The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-18
BesSen1er News

Bessemer, January 17.-(Special) 1.-THE
new Sunday school annex of the First
Baptist church on the corner of Fifth
avenue and Eighteenth street will be
opened tomorrow morning at $3.50 o'clock.
Following the opening a Sunday school
institute will be held in the new building
of which cost in the neighborhood of $1,000
and is one of the handsomest structures
in Bessemer.
| AT the morning service, H. L. Strickland
will make an address on 'The Lost Tai
! ent.' In the afternoon at o'clock a
mass meeting will be held at which time
Mr.. Strickland will talk on "once Before =
AT 7:30 Mr.. Strickland will take for his
subject, Problem of Waste and By-Pro-
Duct
On Monday the sessions will be held as
follows: 4:30 to 5:15 p. M, THE Primary
Department Miss Lillian S. Forbes of
Admission; 5:15 to p. M, intermediate, ="
| II. l.. Strickland; to p. m., supper.
The evening conference will be presided
| over by Miss Forbes from to 7:5O o clock
l:3O to sis p. m, 1.-THE Organized School,
II. L. Strickland; SIS to p. M, THE
Pupil" l.. p. Leavell of oxford, Miss
The sessions will be held on Tuesday as
follows: 4;SO to 5:15 p. M, 1.-The Junior
Department" Miss Forbes; 5:15 to p. M,
THE Pupils" Mr.. Leavell; S:15 to p. m,
1.-THE Sunday School Four Squares" Mr..
| Strickland.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend these sessions.
] The Bessemer city court will take up a
| Jury civil docket Monday morning, a large
number of cases being set for the week.
| The first case on the docket is that of
| w. A. Marbut VS.. the Woodward Iron
| company for damages, it being alleged his
| eye was put out while in the employ of
| the company. This case has been tried
| before and the plaintiff received a verdict
| but this was reversed by the supreme
court. The case of A. H. Laird VS.. the
| Security Insurance company has also bees
| tried several times.
! The docket set for the week is as fol-
lows: w. A. Grimes vs. the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad company F. S.
| Franklin VS.. n. Fimichis; William
Thomas vs. Kennedy Furniture company;
| Israel Smith VS.. the Tennessee Coal Iron
and Railroad company; Willie Lawley,
pro ami VS.. the Southern Railway COM
pdIiy DOIa FRUIT VS.. lNey S1OBSclt, j. IL.
| Walkers VS.. the Fifth Avenue Presby-
| terian church, j. A. Faggard VS.. the Ten
| nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company
| Lark Howell vs. John Ware; Will Hamil-
| ton vs. Shed Feggin; Joe Brooks VS.. the
| Birmingham Railway, Light and Power
| company; Lincoln Davis VS.. the Birming
ham Railway, Light and Power company
e. A. Vaughn VS.. the Birmingham Rail-
way, Light and Power company; r. f..
! Sears VS. the Rirmipp ppharn Railway
and Power company.
The local chapter of the United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy will observe the
birthday of Robert e. Lee tomorrow aft
ernoon when appropriate exercises will
be rendered at the high school auditorium
at O'Clock. DIR. o. r. Dozier of Birmng-
| ham will be the speaker of the OCCASION
and will talk on the life and character of
Robert E. Lee. A vocal selection will
| be rendered by the Philharmonic quartet
| while the men of the Methodist choir will
| sing. Nearer, My God To Thee Read
| ing (selected), by Mrs f. p Lacey; vocal
solo, Mrs. Cecil Cowan. The public is
| invited to attend the exercises
| The funeral of the late r. C. Thompson
| took place this morning al 10 o'clock from
| the residence of his daughter, Mrs j. NJ
Barrett on Eighth avenue, the services
| being conducted by the Rev. l. f. Swal-
! low pastor of the First Presbyterian
church. of which the deceased was a
member Interment was made at the
| Brighton cemetery. The pallbearers were.
| w. A. Davidson, Samuel Reid, c. r. Cook,
| Toll Adams. W. S. Schwartz and W. A.
| Cochran, of the mems Bible class of the
! Presbyterian Sunday school, of which the
deceased was member. Mr.. Thompson
| is survived by three daughters Mrs. j. NJ.
| pa til
two sons, Carle and Randolph Thompson,
| all of Bessemer.
The basketball team of the Bessemer
| Athletic club is putting II some good
| practice preparing for tho game to be
played on the local floor with the Au-
| burn five on Friday night January 30.
| The local five has been playing good ball
this season. having defeated the Univer-
sity of Alabama team last night at Tus-
| caloosa by a score of 26 to "a
On February the Bessemer five will
meet the team of the Birmingham Ath-
| letic club and on February 10 the Column
bus quinlet will play here. Games will
i also be arranged with Vanderbilt and
| Cumberland universities
Mrs. r. B. Franklin, 81 years of age,
died last night at II o'clock at her home
| at Gordon Heights after an illness of
cancer The funeral will take place to-
morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the
residence, the services being conducted
by the Rev. Mr.. Walker. Interment will
be made at the Brighton cemetery
| Last night the Thomas II. Holt Encamp-
ment No. 30. I. o. o. F., held it's regular
meeting and the following officers were
| elected for the current year: e. A. Tubb
chief patriarch; w. II. Williamson, high
priest; j. B. Ferguson, senior warden
| Harry Firstbrook, Junior warden; E. U.
| Winter, scribe; T. B. Wallace, treasurer:
| w. II. Williamson. representative to the
| grand encampnnent, which meets in Bir-
mingham the first Monday in May
The regular services will be held at the
| First Presbyterian church Sunday, the
subject for the morning service being
Baptism" The Sunday school offering
will go for the orphans home.
Electrical Engineers Meet Tomorrow
The meeting of the Birmingham ASS /.