The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-02
NEW COURTHOUSE
 FOR BESSEMER
More Men Needed for Bes- semer's Quota for New
 National Army

Bessemer, September 1-(SpeciaI.) )-The [ local exemption board has mailed out
 sO0 notices summoning men to appear be- fore the local board for physical exami- nation for the draft army. Three hundred wall be examined Wednesday, 300 on
 Thursday and 300 Friday. It was neces-
 sary to make the second call to secure Bessemer's quota of 5S7, as only 327 men
 have been secured up to the present time.
 The 10 physicians who examined the men
 on the first call will again take up this work The work of passing on claims for exemption by the Bessemer board has been completed. nearly 100 being gone over
 today. while six men were denied ex-
 emption. as follows: Silas Brown, Henry
 Mahn, Jerry Moss. Adam Hunter Thomas
 Baker and Dan Littleton Of the 1I74 men summoned on the first call only 1924 showed up for examination and from this number practically one-third was secured for the army. The men selected from the first call to be sent to Little Rock next week have not yet been named. but the exemption board has received orders to send white men to this training sta ton.
 The board of revenue of Jefferson coun- l. Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, when the plans for the new courthouse, to be erect ed on Third avenue, will be passed on and the matter of advertising for bids will be taken up.
 Everything is in readiness for the big Labor Day celebration which will be held in Bessemer on Monday, under the aus pices of the Trades Council and the merchants of Bessemer A splendid pro- gramme has been arranged and number | of handsome prizes will be awarded to | the winners of the various athletic con ! tests. There will be a big parade, in addition to bicycle and foot races, as we'll as watermelon and fire department l fight and various other events. There | will be a barbecue at West Lake. At l Shady Lake ample amusements have been furnished for the negroes.
 | A picked team from Bessemer and Red Mountain will play picked team from | Ensley and the mining division of the T. c. I. league Labor Day on the Rolling l Mill grounds at 3:30 o'clock and large crowd Is expected. The entire gate re- ceipts will go to the winning team. ] The Rev. J. C. Hill, pastor of the Jones' boro Baptist church. was struck by an automobile this afternoon at Second ave- nue and Nineteenth street, and was badly l bruised and skinned. The automobile was l a Ford and was driven by a physician l from Yolande. MT. Hill was picked up
 but was only slightly injured.
 CHURCH NOTICES
 l There will be three services held at the First Baptist church Sunday, the Rev
 R. s. Gavin of Aberdeen. Miss, former
 pastor of the church, filling the pulpit l He will take as his subject at the Il o'clock service. "Baptistm," while at 3.30
 o'clock he will preach on What's the
 Matter with the Men?" and at the eve
 ming hour his theme will be The Sec ond Coming of Christ" The revival meet | ing which has been in progress for the past week will continue through next week and is being largely attended. The public Is invited to be present.
 The regular services will be held at
 the Jonesboro Baptist church Sunday
 morning and evening by the pastor. the Rev. J. c. Hill, and the public Is invited to be present. Bishop c. M. Beckwith of the dio- cese of Alabama will be at Trinity Episcopal church Sunday morning at Il o'clock and administer the right of l confirmation. The public Is invited to be present Sunday school at s:45 | o'clock.
 l There will be regular services at the | First Presbyterian church Sunday The
 Rev. L F. Swallow will take as his subject for the morning service, 'Our | Fathers God" while the theme for the evening service will be. Christ Knocking at the Door" Sunday school
 as 945 o'clock. the public being invited | to be present