The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-27
BESSEMER VETS HAVE EXERCISES ---------. The Odd Fellows Join in the
 Celebration STREET CAR DERAILED
The Indications Are That Someone Tempered With the Switch-A Total of $999.6O in Cash
 Taken in By Police

Bessemer, April 26.-(Special)-In spite of the threatening clouds, large crowd of Confederate Veterans, Daughters Of the Confederacy and
 members of the nine lodges of the ln- dependent Order of Odd Fellows In this
 district gathered at Pleasant Hill Wednesday morning. The veterans were present to observe Memorial Day and the fraternal men to celebrate the nine ty-second anniversary of the founding of their order in America.
 The meeting was held in the school house grove and after the opening g song Dixie" Professor Lee intro duced Prof. I. W. McAdory, county su-
 perintendent of education, who deiv- cred an address on "The Confederate Veteran" Prof. B. E. Lee also made, a short but interesting talk on this sub- ject, The welcome address to the Odd
 Fellows was made by Ransom Vines
 and a sermon preached by Rev. Hor- ton. Rev. E. A. Watkins of Woodlawn spoke eloquently of the women Of tn 0 Confectionery and his impressive talk was one of the most enjoyable features of the day.
 A basket dinner of old-fashionej
 menu and country fare was served pie nic style in ample quantities and the afternoon was spent in decorating the graves of thesveterans at Pleasant Hill cemetery with floral tributes prepared by the school children. The simple flow CTS of the wood, farm and roadside were used and the act w1s an evidence of the eve= present memory of the
 war heroes of a former generation. The night session of Memorial Day was held at Rebie hall and Prof. Ho- mer Spencer delivered an oration to the veterans that was strictly in ac
 cord with their ideas and carried them back many years to the stirring days
 of their youth.
 The crosses of honor, which could
 not be presented at the Cedar Hili cem- etery, as announced, because tho ex-
 ercises there were postponed on account
 of indictment weather, were bestowed upon those selected as meriting them. Captain Crook proposed that the | local observance of Memorial Day, which was to occur today at Cedar Hill, be carried out Sunday afternoon and the propositoin was agreed upon. All the daughters and everyone interested are invited to be present and bring I flowers if possible.
 Attempt to Wreck Car | The North Bessemer car that left this l city at Il o'clock Tuesday night was pur- posely derailed by an open switch at Me- | Donaid's station, about two miles out. The switch comes at the point where the
 double track to Birmingham begins and | tall
 was turned, the back trucks went on the ground while the front trucks remained
 on the main line. There were 19 pas sengers aboard and traffic was delayed about 40 minutes, while the motorman and conductor, with the aid of sticks and rocks, replaced the car to the track. | Two weeks ago fish plates, pieces of metal used to join the track together, were discovered along here by North Bessemer car leaving Bessemer at 10 | o'clock No damage was done at that time as the car pushed the obstacles from | the track.
 City Court News
 | In the city court the case of Eva Hall vs. the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, demanding damages for alleged mistreatfnent of a conductor on car of the defendants, was argued Wednesday morning. The jury found a
 verdict for the defendant instead of grant ing the 5000 requested by the plaintiff. The cases of Will Clements, James
 Jackson and Lucinda Marrow, negroes. vs. the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad for $500 each, damages for per- scnal injuries, will be tried Thursday. These were passengers on the train that usually carries a number of negroes to the mines daily and on one occasion they
 were thrown from one car into another py a running switch and now demand dam ages.
 Police Are Prosperous This month gives promise of resulting a record-breaking financial report from the police department as up to this date $999 60 | has been taken in in actual cash from the efforts alone of the four plain clothes
 men. Besides this about $500 worth of labor of the convicts has been given the | city.
 | Deputy Sheriff Townsun of Tuscaloosa came today for Sam Durr, the highway man captured here yesterday, and con- graduated the department on this work. The violators of the prohibition law which were arrested Tuesday were tried | in the mayors court today and netted
 S275 in fines.
 Convention" Tonight The "Old Maids Convention" so long anticipated with pleasure by every one in- terested in the Roberts school and the happiness of the spinsters taking part, will be in session Thursday night at the High school auditorium. The latest quo- tetions of the local matrimonial market will be read and a most humorous and de- lightful entertainment in prospect for ali who attend.
 Miss Adams Is Sponsor A distinctive honor was conferred on one of the citys prettiest girls of the younger set when Miss Catherine Adams, daughter of MT. and Mrs. l. O. Adams, was ap-
 pointed sponsor for the Second Alabama brigade of Confederate Veterans at the reunion to be held in Little Rock, Ark The appointment was received three weeks l. ago from General Austill of Mobile and
 Misses Emily Gray and Mildred Dortch, both of Mobile, will be maids The party will leave Sunday night, May H. in the special reunion Pullman and arrive in Little Rock Monday.
 Miss Adams will be the house guest oi her matron- -honor Mrs. Kirk Tunnah, and will visit friends at Pine Bluff, Ark, Memphis, Tenn, and Clarlxsdale, Miss, before her return home.
 The compliment bestowed upon Miss Adams is especially fitting, as her birth place was Pine Bluff. Ark, so she shares the virtues and unites the charms of Alabama and Arkansas. Her many | friends are congratulating her on the pleasure and fetes in store for her.
 New Realty Firm Likely Tom Cheatham of the firm of Cheathan