The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05

ology, audience and lodge; benediction, the Rev l. F. Swallow; accompanist, Mrs. G. B. Hollingsworth.
 The Bessemer city court will reconvene Monday morning with Judge J. c. B. Gwin on the bench. A long jury civil docket will be taken up.
 IT A. Williams about 60 years of age, died suddenly last night about : o'clock at the home of MT. and Mrs. George Lewis at Dolomite. MT. Williams, who was employed at Dolomite, worked Thursday and on his return home that night felt badly and went to a doctor and got prescription. He did not work Friday as he did not feel well and when someone went into his room last night they found him dead. Physicians were immediately called but nothing could be done as the man had been dead several minutes The remains were prepared for burial by Huey x Mcconnell and will be sent Sunday morning to Mountain View Mo, where interment will be made. The deceased is survived by his daugh- ter, Mrs. w. C. Smotherman, who re- sides at Mountain View. Mo.
 The following is the report of Chief J. I. Reeder of the BeSsemer fire depart
 ment for the month of October, which will be presented to the council at the next regular meeting Tuesday eevning:
 TO the Honorable Mayor and Board of
 Aldermen:
 "Gentlemen--Fjnd herewith my report for the month ending October 31. Dur ing the month we answered 13 alarms,
 laid out 300 feet of hose used 49 gallons of chemicals, raised 1S5 feet of ladders and travelled 2S.3 miles.
 Cause of fires: Sparks on roof, S. un-
 xr1f 1. . al Q. defective flues, 2, making a total of IS.
 Property at risk, $l7.500; insurance at FISK, slOO00; isurance loss for the month, $39.05; uninsured loss, 512.50, making a total loss of s51.35 Gasoline for the month 32 gallons; oil for month, S1z gallons Respectfully submitted.
 = ,'J. l. REEDER,
 Chief of Fire Department"
 The case of s. Bivona. an Italian mer- chant. who was charged with setting fire to a residence owned by him on Sev- enth avenue and Nineteenth street. sev- eral weeks ago, was tried this afternoon in recorder's court before Judge l. A. Lewis and was dismissed, it being held that this court had no Jurisdiction in the matter.
 Much interest is being manifested in the speaking which will be held Sunday afternoon at the Princess theatre on Sec ond avenue at o'clock, at which time Frank Dominick of Birmingham will be speaker for the occasion These meetings are being held in Bessemer every Sun day afternoon under the auspices of the Birmingham Young Mems Christian as- sociation
 All members of Bessemer lodge No. 7a1, Benevolent and Protective Order of c a .a Iac toI tr,, att hall Nineteenth street, between Second and Third avenues, Sunday afternoon at 2:3o o'clock, to march in body to the high school auditorium. where the memorial exercises will be held
 Everything is in readiness for the open ing of new wholesale company which will be known as the Bradley & Fason Grain company, and will be ready for business on Monday morning on Fourth avenue and Twentieth street This will be strictly a wholesale house and Mr. Bradley, the senior member of the firm, has for several years been connected With the J. c. Curry Grain company and is thoroughly familiar with the business Both he and MT. Fason are we'll known l in Bessemer.
 i The United Charities and hospital board will hold it's regular monthly meeting MOnuay afternoon at o'clock at the !! home of the president, Mrs. 6. NJ. Owen. I on Fifth avenue, between Sixteenth and l Seventeenth streets. All members are , urged to be present, as this is the last i meeting of that body before Christmas and there is much business to be dis posed of.
 ! There will he meeting of the Young Mems Literary and Good Fellowship club i Nonday evenmg at s o'clock, in the base lnent of the First Methodist church. at which time there will be interesting talks by some of Bessemers most prominent citizens. An outline of the work to be done by the club will also be discussed l and the members will take up the study of the American statesmen. At the con ! cIusion of the meeting refreshments will be served
 The Ladies Aid society of the First Presbyterian church will meet Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at the church to arrange for the oyster supper which will be given for the Industrial Mems Bible class. which Will be given Tuesday even ing in the basement of the church. One of the most delightful of the social affairs for the school set was the party given last night by the young ladies of the Bessemer High school in honor of the football eleven of 1915, at the spacious home of Miss vertna Randall. The entire