The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-20


 put team in Bessemer providing that the Bessemer citizens show their interest in the game by furnishing him with satis- | factory grounds. This is considered a very liberal offer and 1t was pointed out that the advertisements on the fence would pay for the building of the grand stand and fence, and to turn over first class grounds to MT. Monasco and his team only a small outlay would be neces- 1 sary On a motion of T. T. Huey, an | executive committee composed of J. B. Morton, chairman; E. A. Little, E. c. Hines, J. T. Fammon, pr. J. s. Winters, l Harry Grigsby and F. w. Sterling was appointed with power to act to proceed with making arrangements and securing the ground for the park T.. l.. Weller of the Bessemer Coal, Iron and Land company who was present, agreed to furnish the ground which MT. Monasco selected as the most desirable.
 The committee will meet Tuesday night and as Mir Monasco was unable to be
 in Bessemer this morning, he will meet with the committee at that meeting. The Bessemer lodge No. 721. E. F. 0. D., which owns six. lots on Third avenue, between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets has sold the two lots adjoining the Robinson hospital. The Elks have | four lots left on which they intend to | build new Elks' home. The lots are 25 by TAO feet The purchase of the two lots will give the hospital 100 feet of front on which they will erect their new hos | ptal instead of Seventh avenue and Eff teenth street as was at first thought. In the mayors court this morning 20 cases appeared s6150 being netted from | the $294.b0 assessed. Charlie McDaniels and Nose 9Trimble, both negroes, were fined s1oo each for carrying concealed weapons.
 The fire department made quick run to Fifth avenue and Nineteenth street | this morning where a tub Of gasoline was fire in the tailor shop of Warren | Townes, a negro. Besides the burning of some clothes up damage was done A run was also made to the Eks' build ing, which was thought to be on fire. i When the wagon reached the spot it was found to be a false alarm.
 1 The cases against T. J. Cornwell were | continued by Judge Samuel E. Greene this morning after Coptain Frank &. | White presented a sworn affidavit and | certificate from Dr. Pryor of Chester, S.. | C., stating that the defendant was con- l fined in his hospital suffering from severe nervous trouble and other troubles, and | that it would be dangerous for him to 1 leave the hospital and appear in court before 20 days. The statement was com batted by Solicitor Perry. who said he 1 felt that the affidavit was not In good | faith, as he had not heard a word to the plea of sickness, although within the past two weeks he had heard of other pleas and he thought that there was l some question as to the genuineness of | the sickness at the eleventh hour. Cap tain White stated that Mir Cornwell had | been in his office in Birmingham two | weeks ago. that he was suffering at that time and that he knew nothing of his being in the hospital until Saturday aft | ernoon when he received the affidavit and certificate He stated that Dr.. | Pryor was one of the foremost physicians in the state of South Carolina. A for feiture of the bond and an alias warrant on the first case to see if the statements were correct was asked by Solicitor Perry. An order on the docket as to the condition of the defendant was made by Judge Greene and all the cases con tinued. At II o'clock all of the jurors were paid off and dismissed for the week.
 Within short while the concrete house, which Is being constructed by the Sloss- -Sh effield company for the $15,000 hoisting machine which was re- gently installed in number mine on Red mountain by the company will be completed The new hoisting ma : chine has a capacity of 300 tons a day and it lifts the ore from the mine to a point where it is loaded in the cars. The distance is about 200O feet
 Will Robinson. negro, who is em- | ho t,,fll
 had his foot burned to the bone by a red hot rod of iron getting caught around his foot. The man was hurried to the Robinson hospital. where 1t was found necessary to amputate his foot. marriage of interest that will talk, place Tuesday at 1 o'clock at the Firs Presbyterian church will be that O Miss I.ora Gum to Mir. Ralph Burk e
 No formal invitations have been issuet } but Miss Gum has announced that sh' will be pleased to have all of hel
 friends present Mir. and Mrs. Burke vii
 be at home with Mrs. Kate Jones of their return from Montgomery.
 | The Senior Literary society of tht l Bessemer high school held a very h. teresting meeting this afternoon. 4 feature on the programme which proved very exciting was the debate, the sub | . Underwood Should Be Nominated Pres
 ident in Preference to Woodrow Will
 son" On the affirmative side were Miss Lucy Griffin and Roy owens, while or the negative side were Miss Helen Will son and Charles Cargile. After very heated discussion the judges for the oc- casion, Prof R. A. Mickle, Frank John son and Miss Carrie Louise Brandon decided in favor of the affirmative.
 The society decided this afternoon , that it would challenge the Yancey i Literary society of the Birming ghan
 High school for a debate some time ir
 the near future.
 Ida Karr. the little 4-year-old daugh-
 ter of MT. and Mrs. J. ]. Karr, was struck by an automobile of the Long Lewis Hardware Go. yesterday on Sec ond avenue and Nineteenth street The child was crossing the street a few feet in front of her sister when she saw the machine coming and in try } ing to step back out of the way she fell and the front wheel passed over her ankle. owing to the prompt action i of Mir. Copeland, who was driving the car serious injuries were prevented The little child's ankle was not broken 1,lt only badly bruised.