The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-16
BESSEMER NEWS

| Bessemer, January 15-(Special.) )-The board of revenue will meet at Bessemer Monday under the provisions of an act adopted by the recent legislature which provides that branch offices will be es- tablished by all county officials at Besse- mer. The act was held to be consd- tutonal by the supreme court in a de- cision handed down this week. While in Bessemer the board of revenue will look for suitable quarters for the branch off, fees to be located here. The board of revenue is required to hold four sessions in Bessemer annually and has decided that it's meetings will be held the | third Monday in Jal4uary, April, July and October of each year. All business arising in this end of the county will be disposed of at these meetings held in Bessemer. Acquisitions for office space l at Bessemer have been made to the board | of revenue by the various county off cials who are required to establish offices 1 in this city, as well as for the supplies necessary for their branch offices.
 | The employees of the Bessemer Soil Pipe company have been notified that they will be refunded the 20 per cent cut in wages | that was made by the company several months ago. The employees accepted the cut rather than a discontinuance of any work on hand, and the plant was kept go- | ing. Now the work has been resumed on full time with a large list of orders ahead and prices better than for sometime, the employees will have every cent of the cut returned to them. It is understood the money will be paid on or before the first l of February.
 The Bessemer city council will meet in regular session Tuesday evening, at which | time several matters of importance will be considered. The committee appointed to appraise the property of the Sloss-S Shelf | neld Steel and Iron company, which was condemned for a right of way, will re- 1 port. The appraisers fixed q price of $S5O for one and five-eigth acres, and it is un- derstood that the corporations will appeal from this decision and that in anticipa- tion of this action the council will be asked to authorize the mayor and clerk to make bond on the part of the city. Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Susan A. Donaldson, who died last night at 10 o'clock at her residence, fol- lowing long illness, were held this after noon at o'clock from the late residence,
 
 Stoves, pastor of the First Methodist church. assisted by the Rev. J. F. Sturdi- want, presiding elder of the Bessemer dis trict, conducting the services. The de- ceased was 65 years of age and had lived in this city for a number of years, being loved by all with whom she came in con- tact. She is survived by three sons J. r. Donaldson of Chattanooga, John w. Don-
 aldson and James Donaldson of Besse- mer: four daughters, Mrs R. L. Barnes of Nashville, Mrs. F. l.. Bartlett of At lanta, Mrs E. McGriff and Mrs. Ellis Houston of Bessemer. Interment was
 made at Cedar Hill cemetery, with Huey ! & Mcconnell in charge. The following
 acted as pallbeares: George D. Woodrow, E. Clay Jones, H. H. Milton, J. K Trotter, F. B. Buck and H. E. Swans.
 The local fire department answered
 a call this morning about o'clock to 109 South Twenty first street, where there was small blaze on the roof of a negro house. The fire was extingushed very little damage being done.
 At 12:45 o'clock a gasoline vulcaniz- CT exploded at the Jones TaXicab conn., pany, SIS North Nineteenth street, and the fire department was called out. Very little damage was done.
 In recorders court this morning Will i Wilson, negro, was fined $100, in- cluding costs, and given 30 days extra i by Judge l. A. Lewis on charge of disorderly conduct. The man was ar rested several days ago by Detectives F. Ross, Goodwin, Childress and c. Ross l Robert Stein and Miss Merriam Stein will entertain the members of the senior class of the Bessemer High school Fri day evening at the Eks' hall on Nine teentl nd Ind avenues. This is one of a series of af- fairs to be given for the class and prom ises to be a most delightful one.
 The one hundred and ninth birthday of Gen. Robert E. Lee will be cele- brated by the local chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy, Wednes- day morning, January IS, at 10 o'clock at the High school auditorium. The fol- lowing programme will be rendered:
 Piano selection, Mrs G. B. Holdings.
 worth; song, Dixie" chorus; prayer,
 the Rev. M. K. Thornton; solo, Annie Laurie" Mrs. Cecil Cowan; address.
 Frank Dominick of Birmingham; pre-
 sentation of crosses of honor by presi- dent; benediction, the Rev. George Stoves Pianist, Mrs. c. B. Hollings- worth
 Much interest is being manifested in the song fecltal to De given in BeS-' semer on Tuesday evening" January 25, at the Elks' hall by Robert Lawrence of the Southern School of Musical Arts, of Birmingham. The recital will De given under the auspices of the Music club of this city. MT. Lawrence pos sesses a wonderful baritone voice and the people of Bessemer are assured treat in hearing him. f
 The pulpit of the First Presby church will be occupied Sunday by the pastor, the Rev. l. F. Swallow, who will have as his morning theme. Our Canaan" while at the evening hour his subject will be, Falling Light Sum day school at 9;45 o'clock. Junior Chris
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