The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
bESSEMER NEWS


 will be meeting of the Bessemer Board of Trade Thursday, at which time E. D. Stratton, general industrial agent of the Queen and Crescent railroad will be pres ent to take up the matter of locating sev- eral industries. which are seeking suit able locations in or near Bessemer. Much interest Is being manifested In this meet ing and George H. Stevenson, secretary of the Board of Trade is especially anx- ious that every member be present at this time to assist in showing the advan- tage of locating the industries here.
 An enthusiastic meeting of the Bessemer Commercial club was held last night in which the president. George E. Rutledge, presided. It was decided to send out cir cular letters, the matter being referred to the publicity committee. large com mittee will be appointed to go before the board of revenue next week and endeavor to impress on the members of that body the necessity and need of good roads be- tween Bessemer and Taylor's Ferry. G. Percy Benton was elected temporary treasurer to act in the absence of George Shaw, who is ill., following an operation at the Elizabeth Duncan hospital. All bills were ordered paid. Little else of inn portance was transacted.
 John Graham and Humphrey Jones, both negroes, were arrested this morning by Detectives Maddox, Ross, Houston and Childress on charges of highway robbery. It is alleged that the men held up and robbed Jim Smith. negro last night about o'clock at the end of the Jones' boro car line. They were lodged in the city jail and will be given a hearing Men- day morning in recorders court before Judge l. A. Lewis.
 There will be a band concert at the Bessemer city park tomorrow afternoon by the Bessemer concert band. which is composed of 15 pieces. >The public is in- vited to attend.
 It is stated by good authority that the Tennessee company has made an appro- priation to re-line and put in shape one of the stacks on Second avenue and Twen- ty-6fth street. preparatory to resuming che making of ferromanganese, an iron for which there Is now an increa sing de- mand. Heretofore the company has had to resort to foreign mines to secure the ferromanganese ore. the bulk of 1t com ing from Spain and part from the West Indies, especially Cuba But of late large deposits of 1t have been discovered in north Georgia, and 1t has been found that 1t can be mined and delivered at the fur mace here cheaper than the foreign prod- uct can be imported. The blowing in of this furnace stack will be quite help to industrial conditions in Bessemer, and will give employment to large number of men.
 The Lewis-Read Drug company Is now zx&t1 1.xx4 4rJ equipment in the handsome quarters in the front corner of the Realty building. It will require several days more to get everything settled and in readiness for the opening which will probably be the last of next week.
 While the Bessemer city court has moved into it's new quarters on the sec ond floor of the Realty building, there will be no court next week. as no docket was set, the week being taken up by the spring term of the grand jury, which will be impaneled and charged by Judge Gwin Monday and will then get down to work. As yet the furniture for the new court room has not arrived. the Hueys furniture company having the contract for furnish ing the large room.
 The story telling hour. which is be- ing held every Saturday afternoon al the public library under the auspices of the Bessemer Culture club, is ere ating much interest among the little folk and long before the time for the stories to begin the children begin to gather. This afternoon there was a large crowd present and Miss EtEel Adams told a number of interesting, as well as instructive. stories, which were greatly enjoyed by the little folk.
 
 The baseball team of the Bessemer rolling mill went to Bayview this aft- ernoon where they defeated the Bay view boys by score of 1s to 5. The game was a one-sided affair. the fea- lures being the home runs by Fay Rande and Red Harris of the Besremor nine. A large crowd of rooters ac-
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