The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-04
BESSEMER NEWS

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 Bessemer, November s.-(special.) About 1:15 o'clock this afternoon the cotton gin of the McNeil Ginning com pany, on Sixth avenue and Twentieth
 street, was damaged by fire. The fire | originated from a button hook going through the gin and causing a spark 1 which ignited the cotton being ginned ] The fire department answered the call and within few minutes had the blaze under control. The damage is esti-
 mated at about s150.
 | The truck had reached the local fire
 station only few minutes when call came in from Jonesboro The truck
 made the run to Jonesboro and had one
 line of hose on the fire in five minutes. The fire had gained much headway be-
 fore it was discovered, and owing to
 the fact that the fire plug was so far
 away from the fire, only one line of hose could be stretched and the water | had to be pumped. The entire roof of
 the residence owned and occupied by ! w. D. Wesson at 527 McAdory avenue was ablaze but within a short time l the fire was under control. The fire is 1 thought to have originated from a de- | fective fue. Most of the household
 furnishings were saved, while the dam l age to the house is estimated at about 1 $500
 l George Huddleston, confressman from the Ninth Alabama district, will
 be in Bessemer on the evening of Fri day, November 2, at 8 o'clock, at the l Bessemer Board of Trade, for the pur- pose of meeting the Bessemer citizens | pyad 6fGaY xs,,<r ,@1a l. ~xf | having permanent survey of the ca-
 nal from the mouth of Valley creek to | Bessemer. A movement will also be started looking to an appropriation to begin work on the canal. For num- Der of years Bessemer has worked to 1 get some help from the business in- 1 terests of the district In this important | matter, and it Is believed that with the
 assistance of Congressman Huddleston
 and the business, industrial and manu- l featuring interests behind the move l ment, that something will be accom- plished at this session of Congress. l All members of the Board of Trade and | all citizens interested in the matter l are urged to be present
 The home of Dr. J. c. Curry on Berk- 1 ley avenue was the scene of a pretty wedding this afternoon, when his 1 daughter. Miss Isabel Curry, became 1 the bride of MT. Guy Wilson in the
 presence of relatives and few inti- I mate friends. The reception rooms l were artistically arranged in the green and white tones, ferns. potted plants and white ohrysanthemums being em- ployed in the decorations Silver can delabra holding white tapers were
 placed on the improvised altar. Pre- ceding the ceremony. Mrs. A. F. Arm l strong of Marion sang At Dawning." At the strains of Lohengrin's wedding I march, played by Mrs. Annie Glenn | Grove, little Miss Rosa Perry and Miss Bessie Jones came into the parlor car rying the white ribbons to form an 1 aisle for the bride, who entered on the
 arm of her father ,who gave her in
 marriage. They were met at the inn provised altar by the groom and his best man, MT. J. Wallace Bruce, where l the impressive ring ceremony was pro- | nounced by the Rev. M. K Thornton, l pastor of the First Baptist church. The | bride presented a charming picture in her coat suit of brown broadcloth, | trimmed in fur. with accessories to
 match and wearing a sorsage of valley l lilies and roses Immediately after the 1 ceremony, Mir. and Mrs. Wilson left for | points in Tennessee, where they will visit his parents and on their return will be at home with MT. and Mrs w. D.
 Lanier on Berkley avenue
 |
 1 The local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confectionery held an 1 interesting session yesterday afternoon l at the home of Mrs. W. L. Rush on l Second avenue, at which time Mrs. W. w. Holling gsworth, the new president, 1 presided. It was decided to send Thanksgiving offering to the old sol | diers at Mountain Creek, and it was ! also decided to send contribution to | the Amelia Gorgas memorial, which is I being erected at the university Mrs w. w. Hollingsworth resigned owing to the fact that she will be out of the | city during the winter, and her resig- | nation was accepted with regrets. Mrs R. A. Mickle, the. widow of Confed- | crate officer, read an interesting paper i on her personal experiences during the l war, which was greatly enjoyed by all present. At the conclusion of the busi- ness delicious refreshments were I served. Those present were: Mrs L. D. McCollom, Mrs. Rose Huey, Mrs. J. w. Carter. Mrs. w. w. Hollingsworth. Mrs Minnie Kennedy. Mrs. J. D. Wright,
 Mrs. D. J. Saunders, Mrs. E. L. Huey, Mrs. J. E. McAdory, Mrs. l.. A. Spencer,
 Mrs. w. J. May, Mrs. c. M. Ray. Mrs. I Lacey Edmundson. Mrs. R. A. Mickle and Mrs. W. E. Cunningham
 l The following invitations have been of MT. and Mrs. W. T. Coughlin, died
 early this morning at the home of his parents, 1720 Nineteenth street, after
 short illness of colitas. The funeral 1 will be held Thursday afternoon at o'clock from the residence, the services
 being conducted by the Rev. M. K, Thornton, pastor of the First Baptist
 church. Interment will take place at
 Cedar Hill cemetery.
 l The folylowing invitations have been l issued in this city: "Lyda Mayfield-- Thomas Thurston Huey.
 f MT and Mrs. Thomas Thurston Huey l invite you to be present at their fif- I teenth wedding anniversary on Friday ! evening, November 12, from to II ] o'clock, 1901 Dartmouth avenue, Bes- 1 semer, Ala. Buffet supper Please re- l ply
 I The Pastors Helpers of the First
 Methodist church met in regular ses-
 sion yesterday afternoon in the base ment of the church, at which time the officers of the coming year were elect ed, as follows: Mrs W. c. Baty, presi- dent, re-elected Mrs. Homer Hurd, vice president; Mrs. G. D. Woodrow,
 secretary; Mrs. Clifton Hodge, treas