The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-20
BESSEMER GIVES
 FUND ID VETERANS Council Donates S100 To Aid
 In. Entertainment VERY SHORT SESSION HELD Many Are Discussing Election Results With lnterest-Personal and Gen eral News of Bessemer and
 Vicinity.

Bessemer, May 19.-(Special.) 1.-The Bes- semer City Council met this evening in regular session. Those present were Pres ident Lewis and Aldermen Edmundson, Batson, Benton, Thomas, Copeland Long and Ross. The main feature of the meet ing was its shortness. The council was called to order at S:45 and adjourned at 9:25. This breaks all records as far as the present council is concerned and it was stated by a man who has attended every council meeting held in Bessemer during the last ten years that it breaks the records of all previous councils.
 When President Lewis was congratulate ed on the quick time made this evening he remarked that he could see no good reason for hanging around all summer, especially since he had great many lawn mowers to dispose of during the coming week and he was more than anxious to get on the job.
 The meeting was opened with the read ing of the minutes of the las. meeting. A vote was taken and they were adopted. Regular business was then suspended and President Lewis stated he would be glad
 
 regard to the Confederate reunion. Cap tain Crook stated he wanted to ask the council to donate $10O for the needy Con- federate veterans. He said the reunion would shortly be held in Birmingham and of course there were a number of the members that would be entertained in Bessemer. He stated that every mem Der in Bessemer would do all he could to care for the members, but they could not all be looked after in this way. He said Camp McAdory simply could not do anything towards giving money for the entertainment of the visitors and he said there would no doubt be a good many men to come to the reunion who would have absolutely no money with which to defray their expenses. He said no man that could afford to pay any of his ex- penses would think of accepting any Of the money donated, still the time was drawing near and he believed if the city ever donated any money to a good cause it would be towards entertaining the vet erans. Captain Crooks speech was a pretty and graceful effort and motion was made and carried that the city do- nate $1OO to this cause.
 President Lewis then arose and stated he was very much gratifed that the council had elected to make the dona- lion and he believed that every man on the board did it as much on his, Captain Crooks account as any. other, for he said he believed that every man there realized how much Captain Crook had done for the city of Bessemer.
 Mir Baldwin was next heard from with regard to having something done in con rection with the paving of Sixteenth street from Fifth avenue as far as Caro- lima avenue. He stated that the mem bers of the Cumberland Presbyterian church and those of the Christian church residing in Jonesboro had a hard time getting to church when the weather was bad. He wanted to know If some thing could not be done on the street. He said any kind of paving would be ac- ceptable even if 1t was only walk Of cinders. The matter. was referred to the street and light committee and the Mayor with power to act.
 w S. Gilbert was then next heard from. MT Gilbert wanted donation for the entertainment of the Alabama Press association which is to meet in this city some time in August. MT. Gill bert's request was referred to the finance committee. The Mayor had no comnu- nications to submit. The treasurer's re- port for the month of April was read and received as information
 The judiciary committee submitted it's report with regard to the adoption of an ordinance introduced at the last meeting to compel pawnbrokers to make daily statement to the chief of police of all goods received and sold. The report sug- gested that the report be not adopted. A motion to this effect was made and ti,s ordinance was lost.
 The finance comoittee suggested that it believed it would be a good idea to refund Mrs M. M. Randall s10 for excess taxes The report was adopted and Mrs. Randall will get her $10. f
 The special committee appointed to take the matter of better service up with the