The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
EVENTS OF TODAY
Band concert at Capitol park.
Ad club meets at ! o'clock.
City commission meets at O'Clock.
BeSSen1er News

Bessemer. August 1s.-( Special )-Dr.
y A. Painter was ordained as u min
ister in the Baptist church Yesterday
afternoon at the First Baptist church
ON Fifth avenue. The presbytery was
Organized with the Rev. NJ. K. Thorn
ton, moderator; the Rev. L. p. Craig,
clerk, and the Rev ". NJ. Blackwell
der the Rev. J. d. Ray. and the Rev.
r. w. Carlisle, members of the pres
bytery The Rev. L p. Craig pro-
nounced the ordination prayer, while
the Rev. w. NJ. Blackwelder con-
Quoted the examination and the charge
10 the new minister was delivered by
the Rev. T. d. Ray. The ordination was
attended by a large number OF mem
bers of the church.
Clerk Rose Huey of the Bessemer
city court, is busily engaged in setting
the docket for the fall term of court,
which will convene the first Monday
in October.
The first six weeks of the court Will
be taken up in hearing jury and nom
jury civil cases, followed by two weeks
of criminal docket, then two weeks of
civil, bringing the work up to Christ
mas.
The clerk states that there will be
a very heavy docket this year, double
as many civil cases as ever before, and
he is of the opinion that the court will
have more work during the term COM
ing on than in any year since it was
established
Mrs. Catherine Crowither, aged 81
years, of Dolomite died yesterday after
a short illness. The deceased Is sur
vived by husband and four children.
Funeral arrangements have not been
made, pending the arrival of i sister
from Connecticut.
Jake Herring aged 81 years. died
yesterday afternoon at Reeders hos
pital. from the effects of serious burns
which he received about two weeks ago
when attempting TO light a fuse. The
body was sent to Woodstock this after
noon by Kennedy Son, whers inter-
ment win be made The deceased is
survived by his parents.
In the basement of the church on
Thursday evening the John Wesley BIZ
BILE class of the First Methodist church
will enjoy a banquet, and from all in
dications the affair will be a most en-
joyable one.
A two-course luncheon will be served
and a number of talks will be made.
Congressman Richard p. Hobson has
been invited to deliver an address. The
gathering Will be a large one, as there
are $50 members in the class. Each
member is to bring a friend.
The Tadies' Aid sOciety of tho Jonae-
horo Baptist church held its regular
meeting this afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Alice Breen. No new plafs were
discussed. Mrs. Charles Brownrigg and
Mrs, James Hall rendered several vo-
cal selections. Mrs. Smith of Tennes-
see, and Mrs. Brownrigg of this city,
were visitors to the society.
Tuesday evening the division of the
pastors helpers known as the Reds, -
will give a porch party at the home
of Miss Sadie Sturdivant on Arlington
avenue. The public IS cordially in
vited
The Bible school of the Christian
church will hold its annual picnic
Thursday at Bandys mill All men,
bers of the church and SUNDAY school
are invited.
Mrs. Leo Brewster. after a three
months visit to her parents. jdr. and
Mrs. \. H. Parsons has returned to
her home in Mineral Wells. Tex.
Joe Weinstein of Montgomery. is Wis
iting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Vein
stein. on Seventeenth street
Mr.. a. r. Aldridge of clanton, is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. n II. Parsons
on Third avenue.
b. f. Young of st. Joseph. La, will
arrive Tuesday to be the guest of
his brother and sister. DR.. and Mrs.
j. S. Winters.
Misses Rosalie and Maxine Goldberg
will leave Thursday for cambridge,
Ga, where they will visit friends
DIR. J. S. Winters will leave Satur-
Gay for Indianapolis, where he goes as
q delegate to attend the Delta Tau
Delta Komea.