The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-04
bESSE:ME:R NEWS

| Bessemer, December B. Especially The Bessemer High school just closed one of the best football seasons the school has ever had, and if comparisons are taken into consideration, the local boys have strong bid for the cham ] pionship, for while they lost to the Blount County High school, that team lost to the Etowah County High school l two games and Etowah only beat Cen , tral High of Birmingham by a field goal, when Bessemer crossed Central Highs goal line twice. and if the referee would have permitted the play would have had three goals to their credit. The following games with the scores were played by Bessemer: Bessemer High school 35, Ensley High school 0; 1 Bessemer 20, Howard college scrubs 6; Bessemer High 0, Blount County High l fl; Bessemer High 6, Tuscaloosa High l 0; Bessemer High 19, Fayette County High 0; Bessemer High IA, Birmingham | High school 0.
 The second game with the Ensley l High school, stopped in the third quar- | ter with the score to in favor of Bessemer.
 ! The following players on the Besse- | mer team have received their letters at the local high school for 1915: Hous
 ton, captain; Snider. S. Martin, Lee Sal ters F. Scott, Cowan, c. Scott, ThaXton, 1 Ragsdale, Evans, Harrison l.. Martin
 and Wright.
 1 Sometime last night boxcar on the | Frisco was entered by thieves and a
 box of toilet goods consigned to the
 Fulton Drug company was opened and
 a portion of the contents were stolen. | The robbery was not discovered until this morning when the local agent, J. H.
 D. Smith, came to work. The robbery was reported to police officials and de- tectives were put to work on the case. The chicken house of Mrs. Pickett on Eighteenth avenue and Nineteenth street was also entered last night and 15
 chickens were stolen.
 Bessemer camp No S1 Woodmen of
 the World, held an interesting meet ing last night in the hall on Third ave-
 nue between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets. at which time routine business was transacted and the following of-
 cers were elected for the ensuing year: O. l.. Pearson, consul commander; John C.. Mcconnell. advisory lieutenant; A. s. Bailey, banker, reelected; W. c. Baty, clerk, re-elected Freeman Powell.
 escort, reelected; Dr. J. M. Tubb, camp physician. reelected; w. G. Pearson, watchman; Charles Tubb, sentry; w. D. Lanier and F. l.. Sullivan, managers.
 The local fire department has been kept busy tcday, a number of runs be- ing made by same. The first came this morning about 5:30 o'clock wheen a ] call to 1916 Sixth avenue was answered. The house owned by Sam Brick and oc-
 cupied by Cleve Thomas and family was on fire. There was a small blaze on the
 roof of the house which was extin- guished. the damage amounting to
 about $2.
 At 10 o'clock another run was made to 1915 Twelfth avenue, where there was small blaze on the roof of ne-
 gro house. The fire originated from a spark on the roof and was put out
 with chemicals. the damage being esti-
 mated at about s3.
 At ? o'clock an alarm was turned in
 house occupied by A. J. Pearsons and
 owned by Mr. Bropa was on fire. The blaze was of the roof variety but had gained considerable headway before the alarm was turned in. Had it not been for the excellent work of the fire L men the house would have been de- stroyed. but few minutes after their arrival on the scene the fire was under control and was extinguished The dam age is estimated at about $50.
 The fourth call was answered about 3:30 o'clock when a rurN was made to
 Eighth alley. between Nineteenth and
 Twentieth. streets, whera gas main