The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
Bessenner News

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bessemer, December 27.-(SpeciaI.) 1.-The
Bessamer city court will resume work
Monday morning after a weeks recess
and will take up nonlury civil docket.
The cases set for hearing are: W. w.
Robinson vs. A. r. Robinson: L. o. Vines
va. Amos MeMickens; j. w. Rarden VS..
~. c. Scrudder: Bob Gardner vs. Molly
| dixon Henry Sidney vs. j. T. Ridgeway:
r. j. Strickland VS.. William and Cornelia
Turner; Terry Furniture and Loan COM
pany VS.. Bill Clements; ]. w Rarden vs.
| C.. w. Gay: j. A. Simpson VS.. j. d. Mad
dox Son; Wall Brothers VS.. Charlie
Ludwig; +. G. Morrison vs.. Toney Car
! bonia; Jeff Williams VS.. Shed Feagin;
Alex Barker VS.. Shed Feagin; Sam Ro-
mano VS.. Taylor and Amelia Stevens;
Leon Monzello VS.. Ed Holt; I. j. Tillman
VS.. the Sloss-Sheffleld Steel and Iron
company; Goodwin & Ross vs. the Uni
ted States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry
company Rarden & Sons VS.. the United
States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry COM
| pany; w. l.. Stewart VS.. Andrew Turner;
a. D. Barton VS.. Van Davis; Perkins
Bicycle shop VS.. Will King; Strickland
| Greer. Furniture company VS., Eugene
| Williams; Brighton Department Store VS.
Rerre Edwards Brighton Department
| Store VS.. Tom Brewster; Brighton De-
! partment Store VS.. Will Minigan; Harris,
| Johnson & Co. VS.. j. NJ. Robinson; Ala
! bama Novelty company vs. Jesse Gum.
The basketball season will begin in
/ al ,fob tuIa I'm
| local five will lock horns with the team
\ representing the Agricultural and Me-
chanical College of Mississippi The lat
ter team is said to be a very fast ag-
gregGtion.
| Immediately following the game there
Will be a dance. All of the members
| o. the Athletic club are urged to be
present at an important meeting which
will be held in the club rooms Sunday
Afternoon at 3 o'clock. 3
At the First Presbyterian church Sun
Gay evening the following programme
will be rendered:
| Organ prelude; anthem, "Hark, What
Means Those Holy Voices?" choir; Dox-
ology; prayer: hymn; violin solo, Sc
lected, Mrs. Marks Scripture lesson;
duet, Miss Blanch Bradley and DIR. G.
| D. Waller organ solo, selected male
quartet; solo, selected, Miss Irene Jen-
kins; anthem, And There Were Shep-
herds" double choir; first choir George
Houston. Mrs. C. l.. Odall, Miss Blanch
Bradley, Miss May Shaw Macon Will
liams, G. H. Stevenson; second choir,
George Waller, Miss irene jenkins, Miss
! Bernice Thomas, Miss Bessie Shaw.
Solo, when Heaven Sang to Earth" DR..
Waller; hymn; duet, Miss Irene Jenkins
and George Houston; anthem, GLORY to
Cod Charles M. Davis, choir; organ
solo; male quartet; benediction Mrs. G.
H. Stevenson, choir directcress; Mrs. &.
r. Hollingsworth, organist.
One of the prettiest affairs of the holi-
days was the party and dance given to-
night by Mr.. and Mrs. Gray J. Huff
man in honor of their daughter, Miss
| Dorothy, at their home on Berkeley ave-
nue.. Miss Huffman was assisted in re-
ceiving by Miss Marion Neal and Miss
Hattie Coleman while the punch bowl
was presided over by Miss Doris Huff
man and Miss Villette Coleman.
| Christmas tones, red and green, were
chosen for this affair, and holly, poin-
| settias, ferns and flowers were employed
in the decorations. Music was furnished
| by an orchestra.
Among those present were: Miss Doris
Huffman, Miss Vilette Coleman, Miss
Helen Rodenberg, Miss Katie Maddox,
| Mics Willie j. Hollingsworth, Miss Emma
! Jean Maxwell, Miss Maybclle Mckinney
Miss Marion Neal, Miss Estelle Brown,
Miss Virginia Williamson, Miss Florence
Kelley May, Miss Hattie Coleman, Miss
Mary Louise Thornton, Miss Virginia
| Keith Miss Lorraine Buck Miss Nellie
Adams, Miss Rachael Ragsdale. Miss
Ruth VanCleve. Miss Lucille Lyle, Miss
Mamie Joe Read and Miss Willie Lee
Smith and William WarloclS, Robert
Berry, George Waller, William Winters
Edgar LIE Mitchell, Wallace McCrary,
Lucian Spencer, William Lewis, Tom
Hall Mitchell, Harrison Hendricks, Mil
tor Brown, William Bass, John Haw-
kins, Sanford Persons, Joe Lewis, Hal
Grigsby, Bruce Ragsdale, Charles Adams
Fsrris Batson. Bean Grigsby, James
Hay, Tom Robinson, Joe Stoves, r. p.
McTyiere, Gallon Buck, Winthrop Robin
soli, George Johnson, G. E. Falkner
George Kirkpatrick, James Reid and
Fred Burns, all of Bessemer, and the
following from Birmingham: Prince De-
Bardeeben, j. r. Gardner and others.
| Wilfred Firstbrook has issued in
vitations to a Christmas tree party on
Tuesday afternoon, December 80, from
8 to $3.50 o'clock at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry First
brook, 1715 Berkeley avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. Lanier of this
city were called to Birmingham yes
| terday where their son, DIR. w d. La
nier, had been seriously burned with
a one-pound skyrocket on Christmas
| evening at the home of DIR. and Mrs
| Mack Rogers DIR. Lanier is suffering
from severe powder burns about the
face and eyes, but his sight will not
be injured according to the report of
the attending physician after a care
full examination.
The Rev. M. X. Thornton announces
| that the repairs have been completed
at the First Baptist church after the
fire of last Sunday evening and the
services will be held in the auditorium
tomorrow morning and evening. At the
morning hour the Sunday school will
present a programme and at the even
ing hour the pastor will preach on the
subject, Our Estimate of Christ"
| Everything Is in readiness for the
services which will occur at the First
| Baptist church tomorrow morning
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