The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
RUSH RANDALL Is NOW CHIEF DEPUTY Succeeds Jerry Fountain Who Recently Resigned Place HY. D. DAVIS COMING Will Pay Official Visit to Eagles of Bir- mineham District December IS.
 State Aerie to Be
 Organized.
HY. D. DAVIS COMING

Bessemer, November 23.-(Special.)-
 Rush Randall of this city has been ap-
 pointed chief deputy sheriff of the Besse- mer city court Jurisdiction by Sheriff A. w. Burgin, of Jefferson county, and he will enter upon his new duties tomorrow morning.
 MT Randall succeeds Jerry Fountain. who resigned the place some time ago to devote his entire time to the duties of state deputy grand president of the Fra ternal Order of Eagles, to which place he was appointed last summer by Worthy l Grand President Fly D. Davis of Cleve- land, o.
 l MT. Fountain will remain in the office | until MT. Randall has been thoroughly instructed in the duties of the office which 1 will be about December l, or possibly De- l cember 10. After January 1 Mir Fountain will make his headquarters in Birming- ham, from which place he will look after
 the business of organizing and instituting aeries in the state.
 | MT. Randall who succeeds to the office of chief deputy at this place is very popu- lar and has held several positions of honor | and responsibility during his seven and
 a half years residence in Bessemer For some time he was cashier for the Louis vile and Nashville Railroad company at | this place and for one term was city tax | collector. He did not ask for reelection l to this office at the last election. | The office of chief deputy at Bessemer | is an important one, the incumbent having 1 full authority in the divisional territory
 which is an important and populous one. 1 The present assistant deputies at the | Bessemer office will continue in their l present positions. They are H. B. Pat
 ridge and w. H. Ball. Besides these MT.
 Randall has several deputies stationed at
 different points, mainly mining camps in l the territory.
 1 To Organize State Aerie. 1 Grand Worthy President Fly D. Davis l of the Franternal Order of Eagles of the I United States will arrive in Bessemer De- cember 13 on an official visit to the aeries | of the Birmingham district. 1 The coming of Grand Worthy President 1 Davis will be an epoch in the history of I the order In the state and great prepara- | tions are being made for his reception and | entertainment by Bessemer aerie No. 9l3. | Bessemer lodge will be assisted in the | entertainment by the lodges at Birming- | ham, Ensley and Pratt City. One of the features of the entertainment will be banquet which will be given on l the night of December 13 at the Eagles 1 hall on Nineteenth street which has just | been completed and Is one of the hand l somest and best appointed lodge rooms in | the district
 ] Mrs. Davis, who will accompany her hus- | band on his southern trip, will be royalty l entertained by the ladies of the city. Al-A -.G. 1F tt.4 lett Nf G.--.. .1 I Worthy President Davis state aerie will | be organized at Bessemer and looking to
 this end State Deputy Grand President Jer- | ry Fountain issued a call to all the aeries l of the state for two delegates to be elect | ed and sent for the purpose of the or- l ganization.
 The first meeting of the state aerie will
 be held on the night of December 13. This 1 session will be a short one after which l all will join in the reception to be given | the grand worthy president. On the
 morning of the 14th the sessions of the
 state aerie will be resumed and the or I ganization completed.
 | There are thirteen aeries in the state, l all of them in 1ourishing condition, | and all are expected to send delegations | to the state meeting. The aeries already | in the state are located at Bessemer. Bir- | mingham, Ensley, Pratt City, Mobile, | 1 man, Decatur, Huntsville. Gadsden and l Anniston.
 The following committee from the mem- | bership of Bessemer aerie has been ap- | pointed to make arrangements for the re- | ception and entertainment of Grand 1 Worthy President Davis and also to ar- range for the organization of the state
 aerie: Jerry Fountain. w. J. Parkes. R. | T. McCabe, J. w. Swain, A c. Mitchell, | J. H. Etter and Dr. J. S. Winters.
 Bessemer aerie is in a fourshing con dition and will give the distinguished | visitor a royal welcome to the state. At | the meeting last night twenty-seven ap- pllcations for membership were received and this number may be swelled to fifty | before the middle of December, when MT. Davis arrives. The membership includes | many of the very best citizens of Bes- | semer.
 To Advance Wages.
 Official announcement has been made | that an advance of 10 per cent would be | made in the wages of men employed in the ore mines of the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron company near Bessemer De- | cember 1.
 | The news is received with great rejoic- Ing by Superintendent John D. Hanby