This judgeship was created by a
special act of the legislature, de
I spite bitter opposition by several
lawyers of Birmingham. and is
destined to handle divorce and wom
i en and children’s problems, Judge
Mayfield will sit as a judge of con
current purisdiction with Judge S. I).
, Murphy in what was formerly tho
juvenile court. She will take charge
i of her seat on arrival o£ her e:>m
mission from Montgomery.
1 Mrs. Mayfield is a daughter of M.
V. Henry, county treasurer, and has
for seven years b£en assistant
county treasurer. She is chairman of
| the <Vomen’s Democratic club. Mrs.
Mayfield was admitted to the bar
in 1920. She was born in Birming
I harti and has lived here all her life.
She is the wife of C. T. Mayfield.
! traffic manager of the Tennessee
j company.
Besides being the only woman
judge in the state. Mrs. Mayfield
is one of the youngest judges ever
; to sit on an Alabama bench.
BIG CITRUS CROP
Florida To Produce Total of 20,000,-*
OOO Boxen
GAJNESVJBBE. Fla.. Sept. 29—.
. Productions of citrus fruits in Flori
j da for the season of 1923-24 is esti
l mated at 20.000.000 boxes, according
j to a special citrus report issued to
! day by the agricultural statistician
of the local bureau of economics of
{ rlie United States department of ag
! j iculture. Of this total about 12,
, 000.000 boxes will he oranges and
j S,000,000 boxes grapefruit.
i.ast season the commercial crop
j totalled 16.900.000 boxes, of which
about 9.700.000 boxes were oranges
| and 7,200,000 grapefruit.
