The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-13
Will Retain Parkkeeper

Tie Civic Improvement association
 held a called meeting in the pavilion
 of the City park this morning to hear
 a report of the net proceeds from their
 conducting of the Airdome last week
 and discuss plans for the securing of
 funds sufficient to meet the deficit made
 Tn the salary of the parkkeeper by
 the city council. Those present, in-
 cludirg Mesdames W. w. Hollings
 worth, c. B Hollingsworth, Lee Moody,
 Kate Jones. aW. l.. Rush and Henry
 Waller were unanimous in their vote to retain Jake. the parl<keeper, at any sacrifice The work is most neces- sary at this season of the year because
 of the moving and tending and the ladies expressed themselves as doubt fui of the survival of the shrubbery and flowers should d keeper be dis pcnsed with.
 The most immediate effort to be made to relieve the financial situation will he the benefit performance at the "Pictorama' for Friday night and the l taking in charge of the soda fountain at Pegram- Palmer Drug store on Fri | adv afternoon and night A programme | Of musical and reading specialties, rem dercd entirely by juvenile artists. will | be arranged under the supervision of Mrs. G. E. Hollingsworth and Mrs. Lee Moody for the performance. Miss Grace Judson has been appointed ss director of the soda fount brigade of
 rctty girls and has divided the time | of tervng into three periods: From to | C clock from to o'clock, from to | 1o o'clock. The first group will be com l posed of Misses Mary Duncan, lnez l Lopez, Maud Buck and Corana Trotter; | the second group of Misses Catherine Adams and Mary Tinklepaugh the third, | of Misses Ann OBrien. Lucia Bruns, Lulu and Jeanette Allen.
 | Needless to say, an enormous patron age of both ventures is anticipated and | wo.ld be a tribute of appreciation of the un,fring work done by this organization | to give Bessemer a recreation spot of | beauty.
 | The proceeds from the Airdome were 1 s30 which will mot cover the entire eX- pense of the wire fence recently erected, General News
 l The police court was dark this morn ing with dusky offenders numbering | seven, charged with disorderly conduct 1 and public drunk and the tlnes amouhteo | to s40.
 Detective Burge of Birmingham came down tonight to take into custody Flos- | sic Hall alias Smith, who was lodged in | he city bastile last night on a. charge of grand larceny committed in that city seme time ago.
 Coroner Brasher will hold an inquest over the death of a negro man, killed | this morning at Dolomite by a skipp. The
 negro will be buried tomorrow and the coroner visited the morgue Tor post rao,tem examination this afternoon. | Mrs Margaret Green, aged 20 years | died at her home at Virginia City, yes- I scrdav after a long illness. The funeral | was held this afternoon and the inter- l ;,, tt,a Nal Crack cemetery.
 A husband and three small children sur vive Mrs. Green.
 Brighton News A number of Brighton young people composed a merry party arranged by
 Benton Givens. visiting Woodward fur nacs last evening. The sight seeing | tour was followed by watermelon
 feast ct Brighton. Those in the party
 were Misses Alta Applewait. Willie and
 queen Lawley Mary Dunlap' MOTIFS
 Hayes. Guy Kinnett, Sim Lawley, Ben : ron ,sivens and Mir. and Mrs. Robert | Lawlcy.
 MisrsNeHie Whitley was a hostess of
 last evening entertaining 24 frlehds | informally at her home in Brighton | Conversation and music were the req | tures of the evening and several In | strymental selections were rendered py | Mss Lucille Brannon. The interior or I inc house and the veranda were bright ened with ferns and roses and tempt iuc course of ices and cake was served
 in the dining room.
 | The death of Miss Julia Bell Ham
 mand. aged 26 years occurred this l morning at o'clock at the home Of lher mother Mrs. Mary Hammond, at Corey Highlands. The deceased has been i'll for some time and Is survived
 by two brothers and her mother. The funeral services will be held at the
 house tomorrow morning at II o'clock
 and the interment will be at the Beth | lehor, cemetery with Kennedy Brothers | .n charge.
 Announcements
 The Christian Workers will hold | their semi mort thly meeting Thursday | al afternoon with Mrs. W. IT. Haun at | her home on Fourth avenue. Adam Rebakah lodge Nc. IS, D. of
 R., will meet Thursday night. .Nrvtle-Linton lodge No. 1S0, K. of F.. vii, meet Thursday night. Bessemer Den No. 2. Order of Lions,
 will meet Thursday night A number
 of candidates will be initiated. Personals Miss Eunice Coston of Birmingham will arrive tomorrow to spend few
 days with MT. and Mrs. Harry Lewis at their home at Brighton. Miss Hughlet May Adams returned to her home in Birmingham this aft ernt.n after a pleasant visit to Miss Curry Miss Adams was one of a trio of honorees of a delightful lawn fete given by Miss Curry last Friday even- 1 ing and arnonG the visiting girls at | tlia west Lake dance of last even ling.
 Mrs. Ben G. Perry and children will lat. H. fav nAlt to spend the remainder of the heated term l with Mrs. Perry's mother, Mrs. Ezra