The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-13
BESSEMER NEWS

Bessemer October 12.-(special The board of revenue has named " D Lanier to locate the lines and es- tablish the voting places in beat ss ! under the recent act of the legisla ture limiting the number of voters to a box to 300. This work will take m a great deal of time as it will be nee l essary for MT. Lanier to call at every house in the beat to obtain the names of the voters in order that the total number may be known before the lines are laid off He is of the opinion tha i It will be necessary to have at least Tive boxes in beat 33. with five votin p places and five sets of election officers. making the cost much greater than at former elections
 At s;30 o'clock this morning the fire department answered call to I'll Fourth avenue where the house of i George ]. Thomas was on fire. The fire originated from a spark on the roof In the rear and was blazing fiercely- When the call was turned in The fire men extinguished the blaze with chem icals. The damage is estimated at about s15
 
 So far this season the McNeil cotton gin has ginned about 300 bales of cot ton and from the outlook will gin as much as in 1914. At the mill cotton seed is worth s37.5O ton, which is the highest known here. Notwithstand- ing this fact seed is not being sold in large quantities. although since Octo- Der l it has been coming in in larger quantities than heretofore,
 Miss Bessie McCord. one of the teach CTS in the public schools will tell the stories to the children Saturday at 5 o'clock at the public library. This story telling hour is being held under the auspices of the Bessemer Culture club and Is proving very interesting as well as instructive for the little folk The children of this city are invited to De present and hear the stories that will be told by Miss McCord.
 Mrs. Emily Frances Mover 6S years Of age, died this morning at 12:3O o'clock. following a stroke of apoplexy at the home of her daughter. Mrs Lew Lemert, St Louis avenue. Mrs Mover was the guest of her daughter having Just come here from Covington Va. only eight days ago. She had been i'll just a few hours when the end came The deceased is survived by one daugh- lcf, hTS. Lew lt1lleGt or I0lS cllN, ana two sons. Tom Mover of New York city and Harvey Mover of Panama. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made but in all probability the remains will be sent to Virginia for sinterment
 J. W. Dicl<y. charged with interfer- ing with officer, appeared before Judge I. A. Lewis in recorders court yesterday and after hearing the evil dence was fined $50. including costs. It is alleged that Detectives Steele, Goodwin and Ross were prevented from making an arrest for the violation of the prohibition law by him. Judge Lewis fined the man the same amount as he would have given the man charged with violating the prohibi- ton law had be been arrested Mir. Dicky appealed the case.
 Madison Grace, negro was arrest ed yesterday on Eighteenth street and Fifth avenue by Detectives A. D. Maddox and F. Ross on a charge of violating the prohibition law. At the time the negro was arrested he had on his person two quarts of whisky and two half pints. He was placed in the city jail and will be given a hear ing before Judge Lewis in recorders court tomorrow morning.