The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-13
BESSEMER NOW HAS COMMERCIAL CLUB Geo. E. Rutledge Head of
 Organization-Expectt to Have POO Members

men met this afternoon in the oitice of Goodwin & Ross for the purpose or organizing @ Business Mems league. S. r. Goodwn acted as temporary chair man, while George E. Rutledge was elected regular chairman. W. P. Gum was unanimously elected secretary. The other officers were elected as fol- | lows: The Rev. D. 0. Teasley, first vice president: John M. Martin, sec ond vice president; Percy Benton, third vice president; George Shaw, treas urer. James B. Morton was elected chairman of the executive committee. the other four members to be appoint ed by the chairman and officers Of the | organization.
 The president. first vice president, ! chairman of the executive committee | and the secretary were appointed as committee to draw up consultation and bylaws. President Rutledge Will appoint committee of five on mem- I bership. while every member was urged | to be a committee of one to solicit new members. Interesting talks were made by G. P. Benton, W. P. Gum. George Ross, George D. Waller. James B. Morton, c. H. Bumgardner, the Rev. D. o. Teasley, George E. Rutledge and John M. Martin. The club will be known | as the Bessemer Commercial club and was organized with 80 members who are very enthusiastic. It was decided | to meet every Friday night at o'clock | in the council chamber at the city hall for the present. The club expects to reach a membership of 200, the ma jority of whom will be the young busi- | ness men of Bessemer. The standing committees are as follows: Local leg
 islative, city and county affairs, civic improvement, road improvement, rural and home trade, information on sta tistics, publicity, health and sanitation and miscellaneous.
 After being out all night, the jury | in the case of Mrs Lucy Jordan vs | the Long-Lewis Hardware company re.
 turned verdict in the amount of $500 l this morning. The plaintiff was seek | ing damages it being alleged that an automobile belonging to her was badly damaged when it was struck by a truck of the defendant company.
 Two boxcars belonging to the At lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic rail- road were destroyed by fire today about noon. The cars were standing on sidetrack in the yard of the com pany at Thirty-second street. The or | igin of the fire is not known, but it 's thought that some tramps must nave slept in the car and have throwr a match down. The fire was not dis covered until both cars were burning and the fire department was not called. AS there were no fire plugs near noth- | Ing could be done to extinguish the flames. The damages are estimated at about $12,000
 l Progressive lodge No. ST, Independ- ent order Of Odd Fellows of Dolonite, Will give an entertainment Saturday night at the Odd Fellows hall at which tune talks will be made by the Rev. A
 z. Swindall, T. J. Batson, Palmer P paugette and Congressman George
 Huodleston. Refreshments will be served after the speaking and all members are urged to attend. Revival services will begin at the Brighton Baptist church Sunday morn Ing With the Rev. MT. Clark of Green vile, Miss, in charge. MT. Clark is an ] interesting tallSer and the public is cordially invited to attend these serv- ices which will continue about two weeks.
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 Presbyterian church will give n silver tea in the basement of the church
 Tuesday afternoon from to o'clock m celebration of the anniversary or the organization of the society and
 large crowd is expected to be nres. ent. oo pres
 MISS oaille Shoemaker proved A delirht- full hostess last night when sha artl'. talned number of friends in honor nc Artnur shoemaker, at her home o, Tro,r- teentn avenue. Various games and music were enjoying, after which a bounteous pound supper was served. Among those present were: Miss Victoria Brainbridre
 Mss Lottie Granger, Miss Victoria WeSo
 field, Miss Alice Granger, Miss Rnth isagsdale, Miss Ruby Wattharl Mics Roberta Lttleton, Miss Thelma Duncan MISS Elizabeth Schwartz and c. 10 Sua,, Lee Iittleton, Arthur Shoemaker CIar' ] ence Roberts, Eugene Bates, Willie Rates w. II. Ruggins. Moses Marcum, R. Wick stewart harr' M. A. Wakefield, MT Low cry MT. and Mrs. Savor, Mir. and Mrs Charles Shoemaker, Mir. and Mrs Eari l Shoemaker. AA"'i
 Mrs. Naff was a delightful hostess ves- terday afternoon when she entertained the members of the Woman's Home Mis- sion society of the Dolomite Methodist l <AieCi tuc ueVOtiOnaI exercises an interesting paper. the subject of which IS. Pass It On,' was read by Mrs. Sides Al the close of the mission meeting the teacners' training class was conducted by Mrs Anderson. Tempting refreshments were served to the guests, who were as follows; Mrs. B. E. Purser, Mrs. J. e. Anderson, Mrs. D. R. Ray, Mrs. Emmett Davis, Mrs. w. IT. Chappell, Mrs. R. IF
 Purser. Mrs. M. F. Holland, Mrs. Wil- liam Thomas, Mrs. A. Z Strain, Mrs. e M. South, Mrs. Claude vowell, Mrs. John
 B. Thomas, Sr., Mrs. M. F. Sides. Miss
 Florence Jones, and Mrs. Hudson of Fountafn Heights. The next meeting will
 De held with Mrs. B. E. Purser.
 Howard Corley of Chicago has accepted a position with the H. Koppers company at Woodward and will make Bessemer his home.
 Frank Childers has returned from a visit to his sister, Mrs. Self, at Five Points.
 H. Goldberg has gone to New York on a business trip.
 D. c. Davis will leave Saturday for his home in Chicago after spending the past year in this city
 Judge s. J. Tillman is reported to be lmpr owing after serious illness at his home on Fourth avenue and Sixteenth l street.
 l The many friends of Miss Thelma Car gtle will regret to learn that she is i'll with pneumonia at her home in Iipscomb A. J. Swaney of Tuscaloosa is spending the weekend with friends in Bessemer. STANDARD HOME NEW