The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-18
LITTLE BOY KILLED
 BYFALL FROM TREE
George Stoves, Jr., Meets Tragic Death at Bessemer
HOLD FUNERAL TODAY
City Council Meets and Transacts Routine Business--Duff Lewis Accepts Responsible Position
 With Norfolk Y. M. c. A.

Bessemer, August (Special.) George Stoves, Jr., the little 9-year-old son of Rev. and Mrs. George Stoves ol this city, fell from tree this aft. ernoon about 2:30 o'clock while play ing on sloss Hill and was killed in- stantlys the little fellows neck being Broken by the fall
 Little C. R. Randle. Jr., a playmate, was with him at the time of the ac- cident and he immediately ran home and told of the accident Dr. J. H. Downing and pr. J. S. Winters were summoned but were unable to do any, thing for the child. The body was brought to the undertaking parlors of Hley & Spangler in this city and pre- pared for burial The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon froH the residence of the parentseon Dartmouth avenue at o'clock and the body will le sent to Anniston at o'clock Thurs day morning, where it will be inferred Tn the family burying ground in that place. The pallbearers will be the play l mates of the little fellow. w. c. Baty, Jl, Golan Buck, Farris Batson and Bruce Ragsdale.
 The death was a particularly sad one and the entire town was shocked when the news became generally known. For the past two years MT. Stoves has been pastor of the First Methodist church here and he and ev- cry member of his family are widely loved by the people of the city and the sympathy of the entire. town Is
 extended to them in their bereave- | ment.
 The board of aldermen for the city
 met in regular session tonight in the | city hall and the transaction of rou- tine business occupied about all the time.
 Mayor Lewis recommended that Sher-
 if Batson be granted the use of the Jonesboro Jail gratis. It was defeated. Asks that man be put in chief of police's office to answer phone calls The board passed motion, making 1t | duty of the warden at No. 10 to take l all calls.
 | Reports of officers of the various de- partments were read and accepted as
 information.
 | with the Bessemer Gas company rec | commended that the board accept the | amendments to the ordinance asked by the company. The members of the com
 nittce stated that they had investl-
 gated every phase of the question and
 1t was their belief that it was a good | proposition and the granting of the | concessions asked by the gas company
 means the difference between live | gas company and dead one. The or l dinance passed its third reading and l Aldermen Simmons, Crotwell and Ed
 wards blocked the passage of the or
 dinance. Alderman Simmons said he | would admit of it's passage and vote for 1t If the company would give the city free gas. Mayor Lewis showed that
 in the acceptance of the company's pro- posal to pay $750 to be liberated from
 the free gas clause the committee had
 saved the city s590. An amendment was offered by the | company offering to give the city 20, O0c
 cubic feet of gas per month indefinite iy instead of the former cash consid
 eration. It passed.
 The Tidewater Power company ask ed
 that franchise be granted its com.
 pany to build and maintain a gas
 plant in this city. Referred to com.
 mittee for report at next regular meet ing.
 Alderman Winters asked that ordi.
 nance be passed regulating carrying
 capacity of titneys. It was so ordered
 and the meeting adjourned.
 Duff Lewis. one of Bessemers mos popular young men, has been elected
 Secretary of the boys department O the Young Mems Christian association i,i Norfolk, Va. This department tt
 which MT Lewis has been elected f.
 scccnd to the largest in the United
 States and the position Is very re :. sponsible one Mr. Lewis Is the eldes
 son of Mayor I. A. Lewis and has livet practically his whole life in Bessemer
 He Is graduate of the Bessemer Higl school and later entered Trinity col , lege, North Carolina, where he fin : ished with honors last June. While i has been the intention of Mir. Lewis t. enter the ministry he recently decide'
 to devote his life to working for tn , boys of the country. MT. Lewis will
 leave Thursday for Norfolk, where h will take up his duties.
 .l The opening session of the semi -an { nual Bessemer district convention, In dependent Order of Odd Fellows whic f 511. will begin Thursday at Morga
 Station. about seven miles from Bes 3 semer on the Southern railroad Ar rangements have been made for tn local members to board the o'clOc
 train Thursday morning. returning a
 C o'clock of the same afternoon. Tn
 following lodges compose the Besse
 nier district and will be represente , at the convention: Progressive No. 8 8 Ridgely No S8, Golden No. 107, Bes : semer No. 109, Brighton No 155, R. l e Jones No. 166. Mitchell No. 91 o. Her y drix No. 313. Flint Hill No 341. Pine
 Woods Mo- 369, Virginia City Mo- 3S
 Blue Creek No. 40S. Hueytown No. A
 Canaan No. 511, McCalla No. 51s. Sps cial instruction in the lodge work wi , be presented at the convention an = special study will be given to the wor e of the lodge in general.
 e A basket dinner will be served { r noon by the Canaan lodge. The fo : flowing officers of the Bessemer lode l. will be present at the deliberations { e tine body: T. B. Wallace president;
 J. Goode. secretary; H. c. Ray, c.
 ! Huey and c. I. Farley, vice presiden Rev A. c. Swindell. chaplain. ! Among the grand lodge off
 cials who will be here for the nneet
 ing, make speeches and generally a'
 sist in the proceedings will be GeorP
 Huddleston. grand master: H. c. Pc
 lard, grand secretary; Palmer P. Da, gette, grand warden.
 The Boy Scouts of the city are rt I ,A hon r.