The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-22
WAGES INCREASED
 BY TENNESSEE CO.
Bessemer School Enrolment Shows Big Increase Over
 Last Year

Bessemer, September 1.-(Special.) ]
 The enrolment of the Bessemer public schools for the first week of school of the 1917-1S term Is over 5000 pupils and 1t is expected that before the end of the
 month the enrolment will be more than $500. Last year at the end of the first
 month the attendance was 2Soo. The further enrolment depends largely on the way in which the compulsory edu- cation law is enforced. The county of- ficials are in charge of the enforcement
 of the law and children between the ages 1 of and 15 are included in the eompul- sory education law.
 The announcement of 10 per cent raise in wages of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad company is most gratifying to the employees of the com
 pany in this district. This raise will go into effect on October 1, and is the fourth raise given by the company since the first of the year. This increase in wages will effect between 5000 and 10,000
 men in this district.
 large crowd of relatives and inter- ested friends gathered at the Alabama Great Southern depot this morning to bid. good-by to the boys leaving Bes- semer for Camp Pike and amid cheers and tears the train pulled out This is the first large batch of boys to leave
 Bessemer
 The local exemption board has certified
 number of men today and up to the present time 564 men have been secured
 for the draft army, and as yet there
 are number of claims for exemption to be considered and it is expected that the remaining 23 to make up Bessemer's quota of 5S7 will be secured from this number.
 The Alabama war council, which is or ganlzlng a soldiers book campaign in practically every town in the state. has appointed the following committee in Bessemer to take up the work here: Lee Moody, chairman; Mrs. E. L. Huey
 J. A Estes, G. B. pHollingsworth, Mrs. J. A. Sn1der, Mrs. Kate Jones. Mrs M K. Thornton and G. Fl. Stevenson
 It is expected that the assessment .of
 $500 can be easily raised.
 Mrs Susan Nicholson 50 years of age. dled this morning at o'clock at inc Hillman hospital. The deceased was wcll
 known in this district and highly es- | teemed. She is survived by one son
 James Nicholson, and three daughters
 Mrs Ruby Carrell, Mrs Willie Willlie anu Mfs. IeX1e Eosey. The funeral will
 be held Sunday afternoon at o'clock rom the late residence, 514 Sixteenth
 street, the services being conducted by
 the Rev. V. s. Gable. Interment was
 made at the Saddler cemetery. with la cobs in charge.
 J. R. Hall, 2S years of age, died this afternoon at 4:So Q clock, following an ill.,
 ness at his home, 629 Bell street. Jones poro The deceased has lived in Besse- mer for several years and is well known here. He is survived by his widow and two small children. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 clock from the residence, the Rev. I z. Hill, pastor of the Jonesboro Baptist church, conducting the services. Infer ment will follow at Cedar Hill cemetery. with Jacobs in charge
 Large crowds are attending the revival meeting being held at the East Besse mer Methodist church. the Rev I. D Johnson conducting the services. The
 music is being led by E. L. Thornburg and w. D. Houston. Services are held every morning at 10 o'clock a. m. and
 go o'clock p. m. The public is invited
 to attend these services, which will con-
 tinue through this week.
 Andy Robertson, better known as
 Pap well-known negro in this city
 dled this afternoon after a long illness
 Pap had lived in Bessemer for many
 years and worked for Harris brothers
 Tor the past 23 years, and was one of
 the best known negroes in this district
 lie was about 70 years cf age