The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
BESSEMER NEWS

l Bessemer, February 5.-(Special) )-Work
 on the local plant of the United States
 Cast Iron, Pipe and Foundry company is
 progressing rapidly and steel structures are supplanting the original plant. Three of the pits are irr operation. while the
 bother two are nearing completion and have a daily capacity of 160 tons each. l Three cupolas are being erected for these pits, the foundations being under con- 1 struction at present. All five pits will have daily capacity of 750 tons of pipe.
 The building will be lighted with great
 areas of wired unbreakable glass n
 metal sash, for thorough ventilation in
 warm weather and thorough protect'"n 'n
 cold weather While the work of con-
 struction aud reconstruction is in, prog ress all over the plant, at the present 1 time the plant is being operated to the l full capacity of the three immense pits l completed and the machine shops and | commercial foundry Folowin the showing of the motion 1 picture, 'rrhe War Cry of Peace" which has been shown at the Grand theatre for the past two days, and will be shown | again Monday, the following petitions. which will be forwarded to Senator Oscar i W. Underwood, Senator Bankhead and | Congressman George Huddleston, have 1 been signed by almost 9000 citizens Of
 this city today:
 "Bessemer, Ala, Febuary ,, 1916. 1 Hon. Oscar W. Underwood. | Dear Sir We the undersigned resi- Gents and citizens of Bessemer, Jefferson
 county Alabama, hereby earnestly re- quest you, our honorable representative fr, 1 hold up and support our honorable Presi- I dent of these United States in his plan 1 of preparedness, for it is our motto, Tn time of peace prepare to avoid war; Mil | lions for defense, not a penny for tri- | bute.'"
 1 Circle No. 2 of the Pastors Helpers l of the First Methodist church will meet Monday afternoon at 8 o'clock with Mrs. | Moss Crotwell at her home on Dartmouth l avenue. All members are urged to be | present.
 George c. Maier of Chicago was thrown 1 from buggy in which he was riding 1 this afternoon, when the horse ran away,
 and was badly bruised and skinned about the face. It appears that the shafts of
 the buggy broke, Frightening the horse, 1 which ran away, throwing both men to the ground. The negro. was not hurt
 
 1 cry company.
 l While at work in the manual training | department at the Bessemer High school l yesterday, Clarence Saunders, pupil. ! was painfully injured when surface 1 plane which he was using slipped and large splinter three inches in length ran into the fieshy part of his hand. He was | taken to a physician and the object was
 removed with difficulty. While the injurr is not considered serious, it is very pain full.
 Much interest is being manifested in the regular meeting of the United Charities and Hospital Board, which will be held Monday afternoon at o'clock at the home of the president Mrs. E. M. Owen, on Fifth avenue. Judge Murphy, of the juvenile court, will be present and will II address the ladies at this time. All mem- bers are urged to be present. The following announcement will De of interest to the many friends of the con- tracting parties in this city: "Dr. and 1 Mrs. Thomas Franklin Robinson an-
 nounce the onga cement of their daughter, l Elise, to MT. John Howard McEnry, the
 wedding to take place in March" Both
 of the young people were reared in Bes- | semer, where they are well known ana
 very popular with a large circle of | friends.
 l First Christian church, Bessemer: Sun day school, 9:45 preaching service at Il o'clock by the Rev. P. F. Cheek, who | will have as his theme, Rejoicing in the Gospel The Rev. Roy s. Fitch will fill
 the pulpit at the 7:45 o'clock services and
 will have as his subject ''The onavoid- 1 able Question" A meeting of the off cers@of the church is desired after the morning services.
 | Miss Mildred Rutherford, historian gen. | eral of the United Daughters of the Con- l federacy, will deliver lecture at the 1 city courtroom in the Realty building Thursday afternoon at 330 o'clock, at
 which the Confederate veterans, Daugh-
 ters of the Confederacy, Sons of Confed- crate Veterans and the citizens of Bes-
 semer are invited to be present. Follow | ing the lecture an informal reception will | be held by the local chapter, United
 Daughters of the Connederacy, at which
 time the federated clubs and large
 number of citizens will be guests of the l chapter to meet this distinguished visitor | Leonard A., the little 5-year-old son Of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cost died last night at the home of his parents, 2SO5 Twelfth avenue, after short illness. The funeral
 was held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the services DelnS cOnuucI6u Dy lHe IteV. l. r. Swallow, pastor of the First Presby terian church. Interment was made at IGentry's Gap with Jacobs in charge l Will Hagerty will entertain at dance Tuesday evening at his home on Sixth avenue in compliment to Miss Mary Hagerty of Nashville, who is the guest of relatives in Bessemer for several | weeks. Miss Hagerty is charming young woman and is being delightfully."- entertained.
 Mrs. Gertrude Watts and MT. J. c. Jones of Dolomite were quietly married yesterday at the Methodist parsonage at 1 Dolomite. Mrs. Watts is a woman of charming personality and is a daughter of MT. and Mrs. B. E. Purser at Dolo- mite while MT Jones is business man
 of Dolomite, where they will reside in l future.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the First
 Presbyterian church will meet Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of
 Mrs. T. A. Knight on Clarendon avenue l and Twenty-first street. All members
 are urged to be present
 i The spacious home Of Mr. and Mrs. i John Shannon at Woodward was the | S .-.-.---.SI -