The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-29
bESSEMER NEWS


 Bessemer, July 2S-(SpeciaL)- )-At 9:15 o'clock this morning the fire department answered call to 1423 Fourth avenue where the residence occupied by Otha Boykin and family was on fire. The blaze was of the roof variety and was extinguished. very little damage being done.
 A large amount of material has been placed on the grounds for the construc- I ton of the additions of the Roberts school and the Clarendon avenue school build ines by the contractors, and the work Is progressing rapidly. For several years the city schools have been crowded and the addition of several rooms to each will add greatly to the comfort and con venience of the pupils and teachers as well as accommodating many more pupils. The additions to these buildings will be | ready for occupancy by the beginning of the fall term of school, which will be about the middle of September.
 The front of the Grand theatre on Nine teenth street between Second and Third
 
 and remodeled, a large number of changes being made in the appearance of the building. New fixtures are being placed, while the woodwork Is being repainted and the interior as well as the exterior will be repainted and freshened up. Mrs Ralph E. Burke was painfully bit ten on the hand by small dog at the home of Mrs. w. F. Noen on Fourth ave- nue yesterday morning. She was trying to get the animal to leave the room when 1t snapped her, making three wounds The injuries were given medical attention and no bad effects are anticipated
 Andrew c. Mitchell, accompanied by his two sons Andrew c. Mitchell, Jr and Tom Hall Mitchell, and William Warick and Dan Houston. will leave Saturday morning at 5 o'clock for a hike to Chat tanooga. The party will make about 20 miles day, and they expect to be away about 10 days. They will return by train. The boys in the party are members of the local Boy Scouts, and are looking for ward with interest to the hike.
 0. 19 will give a barbecue at the Bessemer District league baseball park at Lipscomb Saturday, D. c. Croy state commander, and Mrs. Croy will address the members after which the Hueytown and Lipscomb baseball teams will play a double header. Another of the series of affairs given for Miss Minnie Jackson and her house Rne2tS Griffith Miss Valley Young White. Miss Beatrice Robbins, Miss Helen Marsh and Miss Margaret Griffith was the dance given tonight at the Elks' hall on Nine teenth street by Mrs. w J. Smith. Ferns and cut flowers were artisticaly arranged about the hall, while punch was served during the evening. The grand march was led by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brown Those enjoying this hospitality, besides the guests of honor, were: Miss Hughee wood Miss Marjorie Williams Miss Zelna Lefkovits, Miss Kathleen Waller, Miss Margaret Berry, Miss Berney Gillen Miss May Shaw, Miss Rosebud McWilliams, Miss Ethel Gllen, Miss Edith Chrstlieb. Miss Virginia Robinson Miss Rosalie Goldberg, Miss Lallah Mae Hyde. Miss Marguerite Phillips, Miss Jean Lemert, Miss Carrie Belle Smithson Miss Jessie Bumgardner, Miss Ida Weinstein, Harold Rush, Ralph Snider George Murrah. Ed Egan, Charner Batson, Milton Sims. holymeade Chichester, Angus Stanton, Worth Lewis. Balmer Hill, Joe Little Tom Cochrane, Hal Grigsby, Joe Bumby John $. Bentley, Martin Tpton James fltzpatr1ck, Ben Lundy, Dr. Wood Price
 ked Harris, John Hagerty, Joe Kahn WEES Thompson, Forest Maxwell Mars den Waddel. Lyle Thompson, Dick Her zog, Emmett Glenn, Clarence Ellis, Dr. A. E. Patton, Bruce Nabors, Howe Price. Million Mrs Joe Wiles, Mir and Mrs. Charles kuchins, Mir and Mrs. w. J. Smith. and many others. Later in the evening an ice course was served
 Plans for the formulation of the bessemer Tennis club and the com mencement of the largest tennis tour nament ever held in the Bessemer dis trlct are under way and will be per 1ected Thursday night at o'clock at ,he rooms of the Young Mems Athletic association, next. to the Stag billiard parlors, on Third avenue and Nine teenth street. All of the tennis enthu- siasts in this district are reuuested to attend this meeting.
 For the past two years much inter est has been manifested in the game by Bessemer citizens and at the in- stance of those most actively interest ed the tennis players have decided to meet ana organize. The first enterprise or the new tennis association will be to launch the largest tennis tourna- ment ever held locally Handsome prizes will be awarded to the winners or the doubles and the singles and to the winners in the consolation rounds
 The tourney will be an elimination affair. only those defeated by play not default-in the first round, being eligible for the consolation. After ma ture deliberation those behind the movement for the organization of the club have agreed that the tourney be handicap affair, as certain local play CTS outclass others and 1t is the desire Of the authorities that the play be as even as possible. By this system of Eandicapping, which will be put in charge of a committee, the veriest nov ice in the game will have as much chance of winning the tournament as the test player in Bessemer. Among those interested and who are urged to Dc present are: John M. Mcconnell Hugh McEniry. John Danoldson, Fred Bailey, Peyton McEniry. Tendon Cock rel. John Phelps. Howard McEniry, George G, Houston. Octavius Roy Norman B. Parker. Charles Kuchins. Owen Williams, Karl Bradley Macon Williams. Foster Bradley, Griffin Hill J. J. Haley, Ed Brannon. David Trot- ter, Palmer Keith, G. F. Goodwin. Henry Hurd. William Johnson. Homer Hurd. Harold Rush, MT. Adams and Mr Salmon of Fossil. Octavius Spencer Herbert Byers. Walton Smith, James Fitzpatrick, Dr. Waller. Mir. Moorer. Walter Unzicker. Mir Lewis and ev- eryone in this city who is interested