The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-14
BESSEMER NEWS

Bessemer. January 1s.=(SpeciaI)
 The annual meeting of the Bessemer Board of Trade was held this after ! noon with a good attendance and much interest and enthusiasm was manifest 1 ed. Officers for the coming year were elected as follows: Dr. J. c: Curry, l president k. L. Huey, first vice presi- 1 dent; John Martin, second vice presi- dent; l. A. Lewis, third vice president. | George II. Stevenson, secretary and | treasurer. All officers were reelected.
 A committee composed of Lee Moody, George Rutledge and James Bowron l of Birmingham was appointed to con- I fer with the Chamber of Comm cree I of Birmingham in the effort to secure congressional appropriation for the survey of Valley creek from the War 1 r1or river up to Bessemer. A commit tee composed of Dr. J. c. Curry, Thomas T. Huey and R. F. Smith were appointed to confer with the officials of the Alabama Great Southern Rail- road company and urge them to macad- amize the avenues between Seventeenth and Nineteenth streets so as to make them accessible to the proposed new freight depot of that company The
 new passenger depots of the Alabama Great Southern railroad and the Louis- vile and Nashville railroad were dis cussed at length and the statement was made that the depot of the Louis- vile and Nashville Railroad company does not come up to specifications. The Warrior river highway was dis cussed thoroughly and committee composed of George Rutledge, Dr. E. P. Lacey and John Martin was appoint ed to confer with the board of revenue and request them to open up the Jay bird road through Woodward and route the highway via Bessemer. The equal sz,f nf~ +~. l. discussed at some length, the consen- sus of opinion being that the equal ization of taxes will relieve the finan- cial conditions of the city, county and state.
 In the Bessemer city court today a verdict and judgment in the amount of $350 was returned by the jury in the case of Fred Randle vs. the Woodward Iron company. The plaintiff was seeking damages for alleged personal injuries The plaintiff was represented by L. l.. Lockwood and " J. Nesbit was counsel for the defendant company.
 The entire day was taken up with the hearing of the case of Julia and Mandy Minor vs the Atlanta, Birming. ham and Atlantic Railroad company. The plaintiffs are asking for dam ages for horse alleged to have been killed by a train of the defendant com pany. Attorneys Goodwin & Ross are representing the plaintiff while Tillman, Bradley &. Morrow of Birmingham and T. T. Huey of this city are representing the defendant company.
 Robert Lawrence of the Southern School of Musical Art of Birmingham will appear in song recital in Besse- mer on Tuesday evening, January 25, at the Elks' hall under the auspices of the Music club. MT. Lawrence has ar ranged an excellent programme for this occasion. The music lovers of Besse- mer are assured a treat in having an opportunity of hearing MT. Lawrence. The local United Charities and the Bessemer branch of the Juvenile court have opened joint offices at the city hall. Mrs. H. K. Crowell will have charge of the office for both the United Charities and D. O. Teasley, the pro- bation officer for the Bessemer dis trict. A telephone will be installed at once and all cases of juvenile delin- quency should be reported to this of flee, while all applications for assist ance from the United Charities should be made to this office. Both the United Charities and the juvenile court solicit the cooperation of the citizens of Bes- semer.
 The four bands of the Ladies' Aid so- ciety of the First Baptist church will hold reception a the church Tuesday afternoon. January IS, at 3 o'clock in tcompliment to MT. and Mrs. T. P. Wal Ter, who will on that day celebrate their golden wedding anniversary, having married in 1866, just 50 years ago. MT. and Mrs. Waller are charter members of the First Baptist church. Mrs Wal Ter is a charter member of the mis-
 mionary society that has been a work ing organization ever since the organ ization of the church. MT. Waller is Confederate vetran and an invitation will be extended to all Confederate vet erans, Sons of Confederate Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy to at : tend the reception, while all friends who desire to congratulate this well
 known and popular couple on having 1 been married for half century will
 also be invited to attend the recep- l tion
 | The Woman's Missionary society of the
 I First Methodist church will serve tur-
 l key dinner and supper Saturday in the 1 vacant store next to the E. l.. Huey l Furniture company on Third avenue, be- tween Nineteenth and Twentieth streets. 1 Mrs. Cora Handy entertained a num-
 1 Der of friends this afternoon at her home l on Fourth avenue, in compliment to Mrs. 1 J. S. Scott of Dyersburg, Tenn, who is I the guest of Mrs. s. E. Grout. The re- ception rooms were attractively arranged l for the occasion in ferns and cut flowers. 1 Four tables were used for the games The | first prize, a crochet towel. was won by 1 Mrs. J w. Carter; the second, an em- broidered centerpiece, by Mrs. Lacey Ed mundson, the honoree being presented a centerpiece. A four-course luncheon was served the guests, who were: Mrs. Scott
 Mrs. S. E. Grout, Mrs. Lacey Edmund- son, Mrs. A. $. Fitzpatrick, Mrs. I. S. Winters, Mrs. Gardner F. Goodwin Mrs George Mohns, Mrs. w. T. Warlick, Mrs l.. D. McCollom, Mrs. W. F. Golson, Mrs Lawrence Gardner, Mrs. A. c. Mitchell Mrs. Nora Golson. Mrs Walter Unzicker Mrs. James B. Houston, Mrs C. F. Ro- denberg and Mrs. J. W. Carter
 The girls of the fifth grade of the Clar- endon school met yesterday afternoon at the home of Frances McNeil on Arling- ton avenue, and organized a rock club which will be known as the Junior Girls Rock club. The officers were elected as follows: Josie Belle Hawkins, president Eileen Smith, vice president: Mary Mil dred Woodrow secretary. Three tables were used for series of games At the conclusion an ice course was served by Frances McNeil. assisted by her sister Helen McNel. Those composing the club were: Madrid Fowler Kathrvn Rotv