The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-05
BESSEMER PARADE IS VERY IMPOSING Fourth Is Duly Observed Without Accidents TWO BASEBALL GAMES Bessemer Is Defeated in Both-lm- mense Crowd Present-Other
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TWO BASEBALL GAMES

Bessemer. July 4-(Speeial)-ove 800 patriots of Bessemer and the adjacent district celebrated ksafe and sane Fourth today without a single casualty or noise of nrecraekers to mar the occasion. Early this morning the visitors from the eoun- try. began to arrive and the streets had assumed holiday appearance by 10 o'clock, The passing throng was notice- able for it's hosts of girls-the pretty and the plain intermingled with the slen- der and the 'rotund-making a diyertins procession. Families and the family dog, comfortably grouped in a convenient door way to watch the parade, completed the ensemble of humanity.
 With the automobile truck of the Bes- semer Truck Growers association head ing the line the parade came down Nine teenth street at 80 and marched over the planned route to the City park. The mounted police, consisting of Officers Chill ders, Stoutenborough, Parsons, Parrot. Coins, Houston and the marshal, Chief Wallace, were followed by the Ensley band. The Umatilla Tribe No. 61 of Bessemer and the Detroit Tribe No. 1OS of Jon.sboro of the Order of Red Men came next. and the following floats formed the remainder of the line: The fire truck, decorated in red. white and blue, with Misses Lillian and Catherine Cahill riding; the hook and ladder wagon, truck from station No. ., Huey Furniture. with display; Mimms Furni- ture company, representing a dining room. with Owen Williams and Misses Mabel Herbert. Louise Johnson and Mary Reynolds, riding; Hood & Whittle Furni ture company, showing a well furnished bed room and one of the handsomest in line; two wagons of hardware from Long, Lewis; small cart of children and sum flowers labelled Mrs. Brown, the Flor ist;" and the Randle & Milton Grocery company, with a very pretty green ano white construction.
 The automobiles came next and among these were. The Bessemer State bank beautifully trimmed in white and xieing with W. H. Porter's car, decorated in the national colors in being the prettiest of the machines; the Reid car, and ma chimes of W. T. Kennedy, James Martin and Taylor Drug company.
 Camp Rose MeAdory of Confederate Veterans joined the line at the City halt and the parade disbanded al the park.
 From the band pavilion in the park W. $. Welsh delivered a short, appropriate oration that dealt mainly with an ap- peal to the young manhood present to always come out on the side of right, lib- erty and noble principles. An address. such as this was, well spoken, intelligent ly placing before those present the high est of the republic and characterized by clearness and brevity made fitting | climax to the morning.
 | When the busy dispensers of the barbe- | cue dinner in a grive on Fourteenth street
 and Third avenue had served the crowd
 and the barrels of iced lemonade had al
 layed the thirst of the dusty hundreds
 the bicycle races began. The course was
 Fourth avenue and the winners in the six
 mile race were: William Coughln, Ear,
 Gaston and La Rue Haun. The half-mile
 race was won by Harry Kartus. The
 the games at the ball park and the grand
 stand was filled with the largest attend
 anee of the season.