The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-17
RECRUITING OFFICE
OPEN AT BESSEMER
Jack Clay Is Injured While
Riding Motorcycle
SETTLEMENT HOUSE
Negro Arrested for Stealing Cow at
Graymont-BaseballG Game With
Ensley on Saturday

Bessemer, August 16.-(SpeciaL)-Dr. A.
S. Fitzpatrick of this city has been
named recruiting officer for Bessemer to
recruit men for the cavalry by Major
Steiner of Montgomery and rooms have
been secured in the Realty building for
a recruiting office. DIR. Fitzpatrick was
formerly first lieutenant of Company F,
Fourth infantry, Alabama National
Guard.
Abner Sims, a. negro, was arrested
this afternoon on charge OF grano lar
ceny. 1t is alleged that the man stole
fled police headquarters of the theft and
tn man was arrested this morning with
the COW in his possession. The man
will be given hearing before Judge I.
A Lewis in recorders court this morning
While riding on motorcycle this after
noon about 6 oclock, Jack Clay was
thrown to the ground and badly injured.
Mr.. Clay was going at rapid rate
of speed when in some way the engine
| locked, the machine running into ditch
and barbed wire fence. He was immed-
lately removed to the Elizabeth Duncan
to operate on him. The extent of his
injuries have not yet been ascertained.
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jeff Clay
and was reared in the city where ne is
very popular.
Mrs. Lula Bumgardner Vines, wife of
Prude Vines, died this morning at 8
o'clock at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. F. Bumgardner at Jones'
at far Tha o6
was % years of age and was reared in
this city where she was well known and
very popular She is survived by her
husband, two small children, her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Bumgardner, four
brothers, George Bumgardner Robert
Bumgardner Clarence Bumgardner and
w. F. Bumgardner, Jr., two sisters, Mrs.
Arthur Jacobs and Miss Jessie Bumgard-
ner The funeral will take place Thursday
afternoon at 4 o'clock from the family
residence, 210 Owen avenue, the services
being conducted by the Rev. G. M Dav-
export, pastor Of the Jonesboro Methodist
church, interment following at Cedar
Hill cemetery, with Jacobs in charge.
The Bessemer baseball team will go to
Ensley this afternoon where the local
tigers will battle with the Ensley slug
gers in the race for the pennant in the
manufacturing division of the T. C. 1.
leaugue. The local team will play the
next two games with Ensley and the
three following with the By-Product
nine. To cinch the pennant, Bessemer
will have to win three games out of
five to be played, while if Ensley wins
the remaining four games they have
to play they will still be one game be-
hind. A special train will be operated
over the Birmingham Southern Satur-
day afternoon to carry the team and
fans to Ensley. The train will leave the
rolling mill office promptly at 2:3O
O o'clock.
A committee of II negroes will visit the
merchants of Bessemer tomorrow for the
purpose of obtaining donations from
them for the Nelson Settlement house
The negroes behind the movement have
been untirng in their Efforts for the
past few months and waited until they
had raised quite large sum among
themselves before asking assistance from
the white people. N. o. Heson has en-
couraged the erection Of the settlement
house for the colored people, he having
agred to give them 81 for every 50 that
the committee raised and to furnish the
lot for the building. The committee ex-
poets to raise $1,000 and they feel conf
dent that the white people of this city
will see the merit of the undertaking and
will aid in this cause.
Harvey Castor was given a delightful
surprise party last night at his home on
Sixth avenue. The house was prettily
decorated in ferns and cut flowers. Var
ious games and dancing were enjoyed
by the guests, after which an ice course
was served. Those present were: Miss
Maxine Goldberg, Miss Naomi Jaffe, Miss
lone Balcom, Miss Bessie Schwa bacher
Miss Sybil Kartus, Joe Lewis, Allie
Thomas, Bien Grigsby, Walter L. Rush,
Sidney Kartus, William Anderson, Carl
McLemore Harvey CASTOR and Charlie
CASTOR.
PERSONALS