The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-11
BESSEMER NEWS

Bessemer, December 1o-(Special.)- )-The furnaces of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company broke all previous rec ords today, when three of the furnaces, Nos. l. and 4, which are making pig iron, turned out in one day more than 800 tons of iron, which was 100 tons more than the capacity of all four furnaces at the time they were built % years ago. The output of No. furnace. which is making manganese iron, made the day's s work run over 900 tons.
 The furnaces were built as 175-ton fur names, the four stacks having capacity of 700 tons per day. The local furnaces still remain as the old time stacks and have very few modern conveniences, but the older they grow the better they seem to get, and the daily capacity is greatly
 increased Superintendent oldham has had charge of the furnaces for the past
 three years, and is given much of the credit for increasing the output of the stacks.
 Sometime Thursday night the residence
 of H. P. Lipscomb on Dartmouth ave-
 nue and Sixteenth street was entered by
 burglars and watch fob,s pocketboolS
 containing about $2 in cash and some
 clothing was stolen Entrance was
 gained through the back door, the thiet or thieves leaving by the same way. The robbery was not discovered until this morning, and it was immediately reported to police headquarters.
 In the case of J. l., Faust vs. J. 5
 Majors, which was on trial in the Bes- semer city court Thursday, verdict was returned in the amount of $2075. At the conclusion of this case court adjourned for the week and next week a criminal docket will be taken up.
 A consent judgment in the amount oi $100 was reached this afternon in the case of Rosie Lee vs. the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company. IT the case of s. G. Lee vs. the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company 2 consent judgment for $50 was returned. Mrs. H. Armstrong, 46 years of age | died last night at her home near Oxmool after short illness. The deceased i: survived by her husband, eight children
  funeral will be held tomorrow morning al | the Shades Mountain caurch, intermen
 following at the Shades Mountain ceme ! tery.
 1 While riding bicycle yesterday after
 noon, George H. Stevenson collided witt an automobile driven by Percy Benton al the corner of Second avenue and Nine teenth street. The men were going in op poste directions at the time of the ac l cident and both turned to the right tt avoid van they were attempting to pass MT. Stevenson was thrown several feet
 landing on the curbstone, rracruring hi.
 rose and receiving several cuts about tn, 1 face as well as being badly shaken III and bruised. He was removed to his home
 and a physician summoned. While no 1 serious, the wounds are very painful. l The regular services will be held at tn,
 Jonesboro Baptist church on the corner O Fairfax avenue and Center street Sunda, l by the pastor, the Rev. w. M. McRae. Hs
 will have for his subject at the morning hour, "The Fatherhood Of God" while a l the evening services he will preach oi His Satanic Majesty" Sunday school a i :930 a. m., Owen Walls, superintendent Prayer meeting every Thursday evening
 at 7:30 o'clock.
 Judge Murphy of the juvenile cour was in Bessemer this afternoon holdin! his semi-monthly session of that court John Lewis the negro boy who wa arrested several days ago at Lipscom on a charge of shooting into tn school at that place, was tried and after hearing all of the evidence, tn 1 boy was sent to the county shelter. 4
 number of other cases appeared be fore the judge and the defendants wer l put on probation or the cases con l tinued.
 | Circle No. 3 of the Pastors Helper | of the First Methodist church vii l serve dinner and supper Saturday il the vacant store on Second avenue be 1 tween Nineteenth and Twentietl streets next to the Archer Milliner.