The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18
BeSsener News

Bessemer. December 17.-(Special1
The Bessemer city court was occupied
today with the hearing of the case of
Mary Prazzo VS.. the Southern Bell
Telephone company. A large number
of witnesses were examined.
In the case of Lon Tyler VS.. the
Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron company
verdict was returned for the de-
fendant company.
A consent judgment was taken in the
amount of $40 in the case of julie Nor
gan VS.. the Birmingham Stag company.
The docket will be completed by Fri
day and court will take a short recess
for Christmas
Capt. II. w. Crook postmaster at
Dessemer, asks all people who are to
send Christmas presents away from
home to mail them as early as pos
sible to assure prompt delivery before
Christmas day. Mr.. Crook states that
IL packages are mailed on time they
Will be delivered on time. He further
stated all mail and packages coming
to Bessemer will be delivered even if
he has to hire wagons and pay for
them himself
Manager George Shaw announces the
opening of the local basketball sea-
son for December 80. when the local
team will meet the aggregation from
Mississippi A. and NJ, at Bessemer.
The season will continue through Feb
ruary and part of March. All the
schedule dates have not been arranged
IS yet, but it is expected that they
will be before the end of the week.
Two games are scheduled to be
played away from home. January IS
they will meet the team from Bir-
niingham Athletic club in Birmingham.
while on January II they will play the
University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
There will be several games including
the Atlanta team, Wabash college, Att
burn, Vanderbilt, Missouri college and
several others.
Miss Belle Houston was a delightful
hostess this evening when she enter
tanned the Forty-two club at her home
at Jonesboro. Five tables were used
for the games after which refreshments
consisting of ambrosia and cake were
served Miss Houston was assisted as
hostess by her sister, Mrs. Charlie
Houton.
Those enjoying this hospitality were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Saunders, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. L. Williams Mr.. and Mrs. Johr
Rarden, Mrs. John Martin, Mrs. Grif-
fin Martin. Mrs Charlie Houston, Miss
Alberta Blackman, Miss Alma Scott,
Miss Bette Upton, Miss Elizabeth
Christlieb, Mrs Ellis Houston, Mrs.
Sam Parsons. Walter Houston, Jim
Martin and Clarence Saunders.
Ernest Bell, a corporal in the United
States army has gone to Mobile from
I.
rines to again take up his duties after
a pleasant visit to his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Bell, at Jonesboro.
The Bessemer Glee club is preparing z
for musicale, to be given some time
during the month of February, the date
to be decided upon later.
The Bessemer chapter of United
Daughters of the Confederacy are pre-
pairing a box to be sent to the veterans
at the Old Soldiers Home at Noun
tain Creek. Each member of the Sc
ciety and friend of the cause has been
asked to furnish pair of hose, ore
filled with fruit, candy and nuts, which
is to be sent to the home of Mrs.
i. Robinson Thursday morning.
Mrs. Andrew C. Mitchell has an
nounced that she is now ready to is
sue tickets to the Ell<s' Christmas tree
to all worthy poor children from her
home. All Seventeenth street, every
morning before o'clock.
On Friday night the Jonesboro
School Improvement association will
present the play, santa Claus Defend
ers," for the benefit of the piano fund.
THE curtain will rise at 1880 o'clock
pl omptly.
The Rev. George Stoves. pastor Of
the First Methodist church, has an
nounced that "the Christmas stocking
exercises" will be observed on Sunday
evening, December 2S, at the church.
a special musical programme will be
rendered at the time, directed by Mrs.
Harry Tucker Smith. Interesting talks
will be made and every member of the
church will be expected to donate some
amount to the church stocking
This morning about 10 o'clock a large
window glass fell from the third story
cf the Grand hotel and struck the
sidewalk in front of Davis barber shap,
being smashed to pieces. A number Of
people were passing along the street at
the time but fortunately no one was
struck by the falling glass.
The Christian Workers of the Firs.
Christian church held a business meet
ing this afternoon with Mrs. G. A.
Gillett on Nineteenth street between
Fourth and Fifth avenues. The diff
ferent committees reported on the ba-
Zar and showed that SS2 was cleared.
A resolution was passed thanking
Mr.. Lewis for allowing them to hold
the bazar at his drug store last week.
The regular meeting will be held
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Haney
at Hollis Station, at which time Of
ficers will be elected for the ensuing
year.
About o'clock this morning fire was
discovered in the store of a Greek on
Eighth alley and Nineteenth. While the
INSIDE was badly scorched, the damage
was not heavy. The origin of the fire
is not known.
The passenger Overland auto
mobile of G. j. Huffman was burned
up this afternoon about o'clock on
the road between the pipe shop aud
IIueytown. Just how the fire originated
is not known. but Mr.. Huffman thinks
the engine got too hot.