The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-06
BESSEMER NEWS

l beSSelnef Mafcn 0.-(Speclal. )-At an
 early hour this morning the hardware store of Joe Baer, the poolroom and
 restaurant owned by Jack Granger, the residence of Sam Walker, and two other dwellings at Johns were totally destroyed
 by fire. the damage being estimated at about s15,000 or s20,0O0; a small portion
 being covered by insurance.
 When the fire was discovered the en- tire building occupied by MT. Baer was ablaze, while the adjoining buildings
 were also burning. As there were no
 fire facilities at Johns, it was impos- I sible to save the building, and had it
 not been for the excellent volunteer
 work of the citizens, the damage would have been much larger.
 l w. c. McGrady, 37 years of age, died
 this morning at 3S0 o'clock, following
 an illness of several weeks at a Birming-
 ham hospital. The deceased was well l known in this city, and was an engineer on the Louisville and Nashville railroad. He is survived by his wife and one child, his father, mother two sisters and l one brother, who live at Woodlawn. The funeral will take place Monday after noon at 3 o'clock from the late resi- dence on Seventeenth street, between Seventh and Eighth avenue, the serv- \ ices being conducted by the Rev. I. F. ! Swallow, pastor of the First Presbyte- rian church. Interment will be made at the Brighton cemetery with Jacobs in charge. The Bessemer lodge, No. 45S
 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of which the deceased was member, will
 have charge of the services at the grave. The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers: Will Farrell, Claude Hath- away, Ed Shelton, George Rutledge, Percy Benton and E. R. Smith. The
 Masons are requested to meet at the
 hall at 2 o'clock sharp.
 At 7:S0 this morning the local fire de-
 pertinent answered call to Exter ave-
 nue and Twenty-first street, where there was a spark on the roof of a house, which was quickly extinguished without any damage to speak of.
 | The residence of Mrs. Marks, 1912 l fire this morning about S50 o'clock. The
 fire was of the roof variety and was extinguished, the damage being esti- mated at about $10.
 Much interest is being manifested in
 the baseball team of the Bessemer High
 school and large number of boys are trying out for the team. Regular prac- tices will be held every afternoon at
 Underwood park and the material is
 showing up splendidly. There are at least five candidates for every position. l The local high school is member of the Alabama High School Athletic associa- ton, and the games this season will be played under it's rules.
 l John Wilson, a negro, cut and badly
 wounded his. wife, Silvia Wilson, this morning as a result of a quarrel. The woman came to town and reported the cutting to the officers, who are on the lookout for the man, who made his escape. The woman was cut about the face and arms.
 Much interest is being manifested in | the dance which will be given Wednes- l day evening at the Ar1nory hall in the Realty building by the young men of this city in compliment to their young
 lady friends. The checking list is at the Lewis Read Drug company and in- cludes the following names: Miss Mar garet Berry Miss Dora Barr, Miss Ro- salie Goldberg, Miss Frances Coburn, |
 Miss Rosebud McWilliams, Miss Kath-
 leen Cahill, Miss Helen Drum, Miss Mill dred Fox Miss Rachael Love- Miss Bessie Lowe, Miss Lillian Cahill, Miss
 Minnie Jackson, Miss Elizabeth Mitchell,
 Miss Edith Christlieb, Miss Mary flag
 erty, Miss Bernice Thomas, Miss Inez Williams Miss Grace Judson, Miss Net
 tie Bailey, Miss Ruby Bailey, Miss
 Laura Ball, Miss Jim Caunter, Miss
 Margaret Rust, Miss Ida Weinstein,
 Miss Bessie Lovett, Miss Lena Hatcher,
 Miss Helen Neal, Miss May Beth Moore, Miss Beatrice Robbins, Miss Edwina
 Thaggad. Miss Bernice Phillips, Miss
 Mildred Brannon, Miss Agnes Swygert,
 Miss Mary Swygert, Miss Mary Donoho.
 Miss Orleab Perkins, Miss Mildred Jaffe,
 Miss Emma Gum, Miss Joy Dillon,
 Miss Ferna Hamilton, Miss O'Neal, Miss
 Erline Reynolds, Miss Maud Tipton,
 Miss Lillian Ingram, Miss Margaret
 Keith Miss Lottie Evans, Miss Mar
 garet Griffith, Miss Helen Marsh, Miss
 Porter, Miss Webber, Miss Elizabeth
 Thorpe, Miss Ethe, Gillen and others. 1 The three-act melodrama, Diamonds
 and Hearts," will be presented at the Brighton high school auditorium March
 30 for the benefit of the high school
 baseball team. The principal characters
 will be taken by high school pupils and
 Miss Ethel Bruce will take the leading
 feminine role. while Murphy Farley will represent the leading masculine role.
 Much interest is being manifested in the performance.
 Mrs Max Lefkovits of Columbiana is | the guest of relatives in Bessemer for a Il few days
 Mrs. A. A. Pearce is doing nicely after an operation at the Elizabeth Duncan hospital.
 Miss Emma Whetstone has gone to
 Montgomery, where she will be the
 guest of relatives for several days. TECHNOLOGY MEN