The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
BeSSen1er News

Bessemer. August 14-George H. Stew
 enson, secretary of the Bessemer Board
 of Trade is in receipt of message from
 the Alabama railroad commission. stat
 ing that 1t has decided on the location
 of the Bessemer Union depot. The site decided upon was the one formally se- lected by the commissioners, namely
 Twenty-thrd street between First and
 Alabama avenues. This necessitate the removal of the cotton seed oil mill, which
 had just commenced operation This new station will cost approximately S4o,000
 The Bessemer Board of Trade has dele gated Dr. E. W. McNeil and Judge J. C.
 B. Gwin to attend the Southern Cotton
 convention. which will convene in New
 Orleans. August 27 and 2s. This confer
 ence is called for the purpose of con terring with farmers, merchants, bank CTS and others interested in the cotton trade and to devise ways and means for the resumption Of foreign export in cotton and kindred matters, This ap-
 pointment was made by the New Orleans
 Association of Commerce.
 With the closing of No. furnace last
 night at Robertstown and No. 1 having
 closed a week ago there is not fur
 mace in blast in Bessemer. It Is thought
 that the cause for this sudden shutdown
 Is the canceling of their foreign orders,
 which they have been filling for a mum
 Der of years. The closing of the furnace
 will probably reduce the forces of the
 mines on Red mountain. According to an official report the Bessemer rolling mill
 will continue operation. the orders this
 month exceeding any since January.
 xxrbtt Ira
 w. C. Manier and little daughter were
 thrown from their carriage when they
 were struck by an automobile, receiving slight injuries The accident occurred near the pipe works about o'clock. The occupants of the car brought Mrs. Manier
 and little daughter to town where med ical aid was rendered.
 The little daughter of MT. and Mrs. John M Martin narrowly escaped serious injuries yesterday afternoon when. she was
 struck by delivery wagon belonging to
 Steve Durick. at the corner of Second
 av enue and Nineteenth street. The child's
 bruises are very painful but not serious. The news last night of the death of
 Mrs. George Fitzpatrick of Gadsden. who
 was formally Miss Mary Mims was a
 shock to her many friends of this place Mrs. Fitzpatrick succumbed after a brief | liiiltSS lDliONlnk dii Dptfdtioh. ont ie
 survived by her husband George Fitz-
 patrick, three small children. her mother and father, Mir and Mrs. I. A. Mims, of East Bessemer, as sister. Mrs. Leola Copeland, of Cincinnati, and one brother, c. c. Mims. of Bessemer. who attended the funeral in Gadsden this afternoon. Miss Gertrude Hinton has returned to her home in Hot Springs. Ark. after a visit to her uncle, Mayor George D. Rutledge.
 Miss May Newton of Tuscaloosa is the guest of Mrs. Frank Childers on Sixth avenue.
 Miss Annie Archer, accompanied by Miss Mamie Billings of Alexander City. will leave Sunday for Cincinnati and Chicago where Miss Archer has gone to purchase her fall goods in millinery. Lind Hayes, after three weeks visit to his parents, Mir. and Mrs. w. H. Hayes. will leave Saturday for his home in Penn sylvania.
 Frank Childers continues i'll at the home of his mother on Sixth avenue. Miss Mamie Hoodenpyl has returned from Mount Eagle Tenn, after two weeks visit
 Emery Simpson is i'll at the home of his parents on Nineteenth street. Mrs. w. S. Edge. who has been i'll at her home on Fourth avenue for the past few days. Is able to be out. E. D. Hanahan, who was injured yes terday in an automobile accident. has been removed to his home in Birming- ham.
 Miss Polly Friedburg of Columbiana is the guest of Miss Rosalie Goldberg at her home on Eighteenth street.
 Mrs. Philip Erlick has returned from
 a two weeks visit to relatives and friends in Columbia. She is accompanied by her little daughter. Bernice
 Miss Sung Won Sung is the house guest of Miss Lena Terry and Miss Pauline
 Murrah. Miss Won Sung Is student of the Athens female college. and is en
 route to her home in China Miss Julia Lawrence of Livingston 10
 the guest of Miss Elise Robinson at the
 home of her parents on Eerkley avenue Mrs. Eva Hacker. Miss Leta Osey. c. E. Hines and little son. c. F. Hines. Jr.. will leave Monday for Mclene. Miss Elenor Brooks of St. Clair. who has been the guest of Miss Esther Bar rett will leave Saturday for her home. Miss Emma Mimms is seriously i'll at the Elizabeth Duncan hospital. where she underwent an operation thIs ofternoon. Harry Cosper of Greenvlle was visitor to. friends in the city today. Miss Helen Houppert and Miss Alice Burglund have gone to Talladega to be | tho euests of relatives and friends