The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-27
Bessener News

| sassemer. April 2s.-tSpecial) )-Juose l , ID ct,es of inc probate court has call cd an election for May IS for the pur" nose of deciding whether or not the ci'y ,,n,its of Bessemer shall be extended to fake in several additional blocks or prop
 ertv. At this time the voters In the ter
 ritory affected will vote on whether oi
 not they shall be annexed to the clty or
 Bessemer. Judge Stiles called the eiec- tion after the Bessemer city council hao filed a petition in which 1t was set out that the city council of Bessemer had adopted an ordinance providing Tor snrvey and encouragement of the limits and for the annexation of the proposed territory It Is set out in the petition ,nat inc annexation is necessary. The election to be held May IS will take place at |, c. Mize's store on the west side oi Fourth avenue between Eleventh ana Twelfth streets. The following offlcers have been appointed: ]. F. McPhersoh
 J. c. Jones and J. B. Meecham, ihspee- tors. and H. L. Walker, returning ottl- cer. The territory proposed to be an nexed lies between the right of way Of the Alabama Great Southern railway, Twelfth street and Sixth avenue ana from a diagonal line from Sixth avenue and Eighth street to the right of way Eleventh street. For the past two days the city court
 has been engaged in the hearing of the case of Doc Henderson, administrator Of Sam Hall, against Sheriff Walter Me- Adory for s20000 damages for the death of Hall at the hands of one of McAdory's s deputies The case was given to the jury at 12:sO today and after being out about five hours a verdict was brought in TOT the defendant The plaintiff was repre-
 sented by Goodwin and Ross while CID son and Davis of Birmingham represent ed the defendant. k Judge Murphy of the juvenile court was in Bessemer this afternoon to hold | his regular sem-annual session of court but as things have been unusually quiet | in the juvenile line for the past two
 weeks there were no cases appearing on the docket.
 As today. April 2e. was Confederate Memorial day, the banks in the city were closed This afternoon the veterans went 1 to Cedar Hill cemetery, where the graves of dead comrades were decorated with
 flowers The United Daughters of the Confectionery also distributed crosses of
 honor to veterans. Those receiving | crosses were. .. A. f.utllSs h | Fletcher J. M Horton, J. A. Means S. s. Mellown and Jacob Smith,
 
 | A call meeting of the Civic Improve ment association was held yesterday
 morning at the public library for the
 purpose of arranging to purchase flowers 1 for the park for late blooming. It was
 also decided to look into the advisa-
 bility of giving some kind of entertain tc oxuo e
 appointed. but the time and nature of the
 entertainment will be announced later. l At the public library Thursday morn | ing the Cedar Hill Cemetery association | held it's annual meeting. The election of | officers was postponed until later on on
 account of not having sufficient time.
 Wrs. Georve Ross, who is secretary of i the association, read a full report of the
 Wars work which has just closed, Mrs. Walter L. Rush was appointed as com
 -,it.en of one to look into the matter of
 bringing a first class reader to Besse- 1 iner. the proceeds of the evening to go
 to the association. l The Junior Guild of the Trinity Episco-
 pal church held meeting at the home of
 Mrs, G. F. Robinson on Berkley avenue yesterday afternoon and elected the fol- flowing officers for the ensuing year: Mrs. Roy Johnson. president. to fill the va
 cancy made by the resignation of Mrs.
 F. l.. Thornburgh; Mrs. E. F. Clarke,
 ser-etary-treasurer Mrs. B. F. Hill di-
 rector.
 | The annual lawn party given by the
 Bessemer High school at the city park this afternoon. proved quite success. Miss Jessie Bumgardner won the prizes in the 100 yard dash, potato race and the baseball throw. Misses Hattie Pen