The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
General News

Bessemer will have the honor and experience of playing the Barons in their own benefit game at Redwood park Monday afternoon, September IS, at o'clock. Manager Hines of the local nine closed the deal this aft ernoon and the best talent available will be summoned to uphold the local standard on that day. The Bessemer fans are expected to show their loy- atty by overcrowding the grandstand and bleachers and tickets at the reg ular prices will be on sale at the drug stores in this city.
 Subpoenas for the witnesses in the civil and criminal court cases for Oc- tober are now being served by the local deputies and the venire of the petit and grand juries which will be drawn on the second day of October were issued today by Clerk of the Court Rose Huey. After three weeks of civil hearings the criminal cases will be on docket beginning with Monday, Oc- tober 23.
 Newsome filed suit against the Jeff ferson Fertilizer company for s35OO damages for maintaining a nuisance, claiming that til iN fumes from the plant located at Griselli near this city were obnoxious and harmful.
 A tour of the farming country of the Bessemer district was made by Truck Growers association accom- panied by l.. A. Baver, prospector from Cullman. who is seeking a farm in this locality, today Several tracts, varying from 80 to 160 acres. were viewed but no deals were closed, pend ing the outcome of other matters bear ing on the final sale of the local farms that will be definitely settled within the next week.
 s The preliminary hearing set for this morning before Justice of Peace Lopez in the case of the state vs. John Williams, charged with the murder of w. M. Free man was dismissed as a true bill was found by the grand jury, yesterday in Birmingham, indicting for murder in the first degree. and locked in the county jail without bond. A hearing on habeas cor pus proceedings will probably be given later The crowd collecting for the trial was so large that the justice had planned to adjourn his court to the courthouse, where more commodious quarters could be obtained.
 On the verdict returned by the coroner's $ jury empannelled this morning to hold an inquest over the death of Viny Ab- rams, negro woman, shot Saturday night at the corner of Twenty-first street and First avenue, her daughter, Beatrice Williams and negro man, George Kyle, were bound over to wait the action of the grand jury as they are charged with being the parties responsible for the killing of the dead woman. It is alleged that in q scuffle over pistol, with two men ,ry- ing to take the gun from the hands of Beatrice Williams, who was after another woman, the weapon was discharged once, the bullet entering the heart of viny Abrams standing nearby.
 Miss Hyde for Miss Prewitt
 Another of the charming social affairs that are making the visit of Miss Julia Prewtt of Columbus, Miss, to Miss lIliz- abeth Mitchell a very pleasant one, was the FortyTwo party rendered her this afternoon by Miss Lallah May Hyde at the home of MT and Mrs. James Sulli- van on Clarendon avenue. Ferns made the lawn, where the four tables for the games were placed, especially decorative and the punch bowl, banked with vines and foliage was presided over by Misses Annie Clair Sullivan and Nell Burke The score cards were tinted with designs of the scarlet poinsetta. Miss Hyde was attired in becoming frock of white mar quisette over pink with pink accessories.
 The guest of honor was presented with set of gold pins and Miss Elizabeth Mitchell was awarded a box of stationery for making the highest score in the Forty Two contest. plate course of ices and cake was served after the awards
 Among those present were: Misses Ger aldine Hayes, Jewel Taylor, Helen Neill, Nellie Neal, Mildred Winters. Minnie Jackson, Laura Ball, Lillian and Katha- leen Cahill, Ella Bumby, Mildred Bran non. Annie V. Thornton, Gladys Baird and Rosa Lee Sullivan
 Announcements av
 On Tuesday afternoon. September 19, Mrs. Lee Moody will Entertain the Ma