The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-20
Personal and General.

Many friends from Blue Creek and Bes- semer attended the funeral of the late Luther M. Strickland today at Pratt City and there were many others who could not attend who dropped a tear over the demise of one who was always a tried and true friend. A number of members of the Blue Creek lodge of Masons at tended the obsequies.
 Many of the mines down the Mineral road are suffering from the heavy rains as the large amount of water deposited during the several days of rain has made 1t impossible to operate some of the mines. It Is hoped though that a few bright days will give the pumps a chance to lower the head of water so the miners can again go to work.
 The Osborne Minstrels will give their entertainment on next Thursday evening at the skating rink In Jonesboro, and as the troupe has worked hard it is hoped a good crowd will attend The show promises to be most enjoyable one in every respect.
 Florence. the bright little 6-year-old daughter of MT. and Mrs. James Fitz- patrick, of East Bessemer died last night and the remains were inferred today at Oak Hill cemetery in Birmingham. William VanTrump will leave Saturday for Tuscaloosa where he has been ap-
 
 Life Insurance company. Mir Van Trump has been with the company two years and his promotion is a deserved one. He will have two assistants both Bessemer young men, Messrs White and Clewis.
 MT. Rufus Crawford of McCalla and Miss Luline Sellman of Jonesboro were | united in marriage at the home of the bride in Jonesboro, on Thursday, Rev. J. M. McClesky performing the ceremony MT. and Mrs. Crawford will reside at McCalla where the groom is a prosperous farmer.
 The Junior Music club will meet with | Miss Gertrude Fielder on Saturday aft ! ernoon, at o'clock.
 St. Joseph's day was appropriately ob- | served by all of the Italians today, many homes celebrating the patron saint of | Italys memory.
 l There will be several pay days this week and large sum of money will | be distributed on Saturday. | The Mobile party will arrive at home early Saturday morning and from all | reports the councilmen will have many | new ideas to discuss along municipal 1 lines from what they have seen of larger and more advanced cities and towns Bessemer has caught the automobile fever as within the past ten days three | new up-to-date machines, all of different | makes, have been sold in the city. Int | roads in this section are In the mair | good and the autoist is in clover witt | a good machine under him. | Manager A. D. Maddox, of the South
 ern Bell Telephone company, was in Bloc | ton today on business.
 Mrs Charles H. Hager, who has beer
 visiting her parents, MT. and Mrs VII
 liam Herbert, has returned to her hom, | at Burnwel, Ala
 | Mrs. McMahon of Livingston is visit
 ing her daughter, Mrs. James B. Nor | ton
 | Archie Argue, who has been for sev | eral weeks in Tennessee. has returned
 home and is again at work at the Bes
 semer Foundry and Machine company
 Joseph Crawford went to Mccall, | Thursday afternoon with his brother | Rufus Crawford, and bride.
 A number of ladies from all over tn
 Birmingham 1strict attended the meet
 ing of the W6men's Missionary union a
 the Baptist church today and mos
 delightful programme was enjoyed.
 number of excellent talks we/ made an,
 many plans for work perfected. Tn
 ladies of the church furnished Luncheon
 at ], o'clock to the visitors present.