The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15
FOR CIVIC IMPROVEMENT CLUB MischievOuS Boys Destroy
 While Club Builds FURNACE STARTS WORK Entertainment Committees of the Press To Meet-An oId-Fashioned
 Concert-Personal and Gen.
 eral News of Bessemer.
FURNACE STARTS WORK
By J. F. LEE.

beSSemef, July 14. - Special - Tn 0 ladies of the Civic Improvement club, in making the improvements at the City park, took a step that every citizen will appreciate--but they have a prob. lem facing them now that will result in the undoing of all their good work, unless solved at once.
 The small boys that frequent the park are thoughtless of the destruction that they do in their playful and mis- chfevous ways, and 1t will be useless to spend money beautifying the place un- less there is some provision made for caretaker to spend at least a part of his time on the premises It is thought that when the boys learn that some one is apt to drop in on them at almost any time during the day they will soon learn not to do so much mischief There are other places about the city that the ladies intend bea utifying, just as soon as the work at the park is in- ished, so there will be enough work in keeping the places in good shape to keep a caretaker busy all of his time. In order to carry on this good work
 
 zens, they have started a subscription list, which The Age Herald will pub fish each day for one week. The la dies fully realize the scarcity of money but the small sum of 8M cents per month from a few citizens will easily defray all expenses, and will add greatly to the appearance of the town.
 The following is a list of those who have already subscribed:
 N. O. Nelson, $1O; R. F. Smith, ST. W. H. Lewis. s1; George Davies, $1 Lacey Edmundson, s1; David Fulton, $1; F. B. Buck, $1: T. J. Bissett, s1; Hugh Me Eniry. s1; W. c. Chandler, s1; Sam Romano. $1 J. H. Maxon, s1; Grand hotel s1 A. D. Maddox $1; total, $23.
 The payment of $1 makes you an hon orary member of the club, and pays your dues for one year. The ladies will spend the money judiciously and the citizens will have no regrets Tn having spent this small amount for such a purpose.
 Send your name to the Bessemer bu- reau of The Age Herald, and 1t will b 3 turned over to the ladies of the club, who will call on you for the amount specified.
 Entertainment Committee Meeting.
 There will be a meeting of all chair men of committees for the entertain ment of the press in the lobby of the Grand hotel on Wednesday afternoon at o'clock, and in addition to this call all citizens who will take editors for | the two days are urged to come and meet with the committee. It is very important that homes be secured i7 plenty for the crowd which will be here next week, and 1t behooves every citizen to assist in the entertainment of the guests of the city. Furnace No. Brown In. The torch was applied today to the Woodward Iron company's No. fur mace, which has just been rebuilt This will increase the output of the plant several hundred tons of iron per day and the blowing in of this large iron produced is indicative of better times ahead
 Blues and Reds Play Ball. The Blues and the Reds, the two fac lions of the Baptist Young Peoples Union which have Just closed one of the most novel contests of its kind ever be- fore heard of in the district, have formed
 
 Friday at the Fourth Avenue ball park The contest is still the talk of the town, owing to the fact that 1t aroused more enthusiasm than anything that has happened for a long time and a large crowd will no doubt witness the game. The following is the lineup of the teams:
 Blues-Craig, catcher; Milton, pitcher; Randel. first base Edmundson, second base: Johnson, third base; McEniry, short stop; Morton, left field Langford, right field; Lefkovits, center field; E. Ran dle, manager
 Reds-Childress, catcher; Reddick, pitch CT; Sykes, first base; Bailey, second base; Clay, third base; Bumgardner, short stop; Kennedy, left field; Adkins, right field; Nailor, center field Percy Benton, manager.
 An "OId-Fashioned" Concert. The following is the programme of the "Old- Fashioned Concert that is to be given Friday night in the new pavilion at the City Park, by the music pupils of Mrs. Annie M. Crow, the proceeds | to go to the fund of the Civic Improve ment club:
 Part I-The following pupils will each l render selections: Alice Granger, Zelna | Lefkovits, Dortey Moody Beryl Primer, Virpinia K aith oh