The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-27
9ESSEMER HAS A
 TRADE REVIVAL
Merchants Are Awaking to the
 City Importance
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE GOOD
General Outlook for White and Col cred Schools Is for Most Successful Term-Items of Personal
 and General Interest.

Bessemer, September 26.-(Special)- Text week marks the opening of the fall leason for the dry goods and millinery merchants of this city, and the coming eason promises to be one of the most Mccessful they have ever enjoyed.
 Shipments have been arriving in large luantities during the past week, and by he time Monday rolls around most Of he fall stock that is to be received, will lave arrived and placed sale.
 There will be several millinery open ngs, among them being that of Brick ind Lefkovits, Rarden & Sons, B. L. hichaelson and Sol Erlick.
 The millinery openings given by the merchants of this city compare favor lbly with those given in any other city n the south. They employ the most ex- lert help for the entire season, and nat Iraily they are entitled to a fair amount If trade The question has often been lsked why do the shoppers of Besse- her go into Birmingham to buy their hll goods, and the answer has always Ieen because they could not get what hey wanted in Beseemer.
 Tie merchants either had the stun ,n the road or else, they did not handle |, because they had such few calls for l. It is matter of fact that up to one honth ago, a pair of pajamas could not Ie purchased in this city. If the mer- Ihants expect to compete with Birming- lam or any other place, they have got b carry the stock, and this will be the oh let and hold the trade.
 This year they seem to have walked up lp the fact that there were people even h the city limits that did some little nading and the result has been that hey have spread themselves and put ln tocKs to meet all demands. = Schools We'll Filled.
 The attendance at the public schools so far has been very gratifying to the tchool board, and it is expected that be- lore the session is much older, great many more students will have enteree. The white schools are comfortably hlled at present and the recent addition To the Clarendon avenue school will De he means of accommodating a good many shildren that ordinarilly would not have been able to enter just at this time
 The showing made al. the colored schools Is very gratifying, especially so, since the eolored children are always little late In getting started
 Superintendent Dill states that he IS sery much pleased with the general out look. and looks forward to one of the host successful seasons the schools have hver enjoyed.
 The special men appointed by Mayor Rush to look into the matter of the color ed children entering school who were hot in the school limits, have submitted their reports. and it was found that there were only fourteen enrolled, who were hot eligible to scholarship without special payment.
 Colonel Godfrey's Plans.
 A rumor has ben current on the streets Tor several days past thab Colonel God trew. the solicitor of Bessemer, was go- hg to resign and move with his family To Meridian, Miss. Nothing definite has been learned regarding the matter, but If he does decide to leave the position Mil necessarily be left vacant, and just 1t this time it will have to be filled with put delay. This is the busy session of he city court and owing to- the illness bf Colonel Godfrey. Ben Perry has been looking after his interests for him. It B understood that If Colonel Godfrey Ioes leave that Ben Perry would most likely be appointed by Judge Jackson to .h . position, inasmuch as he is a lawyer G N familiar with the duties that devolve bpon the solicitor
 Personal and General.
 F. P Whatly has returned to the city liter a pleasant visit to Demopolis
 Claude Burgin left this afternoon for sadsden, for ten days stay.
 Miss Elise Robinson left yesterday for Lynchburg, Va, where she goes to enter the Randolph Macon college.
 Mrs. J. D. Trammell and Miss Mullins H Muscogee, Fla, are visiting MT. and Mrs. T. A. Moore.
 J. S. Sykes, Jr., who has been residing h Mississippi for the past year, has re- turned to the city and accepted perma- lent position.
 Thomas J. Bissett, ex-alderman of this .ity. was in the city this morning on business. MT Bissett is now making his home in Birmingham but he stated that Bessemer looked mighty good to him, par Hcularly since he had been away for some lime.
 Sam Rosenbaum of csadsden was in the sitr this morning, shaking hands all lround
 Gus Speed of Boligee arrived in the city ts morning, and has accepted posi- ko, u,it1, KepuAdv Rr0s