The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-02
BESSEMER NEWS

Bessemer, April 1.-(Special.)-The Bes- semer Trades Council has appointed a committee to investigate the advisability of organizing a cooperative buying com mttee for the members. They will prob ably be ready to report at the meeting Monday night. It is stated that the com mittee is unanimously in approval of the scheme and will recommend a programme to be followed. A buyers league will be formed to purchase large quantities of food supplies and apportion them out to the members at cost. This is the first step towards lowering the high cost of living, taken by the Trades Council. It is also considering the proposal of the farmers living in this end of the county to send their products direct to the con sumers.
 The habeas corpus proceedings for Will Read, charged with murder, will be held in a short time. It will be remembered that Read is alleged to have shot and killed John Reynolds at Dolomite several weeks ago as a result. of quarrel. Both men were employed at the mines of the Woodward Iron company there.
 The Bessemer division of the circuit court will take up a jury civil docket Monday morning with Judge J. c. B. Gwin presiding.
 Mrs Claudia May Lipscom 30 years of age, died this morning at 6 o'clock at the hospital on Red Mountain following a I,..1- yl,- I1n5 ivrnd in Bessemer for a number of years. She is survived by two children, her father and mother, MT. and Mrs. w. J. May, one brother, Sam May, and one sister, Miss Florence Kelly May. The remains will be shipped Monday morning at 5:45 o'clock over the Alabama Great Southern rail- road to Rome, Ga, where interment will be made. v
 Funeral services over the remains Of M. l.. Jump, who died yesterday morning following an illness of pneumonia, were held this afternoon at o'clock from the late residence, 19211a Second avenue, the Rev. l. F. Swallow, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. Inter ment followed at Cedar Hill cemetery. The pallbearers were Thomas Martin, C.. l.. Wagner, G. I. Palish, M. Boxberg, G. B. Hollingsworth, L. B. Bradley, Cyrus Scott and Dr. E. R. Smith, The deceased was 47 years of age and survived by his widow and two children. He has been in the mercantile business in Bessemer for several years.
 A number of Bessemer grocerymen have agreed to close their stores on Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock during the summer as has been the custom for the past two years The closing will start Thursday, and gives the employees half-day off Other stores are ex- pected to follow the example Harry Collier of Colorado, the house guest of MT. and Mrs. W. T. Williams. was the inspiration of a delightful dfn- ner party today when MT. and Mrs. R. l.. Williams entertained in his honor. A six course dinner was served. Among those present were: Harry Collier, the guest of honor; Mrs. Mary Boshvitz, Miss Ber- ney Gilen, MT. and Mrs. w. T. Williams, Miss Mary Nell Williams, Howard Will Hams, Pearl Willitms, Campbell Will liams, Lucille Williams. Bill Williams, Miss Ethel Gillen and the host and hos tess, MT. and Mrs. R. l.. Williams. The Tuesday Bridge club will meet Tuesday afternoon at o'clock with Miss
 Margaret Berry at her home at Raj mund.
 Sergeant J. F. Kicks, Sergeant Wilfred Niles, Lee Marona, Drain Barron, Joe Romano, Louis Harding, Raymond Dean, DeLoaoh Fitzpatrick of Company D, Fourth infantry, National Guard of Ala bama, are visiting relatives in Bessemer for few days.
 Charner Batson and Luney Ragsdale, students at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, are the guests of relatives in Bessemer for the weekend.
 Bruce Snider, a student at Auburn, is the guest of his parents, MT. and Mrs J. A. Snder
 Mr. and Mrs. Will Kennedy, Jr., of Montgomery, are the guests of relatives for a few days.
 Mr. and Mrs. Charles w. Nixon and lit tie son, Charles Nixon, Jr., w. D. Lofts and Mrs. Emma West of Tuscaloosa mo- tored to Bessemer. where they are the guests of friends.