The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-31

BESSEMER NEWS l
 Bessemer, December 9o.- (Special) )-The commission of citizens composed of Lee Moody and N. B. Parker of Bessemer and Hugh Friel of North Birmingham, which was appointed by Judge of Pro- bate J. P. Stiles in the condemnation pro- ceedings instituted by the city of Bes- and Iron company, to open street along the Alabama Great Southern rail- road on the Sloss-Sheffed property de- cided this morning a meeting held in the mayors office that the city should pay the Sloss company $S50 for the prop erty condemned. The members of the committee and the witnesses arrived at the mayors office about Il o'clock and viewed the site of the proposed street, which is 40 feet wide and 1719 feet in length across the Sloss companys prop erty, fronting the Alabama Great South ern railroad making about one and five elghths acres, or something over six city lots. The land is assessed by acreage and the company pays $104 taxes on it. The city was represented in theAmatter by City Attorney George H. Baumgard- her, while P H. Harris, land agent f. the Sloss company, acted for th
 pany. A number of witnesse
 1ty of whom were real esta
 summoned to testify as to
 the property. Mayor Lewis
 mission of several incidents i the great need for a stree ta place both for the benefit 0 etl- son Fertilizer company and e,oar Fire Brick company, as b people who are compelled tol .ir detour to get to their homes rf n35ect of business.
 The visiting committee of u f.ef lows will meet with Jonesbor ge 395 Friday night at 730 o'clo c gl members are urged to be pr iYI, annual election of officers wi -.s. place at this meeting and al a al. .s time is promised.
 T. w. Nichol of Mobile, el ..s. of
 the public service commissio fs ,r- rived in Bessemer with a vic .er- sonally Investigating the .s
 brought by the Bessemer ci ....rff that the new passenger de at Tia, erected by the Louisville and .ss shy me Railroad company at Besseme d4d 00t come up to specifications. .3 uat- ter was brought up at a rec, u ,- ing of the city fathers and a tors8 l- tee with Mayor l. A. Lewis h Ir- man was appointed to take up at 4.aE
 ter with the Alabama railro com mission, which was done with the above result. It is held by the coun- Gil that the depot was to have been erected at a cost of $25.000 and that it should be comfortable and commodious and adequate in every way for the travelling public, and the railroad com- pany is not building the depot ac- cording to specifications submitted to the railroad commission and the Bes- semer city council They further charge that little more than half of the original sum was expended on the
 structure and that the waiting rooms are but little, if any, larger than they were in the old station.
 H. N. Huey, 60 years of age, died
 suddenly this afternoon about 2 o'clock at his home in Hueytown MT. Huey had not been sick at all and was sit
 tlng in chair when he suddenly | dropped over dead. The deceased had lived in this district for many years
 where he was well known and high ly respected. He is survived by seven ohildren: N. l.. Huey, T. w. Huey, D. M Huey, Mrs Luella Briggs. Mrs Dora 1 Lacey, Miss Emma Huey and Miss Nit tie Huey, all of this city; two broth CTS, two sisters as we'll as a number
 of other relatives The funeral will | take place tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the late residence, the
 Rev A. c. Swindall, pYtor of the l P1easan Ridge church, officiating. In- torment will follow at the Pleasant | Ridge cemetery.
 1 Mrs. J. w. Carter was a delightful hos | tess today when she entertained number 1 of friends at lunch at her spacious home ] on Fourth avenue between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets The Christmas ! tones of red and green were attractively arranged throughout the reception rooms. red bells. holly, mistletoe and poinsettias | icing employed in the decorations. Lunch
 was served at 1 o'clock from beautifully 1 appointed table the center decoration be- ! ing a huge vase of flowers. Covers were | laid for Mrs. C. T. Jackson, Mrs. w. H.
 Phillips and Miss Inez Tatum of Bir- 1 mingham, Mrs Ben Young and Mrs. l Katie Whitney of St. Joseph, Mrs. W. D.
 Taylor, Mrs. J. S. Winters and Mrs J. C.. 1 Berry. During the afternoon auction bridge was played.
 Extensive arrangements are being made
 for the dance to be given tomorrow night | in the armory hall in the Realty building | by the young ladies of this city in com pliment to the young men and the af- l fair promises to be one of the most de- /; lightful ever given in Bessemer. Music i will be furnished by a string orchestra
 ana the checking. list includes all mem-
 bers of the college and school set 1 The automobile truck of the Colley Pro- duce company was badly damaged yes- | terday afternoon when it collided with a | Ford automobile on the corner of Third avenue and Twentieth street. It appears | that the Ford car driven by Jesse Moore
 colored, was going north on Nineteenth street and the Colley truck driven by
 James Hubbard was going east on Third
 avenue when they collided at the corner. Hubbard was thrown under the truck and
 sustained a sprained arm as well as being badly bruised and skinned about the face I and body. The truck was turned com pletely over. Both automobiles were
 damaged considerably.
 | The store of Frank Cerevalo on Twen- ty-fourth street and Twelfth avenue was entered last night by thieves and a large
 amount of coffee, sugar, soap and to-