The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-09
BesSen1er News

Bessemer, January S. (Special)=The
white man who was thrown from
mule yesterday afternoon in Thomp-
sontown and who was picked up by
Dr. S. e. Grout and carried to the
Elizabeth Duncan Memorial hospital in
an unconscious state, has been identi-
| fled as l.. j. Page, who lives several
miles from Bessemer on the Atlanta,
| Birmingham and Atlantic railroad. IIe
| had come to Bessemer for a doctor to
attend his mother. vino was quite i'll.
| This morning about lis o'clock Mrs.
Page 12-year-old son and a young
man of her neighborhood entered the
warden's office at the city hall in
search of the missing man. She was
sent to the hospital where Mr.. Page
lad been carried. AS yet physicians
have been unable to decide the full ex
tent of the mans injuries.
Myrtle Linton lodge No. $780, knights
of Pythias, held its regular meeting
tonight at which time the following
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected and installed: ]. r. Moore, chan
| cellor commander; John w. Mcconnell,
Jr, vice chancellor William Harding,
master of work Sam Stein, master of
| finance; Z. r. Fountain, master of ex-
chequer; Edward p. Johnson. keeper
of records and seal; j. w Mcdonald,
| inner guard; George Dodson, outer
guard representatives to grand lodge,
I. e. Adams alternate representative,
E. r. Fountain.
! The Wesley Bible class of the First
Methodist church several weeks ago
was divided into two classes, "A" and
"B," to secure members for the class.
| 1t was decided that the side losing
should serve an oyster supper to the
winners. The first of the month the
time expired and the "B' team with
| George Woodrow as captain won, and
viii be entertained by class "a" with
w. d. Lanier captain The supper
will be served in the basement of the
church next Tuesday evening
The basketball team of the Bessemer
Athletic club will go to Birmingham
tomorrow night where it will meet the
crack team of the Birmingham Athletic
club The local five has been practic-
ing hard and expects to put up
! strong fight. A large number of Bes-
semer rooters will accompany the team.
60 years of age, who died yesterday
afternoon at the Grand hotel after
two weeks illness of pneumonia, took
place this afternoon, the services being
conducted by the Rev. George Stoves.
pastor of the First Methodist church.
Mrs Strong came to Bessemer from
Chattanooga two days before Christ
mas to visit her daughter Mrs. Fred
Caunter, wife of the proprietor of the
hotel, and suffered a stroke of pa
ralysis a few days later. Pneumonia
set in a short time afterward and
proved fatal.
The deceased Is survived by her hus-
band of Chattanooga and two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Fred Caunter of Bessemer,
and Mrs Curl of Ragland. Interment
was made at Cedar Hill cemetery.
Miss Louise Dugger, a teacher in the
Bessemer High school, was called to
her home in Tuscaloosa this morning
by the death of her father, which oc-
CURED at $3.50 o'clock this morning at
an infirmary in Mobile.
The Bessemer Culture club met at the
public library this afternoon at
o clock. The trustees room had been
daintily decorated by the librarian,
Miss Nora Golson. with ferns and poin-
settias Mrs. John M. Martin. the pres
ident, presided and read a very appro-
pirate paper for the occasion.
Mrs. Alice Johnson's paper on col
onial literature was greatly enjoyed
by all present, The paper on the life
of BENJAMIN Franklin by Mrs. Gwylym
Herbert was well received and the life
of Alexander Hamilton was ably hand
led by Mrs. e. J. Lacey.
Those present were Mrs. L. Conway,
Mrs. Cecil Cowan, Mrs. Gwylym Her
bert, Mrs. F. l.. Huey. Mrs. Alice john
son, Mrs. f. p. Lacey, Mrs. Carl Mar
der, Mrs. John NJ. Martin Mrs. L. d.
McCullom. Mrs. p. M. Mcneil. Mrs. r. A. \
Mickle, Mrs. George G. Neal. Mrs. ".
b. Rue. Mrs. w. l.. Rush. Mrs. E. B.
Stubs. Mrs. J. F. Sturdivant and Mrs.
f. L. Thornburgh.
meeting of the Bessemer Board of
Trade will be held tomorrow afternoon
at o'clock for the purpose of elect
ing officers for the next year. The
meeting was postponed from last Fri
day owiag to the weather and the abb