The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-04
TALLADEGA

Tal1adega, July 3.-tSpeclal.)-A
 meeting of the Bankhead highway
 committee held here a special commit
 tee was named to meet the army motor
 convoy at the Calhoun county line
 on its trip through Talladega county
 North and East streets, along which
 the transport corps will pass through
 here, will be decorated with United
 States flags, according to plans agreed
 upon by the committee.
 l.. w Clardy's interest In the Big
 Four building on the south side of
 the square here has been purchased
 by Sam Goldberg of Goldberg & Lewis
 Dry Goods Company. MT. Goldberg,
 who already owned a part interest in
 remodeled and made suitable for a
 first-class department store, it is an
 nounced.
 Road work in Talladega county is proceeding rapidly under the favorable weather conditions which have pre- vailed the last few weeks. Highways in virtually all sections of the country are undergoing repairs, six mainte- nance outfits being at work at as many points.
 In view of the early arrival of the will be travelled through this county is being put in splendid condition. En- tering at the Calhoun county line, the convoy will pass along the Mcintosh road to Munford, this roadway having recently been thoroughly repaired. The highway leading from Munford to Tal- ladega is in excellent condition, it is reported Two outfits are now busy on the Collins ferry road, which will be used in routing the convoy from here to the St. Clair county line. In the event of rain before Monday. at which time the convoy is scheduled to reach here. the roadways will be dragged.
 Another pest has made it's appear ance in alarming degree in Talladega county in the form of the grass worm which is attacking the corn crops around Childersburg and along the Tallasahatchie creek in the lower end of the county, according to County Farm Demonstrator w. T. Coker. This worm literally strips the blades from the corn stalks. it is said. in many instances even entering the young ears and destroying them. Also, the pest increases at great rate and spreads rapidly it is reported. The bran bait formula is being recon : mended as a successful destroyer of the worm by MT. Coker.
 Prospects are none too good for or dinary fruit crops in Talladega county this season. Peaches will not be found in abundance it is reported from va rious sections of the county, while the apple trees are not overloaded. Pear trees are being seriously damaged by the blight which is destroying the inn mature forms. it is said. A certain ex perienced grower of pears in this sec tion recommends kerosene oil fumes as an effective enemy to blight. A tin can without top is filled with kero sene and tied to one of the lower limbs of the pear tree, thereby allowing the |-circulation of the fumes from the eyap- orated oil up through the branches and leaves of the tree.
 Boil weevils are more numerous in
 Talladega county than at this season
 during any previous year. states w. T.
 Coker. county farm demonstrator, who
 is urging the farmers to spray the
 plants with the calcium arsenate solu-
 tion which Is said to be very effective
 in preventing the spread of the weevil.
 Many farmers in this section are hand
 picking their cotton plants.