The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
BESSEMER PLANTS PAY OFF SATURDAY Local Recruiting Officers Return to Camp BOY SCOUTS TO MEET
 
BOY SCOUTS TO MEET
Rev. George F. Duffey to Hold Services at the First Christian
 Church on Sunday

Bessemer, July 20.--(Special)-C. A vought was arraigned in recorders court this morning and was tried on charge of violating the prohibition law and was given fine of $1Oo for the alleged offense. He was also fined $7.50 and costs on a charge of vio- lating a section of the city code and $10 on charge of contempt of court Two defendants charged with violat- ing the prohibition law were dis charged.
 The local fire department answered call this afternoon at 12:55 o'clock to 1421 Fairfax avenue, where the store of o. W. Walls was on fire The blaze was caused by spontaneous com bustion and was quickly extinguished. the damage being estimated at about $15.
 Saturday will be a big pay day in Bessemer, as a number of the. large corporations in this district will pay their employees al well as several small CT concerns, who will meet their semi monthly or weekly pays. Among the places paying off will be the Wood ward ore mines, Raimund Dolomite, Adger, and Fossil, while the Bessemer Foundry and Machine company and many other concerns in this city will also distribute large amount of money to it's employees.
 Deputy Tax Assessor Ewing c. Hines or this city received a message last night from Riverside, Cal, stating that his father, James A. Hines, had died there following a short illness MT Hines was notified of the critical illness of his father yesterday morn- Ing, but no particulars are known MT Hines was native of Tennessee and was born at Shelbyville in 1858 and removed with his family to California about 15 years ago. He has visited his son in Bessemer on various occasions and is we'll known here. He is sur- yived by his widow, two sons and two daughters in Riverside, and E. c. Hines of this city
 Scoutmaster Charles R.. Kuchins calls meeting of the local Boy Scouts for Friday night at S:30 o'clock at the high school building and every member is urged to be present. At present there is a membership of about DO in the Bessemer scouts and officers will be elected at this meeting. Scout master kuchins has as his assistant in this work James Fitzpatrick.
 
 At the First Christian church Sunday the regular services will be held by the pastor, the Rev. George F. Duffey, who came from Lebanon, Ky, recent ly to accept the pastorate of tho church. He will have as his subject al tl nrn In crfb T Keep Saved ?" and at the evenin geserv- ice The Lordship of Jesus."2 The pub lic.is invited to come out and hear MT Duffey.
 Second Lieut.. Roy E. Ling and Sergt. Frank Powell of Company D, Fourth infantry National Guard of Alabama. returned to the mobilization camp at Montgomery Sergeant Powell has been in this city for the past 10 days se- curing recruits. Lieutenant Ling was home on sick furlough. Private Fred McGuire is at home on furlough on account of illness. The members of Company D who failed to pass the ex- animation arrived in Bessemer yester- day. Among those arrived were: Hap py' Hoster, Teddy Hewitt, Eddie Glenn. Ben Lundie, Tom Donaho, Jim Kelso and others.
 The Rev M. K Thornton, pastor of the First Baptist church. has returned from Burnsyille, where he has been conducting a most successful meeting for the past week. MT. Thornton will fill his pulpit Sunday.
 Will Myers, negro, was arrested today by the local sherff's force on charge of stabbing to death Reese Walton, ne- gro, last night at Sloss mines. From what could be learned Walton went to the home of Myers and ask him when he was going to pay him that money he owed him, and Myers is alleged to have said, right now and stabbed Walton. Myers was taken to Birmingham and