The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-11
BesSen1er News

Bessemer April 1O.-(Special.)- )-Funeral l serVlces over the remains of Capt. H. W. Crook, who died Thursday afternoon al ms home after brief illness, were cen ducted this afternoon from the late resi- dence by the Rev. George Stoves. pas- tor of the First church, assisted by the
 Rev. J. F. Sturivant, presiding elder of the Bessemer district, and the Rev. T, F. Swallow. pastor of the First Prasbv- terian church. Interment was at Ceda Hill cemetery, Bessemer lodge No 45s Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. of which the deceased was a charter mcm-
 Der, had charge of the services at the grave.
 The following acted pallbearers: Active Walter K. McAdory Charles M. Ray. Dr. A. s. Fitzpatrick, Lacey Edmundson, 1 Clark Mccormick and w. D. Taylor Honorary, Oscar W. Underwood, pr. J. w. Carter, w. W. Hollingsworth. P. | Gillen, c. l.. Odell, w. II. H. Judson, sam Stein, w. A. Simmons, L. E.. Burns R.
 F. smith, James Trotter, H. A. Glossor,,
 J. E. Rogers, Jeff Clay, J. C. Curry. H. J. Palmer, T. P. Waller, w. J. Long. I.
 A. Eastis. Lee Moody, George H. Steven-
 son, Dr. M. c. Radsdale, w. H. Lewis,
 pr. G. R. Lewis, B. Clay Jones, P. j.. McAdory, George E.. Rutledge, Hugh Me- Geever, w. H. Morrow, Job Going, H. L.. 1 Badham. H. E. Mccormack, Morris Adler D. F. Sugg. J. B. Houston, A. C. Mitchell.
 Capt A. J. Tarrant, Capt Frank S. White, l. A. Lewis John $. Randle and
 E. A. veitch.
 From to o'clock this afternoon. the hours of the funeral every business housa
 In the city closed out of respect for Cap-
 tam Crook. People from every walk of life attended the funeral to pay a las tribute to Captain Crook who was loved by all who knew him.
 The floral offerings were among the
 most beautiful ever seen in Bessemer. Ground has been broken for the Superior l Pipe plant. which will be located between Twenty-second and Twenty fourth streets and Fourteenth avenue The main build klng, machine shop and pattern shop will
 be the first buildings erected The main | building will be 72x20O feet and the other shop will be 25x1oo feet As the business l of the firm grows other buildings will | be elected. The plant will make cast | iron soil pipe. when in full blast and
 will have b floors, working 75 men. 1 Five hundred tons of pig iron for ex- port to Genoa, Italy, were shipped by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com
 pany yesterday. The shipment was made
 over the Frisco and Illinois Central rail-
 roads and went via of New Orleans where | it will be placed on board of a vessel 1 for the Mediterranean port
 l The following candidates in the cit, primary election qualified today: Harry l W. Massey, chairman of the executive 1 committed; J. B. Bruce. alderman o | First ward J. N. Smithson, aldermat
 Fifth ward; J. M Shipp, alderman oi
 Second ward; J. M. Norwood, alderma1
 of Fifth ward; pr. J. s. Winters, alder. man of Second ward, and J. B. Houston
 city clerk and treasurer.
 A contract amounting to $lOO,O0O Ina
 been secured by the Sullivan, Long <
 Hagerty Contracting company of this city The work to be done is that of improv. ing the sewerage systems in Mooresvile The company has just completed a con tract at Charlotte, N. C., and will move
 their force of men from that place t< the new work.
 The work to be done in Mooresvillt will require several months. The officials | of the company are now in Savannah Ga, where recently they made con tract for s1.O00,OOO for drainage, sewers
 and other work in the retaining of larg,
 tracts of land in and near Savannah.