The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-14
BESSEMER NEWS

Bessemer, March 1S.-(Special. )-Much interest is being manifested in the meet ings which are being held on Sunday aft ernoons at the Grand theatre for men and large crowds are attending these services. J. B. wadsworth of Gadsden will speak tomorrow afternoon, his sub ject being others These meetings are oeing held in the interest of organizing houng Mems Christian association for Bessemer and permanent plans along this
 me will in all probability be perfected al the close of the meeting Sunday after noon.
 There will be spelling match between the pupils of the Bessemer High school ana the men of the First Methodist cnufen Tuesday night at the High school auditorium. There will be 20 spells on each side. The Rev George Stoves, pas LOT or the First Methodist church. will represent the old-time district school teacher and the blue back speller will be used. After the spelling bee there will De debate between the pupils of the tlgn school and the Young Mems Good tellowship club of the Methodist church the subject of which will be, Resolved. Equal Suffrage Should Be Established ir, the State of Alabama" The affirmative VIII De taken by the Young Mems club, which will be represented by Wiggs Thompson, George Murrah and Martin Itlpton, while the High school. which will take the negative. will be represent ed by Durward Fountain, Eugene Flaw kins and Herbert Smithson. The judges will be Gardner F. Goodwyn, the Rev l. F. Swallow, the Rev. M. K. Thorn ton and William H. H. Judson.
 musical programme will be rendered
 nT0naadG ut cn fDxxv ,,-Ie th, Il. fishing of the High school axnual an3 to the Young Mems Good Fellowship club
 The local High school will have a de- bate on the same subject with the Marion County High school at Guin. in the High school auditorium on Friday night.
 The following announcement has been made for services at the First Baptist church Sunday: 9:30 o'clock, Sunday school, Gwylym Herbert, superintendent H. z. Duke of Dallas, Tex. will fill the pulpit at both the morning and evening services. He will have for his subject at the II o'clock services. Great Visions of Religious and Business Life" and at the evening he will talk on "Young Men Be Strong and "Laymen as Evangel- ists." Music programme: Organ prelude, Donna Nobils (Schubert); anthem, Let God Arise Qerman); offertory solo, Saved By Grace" Mrs. Charles Fl. Browrigg. Evening services:. sermon at 7:so o'clock; organ prelude, "Andante' from Batterman anthem, Triumphant zion' cTillmore); offertory solo, Alpine Love Song
 The pulpit of the First Methodist church will be filled tomorrow morning by J. B. Wadsworth of Gadsden, who will have as his theme 'The Relation of Laymen to the Kingdom of God" The subject for the evening service will be "Efficiency in Pull pit, Medicine and Law"
 Ex-Gov. R. E. Glenn of North Caro- lima will deliver an address at the High school auditorium Thursday night on ''The Nations Greatest Problem"
 Evangelistic services win begin at the Brighton Baptist church tomorrow morn ing at Il o'clock, the Rev. Mir. Clark of Greenville. Miss, having charge of the services. The public is cordially invited to attend.
 The report of Dr. M. c. Ragsdale. Jr., city physician for the month of Feb ruary, has been completed and shows that during the month there were nine white births and nine colored births, Il white deaths and F colored deaths, mak- ing total of g deaths. Nine of the deaths resulted from pneumonia. Dr. Ragsdale stated that there were no con tagious diseases reported during the month and that as a whole the city was in a healthy condition.
 The Bessemer city court will convene Monday morning with Judge J. c. B. Gwin presiding. A jury criminal docket will be taken up.
 The Woman's Missionary society of the First Methodist church will meet in reg ular session Monday afternoon in the basement of the church at o'clock. All members are urged to be present. as sew eral matters of importance will come be- fore the body.
 The graduating class of the Bessemer High school of 1915 was delightfully."- en- tertained last night by Prof. R. A. Mickle and his mother, Mrs. Mlckle, from to Il o'clock, every member responding to the invitation. On entering the home they were met in an informal manner by their hostess and two little girls, pretty in white frocks and pink rib bon. Geraldine Odell and Mildren Stoves, who presented a large cluster of violets to each guest and who also presided over the punch bowl. The rooms were redo lent with early spring flowers, white and pink hyacnths in the living room and daffodUs and jonquils in the dining room arranged. Amusements great l ly enjoyed by all with Miss Kate Poyner as leader and Professor Sparkes and Pro- | lessor Mickle as assistants. Two love- ly prizes were awarded the successful |, contestants in a gussng contest
 Howard McEniry, student at the Uni | yersity of Alabama, is the guest of his parents for the weekend.
 c. L. Odell has returned from a business trip to Selma.
 James Kelly will leave tonight for Jack sonville, Fla, where he will visit for sew eral days.
 Mrs. w. J. May is able to be out after a recent illness.
 w. s. Eidge Is able to be out after recent illness.