The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-14
PEACEMAKER IS
 THE MURDERED MAN
Joe Frazier, Deceased, Good
 Negro of Means
B. Y. P. US HOT CONTEST
Mayors Courts Busy Session-Prepa- ratons for State Editors-Death of 5an lnfant-General
 News of Bessemer.

Bessemer, July 13-(Special )-Joe Fra zier. well-to-donegro miner, was killed Saturday night at Ishkooda mines, and 1 it appears to be the usual occurrence of i a peacemaker getting the worst of it. It is said that a negro man and woman were playing cards. and that the man won B from the woman, which started a l dispute, and Frazier stepped into .he room to try to stop the trouble. just as the man pulled gun and fired point blank at the woman. He missed, and Frazier blew out the light in an en- deavor to prevent further shooting. when 1 the negro fired another shot in the dark ness. evidently aiming where the light ! had been burning. striking Frazier and ! killing him instantly
 | The man who did the killing is said 10 | be a brother-in-law of the dead man. He 1 took to the woods, and up to the pres ent time is still at large.
 Frazier dug ore by contract, and is said l to have saved up a considerable sum of money.
 B. Y. p. U. Concert.
 Never before has there been such | spectacle as was seen tonight at the closing of the contest between the Reds i and Blues of the Baptist Young Peoples union in their campaign for new mem- | bers. At S:30 o'clock tonight the Baptist church had been filled to it's utmost and ! Fifth avenue was completely blocked from Nineteenth to Twentieth street with people from every direction within | of oF ! vans wagons and vehicles of every kind were still coming in completely loaded with people. A special of two large cars ] packed to standing room is just arriving i from Lipscomb.
 At last Monday nights meeting the ] Blues were behind the Reds 1874 points. but it will take an official count to tell anything about the result of tonights 1 meeting, and nothing definite will be i known as to the final result until some time tomorrow. The Blues have certain 1 ly worked like Trojans this past week l to make up their deficit, and they feel i sure that they have more than overcome i the Reds lead, and are the winners. The Reds, however, say that they have also gained large numbers of new members ! since last meeting night, and they have , no fear as to the result of the official i count.
 Fully $500 were in attendance tonight | The merchants have sold more ribbon | today than has been sold during the past | F months, the streets having been filled all day with pretty girls bedeeked in | streamers of ribbon, denotng the side on which each belonged and the men were all wearing hat bands watch fobs sand badges of the colors of their choice To fully appreciate the wild enthusiasm man. ifested by both sides, one would have had to have witnessed the throngs of people gathering around the church.
 The losing side will have to defray the expenses of some entertainment for the yictors but as yet no definite plans have been decided upon as to how they will entertain.
 City Nets GoodIy Sum.
 Twenty-one culprits faced the mayor this morning. The nine ''crap shooters who were caught Sunday were fined $15 each, and several "dIsorderlies" were fined $10 each. Some of the defendants in dis orderly conduct and public drunkenness cases did not show up for trial, and their cases were continued until tomorrow, when if they do not appear their bonds men will have to suffer fofeitures
 State Press Association.
 The editors will find a hearty welcome awaiting them on July p, for nothing Is being overlooked In arranging every little cetail to make their stay in Bessemer d memorable event.
 As the time draws nearer there will be many inquiries coming in from editors who do not know until the last moment whether or not they can come, and any citizen who has not been approached on the subject and has room at his home to entertain one or more will confer a favor on the committee by notifying either G H. Stevenson, w. P. Gum or A. C. Mitchell.
 Arrangements have been completed with the railroad and train of five coaches with a buffet car, will leave Bessemer al 5:50 o'clock on the morning of July 26 arriving at Talladega at 7:45 Leaving , Talladega at o'clock, they will arrive in Brunswick about 10 p. m. Letters from the mayor and other par. ties in Brunswick state that all arrange ments have been completed for giving ' them a royal time. The headquarters il Brunswick will be at the Hotel Ogel thorpe, and the programme arranged fol entertaining includes a trip to St. Simon: snd Cumberland islands.
 Ira, the 13-months-old child of MT. ant Mrs. B. B. Bain, died this afternoon a } Jonesboro of bronchial pneumonia Tn, child was i'll two weeks.
 Interment will take place at 10 ocloci tomorrow morning at Arnods chapel Kennedy Bros. being in charge.
 Favors New County. r MT. J. T. Schley, secretary of the Bes semer Gas company and a prominen
 broker and real estate man of Mobile wa, l visitor to the city yesterday. He ex pressed himself as being heartily in favo
 of the Ragsdale amendment and would
 Ise all of his influence for its success il | the November election.
 MILK THIEVES REAPING HARVEST ON HIGHLANDS Residents of the South Highlands ar,