The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13
BESSEMER NEWS

l IS. Sam Summers was shot through the | right wrist this morning at her home at Feeders by Mrs. Jim Dudley as the result of a family quarrel. Mrs. Sum | mers was removed to the Feeders hos pital. where her wound was dressed and she was later removed to her home. She is reported to be resting as well as could be expected, as the wound is very painful. Mrs. Dudley was | arrested by Officer T. L. Parsons of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad company and placed under bond. Capt. Lacey Edmundson of Company l D, Fourth infantry, Alabama National | Guard, is well pleased with the re- cruiting which has been in progress this week. Already 20 men have en- | listed and will go to the mobilization camp at Montgomery the latter part of | this week Men are wanted for the band, hospital corps and the infantry l and Captain Edmundson and Sergt | Frank Powell expect to recruit the
 compan yto it's full quota within a l week or 10 days
 l
 :, The Bessemer board of education l held an interesting meeting last night | in the office of Superintendent A. A. Persons at the high school building, With the following members present: : J. w. Brooks Dr. R. P. McTyiere, Mayor { l. A. Lewis and E. A. Dudley. After
 the transaction of the routine business ! Prof. Robert s. Burke of Lafayette was | nr iy1ni nf iOb Snh Ar,l to succeed Prof. W. I. Pittman, re- | signed, while Miss Hattie Finley of Blountsville was elected a member of 1 the high school faculty. Professor | Burke is a graduate of the University 1 of Alabama and has bachelor of arts 1 degree from Yale university. Miss Fin ley has taught in the Blount county | high school for several years.
 1 Jonesboro, or the Fifth ward, ob-
 served cleanup day yesterday and much trash and rubbish was removed
 from that section of the city. This matter was inaugurated by the Jones'
 boro Welfare society and it was de- l cided to set next Tuesday apart as an- i, other clean-up day. when the society | expects to have that section of the city l very much improved. A committee was 1 appointed to confer with Mayor I. A.
 Lewis and arrange to have several | trash wagons there to remove :he | trash. B. H. Tillman has been made
 president of the society, leaving the l office of secretary vacant.
 The residence of E. F.. vennum at Parkers Spring was entered several nights ago and a diamond brooch and
 a razor were stolen. The thief entered I through window and, having a wool l en leg, left it outside of the window Mrs. Vennum was awakened by the flash of the light and started to scream when negro told her he would cut her throat if she made sound, and continued plundering the room with the razor in his hand. Hearing sound in an adjoining room. the burglar be- came frightened and jumped out of the window, leaving his wooden leg De- i hind The robbery was reported and to- day Deputy Steele arrested Henry Pen nington. who admitted that the arti- fcial limb left behind belonged to him Walter Fluker also was arrested, ii
 being alleged that he was an accessory
 to the robbery.
 c. P. Parsons & Sons garage on
 Fifth avenue and Nineteenth street was sold this morning to Hamilton
 Simms and w. H. Dennis. who will re- open for business at the same stand
 about July 15. The garage will be
 known in future as the Simms Dennis
 Motor company
 Ida Marie Harris. the 2-months-olJ
 daughter Of MT. and Mrs. A. B. Har-
 rls died yesterday at the home of her
 parents at Jonestown following a short
 illness. The funeral was held this aft.
 ernoon at o'clock. interment beina
 made at Union cemetery. with Huey
 Mcconnell in charge
 T. A. Knight, local contractor. ha,
 secured the contract for the repairs
 10 be made at the Judson instituf,
 ar Marion. which will cost several
 thousand dollars. The whole struc.
 ture IS to be repainted and improved
 while the dormitories will be remod
 eled w. E. Benns is the architect fol
 the structure and MT. Knight will talk,
 large force of men to Marion to dt
 the work.
 special meeting of Bessemer lodg, No. 45S. Ancient Free and Accepted
 Masons. was held tonight in the hal
 on Twentieth street at which tim, , there was a good attendance. The mas ter degree was conferred on severa . There will be an all-day singing a , the old Rock Creek church, Sunday
 July 30, at which time dinner will b.
 served at noon and the public is in
 vited to attend
 i. PERSONALS
 sl William H. H. Judson has returne from trip of two weeks spent ol the gulf he and his party having beel s in the big storm which swept tn : coast last week.
 Miss Hattie Tubb left today fo