The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-07
Bessen1er News

Bessemer, August 6.-(Special)
There is an old Bible in the possession
of Alfred callear, captain in charge
of the salvation Army work in Bes-
semer. which is more than curiosity
in that it Is one of the noted editions
OF the Bible and called the "Breeches
Bible" published in 1879 during the
reign of Queen Elizabeth.
The book Is In an excellent state of
preservation and while 1t is printed in
old English, 1t shows careful prep
aration on the part of the printer
Christopher Baker, printer OF "His
Queens Masjestie." There are many
wood cuts in this Bible, all crude pic
+ lures of the Garden of Eden, the ark
the temple and the different parts of
the temple
The names are much different from
those in the Bible of today, especially
in proper names as Mosez Salamon,
etc
The book Is divided into three parts
instead of two, the historical part clos
Ing with the book OF job and the sec
ond part beginning with Psalms and
running through the prophetic books
The Bible has been in the family of
Captain Callear for the past .S15 years
and Is highly priced by him.
In many places of the book are the
peoples names who have owned the
book and some of the dates are as far
| back as the early years of the seven
teenth century. The owner says he
knows of only two others, one at Cum
berland, Nd, and one in the Bible sol
| lection of James Bowron in BirmIng-
ham.
The following suits have been filed
in the Bessemer city court:
Perry Hall VS.. the Sloss- Sheffield
Steel and Iron company in two cases
for $4,000 each for alleged personal in
juries received by two of his sons while
in the employment of the defendant
company.
L. s. Hollingsworth VS.. the Southern
Railway company for S100 for alleged
killing of some hogs and goats
w. L. Falbright VS.. the Southern
Railway company for SIS, 1t being al
legged that train of the defendant
company killed COW of the plaintiff
w. X. West VS.. the Southern Rail-
way company for SIS damages for al
legged killing of COW.
J. B. Anderson. 62 years of age, and
an old resident of this city, died last
night at 1907 O'Clock at the home of
Mrs. Adam Kyle, on Nineteenth street
between Fifth and Sixth avenues, after
an illness of four weeks. The deceased
was native of Georgia, but has lived
in Bessemer for the past 20 years. He
is survived by son and two daugh-
ters, all residing in Atlanta.
The funeral took place this afternoon
at 4:30 O'Clock from the residence of
Mrs. Kyle, Rev. George Stoves pastor
of the First Methodist church. con-
Quoting the services. Interment was
at Cedar Hill cemetery The follow
ing acted as pallbearers: Scotty Bry-
ant, Jack Dobbs. Ches Hagler, Emmett
Williams, Martin Cargile and Gus
Clewis.
The trustees of the Helping Hand
league of Bessemer held a meeting last
night which was presided over by Mrs.
Gwylym Herbert. the president. She
made report of the work done dufing
the month of July.
a committee composed of J. f. Haff-
ner, chairman; DR.. Z. p. Lacey and W.
D. Lanier was appointed to go before
the board of revenue of Jefferson coun-
ty for the purpose of trying to have
humane officer appointed for Besse-
mer.
Four of the district helpers reported
they had been completed taking the
census of their respective districts and
had secured much valuable informa-
tion. 1t was decided to hold the trus-
tees meeting on the second Tuesday
in the month instead of the first Tues
day as the meetings conflict with sew
eral other meetings.
A committee was appointed to wait
on the library board and see If they
could not hold the meetings of the
league there as the leagues Office. Is
not large enough to accommodate the
crowd.
Yesterday afternoon John Jackson, a
negro, was arrested by Officers Par
ker and Smithson in connection with
the killing of his wife, whose dead
body was found in the woods near
Bessemer Tuesday morning. When
found, the body was covered with
leaves The woman had apparently been
Knocked in the head. The negro was
placed in jail in Bessemer
Next Tuesday afternoon the Forty
two club will meet with Miss Virginia
Mitchell at her home on Dartmouth
avenue, instead of Friday afternoon as
was announced.