The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-19
THE NEWS OF BESSEMER

1 Beth-El. At o'clock this evening all
 stores were opened for business and will remain open until late tonight The Convent school of St Aloysius
 Catholic school closed the first week of
 the le15-16 session yesterday afternoon With 125 pupils on roll. This Is the largest
 attendance during the opening week ever
 before in the history of the school. The new school building on the corner of Sixth avenue and Seventeenth street is
 one of the handsomest of it's kind in this district and the outlook is very bright this year for a much larger attendance
 than ever before. There are seven teach CTS fin the school this year The regular services will be held at the First Presbyterian church Sunday, the
 pastor. the Rev l. F. Swallow, filling
 the pulpit. The morning services will be held at Il o'clock while the evening services will begin at 7.30 o'clock. A large number of cases faced Judge
 Lewis in recorders court this morning. seventeen negroes were charged with gaming and after hearing the evidence were fined s7.50, including costs. The ne-
 groes were arrested last night by De- tectives Maddox, Ross and Goodwin Mrs. E. M. Owen. president of the local
 United Charities, is asking that anyone having children's clothes they wish to dispose of to send chem to the United Charities so as to aid them in keeping a
 number of children in school In talking to Mrs. Owen this morning she stated
 that they had had so many calls for
 clothing for children of all ages and that
 unless they were able to get some to- gether they would be unable to keep sev- eral children in school. If those having clothes they wish to donate. they will please notify Mrs. Owen or Mrs W. J.. i Long and they will send for theD The pulpit of the Brighton Presbyterian church will be filled Sunday evening at 7:S0 o'clock by J. H. Mohns. Sunday school will be held at 10 o'clock The public is cordially invited to attend | MT. and Mrs. W. H. Dennis of Sayre were the guest of relatives and friends i in Bessemer yesterday.
 | Little Sarah Huey, the daughter of MT. and Mrs. E. l.. Huey. is Ill at their
 home in Jonesboro.
 | J. E. Milton has returned from Mont 1 gomery, where he has been on business. l Mrs. c. o. Gray has returned from a delightful visit to relatives in Chatta- nooga.
 gomery, where he has been on busi- ness.
 | Mrs. Fred Shaw has been removed from
 the Elizabeth Duncan hospital to the
 home of her father, John Parsons. at | Flint Hill. Mrs. c. Ponders has gone to Hunts | vile, where she was called by the death | of her father, J. Buchanan. | Miss Margaret Berry left yesterday for | Athens, where she will enter the Athens | Female college.
 1 Miss Zema Lefkovits will leave Sunday night for Nashville, where she will be a student at Ward Belmont. She will
 be accompanied by her mother, Mrs.. Sam | Lefkovits.
 l Clarence Hughes, Fred Bryant and Wilkie Lee have gone to East Lake, where they will be students at Howard | college.
 | John Knox Persons, the little son of MT. and Mrs. A. A. Persons, Is able to | be out after recent illness. l Little Frances Page Is much improved after recent illness at the home of her l parents, MT. and Mrs. John Page, on l Seventh avenue.