The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20
BESSEMER NEWS

Bessemer, October 1a.-tSpecial.) )-After being out all night the jury in the case
 of Jeff Lanier vs. the Republic Iron and Steel company was unable to agree and a
 nistral was returned this morning be-
 fore Judge J. c. B. Gwin in the Bessemer city court. The plaintiff was seeking damages in the amount of $s0OO for alleged personal injuries received while at work at Raimund mines of the defendant com pany. Charles A. Calhoun represented the plaintiff while Percy. Benners x
 Burr represented the defendant company. The court has been engaged today with the hearing of the case of Startling N. Whaley vs. William Porter.
 A wedding which came as a surprise to the many friends of the contracting par ties was that of MT. F. NJ. Harris and
 Miss Sue Mae Wilder of Morris, which was soemHized this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of the grooms par ents on Eighth avenue between Nine teenth and Twentieth streets in the pres ence of only few relatives and intimate trends, the ceremony being pronounced by the Rev M. K. Thornton, pastor of the
  visiting in this city at the time and the young people decided to be married at once. They will reside in Bessemer | The Baptist Young Peoples union will
 have a Halloween social at the church ! Friday night at As:30 o'clock, which will be in the nature of free will offering | Everybody is invited, but are requested not to come in costume.
 | Rally night will be observed by the | Baptist Young Peoples union Sunday night at which time J. C. Borum, presl- dent of the Birmingham District union, will make q talk on Training for Serv- ice" All members of the union are ii sed | to be present.
 1 Nema Johnson, the little five-year-old | daughter of MT. and Mrs. J. w. Johnson, l died this morning at 8 O clock at their 1 home at Woodward after a short illness
 of acute indigestion. The body was pre-
 pared for burial by Jacobs. and will be | sent in the morning to Cold Water, where | interment will be made.
 l Another pretty courtesy was extended 1 to the attractive house guests of Mrs. E.
 A. Little and Mrs. R. T. Smith this even | ing when Martin Tipton entertained at a
 theatre party at the Jefferson to witness | a performance of Daddy Long Legs
 The trip to Birmingham was made in au-
 tomobles and the party was composed or Miss Rosa Ling Meek, Miss Mary Jarvis Jones' Miss Bertie Meek all of Gains ville Miss Kathleen Waller, Ben Lundy,
 Fred Buck, Berney Crook and Martin 1 Tipton.
 | J. F. Milton of the firm of Randle X
 Milton. has sold his interest in the firm
 to Oscar Randle, who will in future con-
 duct the business at the same stand on | Nineteenth street between Second and | Third avenues. MT. Milton has not yet | decided just what business he will enter, | but it is probable that he will remain in Bessemer.
 l The woman's Missionary society of the | First Methodist church will serve turkey l dinner and supper Saturday at 1919 Sec l ond avenue The proceeds will go to- l wards the carpet fund.
 1 Dr. M Parsons of Mobile is the guest of his parents, MT. and Mrs. c. F. Par 1 sons on Nineteenth street.
 ] The little baby of Mr. and Mrs John son is quite i'll at the Grand hotel
 Mrs Jarvis of Eutaw Is attending the bedside of her daughter, Mrs. David Trot- | ter. who underwent an operation for ap-
 pendictis at St. Vincent's hospital
 Mir. and Mrs. Sam Brick have returned