The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-31
BESSFMER NEWS

ULDs)l lglLN NlWO | Bessemer, January 3O-(SpeciaI) The report of Chief J. I. Reeder of the local fire department for the year 1915, which will be submitted to the city council at it's regular meeting Tuesday evening, is as follows: ''Bessemer, Ala, Jan. 29, 1916.
 Honorable Mayor and Board of Alder men.
 ''Gentlemen: Find herewith my an
 nual report for the year ending De-
 cember 31, 1915. During the year we
 answered 225 alarms, laid out 33,35O feet of hose, used 976 gallons of chemi- calls, raised 2411 feet of ladders, trav- eled 3S6.5 miles, used 596 gallons of
 gasoline, used 45 gallons of oil. prop
 erty at risk for year, $559,4S4; con tents at risk. $294,S55; total risk for year, $S54, 469. Insurance risk for year, $256,232; insurance loss for year, $23,- 223.20. Cause of fires, sparks on roof, 123; defective fiues, 45; unknown, 15;
 unnecessary, '; carelessness from oil stove. 6; incendiary, B. false alrams, 8; rekindled. 8, soot burning. 4 de- fective stoves, 2; gas pipe bursted, 2; verheated furnace, 1 gas burning, i i; carelessness with matches, 1 ncuba- tor overloaded, l; gas stove explosion, II: spontaneous combustion, 1; shoe hook in gin, l. out Of city limits, g.; making a total of 225. Seventy per cent of the fires were caused by sparks on the roof and defective fues, which could have been eliminated with prop llt ft-n J Jfy1nt II.
 mitted, J. I. REEDER, "Chief of Fire Department" The brarnch offices at Bessemer of all county offices will be opened here
 Monday and will be located on the third
 floor of the Realty building, with the exception of the deputy coroners of fee, which will be located at the Jacobs undertaking establishment. Among those who will open up for business tomorrow are Herbert Eth ridge, deputy to J. P. Stiles. judge of probate; Ewing Hines, deputy tax as sessor; Lee Moody, deputy tax collec- tor; Elvie Falkner, deputy treasurer, and E. L. Edmundson, Sr., clerk of the board of revenue.
 The Princess theatre was filled to it's capacity this afternoon when pr. w. H. Smith of Richmond, Va, who Is in Birmingham attending the laymen' S meeting, was the speaker, and who spoke most interestingly for 45 min utes along the line of work being done by the lawmen. A splendid musical programme was rendered. It was de- cided to discontinue for the preesnt the meetings which have been held in Bes- semer on Sunday afternoons for the past few months under the auspices of
 the Young Mems Christian association of Birmingham.
 Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. J. H. Johnson were held this aft ernoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Wal nut Grove Methodist church, the Rev. w. O. Horton of the Brighton Methodist church conducting the services. Inter ment followed at the Walnut Grove cemetery with Jacobs in charge. The deceased was we'll known in this dis
 trict and Is survived by a large num-
 Der of relatives.
 A wedding which came as surprise to the many friends of the contracting parties was that of Miss Kathleen Wal Ter and Joe Alex Little, which was solemninze this afternoon at the home of MT. and Mrs. T. Bryan Waller on Fifth avenue, in the presence of rela- tives and a few intimate friends The parlor was attractively decorated in ferns and cut flowers, the white and green tones prevailing. Preceding the ceremony Miss Helen Marsh and Dr. George D. Waller sang 70 Promise Me-" To the strains of the wedding | march, played by Bryan Waller, the bride entered on the arm of George Rutledge, who gave her in marriage and was met at the improvised altar 1 by the groom and his best man, Dr. R T. Smith The ceremony was pro- ,, nounced by the Rev. I. O. Adams of Bir- mingham. The bride looked lovely ir a coat suit of navy blue cloth with
 accessories to match and carried 8 shower bouquet of American beauty
 roses. Miss Waller is the attractive
 daughter of Mrs. Kate Waller and is
 a young woman of much personal
 charm. MT Little is the son of MT. and
 Mrs. E. A. Little, who was reared 1T | this city, and is a prominent young
 business man of Meridian, Miss MT and Mrs Little lef immediately fol
 Meridian, where they will make theil | future home.
 1 Harrell Rush of Tuscaloosa is the gues ! of his mother Mrs. w. l.. Rush, for tn,
 weekend.
 Jake Williams has been removed iron | the Elizabeth Duncan hospital to hi l home.
 | Mrs. L1key mas been removed to tH' l Elizabeth Duncan hospital, where she vii | undergo an operation.
 | Luney Ragsdale has returned to Tusca l loosa after spending the weekend witl | relatives in Bessemer.
 II Durham Cobb of Port Arthur, Texas | Is the guest of his uncle, w. A. Dunham at Lipscomb.
 The many friends of w. s. Eidge vii
 regret to learn that he continues quite il af his hOrpa on Fourth avenue. II Bruce Q. Majors will leave tomorrow
 for Chattanooga, where he goes on busi IN ness.
 ! Eugene Hawkins has returned to tn | University of Alabama after spending tn weekend with his mother