The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-27
CENTENAR|AN DIES
 AT HOME OF HIS SON Bessemer Boys Sign Up
 With New Cavalry Troop CHURCH NOTICES s To CoII;Joe W.%L P,,~rxy nrsvou
Taxicab Collides With Buggy Driven by Children, But No One Hurt.
 Wedding Announcements

Bessemer, August 26.-(Specia1) This afternoon about o'clock taxi cab belonging to the Jones Taxicab company and driven by Ed Cooley col lided with buggy driven by two chil- dren from McCalla on the West Lake road near the Southern crossing. The children were on their way to the baseball game at the pipe shop and their parents, MT. Moore and MT. liar mon, were in another carriage in front of them when the car came along, go- ing in the same direction. It seems that the children were unable to get out of the way, the car striking them, breaking one of the wheels and the shafts The children were frightened but unhurt
 Zula Mae Smith, the infant daughter of MT. and Mrs. Cleve Smith, died to- day at the home of her parents at Virginia Mines. Funeral services will be held Sunday morning at Il o'clock from the residence, interment follow ing at Valley Creek cemetery, with Jacobs in charge.
 The following announcement will be read with much interest by the many friends of the contracting par ties: "Mr. and Mrs. David Cowan an- nounce the engagement and approach ing marriage of their daughter, Win nie Mae, to Roy D. Owen, the Wed- ding to take place at the First Bap- tist church on the evening of Septem- Der IA, at o'clock"
 The Bessemer fire department made a quick run this afternoon about l o'clock to Dartmouth avenue and Twenty-firSt street, where the home of Edgar l.. Mitchell was on fire. The cause of the fire was a defective flue. The blaze was quickly extinguished, damages amounting to about $40.
 Fourteen young men were signed up in Bessemer Friday by Capt. J. D. Car lisle of Birmingham and Captain Mer- ritt of the United States army to be- come members of the troop of cavalry being organized in this district. The work has been going on for the past two weeks in Bessemer under the di- rection of Lieut.. A. S. Fitzpatrick. Patrick Blaze, aged 100 years, died suddenly this morning at the home of his son, J. K. Blaze, near Toadv1lle. MT. Blaze had been confined to his bed for several months following fall in which he sustained dislocated hip. This morning member of the family brought him his breakfast in bed and upon returning. found that he had passed away Mir. Blaze was born | and reared in this county, where he was well known and highly respect ed. He was a Confederate veteran. He / is survived by three sons and four daughters and a large number of grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at Liberty cemetery Sun- day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
 The many friends of pr. J. c. Curry will be interested in the following an- nouncement: MT. Alfred J. Perry of East Lynn, w. Va, announces the en- Engagement of his daughter, Katherine McRae, to Dr. J. C.. Curry of Besse- mer, the marriage to take place at the home of the brides brother in Chi cago in the month of October"
 The bride-to-be Is a native of Ala |bama, having been born and reared in Marion. She is a woman of charming personality and has been admired for