The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-16
BESSEMER GRAND JURY FINISHES WORK Brought in 91 Bills During the
 Sitting MANY AGAINST TIGERS President Ross of the City Council An- nounces Committees for Year.
 Jonesboro to Vote on An-
 nexation Tomorrow
MANY AGAINST TIGERS

Bessemer, October 15.-(Special.)- The grand jury completed Its duties for the present term this morning and made final report to Judge Jackson of the Bessemer city court. The mem bers have been very busy while in session and have practically cleared the docket They investigated 143 cases and examined 1412 witnesses. They re- turned 91 true bills, 50 no bills, and continued 3 cases.
 Judge Jackson complimented them very highly on their report and com mended their diligence and the amount of work they had done in the short time they had been sitting. Jeff Gray was foreman and George Baumgardner acted as solicitor. It is stated that two- thirds of the true bills returned were against violators of the prohibition law.
 In the case of Folk against the Belle view Crematory company of Brighton, tried before Judge Jackson of the Bes- semer city court, the jury returned a verdict awarding the plaintiff damages in the sum of $500. The suit was based Ou dn dllS6cu DIcdCu ol COHtRdCl.
 Committees Announced
 President of the City Council George Ross has appointed the committees for the ensuing year and will announce them at the meeting of the city coun- ell next Tuesday. He has made his selection carefully, each alderman hav- ing had experience in the lines of the work of each committee. They are ap- pointed for one year, as follows:
 Judiciary: Thornton. Johnson, Por- ter.
 Finance: Crotwell. Simmons. Ed wards.
 Schools: Porter, LaRue, McTyeire.
 Street and light: Simmons, Porter, Johnson.
 Fire department: Porter. Simmons, LaRue.
 Markets: Johnson, McTyeire. Ed wards.
 Street railway: Edwards, Crotwell, Johnson.
 Water works: LaRue, Crotwell, Por- ter.
 Sanitary: McTyeire. Johnson. Ed wards.
 Public buildings: crotwell. Edwards, Thornton.
 Grievance: Thornton, LaRue. Mo- Tyeire.
 Building: Edwards. Simmons. John- son.
 Police: LaRue. Porter. Thornton, Ross.
 Miscellaneous: Simmons. Crotwell, LaRue, Ross.
 Depot Broken Into
 The Atlanta, Birmingham and At lantic depot was broken Into last night and the cash drawer rifled. The thieves had attempted to force the safe but were disturbed before they could &C., complish their purpose. There was nc money in the cash drawer. but num- Der of mileage tickets are said to be missing. There is no clue to the thieves.
 Church Services
 Regular servises at the Baptist church; subject for morning service Authority of the Bible;" evening ser vice, Moral Quality of an Act Is in the Motive" Baptizing after night ser vice. Rev. M. K. Thornton, pastor.
 The Methodist services will be held at the auditorium in the high school building. Rev. Brooks Lawrence of Birmingham will preach at Il a. m, Mrs. l.. D. Patterson of Bessemer will address the congregation at 7:30 p. m.
 Regular morning and evening ser vices will be held at the Presbyterian church. Christian Endeavor 6:45 D. m.
 There will be the regular services at the Christian church Sunday. Sunday school 9:45 a. m. and Christian En- deavor, 1:15 D. m.
 The protracted meeting at the Jonesboro Methodist church postponed from last Sunday will begin Sunday at II o'clock. After Sunday the ser vices will be conducted by Rev. J. F. Sturdevant, pastor of the Methodist church in Bessemor. Election at JonesbOrO An election will be held in Jonesboro on