The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-11
BeSSen1er News


 Pine Forest Grove No. T. woodmen Cir cle at Jonesboro. have elected the fol- lowing officers for the ensuing year: Mrs. Minnie Horton, past guardian: Mrs. F. D. Brown, guardian. Mrs. F. B. Boyd, advisor; Mrs. John Horne banker: Mrs A. E. Kretchmar, clerk; Mrs NJ. Willis, attendant; Mrs. Bob McDaniel. inner sen tineli Mrs Gus Stuyvelt, outer sentinel; Mrs. Cecil Gray, chaplain; Mrs " T Lovelace, Mrs. J. r. Vaughn and Violet Burgess, manager; J. S. Winters and J. NJ Tubb. grove physicians
 Work was started today on the office | in the city hall building to be used by the mayor and detective department Mayor Rutledge will have the front room on the west side of the building, formerly used by the detectives, while they will use a room at the rear of the fire de- partment, facing Eighteenth street The rooms are being newly papered and paint ed and refurnished.
 The basketball team of the Bessemer Athletic club will meet the fast team of the Memphis Y. NJ. C. A. on Thursday evening, December P on the local floor. The visiting team will be complmented with dance. The list includes the fol- lowing: Misses Catherine Adams, Ethel | Adams Ellen Davis, Isabelle Curry l Elizabeth Phelps. Jessie Bumgardner Mary Tinklepaugh. Katie Lacey. Mary Duncan, Jeanette Allen, Pauline Neve Nell Kirkpatrick Inez Lopez, Margaret ! Martha Glover of Birmingham, Felicia Street of Birmingham, Marguerite Rob- irson of Birmingham. Judson, Mrs. Cora Hanby. and others. The following are the ehaperones: pr. and Mrs. J. $. | Winters, Dr. and Mrs J. C. Berry, pr. and Mrs. W. D. Taylor MT and Mrs. H. C. Grigsby, Mir. and Mrs George Shaw. Dr. and Mrs. G. R. Lewis MT and rMs. GnzilSer. Mr. and Mrs. w. T. War lick, Mr. and Mrs. John Perkins Mr. and Mrs. Gray Huffman. MT, and Mrs George Bumgardner and MT. and Mrs. Gardner Goodwyn--s
 l Arrangements are being made by the | Bessemer Negro Business league for a | mammoth celebration of the fiftieth anni- vefsary of Linclons emancipation procla- | nation on New Years day Booker T.
 
 | address while the other features of the programme will be orations. parades, mu- sic by brass band, plantation melodies | addresses, etc. Twenty thousand copies of a special paper called the Characterization Day Bulletin" have been issued by the commtteee on arrangements.
 In the Bessemer city court today the following suit was fled Roy C. Evans, 1 pro ami, vs the Woodward Iron com psny, for $500 damages for alleged per sonal injury.
 The white way streamers have been completed in front of the Grand theatre | and were lighted tonight. There are six | streamers with tungsten lights every 12 | inches. adding much to the appearance or the street.
 Plans are under way for the reorgan- ization of the Bessemer State bank, with an increase from s35,O0o to sl00Ooo in the capital stock followed by a change of its officers. The State bank was organ ized about eight years ago by W. W. i Hollingsworth who was then associated | with W. II. Porter. the two snbscrib- l. ing to the bulk of it's capital which was then placed at s25o0o. being increased to $5010 later. After the reorganization of | the bank w. W. Hollingsworth, the pres ent president, will be succeeded by George | F. Rutledge, who subscribes s2O,00o to the Increased capital stock. while A. B. Rut- | ledge of Rutledge Springs. has subscribed | $lO000. Stock to the amount of s5000 has | been taken by George W. Harrison, who Is now connected with the bank and 1 his mother Mrs. Harrison, has subscribed the same amount of stock. A ca Dital of | S75.000 has been paid in and it is under stood that an additional $10,000 is about placed, leaving only sl5,O00 to be secured t' raise the capital to sI000O0, which is the required amount of stock.
 It is understood that George Harrison will take the place of vice president while c. B. Hollingsworth will continue