The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-07
BESSEMER IS NOT IN , DANGER OF TYPHOID City Physician Says Few
 Cases Reported CLEANUP CAMPAIGN Newly Created Board of Health to Take Preventive Measures at
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CLEANUP CAMPAIGN

Bessemer, July .-(specia1)-City Physician M. c. Ragsdale Jrs says there is not the slightest cause for alarm in Bessemer in regard to typhoid fever, as up to the present time very few cases have been reported. and, in fact, the cases are fewer than is usually the case at this season. The announcement that the city council had appointed a board of health composed of Dr. M. c. Ragsdale, IT,, chairman; Dr. J. D. Win ters and Dr. S. F. Nash. caused much excitement in this city but the object of the aldermanic body in appointing this board was to look after the sani- tary condition of the city and pre- vent such a condition as prevails in Birmingham at present.
 A vigorous clean up campaign will be instituted within the next few days and every effort will be made to clean up Bessemer.
 There will be called meting of the Bessemer Board of Trade Friday aft ernoon at 6 o'clock in the Board of Trade rooms on Nineteenth street, and every citizen interested in the raise or taxable values by the equalization board are urged to be present at this
 
 mer on July 17 for the purpose of hear ing the property owners of this end of the county in regard to the increased values of property, and the meeting or the Board of Trade is for the purpose of looking to the presence of the board and plan of procedure adopted.
 The remains of James R. Sellers, who died several days ago in Little Rock, ar rived in Bessemer last night and were taken in charge by Jacobs. Funeral serv- ices will be held Friday, with interment at the Blue Creek cemetery, the funeral having been postponed from today on &C., count of the rain. MT. Sellers was 41 years of age and was the son of the late Simon Sellers. He was born and reared in this county and lived in Bessemer for many years. He is survived by his widow and three children, of Bessemer, and two brothers, Ollie and Isaac Sellers of Blue Creek.
 Dr. L. NJ Barnett, the son of MT. and Mrs. D. B. Barnett of this city, who was a member of Company D, Fourth regi- ment, has been appointed one of the dental surgeons of the Fourth regiment with the rank of first lieutenant and has ordered his dental instruments sent to him immediately at Camp Vandiver, Mont gomery.
 The Junior Aid society of the First Presbyterian church will give a moon light picnic Friday night at West Lake. The young people will assemble at the church at 8 o'clock and will go to the lage in trucks, where skating and boating will be enjoyed and supper served later in the evening.
 The Red Mountain team of the mining division of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company league, will meet the team from Wylam Saturday afternoon on the Red Mountain diamond at Feeders, The Wylam team has been put through some hard practice recently, preparing for the game. The Bessemer team will go to meet the By-Product on the lat ter's diamond, and a large crowd of fans will accompany the boys on the trip.
 Bessemer and vicinity was visited by heavy rain and windstorm last night and today, and several trees were blown down, windows broken and a large number of telephones put out of commission. The cars of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company were delayed this morning by the breaking of the trolley wire on the North Bessemer line on Nine teenth street between Sixth and Seventh avenues. Fortunately no one was hurt, although traffic between Bessemer and Birmingham was delayed.
 The local chapter United Daughters of the Confectionery will meet Tuesday after noon, July Il, with Mrs. Minnie Kennedy at her home on Sixth avenue. All mem bers are urged to be present.
 Mrs. W. D. Taylor has as her guest Mrs. S. A. Bozeman of Meridian, Miss
 Mrs. Childress has returned to her home in Hopkinsville, Ky, after a visit to her sister, Mrs w. B. Pegram.
 Master David Nixon of Tuscaloosa is the guest of friends in Bessemer for sev- eral days.
 Miss Eunce Humphries and Miss Car rie Higginbotham of Anniston and Miss Johnnie Garner of Birmingham are the guests of Miss Bessie Shaw at her home on Dartmouth avenue.