Farm bureau officials have urged
the planters to make haste and
combat the insect and there is a
great demand for poisons, which will
be dusted on the cotton plant. Ac
companying reports of the wide
prevalence of the cotton worm are
reports of great swarms of grass
hoppers which have appeared in the
cornfields.
TO INSPECT DRAINAGE
Drainage projects of Morgan
county again will receive close at
tention next week, according to a
letter received today, by the health
department from Col. William D.
Wrightson, who stated he would
spend next week inspecting projects
and otherwise assisting the health
departments of Morgan and Lauder
dale counties. Colonel Wrightson
will arrive in Morgan county Mon
day, spending three days here, after
which he will go to Florence for
three days.
HITS SHORT CIRCUIT
M. Blackmon, operator of an ele
vator at the Cooper Wells knitting
plant here, suffered a narrow es
cape from serious injuries when he
was caught by a short circuit wire,
lie was held by the current until
rescued. He was revived soon and
seemed to suffer no ill effects.
DRUGGIST WINS PRIZE
H. O. Cridel. prominent young
druggist of Albany, has been
awarded $25 as winner of first prize
in a letter writing contest conducted
by the National Remedy company, he
was advised Thursday.
PUSHES VOCATIONAL WORK
Miss Margaret Schook. successor
to Hugh B. Grant, secretary of the
vocational training department or
the Alabama department of educa
tion, is visiting in Morgan county.
J. A. HUMPHREY DIES
Funeral services will be held Fri
day afternoon for James Alex Hum
phrey. aged 82 years. who died
Thursday afternoon at the home of
his son, Phillip Humphrey, on Canal
street. The body will be conveyed
to Madison, Ala., for interment.
