The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-17
BESSEMER NEWS

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 Bessemer city council met in regular ses-
 sion tonight in the council chamber and
 was called to order at o'clock by Pres ident George Ross with nine members present. After the reading of the min-
 utes the regular order of business was ! dispensed with and verbal petitions and complaints were heard.
 Alderman F. l.. Huey stated that he had been requested by the Bessemer chap ter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, to ask the city to grant them a free li- cense to give a spring carnival for week for which the United Daughters of the | confederacy have been guaranteed s20o This money will ga towards the enter taining of the state convention of that body, which will be held in this city in l May. It was moved by Alderman Surratt and seconded by Alderman Winters that the request be granted. The motion was adopted. Alderman Huey then thank ed | the council in behalf of the Bessemer l chapter, United Daughters of the Con- federacy
 George w. Woodrow of the Bessemer Ice and Coal company stated that they
 
 and that the license for the peddlers of Ice for the year 1914 had been reduced and he asked that the license for ped dlers to be placed as it was formerly. It was moved that the license be changed from s6 to sl0 for peddlers and the mo- tion was adopted.
 MT. Totten of Birmingham was pres ent and spoke on the proposed viaduct to be erected by the Alabama Great Southern Railroad company. Alderman Smithson moved that the city attorney and mayor be authorized to stop the Ala bama Great Southern Railroad company from proceeding further with the work until a suitable agreement with the city council was reached. The motion was adopted
 The report of Meat and Milk Inspector R. V. Hazelwood for the month of Jan uary was read and received as informa- tion
 The report of the judiciary committee, to which was referred the matter of the city meat and milk inspector continuing his services for the city recommended that the services of MT. Hazelwood be retained The report was adopted
 The special committee, which was ap- pointed to wait on Morris Adler, owner of the Bessemer Waterworks. and see if a reduction in the rate of water for Bes- semer could not be secured, reported that they met with him but could get no reduc- tion.
 The Judiciary committee, to which was referred the ordinance requiring a writ ten permit to be secured from the coro- ner of Jefferson county before any de- ceased person who died in a sudden and violent manner, could be buried. recom- mended that the ordinance be passed.
 The finance committee, to which was referred the various and sundry bills of the city, recommended that same be paid
 Alderman Simmons moved that a com mittee of three be appointed. with Pres- ident George Ross. Mayor I. A. Lewis and City Attorney George H. Bumgardner added, to begin suit at once against the waterworks company and see if a redue- tion in rates could not be secured and if Mir. Bumgardner needed any help the committee be empowered to secure the services of an attorney. The motion was passed and President Ross named the committee as follows: Aldermen Simmons. Deason and Brooks.
 resolution was introduced by Alder man Crotwell to withdraw the petition signed by a majority of the council ask ing Mayor I. A. Lewis to recreate the office of assistant tax collector after the report of the committee abolishing the office had been adopted. and that the action taken in this matter be declared null and void .on March 1. The office is held by R. J. McCabe.
 Alderman Surratt made motion that the report of the special committee naming budget for the different depart ments of the city. which was passed from the last meeting, be adopted Alderman Smithson offered an amendment to this motion that the. report with the 10 per cent cut in salaries restored be adopted | The amendment was tabled and the re- port of the committee was adopted.
 Alderman Deason moved that the cut in salaries be restored. This was lost by a vote of to ?. Alderman Crotwell. Win ters, Surratt, Simmons, Brooks, Edwards and Huey voting no and Aldermen Deason and Smithson voting aye"
 The council then adjourned.
 Funeral services over the remains of J. w. Nicholas, who died last night a t his home in Jonesboro after a long ill., ness were held this afternoon from the l late residence the services being con ducted by the Rev. George Davenport, pastor of the Jonesboro Methodist church. Interment followed at Pleasant Hill cem- 
 been a justice of the peace in beat 3. He is survived by his widow, one daugh- ter as well as a number of other rea- tives.
 Sergt. Fletcher Haley of the Twenty seventh United States infantry, who has been in Bessemer for the past week, in structing Company D, Alabama National Guards has completed his work here and has gone to Birmingham, where he will instruct the companies there. Sergeant Haley has been in the army for + years.
 In the Bessemer city court today yer dict was returned for the defendant com pany in the case of Joe Kimbrel vs. the Southern Railway company. The court has been occupied today with the hear ing of the case of Georgia A. Veitch vs. James IT. Hard, ct als. The plaintiff is represented by Ethridge & Lamar, while T. T. Huey represented the defendants. A consent judgment in the amount of s22 was reached in the case of J. B. Majors vs. the Southern Railway company. The plaintiff was seeking damages for the al- legged killing of a COW belonging to him by train of the defendant company.
 J. W Elliott of Knoxville, Tenn, spoke tonight at the Woodman's hall on Third avenue between Nineteenth and Twen- tieth streets in behalf of the order A good crowd attended. MT. Elliott Is well known in fraternal circles and the local Woodmen made his visit in this city