The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
BeSsen1er News

Bessemer, July 6.-(Special) )-The Amer ican Tar Products company will locate in the Bessemer district and has selected a site for an industry near the by-pro- duct plant of the Woodward Iron com pany. At present the work is in charge of R. H. Ruddell.
 Already the surveys for the plant have been made and the work of erecting the buildings and installing the machinery will begin at once. The American Tar Products company, it is stated, has en- gagged the total tar output of the coKe oven plant, from which will be distilled creosote, and hard and soft pitch will be extracted. The present investment is placed at $1O0000, hut as the capacity of the by-product plant is enlarged this will be added to. The contract for building the new plant has been awarded to the II Koppers company.
 Mrs. John Birdwell was struck by a bicycle. on which a man was riding this afternoon just as she steeped off of a street car on the North Bessemer car line at Eighth avenue, sustaining several cuts and bruises about the head. She was assisted to her home on Eighth ave- nue and Eighteenth street by the Rev. 1. F. Swallow and David Nixon who saw the accident, and pr. E. P. Lacey was called at once. Her injuries are not thought to be serious, but are very pain ful.
 Dick Elliott, the young white man who was seriously cut in the abdomen and stabbed in the back at Brighton Saturday afternoon about o'clock, is said to be in critical condition at the Elizabeth Duncan Memorial hospital. The Bessemer lodge No. 45s, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, held it's regu- lar meeting tonight at which time the recently elected officers were installed as follows: John T. McEniry, worship full master; Grady Batson, senior war den; H. c. Ozley, junior warden; w. E. Surratt, treasurer: A. D. Dalrymple, sec | retary; l.. P. Whaley, chaplain; c. H. Brown, senior deacon I. R. Thomson, junior deacon; J. IT. Bush, tiler; A. c. Mitchell, marshal; c. Bert Lytle, senior steward; Robert Barnett junior steward. The meeting was presided over by Past Master Thomas A. Hines, Jr.
 The regular business meeting of the Woman's Missionary society of the First Methodist church was held this afternoon
 
 president, Mrs. R. A. Mickle presiding All plans were perfected for the meeting of the Woman's Missionary societies of the Methodist churches of the North Ala | bama conference, which will be held at the local church on Thursday. The fol- | lowing were appointed on the reception | committee: Mrs. R. A. MiclSle. Mrs. J. | F. Sturdivant Mrs George Stoves and Mrs. w. B. Rue.
 | Mrs. Annie Glenn Grove will give an | illustrated musical lecture Wednesday | morning at her studio. 1616 Third avenue, | at o'clock. The following will assist:
 Miss Marjorie Williams, Miss Alma Scott, Miss Ruth Van Cleave, Miss Eva Cal houn, Miss Gladys Martin. Miss Bara Nolen, Miss Bertha Williams, Miss Bes- | sic Williams, Miss Leah Houston, Miss Nellie Rich, Miss Lola Lyons. Miss Lola l Parsons, Miss Robye Patterson Miss Nell 1 He Vogtle, Miss Bernice Vogtle, Miss Elizabeth Batiste, Miss Marjorie Morris 1 Miss Amy Bryant, Miss Elizabeth | Schwartz, Miss Autie Ratliffe Miss Vii
 letta Martin. Miss Annie Louise Moor
 and Miss Kittie May Vermillion. l Much interest in the East Lake orphan.
 age picnic to be held at the fair ground, | July 30 has been aroused in Bessemer l The Jefferson County Orphans Home Pic nc asso1cauon'S general committee me
 with some of our leading citizens Sunday at the St. Aloysius auditorium. An or l ganization was perfected as follows: Charles Stitts. president; John V. Cos | tello, secretary-treasurer.
 President Stitts appointed the following | committee of Bessemer gentlemen to as | sist in making the Orphans Home picnic 1 a grand success: Lee Mattingly w. A Sullivan. c. A. Comerford. C. T. LaBerdie
  T. J. Fitzpatrick, J. F. Costello, M J | Hayes, J. T. Hageraty. Joe Miller, Henr, J. Palmer, Robert Tobey.
 The committee urgently ask that tn,
 citizens of Bessemer meet with them or
 Tuesday night, July '. at 7:30 o'clock t, formulate plans to make Bessemers par
 in the picnic programme a success. Tn
 meeting will be held in the auditorium il
 the new Saint Aloysius Parochial schoo
 building.