The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-09-01
DEF FAULT|NG CLERK
 WAS NOT BONDED
Two Men Hurt in AutOmO. bile Accident When Tire
 Leaves Wheel

 Bessemer August Special )-C. w. Whitaker was badly injured and A. B. Stewart slightly hurt this aft ernoon about o'clock when the auto mobile in which they were riding lost
 the left front tire on the road near the Tennessee company's farm a few miles west of Bessemer. The automo- bile was Ford and was driven by J. w. Morris of Hueytown, and. all i three men were riding when the car
 lost it's tire, throwing the machine
 to one side of the road. Mir Whitaker
 was thrown against telegraph pole, suffering broken arm as well as
 wound in the head Mr. Stewart was
 thrown to the ground and while he
 was badly bruised about the body his | injuries are not considered serious. Both men were rushed to the Feeders hospital in Huey & McConne1rs am- 1 bulance, where they received medical : attention. Mir. Whitaker is head of
 the carpenter department of the Ten 1 nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com
 pany, and MT Stewart is connected
 with the painting department of the ] company MT. Morris was also badly
 shaken up, but his injuries are very
 slight. MT. Whitaker is reported to be
 resting as well as could be expected
 tonight.
 The safe of the city of Bessemer in
 the office of the clerk and treasurer at the city hall was opened by Mayor Lewis and members of the finance com mittee in an effort to find the bond of James B. Houston, former city clerk and treasurer, who was placed in the county jail yesterday on charge of embezzlement. They were unable to find the bond and communicated with
 MT. Houston, who told them that he had made no bond during the past term of office The finance committee, com posed of Aldermen Simmons, Crotwell and Austin and Mayor Lewis, will take charge of the matter at present and it is probable that clerk will be elect ed at the meeting of the council Tues
 day night for the rest of the term. At a meeting of the mayor and finance committee held last night H. l.. Todd, an expert accountant of Bir-
 mingham, was awarded the contract to audit the city books, the work to be commenced at once and completed at
 
 of the shortge will not be known un- til the auditor makes his report. Bishop Beckwith will be at Trinity Episcopal church Friday night at 5 o'clock and the public In invited to be present.
 Manager Unzicker of the Red Noun tain Sluggers announces the follow ing lineup for the Labor Day game to be played on the Rolling Mill grounds between his team and the Ensley aggregation: Ganong, catcher; Moses and Edney, pitchers; Sleeves, first base; Perkins. second base; Wag- ner, shortstop: Williams, third base; Love, left field; Howell, center field; | Rickert right field
 Captain Ragsdale of the Bessemer club announces the following lineup for the Labor Day game to be played | between Bessemer and Pratt City: Quarles and Trotter. catchers; Vines | and Cheney, pitchers: Hughes, first | base; Boykin, second base;i Stevenson, :, shortstop: O'Rourke, third base Coch- rane, right field; Ragsda1e and Bum gardner, center field; Scott. left f1elFs | Boykin and Cheney are new men . are expected to materially strengthen the Tigers.
 | l for the Bessemer city court printed 1 and are now ready to be sent to the attorneys. The dockets have been set from Monday, October 2 until Novem- l Der 15, 1916.
 l Ella Watts a negro was arrested | this afternoon on a charge of assault and battery with a weapon, 1t being alleged that she shot another negro woman this morning with a .32 pistol
 The woman will be given a hearing | before Judge I. A. Lewis in recorders l, court tomorrow morning.
 | The following marriage license was | issued today by Clerk Herbert Eth ridge of the judge of probate: Henry
 Waldrop of Oak Grove and Miss Mary 1 Banker.
 1 The young ladies of the Brighton
 Methodist Sunday school were given l a delightful moonlight picnic last night
 and after enjoying games splendid
 picnic lunch was served to the follow 1 ing: Miss Lois Farr. Miss Lona Gall I laWay. Miss Lola Farr, Miss Ethel Bruce Miss Patsy Bennett. Miss Cor nelia Peebles, Miss Cora Estes, Miss Lallie Baxley, Miss Maude Estes, Miss Mary Lee, J. A. Curl, Charles Bennett. | John Nance, Steve Bennett, Herbert Farr. Murthy Farley, Hosmer Farr. Kelly Williamson. w. E. Rush, Claude Horton Willie Rascoe, Icd Farley, MT. and Mrs C. l.. Farley Mrs. w. o. Hor-
 ton and Mrs. w. w. Peebles.
 PERSONALS
 l Mrs. Katherine Darnaher and daugh- ter, Irene. of Paducah. Ky, are the HR,.~ r Coy~> an1r