The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27
bESSEMER NJ WS

Bessemer. July 26.--(Special.)-A large number of improvements have been made by the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron company at their mines a Bessemer for the making of the home life of the em- ployes of the company and their surround ings more pleasant. All of the houses have been painted and there is a steel pole 1l0 feet high on a high hill, from which floats a United States flag while a short distance away is the playground for the white children. It Is equipped with a wading pool. sand piles swings horizontal bars. seats. walks and flowers which adds greatly to the attractiveness of the place. In another part of the camp is a similar playground for the ne- gro children Streets have been opened up and driveways built in every direction and vacant lots have been transformed into beautiful flower gardens Superin- tendent W. T. Williams has done every thing that would possibly add to the com fort and pleasure of the employees and their families and at present the Sloss camp Is one of the cleanest and most beautiful in this district.
 Rich Singleton, 8 negro, who was ar rested yesterday by Detectives Maddox, Ross, Steele and Childress on a charge of viola ting the prohibition law was given a hearing this morning before Judge I. A. Lewis in recorders court and was fined $50, including costs. George Wiser. also colored, who was arrested on the same charge, will be given a hear ing before Judge Lewis Wednesday morn ing.
 It has been announced that about Sep tember l the Bessemer cotton seed oil mill will start up and will run contn- ually. employing about 15 men all the time. The mill is located on Twenty second street between First and Alabama avenues at the crossing of the Alabama Great Southern and the Louisville and Nashville railroads, on sne site originally condemned for the proposed union de- pot, and work is being rushed as to have the plant in operation by the time the first seed come in. Judge J. C. B. Gwin is president and active manager while pr. William Waldrop is vice pres ident.
 The building on Nineteenth street be- tween Second and Third avenues, for merly occupied by the Empire saloon, is being remodeled and completely over hauled A new front Is being placed while the interior will be repapered and repaired, and new electrical fixtures in stalled. The work is being pushed so as to be ready early in August for the oc- cupancv of the Randle & Milton Gro cery company which will move from the stand on Nineteenth street between Third and Fourth avenues.
 There will be business meeting of the pastors helpers of the First Methodist church tomorrow afternoon at o'clock
 in the basement of the church, at which time all members are urged to be pres ent as some important business will come before that body.
 Mir. and Mrs Claude Anderson enter tained a number of friends this evening at their home on Fairfax avenue in cele- bration of the thirty second birthday of MT Anderson and his twin sister, Mrs. George Payne The table was decorated for the occasion in ferns and cut flowers and an elegant luncheon was served Those pNesent were Mir and Mrs l. M. Anderson MT and Mrs. George Mason. MT. and Mrs George Payne MT. and Mrs. Wilson Goodwin, Mir and Mrs. Archie Parker, MT and Mrs. Herman Watson, MT. and Mrs. R. P. Carnes, Mrs. Belle