The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-26
BESSEMER NEWS

Bessemer, June 25.-(Special)-Th Red Cross campaign closed tonight with big Red Cross dance at West Lake and this will be grand finale for the very
 successful campaign which has been con-
 ducted in Bessemer for the past week, and the chairmen of both committees are very much gratified at the splendid man. ner in which the citizens of Bessemer re- sponded to this worthy cause Both com mittees working in Bessemer have raised
 nearly $30,000 for the Red Cross, which
 was practically double the amount the committees started out to raise.
 The committee at Woodward, composed of w. H. Glasgow chairman; Charles Ba- ker and Abel Woods, have raised s4S41.S0 at Woodward alone This committee was of the Woodward Iron company and is considered as a splendid record for
 Woodward.
 The Bessemer merchants have enjoyed brisk trade today, following number of pay days by the corporations In this district, and on Saturday night and to-
 day the streets were crowded with shop pers. A number. of the corporations paid their men off and a large amount of
 money was paid out in this city.
 The fire department answered a call this
 afternoon about 2:30 o'clock to Twenty first street, where a house occupied by
 negro and owned by William H. H. Jud
 son was badly damaged by fire. The call
 was received during the rain which fol-
 lowed the severe wind and had gained t,l. ban The roof was destroyed and the damage IS estimated at about $50.
 A number of citizens have taken up the practice of inviting members of
 Troop c, Alabama cavalry, stationed here. to their homes on Sunday for dinner. and a number of militamen were paid this compliment yesterday. number of others will be invited out for dinner next Sunday and it has been suggested that others desiring to entertain the young
 men should communicate with Captain Hayes as soon as possible. During their stay in Bessemer the members of the troop have made many friends and little courtesies shown them serve to break 1 the monotony of camp life.
 1 The American Steel and Wire company will meet the Bessemer team of the T. c. l l. league Saturday afternoon on the Roll- l ing Mill diamond on Sixth avenue and | Twenty fourth street, and an excellent game is promised. Both teams are in splendid form and are practcing hard
 preparatory to this contest and much i interest is being manifested Red Noun l tain will go to Ensley Saturday, where | they will cross bats with that aggrega-
 ton in what promises to be one of the
 best games of the season. Large crowds
 are sure to attend both games.
 I A handsome new United States flag
 was placed on the large flag pole of the
 Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron company at
 Sloss this afternoon and can easily be l seen for several miles. The flag pole is | 1lO feet high and the flag is 12x1S feet, while the flag pole has large tungsten light on the very top of the pole which | is always lighted at night.
 1 Much interest is being manifested in
 the open meeting which will be held on Wednesday evening by Jefferson Valley l lodge No. 379 Ancient, Free and Accepted
 Masons, at the Masonic hall on Twen- | tieth street, at which time all Masons,
 their families and friends are invited to be present An excellent musical pro- gramme has been arranged for the oc- l casion and refreshments will be served 1 This is the first open meeting to be held | by this lodge since it's organization sev- eral months ago, and a large crowd is | sure to be in attendance. l Plans are being made for the organi- ! zation of a choir for the First Meth
 odist Sunday school. and much interest