The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
BESSE:MER NEWS

Bessemer. October 1s-(special)-John Shook has been appointed to look after the Food Conservation in Bessemer by R. B. Smyer, chairman of Jefferson county committee on food conservation, and he will begin an active campaign Ill this district next week, He has called meeting of, all women's clubs and civic organizations to be held Sunday afternoon in the clubrooms of the Bes- semer Boy Scouts on the third floor Of the Mcdonald building, just over the Fulton drug store and urges every woman in Bessemer who can possibly do so to be present at this time to
 discuss plans for this active campaign. M E. Morris, registrar of Jefferson , county, will be in the Bessemer district
 From November 15 to December E, spending a day at the various polling places with the exception of Bessemer, where he will be on December F and 13 from to 6 o'clock, both days. The following places in this district will be visited at the following hours: Mulga, November 15, to 12 o'clock; Dolomi-e, November 19, to 12 o'clock; Hueys November 19, 12 to o'clock; Meeks, No vember 20, to 12 o'clock; Toadvine No- vember 20 F to o'clock; Short Creek November 21, 12 to o'clock; Aarons, No- vember ?, s to F o'clock Gwins, No- vember 22, 12 to o'clock; Johns, No vember g, to 12 o'clock; Virginia Mines, November 23, 12 to o'clock; Wil- 1 Hams. November 24, 8 to 12 o'clock l Jonesboro, Novemb CT 24, 12 to o'clock; Brighton, December II, to 6 o'clock l Parlxwood December {, to 10 o'clocS; Bessemer. December F and 13, to 2 I o'clock both days.
 1 Following the action of the Bessemer 1 city council in granting a free license 1 to the farmers in this district to peddle | their meat in the city of BesSemer, a 1 large number are bringing in their meat and selling it at a greatly re-
 duced price to the consumer.
 l The Bessemer High school football team will play the initial game or the l season on Saturday afternoon on the I rolling mill field on Sixth avenue and Twenty-fourth street, when they will meet Acipco. Only two old mSn are on the Bessemer eleven this year and the team Is practically new.
 The Bessemer Culture club held an Interesting meeting this afternoon at the public library, at which time there was a good attendance. The study of l sJ Iup, the lesson being the first act, with Miss May McCord as leader. The mem l bers responded to roll call with cur rent events and Miss Isillie Mae Christ l lieb read an interesting paper on l Russia in the Crucible of Var while
 Mrs. John M. Martin read splendid I paper on The Revival of Interest in Russian Literature" An excellent pa per on "The Historical Basis of the sI,11fo bx Mrs. Cora Handy.
 | The Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company has built a siding be- tween Twenty y-second and Twenty l fourth streets on Tenth avenue an6 1 Nineteenth street where they former .l ly met, and it was always necessary
 for one of the cars to switch and val
 for the other With the new siding several minutes are saved. as the car have a regular meeting point that ia
 cilitates traffic.
 The Woman's Missionary society O.
 the First Methodist church held an in, teresting meeting yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Sherman on Ar ilington avenue. The meeting was pre- , sided over by Mrs. G. A. Gillett tn, president, and following the business
 session an excellent paper on 'sToche bed'' was read by Mrs. C.. G. Neal while Mrs. Gillett contributed an in
 teresting one on Merriam
 Mrs. M. B. Purdy and Mrs. J. M Cur.
 will leave Sunday for Des Moines. Ia where they will attend the Tollett
 Barnes wedding On their return the.
 will spend several days in Chicago. Mrs. Joe Crook is at home for tn present with Mir. and Mrs w Stol dard on Clarendon avenue.