The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-10
HEAVY GAINS IN
 BESSEMER TAXES
Bessemer High Swamps Tuscaloosa High in An
 nual Football Game

Bessemer, November s--(SpeciaL)-A
 gain of more than 300 per cent for the
 current years will be shown in the busi-
 ness of the office of Deputy Tax Col lector T. F. Primer over the collections
 of last year. The collections for last year
 were slightly over sS0,e0O and this year
 they will be considerably over sSoo,o0o
 All the large corporations here cane un-
 der this head and the law provides that /, they shall assess and pay their taxes on property in the Bessemer cutoff here
 from now on and consequently the re-
 ceipts of the local office will be quad rupled.
 1 The board of stewards of the First Methodist church held an interesting meeting last night in the basement or
 the church, with F. B. Buck, chairnan i presiding, and the stewards are framing 1 the annual budget.
 1 The Bessemer High school entertained ] the Tuscaloosa High school this after noon on the rolling mill field in regu- lar slaughter, the score being s to U, l in favor of the local team. The game was too one-sided to be in- l teresting and during the latter part Of 1 the game, Coach Harris sent in most of his scrubs, some of whom showed up well. Young Grigsby at center seems to | have future in the football world, for ] he is game and tackles well, The work l of Captain Harrison, Sweet, Berry and l Lowery deserves special mention in the i,a yxhiI Ina of T ] w. c. Baty, Jr., gives promise of some- I thing warm for Central on turkey day. Tuscaloosa made three first downs on forward passes and intercepted three of lBessemer's. Only in this respect Tusca loosa showed to good advantage. Tas- caloosa was outweighed about eight pounds to the man. Bessemer was pen alized eight times for off-slde. The of officials were: Hughes, referee; Jones, uin- pire; Hazelwood, head Iinesman. The lineup was as follows:
 Tuscaloosa: Ronsenfeld, center; Flip pen, right guard Bolen, right tackle; Card, right end; Bell. left guard; Peten, left tackle; Clark, left end; Barrett. quarterback; Bowers, right half; Hinton, left half; Lewis, fullback; Walden, sul- stitute.
 Bessemer: Berry, censer; English, right guard; Sweet, right tackle; Lowery, right end; McTyiere, left guard; Harrison, captain, left tackle; Lewis, left end; M. Baty, quarterback; Oddo, right half; Merritt, left half; w. c. Baty, fullbacl.: Thomas. B. Grigsby and Batson, substi tutes.
 The Rev. J. A. Bilderback, 70 years old, died suddenly this morning at the home of his son, Boise BilderbaclS, on Fourth avenue. The Rev. Bilderback came from Tuscaloosa recently to visit his son and appeared in the best of health last night when he retired and this morning about 5:30 o'clock when they went to arouse him, they found him dead in bed. Mir Bilderback has been connected with the Holsten conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. south, for a number of years. He was holding the supernu- merary relation this year, and is widely known in Alabama and Tennessee. The body was prepared for burial by Huey .s. Mcdonnell and was shipped to Charta- nooga this afternoon at o'clock. He is survived by his widow and one son, Tn Chattanooga, another son, Lieut.. Joseph Rilderback, of Battery c, 111th field ar tillery, Camp Wheeler, Georgia, and Boise BilderbaclS of Bessemer.
 The following announcement will1be Of interest to the many friends of the con- tracting parties in Bessemer: MT. and Mrs. W. A. Simmons announce the mar riage of their daughter, Mamie Neal, to Lieut.. Bruce Snider. the wedding having taken place Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the home of Mrs. F. c. Mo Cornell in Atlanta, where Lieutenant Sni- der is stationed at Camp Gordon.
 Both of these young people are well known in Bessemer, the bride being the daughter of Alderman and Mrs Sim mons, and was reared in Bessemer, where she is popular, while the groom is the oldest son of MT. and Mrs. J. A. Snider, and was very popular here.
 The jury in the case of J. Hill vs. the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Rail- road company returned verdict in the amount of $250. The case was tried yes terday in the Bessemer division of the circuit court.
 The Bessemer Boy Scouts gave an ex- hibition drill on Nineteenth street last night and large crowd gathered to watch the boys and many complimentary remarks were made as to their profici- ency. Assistant Scoutmaster Jim Rob- erts was iu charge of the squad.
 Albert McIIaffey and Miss Ella Ger trude Roach were married this afternoon
 in the probate office the ceremony be- ing pronounced by Clerk Herbert Eth ridge in the presence of number of witnesses.
 Miss Lena Garris was a delightful hostess this afternoon when she enter tained a few girl friends at her home on Nineteenth street. The house was pret- tily decorated for the, occasion and con tests and music were enjoyed. after which delightful refreshments were served. Those present were: Miss Hattie Garris, Miss Estelle Connor. Miss Edith Mundy, Miss Thera Garris. Miss Blanche Wood and Miss Lola Garris.
 The members of Circle No. 1 of the Pastors Helpers of the First Methodist church will serve light luncheon to the clerks and business men downtown Sat urday afternoon.
 PERSONALS
 Mrs. w. D. Taylor has returned from New York, where she was the guest of relatives and friends for several weeks.
 John Hasserty on the United States battleship Pennsylvania, wlro has been spending several days with relatives in Bessemer, left today to rejoin his ship
 Prof. w. P Gum will leave next week for points in Virginia. where he will spend sometime with relatives.
 Mir. and Mrs Red Harris are at home with pr. and Mrs. c. A. Harris on Berk- ley avenue.
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