The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26

Glee-" Annie Laurie, T. Z. |. chorus.
PART IL.
Glee-" Greetings of Spring (Straus) T
c. l. chorus.
Solo-"Cradle Song Hampendinck),
Miss Kate Basenburg.
Trio-"Fair Flora Decks (Darnby), Ar
thur. Idris and Jack Thomas.
Descriptive Chorus Martyrs of the
Arena" Ode Rille), T. C. l. chorus.
Solo-"Cry of Rachael (SalteD, Miss
Berte Hutchings.
Chorus-"The Little Church" Becker),
T. c. l. chorus.
Finale-"My Country, 'Tis of Thee
At the Ensley Baptist church this morn
ing the pastor, the Rev. A. X. Wright
will preach special sermon to children
Miss Evelyn Dasher will play a violin
solo at this service.
At the Ensley Methodist church at the
morning service the Rev. George f. Boyd
will deliver the second of a series of
sermons on THE Atonement" The sub
ject for the evening discourse will be
'"rhe Assembled Christ" At the II o'clock
service the pastor will announce the va
rious committees on arrangement for the
big thank offering service, which will be
held February %, at which time Bishop
j. II. Mccoy will preach.
Services will be conducted at Grace
Presbyterian church Sunday morning BY
the Rev George Allgood of Birmingham.
At the Primitive Baptist church at Pratt
City. Elder P. II. Newman of Loretto,
Tenn. will conduct services at II o'clock
this morning.
We're signed to the petitions are not
residents of the town. COMMITTEES
| composed of J. II. Farr, w c. Duffy
{. l.. Farley, NJ j. Sullivan b. IL
johnson and j. Z. Porter to examine
the city tax books and ascertain how
| many of the signers were tax payers
The committee went to the city hal
and made the examination Immediate.
~ They reported that Investigation OF
the records for the past three years
showed 2S signers do not assess an,
property in the town. The committee
Will submit the evidence to the excise
commission al once.
The Bessemer Athletic club basket.
ball team will meet the team from
the Alabama Polytechnic school Thurs
day night on the local floor The Au-
burn aggregation is composed of ar
experienced lot of Shooters and a fast
and snappy exhibition Is promised
Rip" Major and Louis Scarborough
both famous football heroes, and Joe
Lacey of this city will be in the line.
up. Auburn suffered a defeat at the
hands of the local boys last season and
is coming back seeking revenge Au.
burn will appoint its sponsor and
maids while Miss Mallie Downing Will
act as sponsor for Bessemer.
Jesse Moody, negro charged with
stealing brass from the Tenhessee
company at Robertson, was fined $50
and given six months at Flat Top b,
Justice of the Peace Percy Benton yes
terday. The negro was caught with
the goods in his possession.
The Tennessee company will prob
ably place in blast the Little Belle
furnace at Bessemer the last of tbs
five furnaces in the city This fur.
mace has been cold for the past Ii
years, the last work she did having
been the making of maganese iror
about 10 years ago. 1t is thought tha
with a few repairs the stack coulc
soon be blown in. The stack is one
of the small ones of the company, hav.
ing a capacity of only 100 tons pei
day. Should the stack be blown in /
will be the first time in many year.
that every furnace at BeSSemer wa.
engaged in making pig iron
A large sum of money will be ex.
pended by the Tennessee Coal Irol
and Railroad company this year in de
veloping the mines at Potter on Rec
mountain. below sBessemer The mine.
have been worked most successfully
but the money 10 be expended will
place them in first class condition an,
give = much greater output than eve
in the past. Several hundred miners
will be employed IN this mine wher
working on fun time and with full
force.
The friends of Miss Alberta Cockrel
regret to learn of her serious illness
| She became III Wednesday and a ply
slcian was called, but he pronounce,
her condition not serious until Thurs
day. when he decided an operation wa
necessary. Miss Cockrell was imme
diately rushed to McAdory's infirmary
where she underwent an operation TO
tumor on the brain and now it I.
thought she cannot live. Miss Cockrel
has lived In Bessemer from earl,
childhood until few months ago
when she was promoted to ap ositior
with the Alabama Great Southern