The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-27
FIREMAN INJURED
IN |. & n. YARDS
LIP. Mitchell Narrowly Escapes
Sudden Death
BESSEMER POLICE ACTIVE
Large Crowds Attend Football Game.
Political Rallies Held In Jones'
boro and Brighton, With
Speakers of Note.
BESSEMER POLICE ACTIVE

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the most wonderful escapes from death
ever known to the railroad employees oc-
CURED here last night in the Louisville
and Nashville yards, when a switch en-
CINE struck l.. P Mitchell and threw him
fully twenty feet without breaking any
bones.
Mr.. Mitchell was standing on the track,
checking over the cars, in his capacity as
foreman of the yard crew, when an en-
CINE, with Clip Hoeut in charge, APP
preached at rate of about forty miles
an hour, unknown to the foreman, who
was busy at his work The tender struck
him with terrible force which left him
unconscious on the side of the road bed.
| 1t took a half hour of quick work on the
part of the train crew to restore him, but
he was finally able to walk to his home.
| No apparent injuries were inflicted ex-
cept a few flesh scratches and soreness
in the muscles, which is thought to be
almost miraculous
Unknown Swede Injured.
A drunken Swede. name unknown, was
run over and seriously injured late to-
night by Jonesboro ear on Thirteenth
/ street and Hall avenue.
| He came dwon from Birmingham today,
! and had become heavily intoxicated. 1t
is not known where he was going at the
time, but he evidently sank down in a
| stuper on the track just where the car
| line turns at Thirteenth street, and the
moterman was unable to stop in time to
| prevent an accident, The body was
| dragged several yards, becoming horribly
| mangled, the head badly fractured. eye
! hall lie ht1rc md tI,o rio hr1lr
| When taken to the Robinson Handy in
! Urinary the wounds were dressed and
| there is some hope of recovery.
Sexton Arrested.
The sexton of a cemetery is supposed to
be surrounded by such environment
foretelling the future judgment. that one
| can hardly believe he would be a law
| breaker, but Bill Richardson, the sexton
| of the Cedar Hill grave yard, has laid
aside all precedents and win appear be-
fore the bar of justice tomorrow morning
to answer to the charge of burying negro
| babies without a permit. Whether it be
| matter of neglect remains to be seen.
| Dr. j. S. Winters. city physician, was
| approached yesterday by an insurance
agent for his signature ON policy of
Bertha Preston, a negro, deceased. When
| the name failed to appear on the record
| of burial permits. DIR. Winters notified
|
had lack Stein, the negro undertaken,
and Richardson, the sexton, lodged in
the county jail. Stein was fined $40 and
| costs this morning, and the other case
comes up for trial tomorrow.
1t is the duty of the city physician
to keep a close check on deaths and their
causes in order to compile statistics OF
vital Importance to the city, and the les
son of the law will probably insure their
eXactness for some time to come.
Few Pay Days.
Tomorrow will be dry day with the
furniture men and collectors in general
as their are few big pay days in the
| district. For the first time in years, the
| Woodward Iron company will postpone
the payment of its employees, they hav-
| ing changed from paying every Saturday
to every two weeks.
The United States Cast Iron Pipe and
Foundry company will be the only large
plant with a pay roll in the city, but
several smaller industries, carpenters
bricklayers and others will receive their
usual outlay of money.
The lack of pay days however, does
not change the rush of general trade
which the merchants have received dur
ing the past month. Never before has
there been such a period of prosperity,
nor more ready money among the labor
| ing people. Fall business has set In with
a promise for still greater advances in
| the winter and Christmas trade. The
| holiday goods are being received daily,
| and the jewellers are displaying beau
| tiful array of newly arrived silver, and
appropriate gifts
| Every industry in the district Is run
ming far overtime, many with two shifts
| of employees, and the present order for
iron and pipe will keep them busy far
into next year
Football Crowds.
1t was a confident. boisterous. enthusi-
astic host of young people that crowded
| the street cars en- route to the Auburn
Sewanee football game this afternoon.
| The colors of the Alabama college blew
to the winds and crowd of Bessemer
| boys gave the Auburn yeils with the note
| of foregone victory. The Sewanee aggre-
CATION was extremely quset. and really
| forgot their colors.
But an entirely de ,nt set Of faces
lined the windows OF the SD car on the
return Auburnites did not wear look
| of shame. but they We're saving theiI
yells for another day. and only a few
| girls and three alumni of Sewanee
| alighted with cheerful faces and joyful
EXPLANATIONS Bessemer is undoubtedly an
Auburon town
However, there was no fault to be
| found with the home eleven. as all agreed
| that the detenSe WIS the SliohbeSl tNSi
| seen, and at times the strength of their
onslaughts was something terrible. 1T
should have been Auburn's game fate
| seemed to be against us, for our boys
put up the better fight" seemed to be
| the general opinion.
Bessemer gets the honor. for it was her
native son that forced the only touch
down of the contest. When Lacey carried
| the ball through to the goal, the BESSIE
mer rootcrs sent up triumphant yell
that sounded far above the little squeals
| of Sewanee after her final score Our
other representative, Batson, made some
excellent end plays and tackles, and both
| were the recipients of many congratula-
lions.
Political Rallies.
With untiring energy the supporters of
| the two candidates for sheriff are laboring
| In every corner of the county Tonight
| there We're two meetings of the Stiles fac
| ton near Bessemer, one In Jonesboro
| and the other In Brighton, while the
| friends of Colonel Higdon struck re-
spondent cord in the Jonesboro beat. The
| conditions of Bessemer last "Wednesday
were repeated, there being gatherings of
| both sides in halls very close to each
other Large audiences listened to able
| addresses from local talent and displayed
greater enthusiasm than has ever been
| known in the young town only three
| months old.
At Brighton there was crowd 10 heai
several speakers from Birmingham, VINO
made strong, conservative addresses tha'
were well received Nathan L. Miller was
the first on the programme followed by
Augustus Benners and Congressman Os
| r,da address