The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-07
BESSFMFP NEWS

| RtAAFMtR WtW0 | Bessemer, February 6.-(Special)- )-At
 the meeting of the City Democratic Exec utive committee which was held last night | ct the city hall, it was decided to put
 the detectives and patromen fthe city 1 on the ticket to be voted on in the prim- | ary set for Monday, March 20 The | ticket will be a very long one and will l contain the names of the mayor, presi- l dent of the city council, ten aldermen, l city clerk and treasurer, assistant tax collector chief of police, ten patrolmen and detectives, sanitary inspector, city ! attorney. meat and milk inspector, city l physician, day warden, night warden, street superintendent, chairman of the executive committee. ten members of the executive committee, etc.
 After a lengthy discussion it was de- cided that man might vote for his first and second choice, which would apply 1 only to the office of mayor and board of aldermen. The members of the City Democratic Executive committee are Herbert Milton, chairman; J. G. Bruce and T. J. Reynolds. of first ward; Nor T.. II, second ward E. L Read and Tendon Cockrell of third ward; Frank O'Rourke and B. N. Parnell, of fourth ward; Ray
 Tillman and w. T. Lovelace, of fifth ward.
 Plans for the printing of the tickets for the election were decided on and the executive committee will act in con- Junction with Mayor Lewis in making contracts for the work Under the law the city will have to pay the expense of the election.
 John Nugan, white man, and B. D. Dooley, negro, have been arrested by Detectives Ross and Goodwin on charge of soliciting labor without a license It is alleged that the men are employed by some mining interest in Jenkins, Ken lucky, and had hired forty miners in Bessemer to go to Kentucky to work The men were released on bond for their appearance in court Tuesday afternoon at o'clock before Judge I. A. Lewis in recorders court.
 Albert Oddo, 56 years of age died sud- denly this afternoon at his home on Sixth avenue and Twenty second street. MT. Oddo has not been i'll and seemed to be in the best of spirits when he was strick- en with arterosclorosis and died in a short time, although a physician was
 
 done but to no avail. MT. Oddo was well known in this city, where he has lived for number of years and was highly respected. He is survived by his widow and four children. The funeral will take place Tuesday morning at 1030 o'clock from St. A1oysius Catholic church. the Rev. Father M E. Kittrick conducting the services. Interment will follow at Cedar Hill cemetery with Jacobs in charge.
 The girls basketball team of the Bes- semer High school returned from Annis- ton last night, where they played the team of the Anniston High school and were defea ted Friday evening by a score of 26 to ?. The local aggregation has only been organized one week. and were outclassed by the AnniSton five. A re- turn game has been scheduled with Annis- ton for February 25 to be played at the skating rink at JonesbCro. Following the game Friday night the girls were com, pllmented with a dance as well as being entertained at the homes of the girls of the Anniston team. Professor Collier ac- cOmpanied the team a s manager, while Mrs Walter Unzicker acted as chaperon. Those making the trip were: Miss Kath- leen Cahill, Miss Jessie Br,nsardner, Miss Rosalie Goldberg, Miss Hattie Coleman Miss Emily Quito, Miss Lillian Cahll and Miss Alma England.
 At 7:35 o'clock this morning the local fire department answered a call to Twen- ty-second street between Second and Third avenues, where there was small blaze on the roof of a house occupied by a negro. The fire was extjnguishel with chemicals and the damage is esti- mated at about $2. At 9 o'clock another call was answered to Ninth avenue be- tween Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, where a negro house was on fire. The blaze originated from defec.ve f1ue and the damage will amount to about $5. Police authorities are on the look out for John Pennington, the 16-year- old negro boy. who was sent to deposit $6O in the bank for Amos Pennington and left for parts unknown. Mrs. Dave Cowan continues critically i'll at her home on Sixth avenue be- tween Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets.
 The many friends of Roy Blue will be pleased to learn that he is doing nicely after an operation for appendi- citis at the Elizabeth Duncan hospital Mrs. Cooper is able to sit up fol- lowing an operation at the Elizabeth Duncan hospital.
 Walter Gwin, a student at Tulane University at New Orleans, is the guest of relatives having been called home by the illness of his sister.
 Miss Mae Lacey is doing as well as could be expected at the South High lands infirmary in Birmngiham fol- lowing an operation.
 G. G. Neal is i'll at his home on Berk- ley avenue.
 Mrs. Octavus Roy Cohen is able to sit up after recent illness at the home of her mother Mrs. K. H. Lopez. Miss Adele Schwabacher and Miss Alberta Norwood left this morning for Florence, where they will enter the Normal college.
 Mrs. Livingston is quite ill at her home on Twelfth avenue.
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