The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-07
LOPEZ IS BADLY HURT
BY FALL DOWN STEPS
Bessemer Man i'm Serious
Condition at Infirmary
TRADE BOARD MEETS
Committee Named to Confer With
Badham About Industry for Bes-
semer-TwO Games Basket
ball at the Athletic Club

Bessemer, February 6-(Special. while
coming downstairs from his office in the
Office building about s o'clock tonight,
Justice of the Peace e. H. Lopez fell
down the stairs to the pavement. cutting
deep cash on the right side of his head
and fracturing his skull. Jacobs ambu-
lance was Immediately called and Mr.
Lopez was hurried to the Elizabeth Dun
can Memorial hospital where he was op-
Grated on. His condition is serious.
The Bessemer Board of Trade held a
meeting this afternoon at the rooms on
Nineteenth street at which time the or
ganization discussed the matter of secur-
ing industries to locate in Bessemer. A
committee composed of DR.. ]. c. Curry,
7. D. Lewis, w. w. Hollingsworth. Jesse
Edwards, q. II. Stevenson, w. J. Long
and r. f. Smith was appointed to go to
Birmingham tomorrow morning and con-
fer with Henry Badham in the interest of
locating an industry here. The local or
ganization has been working on this prop
osition and hope to be successful in To-
eating the plant at Bessemer.
The two color teams of the Bessemer
Athletic club played a game tonight on
the local floor. the whites" defeating
the Blacks by a score of Is to II. The
teams were evenly matched and the game
was fast and interesting throughout. C.
Scott and f. Scott were the stars of the
game. The lineup was as follows:
Whites-C. Scott. forward; F. Scott,
forward; Hughes, center; Maxwell,
guard; Bacon, guard.
Williams forward; B. Hill, for
ward; G.. Hill, center; ozley, guard; Co.
merford, guard.
Between halves the two girls teams
played a game, the Reds defeating the
Greens, by a score of to 2. The pass
work of both teams was excellent and
the game proved exciting throughout.
The lineup was as follows:
Reds-Miss Marguerite Williams and
Miss Aileen Scott, forwards; Miss Alma
England, center; Miss Hattie Pennington,
Miss Bessie Schwabacher and Miss Ida
Weinstein, guards.
Greens-Miss Rosalie Goldberg and Miss
Nellie Karr, forwards; Miss Jessie Bum
gardner, CENTER Miss May Shaw and Miss
Vertna Randle, guards
After the games a dance was enjoyed.
The funeral of Mrs. George Collins, 36
years of age, who died yesterday after
noon at her home in Jonesboro, after
short Illness will be held tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock from the family resi-
dence. Interment will be at Cedar Hill
cemetery. The deceased is survived by
her husband, seven children father and
two brothers in Mississippi, one brother.
Clyde Brown, of Bessemer. and two sis
ters Mrs. Clements and Mrs. Wimberly
of Adamsville.
George r. Waller. the little son of DR..
and Mrs. George d. Waller, who was
struck in the right eye by an arrow from
a bow of a companion while playing, will
loose the sight OF the eye.
Harry Firstbrool, grand high priest of
the grand encampm ent of Odd Fellows
in Alabama, left this evening for Annis-
ton where he will pay an official visit
to the Admission encampment. Mr.. First
brook will go to Piedmont Saturday. ac-
companied by Grand Scribe w. II. Nc
Cartney of Anniston, to institute a new
encampment OF Odd Fellows.
On Tuesday q number of Bessemer Odd
Fellows will attend the Birmingham dis
trict convention of Odd Fellows which
will be held at Avondale. One of the
features of the convention will be the
degree work.
Bessemer is the head of the Bessemer
district. comprising II lodges, which will
be i'll convention at West Blocton on
March %.
The jefferson Fertilizer company is
rushing its 1914 yaipments of fertilizers
and up to this date the company has gone
far ahead of any year in making and
selling the output
ha
April / when the force will be reduced.
d. G. Davis of Chicago has arrived and
will Immediately take charge of the work
being done on the by-product plant of
the Woodward Iron company. Mr.. Davis
will install the additional 80 ovens for
this plant, making a total of 10 ovens.