The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-16
TIME LIMIT WILL
EXPIRE ON FRIDAY
The Virginia Relief Committee
Makes Report to Citizens
CUNNINGHAM TO SPEAK
o. A. Little, Charged With Shooting
Sweeny, Is Bound Over to the
Grand Jury-other News
of Bessemer.

Bessemer, March Especial THE
time limit for candidates to file their
names with Chairman e. L. Mitchell of
the Subcommittee, in order to have them
printed on the ticket to be voted for in
the primary next Monday, will expire FRI
day Most of the candidates have already
put up their entrance fees and from all
indications the election will be one of the
livliest Bessemer ever had
While the mayoralty contest Is devoid
of interest on account of J. J. Sullivan
running a solitaire race, there are num-
erous candidates for aldermen city clerk
and chief of police.
For the eight aldermanic places there
are about twenty-five candidates. -Four
candidates are in the race for chief of
police and four for city clerk and treas
urer.
Makes Excellent Report.
At the mass meeting called by Mayor
Huey to hear the report Of the Virginia
mine relief committee at the city hall to-
night a report was submitted giving the
detail work Of the committee The show
ing made Is an excellent one, and the
members received the warm endorsement
of the citizen
Jerry Fountain, chairman and u.
Schwabacher. treasurer, gave a detail re-
port of the work of the committee Mr..
Schwabacher's report was as follows:
Amount collected by the committee, s504S;
amount disbursed, s472o; amount on hand.
s32S. The total cost of distributing the
funds, which has engaged the members
OF the committee for the past three weeks,
was SIG
1t was decided that no more money
would be distributed from the Bessemer
fund only in a case of an emergency.
but that hereafter tEe weekly allowances
of the widows and orphans would be paid
from the Blrr,''- fund.
Daughters Of confederacy.
The Bessemer chapter United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy held an Interest,"
ing meeting Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs j. w. Carter. 1t was de-
c!ded to arrange for card party after
Lent on April 81. the place to be an
nounced later.
The following delegates were elected
to the state convention which meets in
Mobile in the latter part of May: Mrs.
Chambers McAdory and Mrs. w. d. La
nier. Alternates elected are; Mrs. j. w.
Carter and Mrs. ]. H. Hard
The next meeting of the chapter will
be held at the home Of Mrs. M. j. Boots,
at Jonesboro.
Little Bound Over.
In the preliminary hearing of o. A.
Little, charged with shooting w. S.
sweeny. president of the United Mine
workers local at Blue Creek, today JUS
tiee OF Peace S. j. Tillman bound the
defendant over to the grand jury in a
bond of 5000. The shooting OF Sweeny oc-
Cured on December 20. near his home.
His wounds were not serious,
Cunningham to Lecture.
At a meeting of the Board of Educa-
ton last night Governor r. M. Cunning
ham was invited to deliver the COM
mencement address before the graduating
class of the Bessemer High school on
the evening of June 1.
Last year Congressman Oscar w. I'M
derwood delivered the commencement ad-
dress.
The board recommended to the City
Council that DR.. f. p. Lacey and DR..
j. H. Downing, whose terms have ex-
pired, be reelected. the election of the
two members will take place next Tues
Gay night