The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-07
Bessener News

Bessenlsr, May 6.-(SpeciaD.-At 10 o'clock Tuesday morning the committee, selected at a mass meeting a few days ago to meet the board of revenue in ref efence to court and jail facilities for Bes- semer will meet the board and present their case. and ask the board of revenue to give to BessenIer suitable facilities in the way of a jail and courthouse. This committee is composed of 15 mem bers from Bessemer and three additional men from each beat in the Jurisdiction of the city court of Bessemer. No sum has been decided upon for Bessemer, as the committee will make It's request and leave the board of revenue to appropriate the amount.
 In the police court this morning 32 cases appeared before his honor. Mayor l. A. Lewis. and s42 cash was netted from $S31 assessed. ...
 Arthur Irwin, negro, was fined s775O and costs on a charge of escaping after sentence. He had 100 days to serve when he escaped. Henry Taylor. was fined s25 on a charge of larceny and s25 on d charge of vagrancy.
 
 Late yesterday afternoon raid was made on a negro house on Fourth avenue and one white man and 10 negroes were arrested and placed in jail for alleged vio- lation of the prohibition law. All of the defendants were fined.
 Miss Agnes Coughlin will entertain the senior class of the Bessemer High school Friday evening at her home in Jonesboro
 This morning at 10 o'clock the fire bell began to ring and all the big whistles of the many industries blew, calling the attention of the people to the campaign that was beginning, At the same time carriages and automobiles loaded with ladies left the Board of Trade room and started out for funds. The Besse- mer people gave literally to this worthy cause and the much needed new hospital will certainly be erected. The proposed hospital is to be constructed on the pres ent site of the Robinson hospital and when completed will cost about $2o,000.
 The ladies have neat sum in the injured
 treasury now and when todays cam- paign is finished they say they will have a fund large enough to begin the work of erecting a new home for the sick and Much interest is being displayed in the en- tertanment to be given at the high school auditorium on Friday night by the Br- mingham High school glee club, the Dra- matic club and the orchestra. A splen- did programme will be presented by the Glee club and the orchestra, while the Dramatic club will present "A Christmas Carol" from Dickens story.
 The cast is as follows Ebenezer Scrooge George Cox; Jacob Marley the Shadow. Earl Stephenson; Fred. Scrooee' $ nephew. Joseph Cook; Bob Cratchet Jack smith Tiny Tim, William Gordy; Boy, Forsythe Gordy; Ghost of Christmas Past, Edna Hoyt; Ghost of Christmas present, Vance Wier; Youth in pictures of the past, William Barrow; girl, Daisy Lee Douglass,
 The baseball team of the Bessemer High school will meet the fast team of the Birmingham High school Wednesday afternoon at Underwood field. A very interesting game is expected as the teams are evenly matched.
 This morning party of Bessemer citi- zens left to attend the annual reunion of the Confederate veterans to be held in Macon. Ga. tomorrow and Nednes- day There were five veterans and two sons of veterans representing the local orders. The veterans were: N. J. Sims r W. Huffman. N. NJ. Stinnett. T. F Wallace and T. W Bridges. Mrs. E. L. Huey aud MT. Percy Benton