The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-02
BESSEMER NEWS

II DEO0LsHIh EvIUV
 Bessemer, March 1.-The citizens oe
 Bessdhier are manifesting much interest 1 in the announcement today by the Ala bama railroad commission that a public
 hearing of the Bessemer depot cast.
 which was to have come before that body
 in Montgomery today. would be held In
 this city on March g. It will be remen-
 bered that the commission ordered the rairoe ds entering Bessemer. the Louis vile and Nashville, the Southern, the
 Atlarta, Birmingham and Atlantic and lthe Alabama Great Southern railroads,sto tconstruct Union station, and named d
 site for same. Condemnation proceedings were entered, and a committee composed ] of Louis Hoster, Sr, W. H. Lewis and
 J. A. Eastis was appointed to investigate
 and name the value of the Bessemer Cotton Seed Oil company plant. which stood on the spot designated for the de- pot. This was done and the property valued at BPS. 900. Then it was that the 1 railroads petitioned the commission to
 declare the original order requiring the
 railroads to erect Union depot null and | | do. but the original case was reopened. 1 The remains of Asa Goodwin, Ala
 bama's oldest man, who died yesterday I morning at the home Of his granddaugh-
 ter. Mrs. J. L Edwards, on Fifth ave-
 nue and Fifteenth street. after short ill.,
 ness of pneumonia, were sent this morn
 ing to Westoyei, on the Atlanta, Bir-
 mingLam and Atlantic railroad, where in-
 terment was made at the cemetery ad- 1 joining the Primitive Baptist church, of which the deceased was q member. MT. l Goodwin was born in Henry county, Georgia on March l, 1So7, and was buried on his one hundred and eighth birthday. l There are about 400 direct descendants of MT Goodwin, many of whom accom- | panied. the body to the last resting place.
 He had nine children. only one of which
 is living James Goodwin of Oxmoor.
 The deceased Is survived by his son, "A l grandchildren. 22T great-grandchildren
 and t-great-grandchildren The fu-
 neral services were conducted by the
 Rev NJ. k. Thornton, pastor of the First
 Baptist church of this city.
 1 All previous records of the Woodward | Iron company in the making of pig iron were broken yesterday, when 1169 tons of the product were turned out in "A l hours, the largest in the history of the ] plant During the month of January it | is stated that 32, ,000 tons of pig iron were | turned out by the company, and 1t is ex~ | pected that the output for February will l be greater than this record
 Mrs Martha White. 2 years of age | died this morning at o'clock at the home of her son, 1704 Nineteenth street,  pared for burial by Jacohs, and will be ! sent tomorrow morning to Springville. where interment will be made.
 Lula V. Berney, the little daughter of H. Berney, died this morning at the
 home of her father at Tannehille after short illness of pneumonia. The fu-
 neral will take place tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock from the residence, inter-
 ment being made at the Bucksvllle ceme- I tery.
 l The Womans' Missionary society of | the First Methodist church held a regu- 1 lar business meeting this afternoon in | the basement of the church with the | president Mrs. R. A. Mickle, presiding. | After the routine business the treasurer | report for the quarter was read, and showed that the society was in splendid | condition Mrs W. B. Rue read an in-
 
 | Miss Fannie Crosby. Mrs, MiclSle urged every member to make an effort to at- ] tend the meeting of the missionary so. l cietie; of the Bessemer district which 1 will be held Wednesday at the Methodist church of Fairfield.
 ! The United Daughters of the Confed- eracy will hold it's regular meeting to 1 morrow afternoon at o'clock at the 1 home of Mrs. ]. W. Carter on Fourth l avenue between Eighteenth and Ninei 1 teenth streets. Plans. will be completed
 for the convention, which will be held l in Bessemer in May.
 l The following invitation has been re- ceived in Bessemer: Mrs. Margaret Will Hams Benton requests the honor of your presence at the marriage of her daugh- 1 ter Matura Jane, to Dr. Charles Reuben | Gaillard on Wednesday afternoon, March l l0 at o'clock, First Methodist church. | Bessemer.1 Miss Benton was reared in ! this city, and is young woman of l charming personality. She has been for several years teacher in the Bessemer public schools. and is social favorite. | All those taking part in the entertain l ment to be given on March 19 under the
 auspices of the High School Improve
 ment association, which Is under the di- | rectior of Mrs. Annie Glenn Grove. are requested to meet tomorrow night at the home of Mrs. A. A. Persons on Berkley avenue.
 Mrs Lillian Edna Christian entertained
 a number of her little friends this aft
 ernoon at the home of her parents in celebrat ton of her tenth birthday Va
 rious games and music were enjoyed | after which the guests were ushered into the dining room by little Miss Annie Mae Christian, where the table was made at- tractive with its decorations of ferns and l flowers. Punch was served from a flower banked bowl, while cream and cake were served to the guests. The hostess was assisted in her duties by Mrs. Christian and Miss Mae Hughes. Those present were: Vivian Crawford, Helen Veitch, Willie Mae Crawford, Katie Marcum, Agnes Aired, Louis Canoles.
 Etta May Malone. Sadie Baitchman. Nellie Christian, Katie Baitchman, Lee
 Outz, Sadie Mae Ling, Florence Waller, I Thera Outzs, Eola Fair, Ruth Outzs,
 Marie Christian, Lillian Christian, Clar-