The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-18
POLICE OFFICERS
 ARE EXONERATED
Bessemer Council Fails to Sustain Charges Against Chief of Police and
 Detective

Bessemer. January 17.-(Special) The police committee of the Bessemer city council. Aldermen w. c. Terry, A. J. McCampbeu and W. A. Simmons met this afternoon with Mayor B. C. Jones and George Ross, president of the city council. to investigate the charges of conduct unbecoming an off, ffcer preferred against Chief of Po- lice Tom Benton and Detective E. G. Thomas. The officers were exonerated of the charge.
 The report of the chief of the fire department. J. I. Reeder, for the month of December was the best report of that department within the past year and is as follows:
 "The following Is my report for the month ending December S1, 1916: Twenty eight alarms were answered, causes of fires as follows: Sparks on roof, IT; grass burning, 1; false alarm, 1; defective flues, ?; stove ex- plosion, 1; unknown, 1; telephone pole burning. l; incendiary, 1; soot burning, 2; carelessness with matches, 1. Dur ihe tAS Ahoith we ldlu Oul fOO lcCt of hose. raised 397 feet of ladders used 61 gallons of chemicals. Total amount of property at risk buildings and contents, $52, 7S5: total amount of insurance at risk, buildings and con- tents, S17,515: total loss. insured and uninsured $152.55; insurance for month, s74,55. During the month were travelled 45.7 miles. Respectfully sub mitted. J. l. BREEDER,
 Chief Fire Department"
 W. D. Lanier and C. L. Odell are suf- fering from injuries received when they fell on the ice Monday morning. Mir. Larier fell on the steps of the Taylor boarding house on Clarendon avenue and fractured two ribs. MT. Odell slipped and fell at his home on Dartmouth avenue and suffered a painful twisting of his right knee
 Yesterday afternoon over 100 negroes. with their families, left Bessemer fof points in Virginia, Tennessee and Ken lucky. There is almost a carload shipped daily from Bessemer and it is said that over 4000 have left one depot in this city within the past six months.
 Grover Lowery, 27 years of age, died this afternoon at $40 o'clock at the Reed CTS hospital of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company following a week s illness. The deceased was well known in Bessemer and is survived by his fath- CT and mother, Mr. and Mrs. s. T. Low cry of Marion: two brothers, Will Lowery and John Lowery; two sisters, Miss Car Tie Lowery and Miss Sennie Lowery of Malion The body was prepared for burial by Huey & Mcconnell and will be shipped Thursday morning at 6 o'clock to Marion, where interment will be made.
 The following invitations have been re- ceived In this city: Mir. Charles H. Vein stein requests the honor of your presence at the marriage of his daughter, Pearl, to Mr Alex Guss, on Tuesday, January 30, at o'clock, in the evening. at Temple Beth-El, Bessemer. An inclosed card states: Reception at 19071z Second avenue.
 Twenty-Five members of the Christian Endeavor of the First Presbyterian church attended the district union of the society, held at West End. The officers were installed by the Rev. T. F. Swal- low, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of ~Bessemer. Owen Williams was installed as president. and Edwin Guy as treasurer. Both boys are members of the local union. The attendance banner was won by the Bessemer society, & col lection was taken for J. D. Russum, the cripple who was injured in the wreck two weeks ago. An interesting debate was held. the subject being, Resolved, That Preachers Preach Too Long, and was ably presented, the judges deciding in favor of the affirmative.
 Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Sarah A. Asbury. who died yes terday at her home at Blair station, were held this afternoon from the residence, the Rev. MT Crowder, pastor of Pow derly Baptist church. officiating. Inter- ment was made at Elmwood cemetery, with Huey & Mcconnell in charge. The deceased was 73 years of age and is sur vived by her husband, J. A. Asbury, three sons and one daughter.
 E. l.. McAdory entertained the members of his Sunday school class of the Lips- comb Methodist church last night. at his home. Among those present were: Miss Edith Goode, Miss Kuterah Goodc, Miss Ruth Nolan, Miss Helen Antone. Miss Lena Burton, Raymond Sleeves. Murrah Wagner, Arthur Nolan, Walter Butler. Walter Morgan, Oliver Williams, John Daniels and others.
 The U s. A. club will give their open- ing dance Thursday night at the Armory nall In the Realty building from to 12 oclock, at which time the following have been asked to chaperone: Dr. and Mrs 1T I. Conwell, Dr. and Mrs. s. w. Wright. Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Winters and MT. and Mrs. Charles Cross.
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