The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10
RAISE FUNDS FUR
 NEW WAREHOUSE BeSSemer Citizens Promise to
 Do Their Part RECEPTION TO RAGSDALE Jonas Mossu Negro Wanted for Mur- der In Sumter County Three
 Months Ago, Caught In
 Birmingham.
RECEPTION TO RAGSDALE

Bessemer, August 9.-(Speclal)-A meeting held this afternoon at the Reble hall by the Board of Trade and a com mittee appointed by the Farmers union, arrangements were made and a commit tee was appointed from the Board of Trade to solicit subscriptions from the merchants of Bessemer for the purpose of either subscribing stock in the proposed warehouse or else subscribing the amount necessary for the purchase of the land on which to erect the building. The commit tee appointed by the board have already succeeded in raising q couple thousand dollars, and there is no doubt but that the amuont will be fai1ed without trouble. The meeting was well attended and every effort will be made by the two committees to rush the work along. The Farmers union has long wanted such q warehouse. and it only remains now for the merchants of the city to do their part in order to make the movement a de- cided success.
 Reception for RagsdaIe.
 A mass meeting was held this afternoon at the Rebie hall for the purpose of per fecting plans for the reception to be &C., corded Dr. Ragsdale in the near futuro. committee consisting of Messrs Wclch. odell, Estes Morton Lopez, Huey and Crook were appointed to perfect tho ar engagements for the reception, and 1t promises to be one of the most success ful ever given in this city. Invitations will be extended to every one in this end of fhA ,f,r f1 |. eeption and help along the good work that has been already been accomplished by the doctor.
 Negro Wanted In Sumter.
 Detectives Patton and Parsons made an important arrest this morning when they caught Jonas Moss, colored wanted for murder in Sumter county. It is alleged that Moss killed a man named Alb Neal about three months ago by beating him to death with a stick. As soon as the deteo- Gives were notified that the negro was supposed to be in Bessemer they went ou a still hunt for him, and had him lo- cated within forty minutes after receiving the message. The negro was working for J. H. Meeks on Nineteenth street and was
 
 the officers first walked up on him and began questioning him. he stoutly denied that he was the man wanted, but when Detective Patton told him that he was in possession of evidence that would con- vict him, he admitted that he was the man. A message was sent to the sheriff of Sumter county, and he replied to hold the man, that he was coming at once. The arrest is considered a very im- portant one, as the negro has been at large for three months, and the entire district has been secured in the search for him.
 Personal and General.
 After being idle for the past few months undergoing much needed repairs, the big iron making furnace, No. 2, of the Tan nessee company has at last been put in proper shape and was started up this morning. large amount of work has accumulated on account of No. being out of service, and every effort will now he made to catch up.
 The furnace has a capacity of 200 tons daily and this will mean that the raw material that has been on hand for some time will be reduced considerably within a very short time.
 City Furnace Starts Up.
 Judge and Mrs. Mayfe,1 of Tuscaloosa dTe NlSllulS MT duu hTS. 1OIudS Huey.
 Wiley Jones spent some time in the city yesterday.
 MT. and Mrs. s. J. Tillman left yestcr- day for Oklahoma
 Miss Abbie Wiggs of Blocton is visit ing Miss Elizabeth Mitchel.
 Walter Carroll received q telegram this afternoon from Chester Tubbs, one of the best known men in Bessemer, requesting that he send s1O by telegraph quick as he was strictly up against it, and he d.dF not know a soul in dear old Savannah. MT. Tubbs stated that he had met a crowd of friends and as usual he got the worst end of the deal. MT. Tubbs left here about two weeks ago to go to the Jamestown exposition, and it seems that the birds did not fly in the right way lie is expected back in the next few days, but hls friends are wondering just how long that ten spot will hold out.