The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-10
BESSEMER NEWS


 1 Lindsay, a negro, was arrested tonight by Special Officer A.-D Maddox and De- tective R. M. Childre=s on a charge of attempted burglary. It is alleged by the arresting officers that the negro attempted to break into the Spencer jewelry and re- pair shop on Second avenue, between Twentieth and Twenty-drst streets. The man was placed in ths city jail and will be given a hearing before Judge I. A. Lewis in recorders court this week.
 The local fire department answered a call this morning at o'clock to 2621 Twelfth avenue, where the house occu- l pied by A. N. Franklin was on fire. The blaze was of the roof variety and was l quickly eXtinguished At $40 o'clock an- other run was made sry the fire depart ment, when a call to 227 Fairfax avenue | was answered. There was a small blaze | on the roof of the house, owned and oc- cupied by M. c. Bradley. which was ex- | tinguished with chemicals, very little damage being done.
 Much interest is being manifested in the meeting to be held Sunday afternoon | at o'clock at the Princess theatre at which time J. F. Shelby of Birmingham will talk on ''The Problems of Today" | MT. Shelby is splendid speaker and it | is expected that the theatre will be l crowded to hear him. These lectures are being given under the auspices of the Young Mems Christian association l of Birmingham and the ladies as well | as the men of the city are urged to be l present.
 | The County Fair,' which was present. 1 ed at the High school auditorium tonight was grand success in every way The performance was witnessed by a large l crowd and was 8 continuous laugh from ! start to finish. In all probability the best thing on the programme was the l Spanish dance given by Miss Kathleen | Waller, Miss Rosalie Goldberg, Miss Ber- ney Gillen and Miss Kathleen Cahill, the | young ladies having to respond to sev- | eral encores. Little Miss Elizabeth Lewis and Miss Lulu J. Little, in several dances came next, while the dancing of Miss l Helen Drum was delightful. The solos | of Hode Eastman and Dan c. Lewis were | splendid and were received with much applause The duet, Sweetheart Time" by Miss Lillian Cahill and Bruce Nabors | with a chorus assisting, was received with much applause, and several encores were i necessary to quiet the audience The | "Boogey Boo' chorus with solo by Miss | Emma Gum, was excellent and caused | much laughter The Fluffy Ruffles' chorus, with solo by Mrs. James Fitz- ] patrick was very pretty and received much applause, as did the college chorus 1 with a solo by Miss Kathleen Waller 1 The duet by Mrs. Fitzpatrick and Dr. 1 Wood Price was beautifully rendered. as | were the selections by the quartet com posed of Clarence Bumgardner, George l Bumgardner, Bob Bumgardner and Dr. 1 Barnett, and the duet by Miss Nellie | Karr and Dr. Barnett. "Uncle Jake and Aunt Mary Spruceby' were excellent and | the audience was in an uproar the whole 1 time they were on the stage, as was the l case with the bride and groom. All of l the numbers by the children were well 1 rendered and several encores were re- 1 sponded to. "The Dutch Family" "The Bostonians' "The Spielers,' "The Wid- over" Professor Ligntfoot, ''The Wild Man. Handy Andy and '"Giggling Sal' 1 were excellent, and created much amuse- ment for the audience The "See-saw'' chorus with solo by Miss Emma Gum, was very spectacular and concluded the 1 performance. A neat sum was realized and will go to the charity fund of the 1 Elks. The entertainment was under the l direction if Miss Annie Sara Book
 quiet wedding which was solemnized | this morning at 7:30 o'clock was that of Miss Linda Batson and MT. Harry Will liam Massey at the home of the brides parents, Sheriff and Mrs. Thomas J. Bat son, on Dartmouth avenue, in the pres- ences of relatives and a few intimate friends. Green and white were the tones chosen for the affair, and ferns, palms and white chrysanthemums were employ | ed in the decoration of the reception rooms. An improvised altar was erected in an arch of the parlor with ferns and palms while huge crystal vases of speci- men chrysanthemums were placed here and there while burning tapers in silver candlabrum shed a soft glow over the bri.y ya1 ntx- %I,A Charles Batson, a brother of the bride, sang, At Dawning' (Cadman) Some where a Voice is Calling and "To You At the strains of Lohengrin's wedding march, played by Mrs. H. H. Frohoff, the bride and groom entered and were met at the altar by the Rev. George Stoves, pastor of the First Methodist church, who pronounced the VOWS. The bride was charmingly attired in a going away gown of navy blue cloth with ac- cessories to match and carried shower bouquet of brides roses and lilies of the valley. Immediately after the ceremony MT. and Mrs. Massey left for New Orleans, and on their return will go to housek coping in a new bungalow on Dart mouth avenue
 The bride is the attractive daughter of | Sheriff and Mrs. T. J. Batson and pos- sesses a charming personality. She was reared in BesSemer, where she is very popular, while the groom is well known in this city as a promising young business man.
 The local chapter United Daughters of the Confectionery held an interesting meet
 ing yesterday afternoon at the home of
 Mrs. E. P. Lacey on Eighth avenue.
 Many matters of business came up for
 consideration, and it Was decided to send the old soldiers at Mountain Creek $15 instead of Christmas box. A number of the U. D. c. seals were disposed of, and a committee composed of Mrs. E. L.. Huey, Mrs. J. E. McAdory and Miss
 Mary E. Lovett was appointed to visit the schools and ask that the birthdays of
 southern heroes and statesmen be ob-
 served, and that their pictures be placed
 in the school rooms. Mrs. w. D. Lanier was elected president by exclamation 70
 succeed Mrs. w. w. Hollingsworth who will spend the winter in the southwest.
 At the conclusion of the meeting salad course with chocolate was served by the