The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-19
Bessen1er News

Bessemer, December 1S.-(Special )-The De Bardeleben and Robertson furnaces today shipped three cars of pig iron to | Valparaiso Chile. The shipment left Bes- semer over the Seaboard for Savannah, where it will be transferred to the steam ship Charlton, Which will carry it to it's destination. This is the first pig iron
 to be shipped to South America in sev- eral months.
 About S:30 o'clock this morning the
 local plant of the Jefferson Fertilizer
 company was slightly damaged by fire
 when the burner room caught fire. On account of the extreme heat from the
 burner, this room was dry The fire was
 prevented from spreading by the good
 work of the employees.
 In the Bessemer city court today 39O | cases wherein violation of the liquor law
 was charged were nolle pressed by or der of Judge Gwin for lack of evil dence and for other reasons. This does not mean that all of the defendants in
 these cases escaped punishment, for in some instances there were several charges against the same individual for
 violations of the excise statutes c. P Martin, who has splendid farm about three and a half miles from Bes- semer, has made quite success rais-
 ing cotton this fall On two and one-hfth
 acres of land he realized a yield of 5000
 pounds of seed cotton. or two bales to
 the acre, with an outlay of S6.66 to the
 acre for fertilizer.
 | He also raised 99 bushels of corn to the
 acre, only using 100 pounds of fertilizer. i He got fine yield of peanuts, there | being 300 or 400 bushels, but this does not
 come under his prize yields.
 l MT Martin expects to have his farm | thoroughly drained by the system rec
 commended by the United States govern
 ment. At this point the survey has been
 completed, and the tiling ordered, while 1 the work will be pushed as rapidly as
 possible by the United States engineer. | Mir. Martin is planning to get an expert
 stock raiser from the west or north to
 operate that part of his farm. | At the basketball game between the Bessemer Athletic club and the Birming-
 ham Athletic club Friday night on the l Birmingham club floor. Miss Isabella Curry will act as sponsor sfor the Bes- semer team, with Misses Marguerite
 Berry and Jesse Bumgardner as her l maids.
 | Mrs. and Mrs. William Argue enter 1 tained at a seven-course dinner last even | ing at their home on Nineteenth street | in honor of MT. and Mrs. William Ar gue, Jr., of Savannah, Ga. The Christ
 mas idea was carried out in the decor a.
 ton, ferns, holly, Christmas bells and
 mistletoe being effectively used.
 | The members of the high school football | team will give a six-course banquet for
 their girl friends on Thursday evening III | the Grand hotel dining room The school | colors, purple and white, will be used
 for the table decorations About 40 guests | will be included in this hospitality | Myrtle Linton lodge, 130 Knights of | Pythas. will hold it's semi-annual cleo | tion of officers on Thursday night, after
 which banquet will be given.
 The Bessemer schools will dismiss Frl-
 day for the holidays. which will last
 until New Year.
 The checking list for the dance which will be given Christmas evening at the
 Bessemer Athletic club after the basket.
 ball game with Vanderbilt. will be as follows Jeanette Allen Carrie Benton
 Lucia Burns. Matura Benton, Jessie Bum gardner, Nellie Christbeib, Isabel Curry Margaret Berry. Ellen Davis Mary Dun. can. Jamie Ethridge of Washington. D C. Mary Etheridge of Washington, Gertrude Fielder. Grace Judson, Katie Lacey, Inc; Lopez, Nell Kirkpatrick. Jessie Huey Bessie Mae Lovett, Lucy Knox. Min | nie Meeks. Virginia Robinson, Martha l Glover. Marguerite Robinson, Roberta Lamb, Carthine Adams, Ethel Adams Felicia Street, Mary Tinklepaugh, Mar' Smith and others. Chaperones: Mir. an, Mrs. George H. Bumgardner. Mir an Mrs. F.. A. Little, Mir. and Mrs. w. l. Warlick MT. and Mrs. R. T. smith. Dr and Mrs. Connel Mr. and Mrs. Lace, Edmunson. Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Winters MT. and Mrs. H. C. Grigsby. Dr. an'
 Mrs. G. R. Lewis. Mir. and Mrs. Georg
 Shaw, pr. and Mrs. J, c. Berry. Mi
 and Mrs. Gardner r. Goodwin, Mir. am
 Mrs. Gray J. Huffman, MT and Mrs. Wal
 ter Unziken, Dr. and Mrs. A. s. Fitz patrick, Dr. and Mrs. George D. Waller
 Mir. and Mrs. John Perkins, Mir. an
 Mrs. w. P. Golson, Mir. and Mrs. Le
 Moody, Mir. and Mrs. Carl Meadow, Nil
 and Mrs. George Houston, Mir. and MT.
 J. B. Moss, MT. and Mrs. F.. H. Lopez
 Mir. and Mrs. E. l.. Thornburg, MT. an
 Mrs Birch Cameron, Mr and Mrs. Smitl