The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16

| that the petition be granted and the city
furnish the hose as soon as the new hose
arrives.
Alderman Honeycutt introduced an ordi-
nance TO prescribe and fix license for the
exhibition of street fairs. circuses,
nenageries. etc. 1T was referred to the
Judiciary committee to report back at the
next meeting.
| A resolution was introduced extending
the sympathy OF the mayor and the board
of aldermen to OFFICER Maddox and fam
| lily In their recent bereavement.
The complaint OF some old decayed lum-
Der between Sixth and Seventh avenues
and Sixteenth street was referred to w.
| y, Simmons to take up the matter with
Mr.. Nolan and see If he would not re-
move 1t.
j. J.. Watts, merchant at Parker
| Springs, shot at Jack Levines, a Bir-
minghani travelling salesman, yesterday
Afternoon causing much excitement
around Paker Springs. Only one shot was
fired and that failed to hit him.
Rev /. F. Swallow and c. L.sOdell left
today for Montevallo to attend the spring
| meeting of the North Alabama presby-
| terry of the Southern Presbyterian church
fhe reports that will be submitted to the
presbytery from the Bessemer church.
snow good work for the year, the contri-
buttons amounting to s4l5o.
About o'clock tonight two switch en-
sines on the Louisville and Nashville rail-
road near the crossing at Eighth avenue
collided damaging the engines very much
! Engineer Lacey was on one engine and
| Engineer Gee was on the other. One was
going forward and one was backing, but
the engines were close upon each other
before the engineers saw the danger. No
one was hurt though the fireman on one
rain was bruised and shaken up.
| Friday night at $3.50 O'Clock at the
| Brighton high school auditorium W. $.
Standifer. who employed four years
on the Panama canal will deliver a lee
ture. About 100 moving pictures OF the
/ sarious canal interests will be shown.
The public is being urged TO help make
the affair a success as the lecture will
| be given for the benefit of the school.
This lecture will give much information
regarding the canal, while the pictures
are intel esting and instructive.
A wedding which came as a surprise
| 10 the many friends of the contracting
| parties was that of Mr.. ]. ]. Beaver and
| Miss Kate McElroy of Snow Hill, which
| was solemnized tonight at the Baptist
parsonage, Rev. NJ. K. Thornton officiat-
ing. Mrs Beaver is a niece of Mrs. r.
w. Mcneil. while Mr.. Beaver is a mining
engineer and holds a responsible posi-
ton with the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad company.
Last evening the Pastors helpers pre-
sented the Tom Thumb wedding at the
First Methodist church. The society is
working to raise money on the handsome
ha eaIa
will be installed as soon as the auditorium
ls ready. Little Miss Lizzie Bryant was
the bride and Master Louis Waldrop the
groom. The part of best man was taken
by Wilfred Firstbrook and little Miss
Charlotte Robinson was the grandmother
One of the best and cleanest shows ever
seen in this city city was that of the
Howe Great London shows, which gave
two performances in Bessemer today. This
morning there was an excellent parade of
many well trained animals and two bands
going through the business section of the
city. The circus carried 300 horses and
large number of other animals. All
costumes as we'll as tents were fresh and
new and the show as a whole was excep-
| tionally good.
The D. I. T. H. club met tonight with
| Miss Beck Jessel on Sixth avenue. Whist
After a series of games tempting refresh
ments were served Those present were:
Mrs. joe Block of Montgomery; Misses
| corriunc Goldberg Ida Kartus Pearl
Weinstein, Dora Barr, Dora Weinsteln,
Leah Schwabacher, Jean Fraser, Mrs.
Phil Ripko and the hostess Miss Jessel.
| On Wednesday evening a special meet
! ing of the Elks club will be held to in
stall officers for the coming year. The
officers to be installed are: G. B. Hol-
| lingsworth past exalted ruler; George
Ross, exalted ruler; A. W. Deason, es-
teemed leading knight; A. c. Mitchell,
| esteemed loyal knight Samuel Stein, es-
teemed lecturing knight; E. A. Little, Sec
retary; G. P. Benton, treasurer; G. B.
| Hollingsworth was named as representa-
tive 20 the grand lodge with G. f. Good
wyn as alternate.