The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
MANY SERVICES
 IN BESSEMER TODAY
City'S Churches Will Have Day
 of Activity
JEWELRY STORE ENTERED
Eessemer Officials Are Vigilant In Keeping Migrants Moving-Many Drift Into the City From
 Birmingham.

Bessemer, October Special )-Tomor-
 row morning will be a day of great activ-
 ity in the churches of Bessemer. The ser
 vices of the different congregations will
 be follows:
 Cumberland Presbyterian at Il a. m in
 the city hall, The Rev E. E. Hendrick,
 who has been conducting revival ser
 vices for the past week. will assist the
 Rev. N. D. Crawford, the pastor.
 At the Trinity Episcopal church, the
 Rev. l. o. Adams, the rector, will of-
 ficiate Communion services will be held
 at Il a. m; services and sermon at p.
 n., and litany service next Friday aft
 ernoon at o'clock. The Rev. Mir Adams
 will preach Sunday afternoon at 4:SO D.
 m. at the St. Johns Episcopal church in
 Elyton.
 Sunday school and church services will
 take place at the usual hours in the
 First Presbyterian church tomorrow
 morning. The Rev. A. l.. Carter, who is
 assisting the Rev. E. E. HendriclS in the
 union meeting. will preach. The Rev. R.
 F. Gilmore, the pastor, has been quite
 i'll, but is recovering, and will occupy his
 pulpit in few weeks.
 The Rev ". E. Morris will preach to-
 morrow at the First Methodist church.
 Sunday school at 9:45.
 Sunday school and morning services will
 be held as usual in the other churches,
 but all congregations will attend tine union meeting in the city hall tomorrow night at p. m. The pastors are actively cooperating with the Rev. E. E. Hen-
 drick the evangelist, and they request their membership to go in large num- bers.
 | Every man in the city is urged to at- | tend special meeting for men at the city hall Sunday afternoon at S:9O p. m
 MT. Hendrick is said to be especially pow. | erful in his delivery on these occasions , In Birmingham the Jefferson theatre was
 packed both times that he preached tc | men.
 | There seems to be great interest aroused in this union meeting which has been in progress for the past week In spite of the rains and storms, large crowds have attended every service, and during the coming week great results are expected.
 Robbers Frustrated. A white man entered the jewelry store
 of U. Schwabacher last night at 6:3O
 o'clock and asked to look at watches. The suspicious of the clerks were aroused by his appearance, who stationed theni- selves at the door while MT. Schwabacher showed the watches. The man became restless and said that he would come
 back in a few minutes and went out. An hour later he returned and at this time the people in the store were keenly alert and watched him closely. After he | had again examined the watches, he de- | cided on a s65 one and stood around for some time, but finally walked out, saying | that he would be back tomorrow. He was followed, and it was found that there were two confederates stationed outside who joined him as he left. It is sup posed that he had intended to grab the jewelry, rush out of the store and pass the goods to his friends, making his es- | cape as best he could. The three men were dressed in common clothes and one car
 ried basket. They were not arrsted. Migrants Arrested. The vagrants from Birmingham who have become frightened by the activity of Chief Wier and his force in enforcing the vagrancy laws, drifting into Bes- semer by the dozens. Most of them are negroes, some of whom go to work al the mines and furnaces and others lie around in saloons, but they soon discover that they have not found the paradise of ease which they expected. The police com
 mission has given instructions to watch these places closely, and every night there Is a large haul of vagrants. Mayor Sulli- | F<,,x. 4o 41,A Z1,aft, N.I It is said that two saloons in the negro quarters are open all night and prove a trap in which the Birmingham immigrants are caught The police are determine ed that Bessemer shall not become the dumping ground of all the refuse of the larger city and intend to apply the same stringent rules against vagrants. Chief IT. c. Chrstlieb is now getting the office in hand and will be ready to assume personal direction in a few days. He has been busy for the past week making out reports for the quarter and putting mat ters in shape. The special men have a set of new books and are preparing to keep their own records, the detective force be- ing now a separate department under the police commission.
 Notes and Personals. The Ladies' Card club will be enter- tained next Wednesday night by Mrs. l.. A. Carlisle and Mrs. Joseph Reid at the home of Mrs. Carlisle on Beckley avenue These ladies are not members of the
 club, but are entertaining especially in its honor.
 Howard McIniry will leave tomorrow
 for few days visit to his old school friends in Auburn.
 Miss Grace Judson, who has been quite i'll for the past few weeks is much bet ter today.
 Miss Lula Hunt has returned to her home in Tennessee after a pleasant visit to Miss Laura Jones'
 An ice cream supper will be given by the ladies of the Jonesboro Baptlst church