The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-17
bESSEMER NEWS

Bessemer, October 16.-(Special. )-An unknown negro entered the store of
 Jake Aiello, an Italian on First avenuee and Twenty first street about 6:3O O clock tonight and bought some peaches and some lard and walked out of the store without paying for it. MT. Aie1lo, who waited upon the negro, secured a gun and ran after the man. firing at him several times The negro had a gun and returned the fire, but did not hit the Italian Officers were notified of the robbery and immediately
 went to investigate but no clue as to who the negro was could be found. There have been several such robberies
 in Bessemer within the past week and
 the officers believe they have been
 committed by the same man.
 Work Is progressing rapidly on the new five-story building which is being constructed on the corner of Third ave- nue and Nineteenth street and the base ment of the first floor has been com pleted. The frame of the building will be re-enforced concrete and work on the erection of the frame will begin at once. When completed the building will be one of the handsomsst in this district. It will be five stories high, strictly modern and up-to-date in every particular. The Lewis Drug company and several other business houses will oc- cupy the first floor, while the Bessemer city court will occupy the second floor and the third, fourth and fifth floors will be utilized as offices. The building lis being constructed by Ager Cline, i3irmin gham contractors.
 Plans have been completed for the flower and baby show which will be given by the local, chapter, United Daughters of the Confectionery, on Saturday october 24 at the old Athletic hall on Third avenue between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets. The affair will last all day
 and both dinner and supper will be served. Prizes will be given for the prettiest baby,
 the most artistically decorated baby buggy and number of other prizes The com mittee in charge is composed of Mrs. F. L. Huey, Mrs. M. F. Benton, Mrs. w. D. Brown, Mrs. W. E. Christilieb, Mrs. w. C. Baty and Mrs. Sarah Hawkins. A large and appreciative audience at- tended the play, 1.-The Kingdom of Hearts Content which was given tonight at the High school auditorium under the aus- pices of the Pastors Helpers of the First
 
 oughly interesting throughout, and each character was well portrayed excellently.
 The Clarendon School Improvement as-
 sociaton held it's regular meeting this afternoon at the Clarendon school, the meeting being presided over by the pres ident, Mrs. A. A Persons. It was decided
 to have a mothers meeting on Wednes- day afternoon. October 2S. at the school building at 2 o'clock, and Mrs w. F. Golsom will make talk on the child and school from mothers viewpoint Mrs. w. J. Long will talk on the view point of the mother toward the school, while Mrs. Ella Leeper will talk on the teachers viewpoint. 1t was further de- eided to buy some more bookcases.
 Miss Leila Kate Toynor, a teacher in
 the Bessemer High school, is one of the latest purchasers of bale of cotton at
 F cents a pound. Miss Toynor decided to
 join the buy-a bale movement and yester- day bought her bale, which weighed some thing over 500 pounds. The cotton was bought from farmer in Greene county. A medal contest will be held Sunday aft ernoon at 3:30 o'clock in the Sunday school
 rooms of the First Methodist church. The being carried on by the Woman's Chris tiar Temperance union.
 Funeral services over the remains of Robert Fowler, the 6-year-old son of Mir and Mrs. G. w. Fowler, who died yester- day afternoon after a short Illness. were held this afternoon from the residence of his parents on Main street, interment be- | ing at the Brighton cemetery