The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-22
Fairgrounds Will Be Form ally Opened With Ap-
 prOprs~tc Exercises
READY FOR FRONT
Oil Company Given Verdict and Judg ment Against Railroad Companies. Annual Picnic of Baptist
 Church

Bessemer, June 21. - (Specia!)
 Thirtyfive arrests have been made to-
 day following the decision of the Bes-
 semer city council last night to have the traffic law enforced 10 the letter.
 The drivers of automobiles and ve- 1 hicles of all kinds have grown So care less, it is said, that the situation Is
 deemed dangerous and the chief of pc lice, R. NJ. Childress. was instructed to
 have his men see that the traffic laws
 were carried out Judge I. A. Lewis will try all of the defendants charged with l the above mentioned offcnse
 Everything is in readiness for the
 formal opening of the Bessemer play ground. which will take place Thu s.
 day afternoon at o'clock when | splendid programme will be rendered ! The site will be on the vacant lot ba-
 tween Eighteenth and Nineteenth
 streets on Fourth avenue and the para
 phernalia has been placed ard She playground is very attractive. M ss | Virginia Allen of Birmingham will have charge for awhile and then Miss Jean | Hard will take charge. Ehe public is invited to attend the opening exercises The city of Bessemer is muck inter- ested In the call to the front of the Alabama National Guard and tae re- l cruiting of Company D If he Fourth infantry. Alabama National Guard, is going along rapidly and already oyer 100 men are ready to leave for tie front. The officers have the local men on the streets every afternoon drtll- Ing them and large crowds of spectA- tors gather to watch the maneuvering Of the company.
 A verdict and judgment in the amount of $20O0 was returned by the jury in the case of the Bessemer Oil and Ferti- lizer company vs. the Alabama Great Southern Railroad company and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad con- pany The plaintiff was seeking damages l from the railroad companies, it being al- legged that the oil mill was kept closed one season by condemnation proceedings
 which were instituted by the railroad companies when the site occupied by the mill was decided on by the Alabama rail- road commission as the one on which a union passenger station should be erected The railroads later pettioned the com
 mission to be allowed to be build sepa- rate stations which was done and owing to the condemnation proceedings, the
 plant was closed one season.
 Services will be held every Sunday now r, P. H. Powell, of Richmond, Va, while Sunday school will be held at 9:45 O o'clock on Sunday morning. Litany services will be held on Friday afternoons at 5:30 o'clock and the public is invited to attend these services.
 Mrs. L. D. McCollum was a delightful hostess this afternoon when she enter tained the members of the Auction Bridge club and few friends at her attractive home on Third avenue The reception rooms were made attractive with nas- turtiums, vases and bowls of these flow CTS lntermiXed with ferns being used in the decorations. Four tables were used i for the games. The first prize, white silk hose, being won by Mrs Cora Handy, while the second prize, also white silk hose, went to Mrs. c. E. Rodenberg. while the guests prize fell to Mrs. Harry fleming of LaGrange, Ga, who is the house guest of Mrs. McCollum After the presentation of the prizes delicious ice course was served. During the afternoon refreshing punch was dispensed from a
 flower banked bowl by Mrs George Davies. Those present were: Mrs Harry
 Henning, Mrs. James B. Houston, Mrs, J. w. Carter, Mrs. w. D. Taylor Mrs. J. s. Winters, Mrs. Robert Smith, Mrs.
 Gerald Dohbs, Mrs. Cora Handy, Mrs.
 c. E. Rodenberg, Mrs. George Ethridge,
 Mrs. Lawrence Gardner, Mrs. w. T. War lck, Mrs. George Davies Mrs. George
 Waller and Miss Grace Judson.
 The annual picnic of the First Baptist
 church will take place Friday at Avon dale park and special cA will leave
 Bessemer promptly at o'clock Friday
 morning. Every one is req, ested to meet
 at the car station on Second avenue