The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-22

BeSSemer July 2.-(Special )--beon | Davis, a negro, was arrested today by . Detective w. c. Steele on a charge of larceny It is alleged that the negro
 bl olxe into the Southern depot on
 Nineteenth street and Thirteenth ave nue several nights ago and robbed the cash drawer of about $16. The man was placed in the city jail and will be given hearing before Judge l. A. Lewis in recorders court tomorrow morning. This morning in recorders court Ella Washington. a negro woman, who was arrested yesterday by Detectives A, D.
 Maddox, F. Ross and w. c. Steele on
 charge of escaping after sentence
 was fined s12.50 and given an addi-
 tional 100 days by Judge Lewis. Ella escaped several months ago owing the l city $50.
 A great deal of interest Is being
 manifested in the boxing exhibitor which will be staged tomorrow night at the Young Mems Athletic assooia- tion when Kelly Haney and Battling Dick" Rowland will meet in an eight round bout. Both men are in splendid condition and the contest promises to be one of the best amateur boxing matches ever seen in this city. This Is the third of a series of athletic eXhibi-
 ticns arranged for the members of the club.
 opportunity of witnessing one of the best baseball games of the season Sat urday when the Bessemer Rolling Mills will cross bats with the Red Mountain team. Both teams are practicing every day and with the existing rivalry be- tween these teams 1t Is safe to pre- dict that every inch of ground will be hotly contested. These teams are
 ct nsidered the best matched in the
 league and as each has big following, the largest crowd of the season Is eX-
 pected to witness the game. The game will be played on the Red mountain grounds a grandstand has been pro-
 vided with seating capacity sufficient for all the ladies. No admission is charged and all are invited
 The two-act comedy, Leave It To Polly" which was given last evening at Lipscomb, was greeted by large and enthusiastic audience and proved quite success in every way. The play was a scream from the rise to the fall of the curtain and was cleverly handled by the amateur thespians. This en- tertainment was given under the aus pices of the Wesley Bible senior class of the Lipscomb Methodist church. and
 under the direction of Mrs. George Me
 Fee. About $40 was realized.
 II was announced today that the
 protracted meeting which is being con-
 ducted at Hueytown by the Rev. M. K.
 Thornton, pastor of the First Baptist church of Bessemer, will continue
 through the present week. The at-
 tendance at the meeting has been large
 One of the prettiest affairs of the season among the younger society set
 was the lawn party which was given last evening by Mrs. Robert Carlton at
 her country home. The affair was giv-
 en in compliment to Miss Minnie Jack son and her house guest, Miss Doris
 Brown, of Gulfport, Miss. and Jointly
 Miss Marjorie Williams and her guests.
 Miss Thelma Davis. Miss Zenett Jones.
 Miss Iva Duke and Miss Verna Duke. all. of Gadsden. The spacious lawn was
 a-tistically arranged for the occasion Japanese lanterns shedding soft glow
 and added a weird charm to the scene that was made gay with the happy laughter of the young folk as they
 entered into the spirit of the evening
 and indulged in various games. Dur
 ing the evening tempting refreshments
 were served Those included in this hospitality besides the honorees were: Miss May Shaw, Miss Margaret Keith, Miss Margaret Berry, Henry Adams,
 Jim Fitzpatrick. Wiggs Thompson, Mar tin Tipton. Leon Williams, Fred Buck.
 Ralph Snider. Harold Rush. George
 Murrah, Dan Stanton, MT. and Mrs.
 Claude Batson. Mir. and Mrs. Joe Wiles,
 Mir. and Mrs Ernest Milton. Mrs. Henry
 Brown and MT and Mrs. Robert Carl
 ton.
 Capt and Mrs. George Haze1lief, who
 have been in charge of the Salvation
 Army work in Bessemer for the past 20
 months. will leave next Wednesday for
 Chattanooga, where they will take up
 the work in that city. The farewell
 SC -vices will be held Sunday evening
 at o'clock at the First Methodist
 church, this means being taken by
 them to express their thanks to the
 people of Bessemer for the many kind-
 nesses shown them during their so-
 lourn in this city. Major Dodd of Bir- m'ngham will have charge of the serv- ices.