The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-12
News of Tuscaloosa

Tuscaloosa, July H. - (SpeciaD
 Fou-. cases of typhoid fever. one m
 Tuscaloosa proper, two in Kaulton and
 one in Northport, have stirred She
 health authorities. The Kaulton cases
 areetraced to an infected well, analysis
 of the water of some 50 wells being
 necessary to establish the source. The
 we'll. is being treated and it's use stopped. The source of the Northport case and the one on Eighth street in Tuscaloosa have not yet been located.
 Dr. A. Kirk. health officer, is of the opinion that the river is possibly in fected. as cases have in the past been traced to it as a source. This does not mean that the drinking water of Tus-
 calocsa is dangerous; the water is fil- tered carefully and then treated with hypochlorite of lime for sterilizatl on. Recently one of the state health force was here and tested the water and stated that it was about the pr,r's drinking water to be had in the state | of Alabama.
 1 Dr. Kirk is advising the people to exercise great care, te screen their premises. fight flies, refuse to buy fruit from exposed street stands and | to be careful of the milk supply for each family. He also advises people to
 take the anti-typhoid vaccine It is certain that with the vigilance of the health officials there is going to be
 no spread of the fever in this com
 munity if watchfulness and good ad- vice will prevent.
 | Sheriff HughAs is of the idea that l Solomon Harvell. the white man who
 killed his paramour, Nina Kent, last Monday in the Kellerman neighoor- | hood is beginning to realize the seri- ] ousness of his crime and is laying the predicate for a defense on the grounds 1 of temporary insanity. Harvell is be- l ginning to complain al the confins- ment and after being assured tEat murder was not bailable offense, as | he seemed to think. remarked that ''it
 would run him crazy to have to stay
 In jail" He was cold stone sober when | the crime, Was committed and he re- 1 counted the facts to a dozen or more people and all were told the same story | of how he took a short-handled hoe and killed the woman who flouted him | after getting his money. 1 Workmen have started at the task of tearing away the old J. H. Fitts
 banking house on Broad street. fol- l lowing the demolition of the historic old Alabama State Bank building in l the rear of the Fitts bank, which was | occupied for many years by J. H. Fitts | X Go. The new building to be erected l on the site will be a modern and com Imo5ious garage and occupied by the
 "Woco Pep" motor fuel concern. The | Fitts building, as was the state bank
 building. was one of the historic land marks of Tuscaloosa of the earlier days The new building will be hand some and modern one in every respect and a credit and ornament to the city. l Tuscaloosa citizens are anxiously awaiting the arrival of a full line of | samples of United States army surplus food, together with the prices at which 1 same will be sold to the citizens Mayor | Robertson has written to the six army 1 depots mentioned. but has not yet been advised on prices. The bacon cones | in 12-pound cans, and the sample can I of bacon was opened today at the l city hall. One citizen present immcdi- | ately desired to be enrolled for 200 | pounds of it and he is not a dealer of any sort. Another householder an- | nounced that he wanted 100 pounds, | the proposition, and when the city comm issioners announce they are in position to quote prices it is predicted | that several cars can be disposed of l in and about this community.
 l At the home of Rev and Mrs. l.. O. Dawson on Twentieth avenue. Miss Tennie Williams, daughter of Mrs. B.