The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-11
BESSEMER NEWS

Bessemer, July 10.-(Special. .)-Arch Smith, white man. was given hear ing this afternoon before Judge Sam T. Huey in the inferior court on charge of grand larceny and was bound over to await the action of the grand jury under a 5000 bond.
 Rosco Goodwin was given a hearing on charge of aiding and abetting prisoner to escape and was bound over to the grand jury under $500 bond.
 The members of the First Christian church held meeting this morning and the Rev. George J. Duffey of Lebanon, Ky, was called to the pastorate of the church. which has been vacant for several months. The new pastor will remove to this city about August 1 to take up the work. For the past few months the Rev Lowell McPher- son of New York has been conducting services at the First Christian church. and he will leave Tuesday for his home.
 Capt. Lacey Edmundson and Sergt. Frank Powell and Will Kennedy to- day opened up recruiting station at the armory hall in the Realty build ing and are securing recruits for Com pany D, Fourth infantry. Alabama Ma tional Guard. The recruiting has been going on steadily today and Captain Edmundson is confident that the re- quired number of men can be secured without any trouble. There is some in- terest being manifested in the passage of the new law providing that boy IS years of age can enlist and see service without the consent of his par ents. for there were a number of boys under 21 who enlisted and did not ac- company the local company to Mont gomery as their parents would not give their consent.
 The wedding of Miss Henrietta Downer and Emmett Moses. which took place in Athens, Ga.. last week at the home of the brides parents, will be of much interest in this city. where the groom Is well known. He is employed by the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Rail- road company at Feeders and is man. ager of the Red Mountain baseball team in the T. c. I. league He and his bride will make their home with Mir. and Mrs Clifton Hodge at 172s Arlington avenue.
 A large number of cases appeared on the docket this morning in recorder s court when Judge I. A. Lewis took his seat on the bench. and Dave Nelson, a tnegro was tried on charge of larceny of brass and was fined $10O and costs. Five defendants were charged with vio- lating the prohibition law and fine of $50 was assessed in each case. | Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Myrtle Rasco, who died yesterday afternoon at the home of her mother, Mrs. W. R. Bailey at Fairview, follow | ing an illness of typhoid fever, were held l this afternoon at o'clock from the Brighton Methodist church, the services l being conducted by the Rev. w. o. Hor- | ton. Interment followed at the Brighton cemetery with Jacobs in charge. The de- ceased was 23 years of age and is sur vived by her husband, parents. four brothers and one sister.
 l The meeting of the local United Daughters of the Confederacy. which i was to have been held Tuesday afternoon, has been postponed until Tuesday. July | IS, at the home of Mrs. Minnie Kennedy. on Sixth avenue. between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets All members are urged to be present.
 | Officers from Collinsville arrived in Bessemer today for Frank Lewis, me- | gro, who was arrested in this city by De- tective E. Ross and Patrolman J. C. Moorer and is wanted in Collinsville or l a serious charge.
 The Bessemer board of education will i hold its regular monthly meeting Tues day evening in the office of the super