The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-17
Bessener News

Bessemer, July 16.-(Special.) )-The meeting of the Bessemer Board of Trade was called to order this after- noon at 5 o'clock by the president, Dr. J. c. Curry, for the purpose of get ting an expression as to the location of the union railway station After considerable discussion it was thought to be too hazardous to locate it at the point suggested by the railroads, namely, Twenty first street and First avenue. committee composed or the following was appointed--Judge J. c. B. Gwin, chairman; John D. Martin. Dr. T. c. Donald. William Lathrop and w. w. ingsworth-to circulate a peti- ton among the Bessemer citizens and later to be presented to the railroad commission requesting that the station be placed on Twentieth street and First avenue.
 A committee was appointed to con- fer with the Birmingham Railway Light and Power company as to dou- ble tracking Nineteenth street from Tenth to First avenues on account of the delay made by the ingoing and outgoing cars at the corner of Tenth avenue and Nineteenth street Secre- tary George H. Stevenson was re- quested to forward the amount asked by the joint finance committee to em- ploy counsel to contest the validity of the solvent credit statute A commun- ication from Senator Bankhead, asking for the names of active members of the Board of Trade, was read and the secretary was requested to furnish the same
 Ed Scott an escaped negro convict from the state penitentiary at We tumpka, for whom a $50 reward was offered. was arrested here Tuesday by Officers A. D. Maddox and E. Ross Scott was serving a three-year sen tence for burglary. State officers ar rived today and returned with the ne- gro
 At the last meeting of the board of education Miss Verna Thompson of An niston was elected to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of Miss Loony of Athens, who was elected in June It Is probable that Miss Thompson will have charge of the English and math- ematics of the Bessemer high school for the coming term.
 The Rev. George Stoves. pastor of the First Methodist church, will de- liver a sermon to Company D of this city Sunday morning at Il o'clock at the First Methodist church. All mem bers of the company are requested to be present
 Funeral services over the remains of G. F. Winn. who was killed yester- day about noon when he fell 50 feet from tipple at the Woodward ore mines. took place this afternoon at 8 o'clock from the residence of Mir. and Mrs. Ben Hosey at Lipscomb, the serv- ices being conducted by the Rev N H. Abernathy, pastor of the Lipscomb Methodist church. The pallbearers wera Jeff Hosey, Bert Hosey Sam Huey, Frank Huey. Virgil Harrel and Arthur Flemming: Interment was at Union cemetery.
 The Bachelor Girls club was charm ingly entertained this afternoon by Miss Esther Barrett at her home on Eighth avenue The reception rooms were made very attractive with ferns fea ture ot the occasion. three tables being used for the players. Scote was kept by the hostess on dainty tally cards. At the conclusion of the games a tempting ice course was served. The members who enjoyed this pretty hos pitality were: Miss Mary Duncan, Miss Maude Buck. Miss Nellie Christlieb Miss Katie Lacy, Miss Margaret Rust, Miss Jessie Bumgardner. Miss Aline Curry, Miss Pauline Murrah and the hostess, Miss Barrett.
 The ball game yesterday between the
 United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry company team and the. Bes- semer Soil Pipe company was an ex- citing one. the score being to 3 in favor of the former. The ninth in- ming was required to determine the winner and in this inning both sides scored.
 The annual outing of the employees of the Burger Dry Goods company was enjoyed today at West Lake. The hun dreds of employees arrived about 1t O o'clock. some in trucks and others on the cars. Boating and swimming were the features of the day while the even- ing was spent in dancing.
 Marriage Licenses Tke following marriage licenses were yesterday recorded in the office of the probate judge:
 T. A. Russess. Birmingham, to Miss Lula Geneva Smith.
 A. G. Barnett, Boyles, to Miss Mittie