The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
BESSEMER BOARD
 OF TRADE ID MEET

1 Bessemer, February 17.-(Special.)
 President J. c. Curry of the Bessemer
 Board of Trade, has called meeting of
 that body for Thursday afternoon at 4
 o'clock at the Board of Trade rooms. The
 following propositions will be discussed: Double tracking of Nineteenth street
 from First to Tenth avenues in order to
 save time in car service; paving Nine teenth street from Dartmouth to Tenrn avenues; also First, Second Third and
 Fourth avenues from Eighteenth to iTwenty-fourth streets; report of commit tee on canal; report of committee on boulevard from Bessemer to Birmingham; report of committee on reduction of water rates. The school bond issue, city sanitation, courthouse and jail, hourly trains on Southern railroad and other
 matters will be considered.
 After Investigating the accident which occurred in the Wenonah mines of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com pany, when three negroes were killed and four injured, Deputy Coroner Arthur Jacobs declared the accident unavoidable. MT. Jacobs stated that the four negroes hurt were not seriously injured, and all would recover. He also stated that the death of the three negroes and the injury of the other four was due to fall in of rock. Tom Bentley and Chapman Me Graw were killed instantly, while Joe Shoes died at the Readers hospital yesterday.
 Bessemer was visited by number of burglars last night, several residences, as well as business houses, being entered At the commissary of the United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry company at vafr~ saR f~.s-- by boring in side of the building with a brace and bit, which had been stolen from the tool shop. Between $50 and $100 in cash was stolen from the store but as yet nothing else has been missed The store of E. c. Shaw on Dartmouth avenue and Thirteenth street was also entered and SIS in money, 12 pairs of pan.s. a number of shoes, shirts and other articles of clothing were taken. This morning window at the home of J. T. DeJarnette on Arlington avenue was raised and MT. DeJarnettes coat, vest and watch were stolen. The Ensley Dry Goods company was also entered and some clothing was stolen. At the store of Henry George on Tenth avenue and
 Twenty-fourth street. groceries in the amount of $90 and s10 in cash were stolen. These robberies have been reported to police headquarters and detectives are working on the cases.
 Joe Eckhoff who has been employed
 at the Bessemer Rolling mill for the
 past 12 years, has resigned and will
 leave Monday for St. Louis, where he
 will reside in future. Mrs. Eckhoff
 and family will leave in short while
 to join MT. Eckhoff. MT. Eckhoff has
 lived in Bessemer for Is years and
 during that time has made many
 friends.
 The Woman's auxiliary of the First
 Presbyterian church meets Monday aft ernoon at 8 o'clock at the home of
 Mrs. W. A. Davidson on Seventh ave-
 nue.
 The Rev George E. Boyd presiding
 elder of the Bessemer district, will
 preach at the Jonesboro Methodist
 church Sunday morning at Il o'clock
 The Rev. Willoughby Claybrook, rec
 tor of St. Mary -on-the- Highlands of
 Birmingham will conduct services
 Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at Trin-
 ity Episcopal church.
 The regular meeting of the Besse-