The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-14
BESSEMER NEWS

w. Ewing, president of the Brming !, ham Board of Trade w. c. Radcliffe. secretary of the Birmingham Chamber f, of Commerce. and John w. Sibley met with the Bessemer Board of Trade this morning in the Board of Trade rooms on Nineteenth street for the purpose of getting the local farmers. merchants and business men to cooperate with them in the organization of the Jef- i ferson County Tax league. The meeting was presided over by President J. c. Curry. MT. Ewing in a short talk to the members present said that the ques- ton being considered by the league was tax legislation. He spoke of the equai- ization of taxes and said this was one thing which the state of Alabama need ed very much. He further stated that ] Mobile county recently organized tax league in Mobile with 1000 members and at the suggestion of Mobile, Bir- mingham wanted Bessemer to assist | in the organization of tax league if north Alabama. MT. Sibley made a short talk and stated that Mobile, Montgomery, Etowah. Jefferson, Cal houn and several other counties had loreanized tax leagues and 1t was the | intention of the citizens to organize the entire state and to have a general con- | ference later on to get consensus of opinion of the farmers. business men I and merchants to see what could be done to regulate the taxes. He said the movement was nonpolitical, nonsectar- ian and long pull, strong pull, and a pull all together.
 J iein 11 za6 and pr. J. c. Curry was elected chair
 man of the local division and also vice pr esioent of the Birmingham league.
 while G. H. Stevenson was elected trea surer. E. l.. Huey made a motion which was duly seconded that the chair l appoint a membership committee to se- cure members. Dr. Curry appointed the committee as follows: Thomas T. Huey, Il J. D. Martin. William H. H. Judson, I. A. Lewis and R. F. Smith. A meeting
 to which every taxpayer Is invited to attend will be held Wednesday after
 noon at o'clock in the Board of Trade rooms.
 Seven hundred tons of iron will be shipped by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company from the local fur
 naces to Genoa, Italy. The shipment II will go from Bessemer to Savannah. where 1t will be transferred to Brit W iterranean port. This is the first ship
 ment in export iron made by the Ten nessee Coal. Iron and Railroad com pany since the war in Europe started. The shipment will be given all the pro
 lection of war and in the event that any damage of loss results the com pany will be protected.
 ' Walter Davis. white boy, was ar
 rested this morning on a charge of lar ceny by Officers Jenkins and Goodwin.
 The boy went into Bryant Brothers
 bicycle shop to sell a bicycle, which MT
 Bryant bought, paying him s. Birming-
 ham officers notified Bessemer authori-
 ties that a wheel belonging to Eugene Patton had been stolen from in front
 of the Postal Telegraph office in Bir-
 mingham. In a few minutes MT. Bryant
 telephoned to police headquarters that he had just purchased . bicycle which
 he thought had been stolen. Davis was
 immediately arrested and was placed in
 the city jail
 At the meeting of the Bessemer Board of Trade this morning Mayor l. A. Lewis
 made a motion which was duly seconded that a page in the minute book of the organization be set aside in memory of J. A. Simpson. who died this morning
 at 10 o'clock at Tallys infirmary after a serious operation Resolutions of re- | gret at his death were also adopted by the board of trade. MT. Simpson was AS years of age and had lived in Bes- semer for 12 years and was very popular | in lodge and church circles. He was pro- prietor of the Simpson Coal and Wood
 company. He is survived by four broth CTS, William Simpson, George E. Simp- son, John Simpson, all of Gainesville, Ga-. and Emory Simpson of this city; two l sisters. Mrs. Little and Mrs. Hutchins of Gainesville. Short services were held tonight at the Jacobs undertaking estab- lishment by the Rev. George Stoves, pas tor of the First Methodist church, and the Rev. I. F. Swallow. pastor of the
 First Presbyterian church. The body was sent to Gainesville, Ga, tonight by
 Jacobs. where interment will be made tomorrow The remains will be accom- panied by MT and Mrs. E. Simpson and T. P. Waller. The pallbearers were: I | A. Lewis. T. B. Wallace, T. P. Waller, I F. R. Mathews, E. E Wilson and Bryan Waller.
 l County Tax Assessor McGowan is at the city hall for the purpose of assessing the taxes of the residents of the lower end of the county. He is in the office of the city clerk and Treasurer James B.
 Houston and will remain here until Mo- vember l. and those residing here can
 have their tax assessed without going to Birmingham. Those failing to see the tax assessor at the city hall can have their tax assessed by Lee Moody be- tween November 1 and January l. He l will be found at his office on Second avenue.
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