The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-13
F|SHTRAP HIGHWAY !. WILL BE DISCUSSED Mass Meeting at Bessemer
 Called to Enter Protest TAX BOOKS ARE OPEN Dwelling House Totally Destroyed by Z Fire of Unknown Origin-Laird
 Is Given Verdict

Bessemer. october 12.-(Special.)-A
 mass meeting of the citizens has been
 called for Wednesday night, October lS
 at the city court room to discuss the
 Nichols Fishtrap road, and on this occa- sion talks will be made by Felix Black
 burn of Birmingham, George Ross and
 number of others. The call is being cir
 culated widely and is signed by F. W.
 McNeil, J. R. Reeves, c. l.. Dabbs, John
 w. Brown, E. D. Hyche, George Ross
 and c. E. Falkner All citizens residing
 in west Jefferson and along the Taylors
 Ferry route are invited to be present at
 this meeting when the matter will be
 fully discussed and reasons given for d
 protest by the people in this section of
 Jefferson county.
 According to E. c. Hines. deputy tax
 assessor of the local office, property own
 CTS are slow to assess their taxes and
 while the tax books have been open for
 several weeks, very few from outside the
 city of Bessemer have appeared to list
 their taxes for next year. The tax col-
 lector's office is also open on the fourth
 floor of the Realty building and the of-
 flee is kept open every day from 8 to
 o'clock to serve those wishing to pay
 their taxes.
 The Bessemer public schools will have
 8 holiday Friday to allow all children to
 attend the Alabama State Fair This is
 Children's Day and is given every year
 so the children will wait and go on this
 day so as not to be absent from school
 on this account. The schools will resume
 work Monday morning.
 A wedding which came as a surprise to
 the many friends of the contracting par
 ties was that of Miss Oracle Kennedy
 and Virgil Harwell, which took place
 tonight at the Baptist parsonage the
 ceremony being performed by the Rev. M.
 K. Thornton. pastor of the First Baptist church. Both of the young people were
 reared in Bessemer where they are well
 known and very popular They gradu-
 ated from the Bessemer High school in 1915 Miss Kennedy is the daughter of W. w. Kennedy and is young woman of much personal charm as well as an ac- complished musician. MT. Harwel is an employe of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company at Readers. MT. and Mrs. Harwell will go to housekeeping at once at Lipscomb.
 Miss S. E. Hayes was delightful host esss this afternoon when she entertained the members of the I. N. T. club at her home on Fifth avenue. The reception arooms were ornamented with ferns, while Vases of garden flowers were placed here and there. Forty-two was an interesting sfeature of the occasion, four tables be- Hing used for the games. After series 8of games an ice course was served. Among those present were: Miss Bessie
 Barron, Miss Merriam Stein, Miss Pearl kJackson, Miss Elizabeth Schwartz Miss HSusie White, Miss Rosetta Mckinney. Miss Lola Parsons, Miss Elizabeth Fitz- gpatrick, Miss Thelma Dudley, Miss Mary z Word and Miss Lucille Vickers. At 1:30 o'clock this morning the resi- Ndence of W. G. Cooper on Fairfax ave- *nue, between Twenty-first and Twenty Nsecond streets, was totally destroyed by #fre, of unknown origin. The damage is Hestimated at about 5000. Several other $lruns have been made by the department Ktoday, but in each case there was little For no damage done
 la A verdict in favor of the defendant was Ssreturned in the case of W. T. Buchfield NsvHs J. K. P Laird, which was on trial Yin the Bessemer city court yesterday. SfThe afternoon was taken up with the ahearing of the case of N. Ffnocchio vs |YShe Alabama Great Southern Railroad gfompany T. T. Huey is representing the fplaintiff and A. G. and F. D. Smith Sare representing the defendant company. N Much interest is being manifested in Sthe three-act drama, Above the Clouds %fy hich will be presented at Barton's store Iat Lipscomb on October 2. The cast has Mpeen carefully chosen and the affair Nbromises to be one of the best ever given ~by amateur talent. The public is cor &1ially invited to attend.
 
 The home of MT. and Mrs. Emory
 SiTspson, on Dartmouth avenue, was the I%cene of a pretty hospitality this after Aoon when their little son. Emory Simp- X son, Jr entertained number of friends Nm honor of the tenth birthday of his |Aousin, Orris Harris. Juvenile games and |a contest were enjoyed, the prizes being Esvon by Margaret Randle and Emory |g5impson. Later in the afternoon the |#young folks were ushered into the dining E-oom. which was artistcally arranged for the occasion in pink and white roses |4