The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-13
WONEGROESARE
SHOT IN BESSEMER
Officers Kill One and Seri-
0usly Injure Second
CHURCHES ARE ACTIVE
May Establish a Negro Hospital.
Steele Home Burned-General
Social and Personal News
of Bessemer
CHURCHES ARE ACTIVE

bSSSeHiei, Octopei S.-topecldi- ~ nj
morning about o'clock Constables 10.
Leonard and Jim Sellers shot two negroe.
at Raimund mines.
1t seems that the constables were IL
the Raimund camp when the negroes be
gan shooting promiscuously. The Off
GERS stepped out on them, but the negroe:
continued fire. The officers succeeded II
holding the guns turned from themselves
while they fired, emptying them. Officer
Leonard fired two shots at Ben Clark
both taking effect in the left side, killing
him instantly, while Officer Sellers shoi
Henry Gibbs twice In the abdomen. Ha
was moved to the Elizabeth Duncan
Memorial hospital, where little hope Il
held for his recovery. Clark was re-
moved to the undertaking establishment
of Jacobs & Son These negroes fill the
description of the negroes VINO shot and
killed Henry Moran several weeks ago.
A public mass meeting Yas held this
afternoon at o'clock at Allen Temple
A. M. E. church. at which time plans
were arranged for the negro hospital tc
be established at Bessemer.
Mrs. Annie Glenn Grove has issued
cards for reception on the afternoon
of October 81, from 3 to 5 o'clock.
Mrs. W. L. Rush will entertain at ten
Thursday afternoon at her home on Third
avenue in honor of her guest, Miss Stella
Sanguinetti of Montgomery. The recep-
ton hours will be from to 5 o'clock.
Mrs. f. E. Clark will entertain at q
linen shower Thursday afternoon at her
home on Berkeley avenue, in honor of Miss
Bessie Neal, a bride-to-be of October.
The negro schoolhouse at Reeder is be-
ing enlarged and made convenient and
up-to-date in every particular by the
Tennessee company.
The house occupied by John Steele and
family at woodward was recently de-
stroyed by fire.
Mrs. Lucy Armstrong read an inter-
esting letter from Mrs. l.. d. Patterson
of Sung Kiang, China, at the meeting
of the Jonesboro Methodist Missionary
society recently. Mrs. Patterson left
Jonesboro about year ago with her hus-
4
son, for the mission fields of China. Mrs
Patterson told of the war situation in
China.
The oyster supper given Friday night
at the home of Mrs. Ben Ezell in Jones
boro by the Ladies' Aid Society of the
Baptist church was a success in every
way, SIS being realized.
The meeting. of the Ladies' Aid SOciet \
of the First Presbyterian church fol
Monday Afternoon has been recalled.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Jones
boro Baptist church will hold its regu-
lar business meeting Monday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. G. p. Martin at 8
o'clock.
The Ladies' Aid society of the First
Baptist church will hold its regular meet
\ing Monday Afternoon at the church at
o'clock.
| On Friday afternoon Mrs. S. e. Bailey
entertained the Matrons club with addi-
tional friends at her home on Berkeley
avenue.
The guests were Mesdames Ceph Bran
non, Tom Benton, I. j. Conwell, J. c.
Donald, r. E. Gwin, George Harrison,
G. 5. Hollingsworth, John Neal, Il. w.
Mcneil, A. A. Persons, George Woodrow,
Bryan Waller John Perkins, Homer
Hurd, W. r. Waldrop, j. J. Beavers. Mar
tin. Percy Benton. j. F. Robinson, NJ p.
Benton, Lacey Edmundson, A. S. Fitzpat-
rick. Gray Huffman, Carl Maedor, Hugh
McEniry, 7. L. Huey, l.. A. Carlisle, f. F..
Clark, George Stoves, Misses Elise Rob-
inson, Bessie Mae Lovett, Bessie Neal
and Mary e. Lovett.