The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-25
BesSener NeWs

Bessemer, December 24.-(Special. b. Last night Rabbi r. K Hirsch, who will leave Bessemer on January first for Athens, Ga, where he has accepted call, was presented with high priest jewel by Bessemer chapter No. 110 Royal Arch Masons. At 6;3O a special convocation was called when the Most Excellent Master degree was conferred upon MT. Merritt, after which the mem bers adjourned to the Bon Ton cafe, where a supper was served
 The chapter reconvened after the sup per, when the medal was presented to MT. Hirsch, the presentation speech be- ing made by G. F. Goodwin. MT. Hirsch responded and expressed his regret at leaving Bessemer. The Royal Arch de- gree was conferred upon Tom Nelson MT. Merritt and II. H. Hall.
 special meeting of the Brighton city council was held last night to re- celve and open bids for the construc- ton of a storm sewer on Edwards street. The bids were as follows Sul- livan, Long & Haggerty's bid complete was SAYS per foot; total $2,S5O for six hundred feet.
 This company put in two bids the other being for the construction of the sewer, only at $450 per foot, a total of s2,7oo per six hundred feet. T. IL Millsaps bid was $f per foot for six hundred feet. total s. The Curri- gan & Lynn company of Birmingham bid $1,9S2.50 for six hundred feet, in- cluding the necessary excavating, pro- posing to do the back filling for S1,11S As this was the lowest bid the contract will be awarded to the company. It was decided to have the back filling done by convict labor.
 At the game between the Vanderbilt and Bessemer Athletic club teams Wednesday night the lineup will be as Brown, Reyer and Hutchinson; center Tom Brown; guards, Hardage, Shipp and Morgan Bessemer: Forwards, Donaldson, Johnson and Scaber; center, B. s. Clay; guards, Bumgardner, Ticket and J. P. Clay.
 The Bessemer team is in good shape, and will go into the game with vim and with the expectation of winning from Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt has one of the strongest college teams in the south, and the game will be very in- teresting.
 The Linton Coal x Coke company at Linton, oregon, has placed an order for large quantity of pipe with the United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry company This order will be filled at the earliest opportunity, and will keep the plant on the go until the order is filled. There will be other large or ders that will come in before the close of the year.
 Everything Is in readiness for the annual Christmas tree to be given Wednesday afternoon at o'clock by the Bessemer Lodge, 72l B. P. O. E., at the Elks' home. The articles to be given will be mostly of a useful nature, such as clothing, coal and baskets of excellent food and provisions. The Christmas tree committee, which is composed of A. c. Mitchell chairman, Glib Hocut, F. A. Little and A. w. Dea- son. has been assisted in their work by | the following committee of ladies: Mrs. | A. E. Mitchell chairman; Mrs F. H. | Fielder. Mrs. W. ]. Long, Mrs. G. B. Hollingsworth and Mrs. c. F. Goodwin. | rendered. The EIks hope to make this the most successful tree ever given by them.
 l.. Mover age 90 years. died this morning at the home of his daughter Mrs. NJ. Wigram on sixth avenue, after an illness of a few days. The deceased was a native of Prussia, and was In | business for seventeen years in Gin | Ipin Ia RQSSnmpr from Cincinnati and has made his home with his daughter for several years. MT l Mover is also survived by son. Lew Mover, who resides in New York. The remains will be shipped to Cincinnati this afternoon at 5:25 o'clock over the Alabama Great Southern, for intermeni | with Kennedy sons in charge. Tn, funeral arrangements are in the hands of Cincinnati Lodge O. O. B., of which the deceased was an honored member His death is said to have been due tc advanced age.
 The marriage, on Wednesday evening at 6:30 o'clock, of Miss Wilda Lowry and MT. Claude Rockett will be solemn ized at the home of the brides parents MT and Mrs Lowry, on Berkley avenue The ceremony will be performed bS Rev. R. w. Carlisle. pastor of the Jones boro Baptist church. Miss Dafney Low ry, sister of the bride-to-be, will play the wedding march. while the maids will be Miss Mabel Russell and Miss Mildred Bradley. The groomsmen will be MT. Bell and Grady Lowry. Fol | lowing the wedding a theatre party will be given in honor of the bridal party | MT and Mrs. Rockett will go to house I keeping at once on Berkley avenue, be- tween Nineteenth and Twentieth streets