The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
Bessen1er News

Bessemer May 20 t-Special)-The board of education held long meeting last night in the office of Superintendent A. A. Per sons in the high school building, but lit l tie of importance was done. The matter l of the election of a superintendent was 1 deferred until next week. May 26 when the election will take place. In the mean time applications for the place will be l asked for. An effort was made to re- scind the action taken by the board.At the last meeting prohibiting the teachers in the city school from dancing and play ing cards for prizes during the school | week, but the matter failed, the vote being: to rescind, Fitzpatrick and Lewis not to rescind, Dudley, McTyiere and , Copeland.
 The baseball team from the Birming- ham high school came to Bessemer this afternoon, where they were scheduled to meet the Bessemer high school. but as Underwood park had been rented for to- day, the game had to be postponed This game would have decided the high school championship in the Birmingham district Ralph Snder, student of the Birming- ham high school. entertained the baseball team and the students accompanying the team at a box party at the Grand theatre this afternoon. [ Sammy Antonio, the little 2-year-old son of Mrs Joe Antonio, an Italian was bitten by a dog thought to have been mad, oYer'thP right eye. The dog ran into the store, but was chased out by Joe Crittenden and started across the street when Mr. Crittenden fired at the dog hitting him in the side of the head. The head was severed and was sent to Mont lgomery to the Pasteur Institute for exami- nation.
 Mrs. Harris F. Kirk of Baltimore and her sister, Mrs George D. Waller of this city will leave Friday for Atlanta. where they will attend the twenty-fifth anniver- sary of Agnes Scott college, their alma mater.
 tennis club has ben organized in Bessemer by the lovers of the game and has Joined the Birmingham association An excellent court has been built on First avenue and Seventeenth street and a movement is on foot to have another on Fifth avenue. The Cotton States tour nament will be held in Birmingham at the Country club in July and there will be some Bessemer men in the ourna- ment. John w. Mcconnell of Besse- mer is taking great interest in the club and is doing all in his power to make It the best ever had in Bessemer Miss Bessie Mae Lovett will be hostess to the Forty-two club Saturday after noon at her home on Arlington avenue, in compliment to Miss Helen Lewis, a bride l to-be in June.
 1 wedding which came as a surpris se to the many friends of the contractins parties was that of Mrs. Dolly Under wood to MT. A. ]. Wischmeyer. The wedding occurred last evening at the home of Elina Faulkner, on Clarendon avenue at S:3O o'clock, the Rev. M K Thornton officiating Immediately after | the ceremony Mir. and Mrs Wischmeyer | left for Jacksonville and other southern points. Upon their return they will he a, | home with Mir. and Mrs. John Perkins or Berkley avenue
 1 The graduating exercises of the Bes- semer High school will be held at the nlgh school auditorium Thursday even ing, May 2S. at 8 o'clock, at which time the following programme will be car. ried out
 Grand march. Annie Glenn Grove l Invocation, the Rev M K Thornton l Salutatory
 | Chorus. "Estudiantina" Gacome).
 Address to graduation class. Prof Frederick D. Losey of the University of Alabama. Class song, composed by Beryl Pinner
 Presentation of diplomas, pr R. P
 McTyiere, president of the board o1 education.
 Chorus. Might in June" (pnenbach)
 Valedictory. Fred Bryant.
 Benediction, the Rev. M. K. Thornton
 The members of the class are as fol
 lows: Miss Gladys Alexander. Mis-,
 Bessie Maddox. Miss Daphne Lowery Miss Lizzie Scott, Miss Blanche Brad ley Miss Beryl Primer, Miss Leila VII.
 Hams, Miss Gladys Draper Miss Laurs
 winters, Miss Gladys Baird, Miss Linni,
 Thomas, Miss Esther Johnson, Mis-.
 Lydia Spence. Miss Alice Ovies. Georg. Murrah. Fred Bryant Sam Houston
 James Fitzpatrick. Charlie Woodson James Baird and Milton Brown.
 The Dixie Socialist" a paper dealins strictly on the lines of socialism. ha, been launched in Birmingham and will
 be edited and printed in Bessemer a
 the plant of the Bessemer Tribune W T. Hendrix will be the editor Tn.
 first issue will consist of s2 pages ant
 will he published on June IS. The papel Will be printed in magazine form, beins 15 inches long and four columns wide
 MT Hendrix stated that an article iron
 Eugene V. Debs, leader of the socialis
 party. would appear in the first issue
 number of young people of Bes
 semer who have been taking parts fl amateur theatricals for the past veal met last night at the home of Mis-
 Lallah Mae Hyde and organized a c1ul
 to be known as "The Fortnight club.
 The following were chosen officers
 Owen Williams, general manager: lame.
 Fitzpatrick stage manager: J. J. Haley
 advertising manager; Edwin Guy, prop
 erty man; Miss Mary Ham, secretary
 The club will present the three ac
 comedy, Captain Rackett." on Tuesda,
 evening, June 3. at the High schoo
 auditorium for the beenf1t of the Higl
 school annual
 Mrs. G. w. Konkle
 Cordova, May 20.--(6pecial. )--Marjori