The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-17
BESSEMER NEWS

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Bessemer, April 16.-(Special) THE first
smoker to be given by the Bessemer Com
mercial club was held tonight at the
| Bright Star cafe at which there were
about 200 members present. The men
gathered at the city hall at o'clock and
marched in body to the cafe, headed
/ by the Bessemer brass band. Andrew C.
Mitchell was the POSTMASTER. Short i'm
promptu talks were made by DR.. Z. P.
Lacey, DR.. J. S. Winters. j. L. Hafner.
Gardner f. Goodwin, William II. II. judi
son. and L. Schwabacher.
| Standing committees were announced by
President George Rutedge as follows:
| Local legislation Gardner f. Goodwin,
chairman; Dr. E. p. Lacey and Lee
Moody. City and county affairs: George
Ross, chairman; DR.. E. l.. Edmundson
and /. A. Lewis. Civic Improvement: ".
| w. Hollingsworth, chairman; DIR. j. S.
Winters and e. r. Smith. Rural and
| Home trade E. l.. Huey, chairman; w. L.
Coston and Sam LeiKovzits. Information
and statistics: George Bumgardner, chair
man: John NJ. Martin, e. A Veitch and
w. p. Gum. Membership committees:
| John c. Perry, chairman, II. II. Milton
| and A. w Deason. Finance committee:
| ]. d. Martin, chairman: G. p. Benton and
George r. Davies. Publicity committee:
J. A. Snider, chairman; William II. IL.
Judson ID. o. Teasley and A. r. William
son. Health and sanitation committee:
DR.. George d. Waller, chairman; DR. S. f.
Nash and Nj. E. Crotwell. Agricultural
committee; J. C. b. Gwin, chairman; Ern-
est Milton and p. M. Mcneil. Manu-
| factural committee: J. e. Hafner, chair
man; e. p. Johnson and G. G. Neal. En-
tertainment committee: Samuel Stein,
chairman; Tom Bonduris and j. w. Leg
gett. Miscellaneous committee: George
r.. Rutledge, chairman; A. +. Patton and
| L. Schwabacner.
| The Bessemer Commercial club was re-
Gently organized and is growing so :ap'd-
! ly that it now has a membership of $50.
| At the conclusion of the smoker the men
went in body to the Grand theatre
where they We're the guests of the owner,
| j. A. Snider.
| While coupling cars in the yard Of the
local plant of the United States Cast IRON
| Pipe and Foundry company this after
| noon Joe Hurst had his left hand badly
mashed, several bones being crushed. He
was rushed to the Elizabeth Duncan hos
pital where the injured member was OPP
Grated and dressed. While it is not
thought TO be serious the injury is very
painful.
| j. NJ. Tucker. 81 years of age, died t,is
morning shortly after midnight at his
| home on Nineteenth street, between Fiji
| teenth and Sixteenth avenues, after a
| short illness of paralysis The deceased
! had lived in this city for many years and
was well and favorably known. He is
! survived by two sons, Walter Tucker and
/ 4 l.s. x.ls.
z. Hamilton of Admission, Miss Maggie
Tucker of this city; three sisters. Mrs.
Augusta Wood of Lipscomb. Mrs Addie
Barnesfield of Ensley and Mrs. Nan Davis
of Columbana. The funeral will take
place tomorrow afternoon at 8 o'clock
from the Union Baptist church. the serv
ives being conducted by the Rev. Mr..
| Abernathy of Powderiy. Interment will
follow in Union cemetery.
Henry f. Mundes, who has been con-
nected with the Bessemer Foundry and
Machine company for the past 20 years,
has sold his interest in the plant to Louis
Hoster, Sr., and accompanied by his son
and daughter Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Stitts, left yesterday for FIT Pierce, Fla,
where they will probably locate.
Rose Huey, clerk of the Bessemer city
| court; Solicitor Ben G. Perry, Chief
Deputy w. B. Vines, Mathews & Math-
ews, Thomas T. TIuey and Samuel Huey
have moved into their new quarters i'll
the Bessemer Realty building and are
| now ready for business. The new build
| ing is rapidly filling up. The furniture
| for the courtroom, juryrooms and he
| office of Judge j. c. b. Gwin has ar
rived and is being installed.
At the meeting of the Ladies Aid
| Of be Eirct nj a y,
| church held yesterday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. #. A. Wright, 35 mem
| bers were present. The annual cleo
ton of officers was held, Mrs. George
| H. Stevenson being elected president
| for the twenty-third time; Mrs. j. b.
Morton, first vice president; Mrs. Wal
| ter n. Williams, second vice president;
Mrs. I. F. Swallow, treasurer, and Mrs.
| T. A. Knight secretary Ninety dollars
was turned in as dues and results OF
/ sales, while the annual report showed
! that 1858 had been taken in by the
society during the year besides taking
| care of one orphan and making dona-
| lions to other causes. Next week a
rummage sale will be conducted, be-
| ginning April 20. During the past year
| IL new members have been elected. The
| meeting next week will be held with
Mrs. B. L. Russell in Jonesboro.
helfN W dlhef mas. returned. TO MS
| home in Kentucky after a delightful
visit as the guest of his uncle, L. w.
Allen.
| Miss Nell Kirkpatrick who urder-
| went an operation for appendicitis sew
eral days ago, is doing nicely.
| j. ii. Lunbough is quite i'll with ty-
| l hold fever.
Little Ina Morrace is i'll at the home
of her parents on Eighth avenue.
The Rev I. +. Swallow has returned
from Gadsden.