The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-03

to discuss the matter. pr. G. H. Denny, president of the University of Alabama. and Dr. W. D. Partlow. superintendent of affirmative, favoring the income tax. and Hon. c. B. Werner and Hon. Frank Moody against it. The speeches were able and spirited, with a good deal of interest manifested by the audience, which dissolved without taking any action one way or another. Sentiment appeared to be about evenly divided in the meeting for and against the income tax.
 lf Peter Owen, a negro from the Romu- Jus neighborhood, 10 miles west of Tus- caloosa, is lying sat the point of death at the Druid City infirmary, with frac- tured skill, the injury being inflicted by his wife with baseball bat. Peter was whipping one of his children with what his wife considered unnecessary severity, and failing to heed her entreaties to de- sist she gathered up one of the young ster's baseball bats and hit him clip about the base of the head with what will probably be fatal results.
 | Saturday at 10 o'clock in the morning Senator Van de Graft and Representative ! Bealle of Tuscaloosa county invite their constituents to meet with them and dis | cuss legislat ton at the coming session at Montgomery, which conveneS on Monday. | This unique manner of getting in touch with their constituents is the idea of the scholarly Senator Wand de Graaf, who de- ! sres to know what his people desire. 1 what their sentiment is, and especially | to receive suggestions touching local and | private legislation. So far as is known, l this is the first time in the history of Alabama that a county delegation has | set apart time for consultation with
 the voters of a county preparatory to the l representatives journeying to a session kof the legislature.
 Representative Henry T. Burkes, who
 has been in very bad health and who l recently went to Hot Springs, Ark, for | treatment, is reported as much improved. He has gained nine pounds. and writes that he feels strong enough to attend
 the special session and will accordingly get to Montgomery about the time the | session starts upon its work.
 All doubts as to whether Tuscaloosa is
 real city or not were resolved in the affirmative this morning when the wife 1 of Henry Steele, colored, lost her little
 4-year-old girl while in one of the de- 1 partment stores, and up to late hour l this afternoon had not found the child
 While sympathizing with the mother in
 her distress. Tuscaloosans are also bear ing with modest pride the evidence of
 the fact that they live in a great city,
 in which child can be really lost
 Last night at the Alabama Insane hos pitaL Dr. J. T. Searcy, superintendent for 29 years, formally turned over his
 office to Dr. w.. D. Partlow, his suc- cessor, and the occasion was made one of considerable ceremony. The employees
 and officials of the state insane hos
 pitals both at Tuscaloosa and Mt Yer
 non had raised among themselves suf- ficient funds to present Dr. Searcy with a handsome silver loving cup and the
 presentation was made by State Senator
 Sam Will John of Selma. Hon. c. B.
 Werner, resident member of the board of trustees. made an address, reviewing
 the long connection of Dr. Searcy with the institution, the progress made under his administration. and the advancement lof the Alabama Insane hospital in the es- ltimation of alienists to the front rank of institutions of the sort
 Fine cattle continue to be brought to
 Tuscaloosa county, the Raul Lumber company yesterday receiving three fine
 registered Holstein cows to be placed on their ranch, which is part of the "cut- over pine lands of this enterpriSing lum- Der company One of the cows was d
 seven gallon animal and the two others
 five gallon ones J. B. Brosius, superin- tendent of the ranch, states that the
 company is now looking about to locate
 several carloads of Holstein cows to be
 gathered and sold later in the year to
 people in Tuscaloosa county who desire
 to go into the business of supplying milk
 to the creamery now in process of erec-
 tion, and which will be ready to start Operations about the first of the year.
 Two carloads oS material for Tuscaloosa
 packing house, creamery and cold storage
 plant have arrived, and the work of pre-
 paring for these institutions Is now go- ing forward by the Tuscaloosa Railway ] and Utilities company. Manager Ross
 states that he does not anticipate any
 delays and thinks the concerns will be ready for business about January 1. Hd