The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-01
bESSEMER NEWS

Bessem.er. April s1-tspeciai ,-Fun-
 eral services over the remains of Mrs.
 Nancy Huey, wife of the late S. T.
 Huey. who died yesterday afternoon
 after an illness of two months at the
 home of her daughter Mrs. Lucian Par
 sons, at Hueytown. were held this aft
 ernoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Pleasant
 Ridge church, the Rev. A. c. Swindall conducting the services Interment fol-
 lowed at the Pleasant Ridge cemetery. Mrs Huey was s3 years of age and was
 reared near Mud Creek, but married
 Mr. Huey and came to Hueytown. which was named for the latter, about 45 years ago. She Is survived by two sons, by d
 former marriage Pink Goodwin and
 Bird Goodwin and three daughters, Mrs
 Charles Nail, Mrs. J. C. Huey and Mrs
 Lucian Parsons, with whom she made
 her home, as we'll as several stepsons
 and daughters. and large number of other relatives
 Company D, Alabama National Guard. held an interesting meeting last night
 at the armory hall on Second avenue be- tween Eighteenth and Nineteenth | streets, at which time J. M Clewis was H. Ragsdale, resigned. The contest for the place was very lively between ].
 M. Clewis and Mir Parker The newly elected lieutenant will stand his ex- animation Just as soon as practical and become full fledged officer of the company. Later in the evening the com DanX enlOVad
 Mrs. Nancy Bailey, 74 years of age died suddenly last night at the home of her | nephew, w. s. Patton, at Feeders. of heart failure. The deceased lived at Pat tons Chapel and at the time of her death naa only been visiting Mr and Mrs. Pat ton week. Mrs. Bailey was well known
 in Bessemer. ,having visited here on sev- l eral occasions. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at Il Q clock from Pattons Chapel, the services being con- ducted by the Rev MT Williams, pastor l or the Pattons Chapel Methodist church. lnterment will follow at the cemetery at that place. The deceased is survived by several nieces and nephews as well as other relatives.
 The annual Memorial Day exercises will 1 be held at Canaan Baptist church Sun l day, at which time pr. ] M Shelburne of Howard college will deliver an ad- dress. Dinner will be served and there will be an interesting programme con slsting of addresses and songs in the aft ernoon. The public is invited to attend these exercises.
 l Funera lservices over the remains of | simon Sellers so years of age who died | this morning at o'clock at his home at | Johns, will be held from the residence | fOfn0rrnW ot Afr1Ac ,,,fo | ment being made at Old Blue Creek ceme- | tery, three miles south of Johns The l Masonic lodge of Johns. of which the l deceased was a member will have charge I of the services at the grave MT. Sellers was born in Raleigh. N. C., May 1, 1885. He is the father of Constable Jim Sellers | of Bessemer and was well known here having at one time been a member of | the Bessemer Masonic lodge. 1 The Woodmen of the World will unvei the monument of the late J. s. McLemore at the Brighton cemetery Sunday after
 noon al 3 o'clock, at which time appro-
 pr-ate exercises will be held by the or i der.
 l While at work in the manual train l ing department of the Bessemer High | school yesterday afternoon, Clyde Phil | lips, the son of MT. and Mrs. D. O. Phil | lips of West Lake, had narrow escape I from serious injury when his foot caught | in belt Other pupils who saw the ac-
 cident cut off the power and released | him before he was hurt.
 l The members of the Priscilla Needle work club and a few friends were delight fully entertained this afternoon by Mrs. | Margaret Crottell at her home on Dart | mouth avenue. The afternoon was spent | most enjoyably in needlework, after which refreshments were served. The next meeting will be held at the home of | Mrs. w. C. Merritt.
 Robin Wade has returned from a three weeks stay in Hot Springs, Ark. Mrs. Wade will remain a week longer. Fred Eastham who was so seriously in- jured at the local plant of the United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry com pany several weeks ago, is able to sit up at the Elizabeth Duncan hospital Mrs. D. W. Tyler of Jonesboro has as her guest Miss Hattie Lowell of Hunts- vile
 Mrs. J. B. Gill is at the local hospital, where she underwent an operation for appendicitis.
 Dr. J. H. Downing has returned from
 weeks visit with relatives in Atlanta. Mrs. J. c. Duffy has gone to Lincoln.
 where she was called by the Illness of her father. MT. McKense.
 T. D. Lewis is able to be out after a
 recent illness at his home on Berkley ave-
 nue.
 Mrs. Harwell is doing nicely after an
 operation for appendicitis at the Eliza
 beth Duncan hospital.