The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-02
BESSEMER NEWS

Bessemer. March 1.-(Specia1. )-The
 formal opening of the new Ala
 bama Great Southern passenger depot
 will take place tonight at o'clock, un-
 der the auspices of the Bessemer Board of
 Trade, and every one in the city Is in-
 vited to be present. L. Sevier, executive
 agent of the Alabama Great Southern
 Railroad company, and other officials will attend. They will leave Birmingham tonight at 7:3O on a special train and
 arrive in time for the opening exercises. The new depot is one of the most mod ern in the state and is equipped with all modern conveniences. and was erected
 at cost of $35,0Oo. A large crowd is
 expected to be present.
 wholesale robbery was reported this
 morning to the police department of the city, and the sherifrs office here the
 store of Charley Mareno, an Italian mer- chant on Carolina avenue and Twenty
 second street having been entered some
 time during last night and large quan- tlty of groceries and provisions stolen.
 The robbers entered the store through a | front window. Among the stolen property
 was 100 pounds of white meat 10 five 1 pound buckets of lard; two 10-pound l boxes of plug tobacco, two boxes of Mule tobacco, six cases of cigarettes, three
 cases of Bull Durham, 20 packages of
 Arbuckle coffee and two cases of Gar
 retts snuff The robbery was discovered | by Mareno this morning when he went ! to open the store for the days business and he immediately telephoned the au- | thcrities. No clue so far has been found | to the robbers.
 Arrangements have been completed for
 the funeral of Chief of Police Thomas Benjamin Wallace, which will take place thursday morning at 10 o'clock from the family residence, 2009 Arlington avenue, l the services to be in charge of the local lodge of Independent Order of Odd Eel lows, who will meet at their lodge room at o'clock for a short service, after
 which they will go to the home in a body. The remains of Chief Wallace | have been prepared for burial by Huey
 & Mcconnell, and will be shipped to Cuba, Ala, on the train that passes through Bessemer at 10:58 o'clock. A ! number of local people will attend the funeral in Cuba.
 The local fire department answered a call to 1881 Tenth avenue last night at ! Il :35 o'clock and found house occupied by Cha arles Woods, colored, practically destroyed by flames, which appeared to have started from defective flue. The approximate loss is $7OO. Woods stated that he lost $40 in the fire that he had put under the rug in his bedroom. | J. l.. Foust, a well known white man | of this district was the victim of a l peculiar accident yesterday afternoon when log rolled from a wagon, which | he was driving, and rolled on him, break l ing his left leg. He was immediately re- ! moved to the Elizabeth Duncan hospital, ! and is resting well today.
 l Friends of P. J. McAdory. who suffered a stroke of apoplexy here Sunday morn i ing, are greatly exercised, as he is not resting as well as they expected and is | in serious condition.
 The Woodward Five Hundred club was charmingly entertained last night by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wilson at their attractive new home in Woodward, the affair being in the nature of a house warming. The entire lower floor of
 the home was thrown together and ar tistically decorated in ferns and cut flowers. Six tables were used and the guests found their places by means of attractive score cards. At the con- clusion of the games salad and ice course was SeFNeu, lHe HOSteSS DelHS assisted by her mother, Mrs. Buell..
 Those present were MT. and Mrs. T. J.
 Cuniff. MT. and Mrs. c. A. Otte, MT. and Mrs. J. J. Shannon, Dr. and Mrs. C. w. Mcdonald, Mrs. c. A. Moore, Mrs. Orville Lay, MT. and Mrs. John Drewson. Mir. and Mrs. Glasgow, MT. and Mrs. J. P. Leonard. MT. and rMs. Galbraith Praytor, Mr. and Mrs. Huey. Mir. and Mrs. J. c. Severin, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis. Miss Bessie May Lovett,
 Mrs. Harry Ashton of New York, MT. Garner and Jim Lovett.
 The Philathea class of the First Methodist church will serve turkey dinner and supper Saturday in the va cant store on Third avenue, next to the E. L. Huey Furniture company. The following invitations have been sent out "The young men of Besse-
 mer invite you to attend dance to be given Wednesday evening, March 8, from 9 to l o'clock. Realty building.
 Committee, William Lewis, Jr., J. F. Kicks, J. C. Pope and Ben Lundy." The checking list is at the Lewis-Rand Drug company.
 MT. and Mrs. George H. Schwartz entertained a number of friends last night at their home on Nineteenth street in honor of the birthday of their daughter. Miss Elizabeth Swartz, and her house guests. Miss Ethel and Miss Grace Crowson of Birmingham, and
 Miss Margaret and Miss Gertrude Frickhoffer of Norwood. The George Washington idea was carried out in the decorations of the reception rooms, hatchets, flags and cherries being used in profusion. Punch was served from bowl banked in cherries and ferns. Progressive games were enjoyed. The ldining room was decorated in the same 1 tones as the reception rooms The central decoration of the table was