. feed and drug clerk, has goen to Memphis, to attend a special meeting of food of ficials of the southern central statas who will attempt to make uniform plans for the protection of the south eastern farmers during the food crisis
 Notice of the incorporation of the Acme Coal company al Dora. Walker county. with an authorized capital of $2000 and a paid in capital of 5000, has been received by the secretary of state. Those interested are J. B. Baird, Lottie Baird. and c. l. Jones.