The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-25
BESSEMER

Bessemer. May 24.-(Specia1.)- Following a discussion of the matter which lasted two hours. the Bessemer city council at a special meting held last night, rejected the bids for the $200.000 issue of school bonds. Although the majority of the alder men present voted in favor of the sale of the bonds the numebr was not sufficient to insure the adoption os the resolution for sale. Those who voted against the measure were c. H. Dabbs. R. NJ. Mingea and c. M. Ray and those favoring the sale were w. A. Simmons. W. R. Parker. l.. Y. Lipscomb and l.. E. Ling. The high est bid for the bonds came from the First National bank of Bessemer.
 pr. l.. L. Vann, superintendent of Bessemer schools, made a talk at the meeting outlining the needs for new high school which would relieve the present congestion of the city schools.
 J. k. Rogers and Pinckney Scott spoke against the sale of the bonds at this time and c. B. Hollingsworth made talk in favor of the sale.
 The assessments on the property in the recent paving ordinance brought forth many protests and the following committee was appointed to make in- vestigations of these protests: Charles M. Ray. c. H. Dabbs and l.. Y. Lipscomb.
 Rofarinns Defeated
 The Rotary club suffered defeat at the hands of the Bessemer Xii wanians in a big game of baseball on Wednesday afternoon on the roll ing mill field, the score for the game being 19 to II.
 The outstanding features of the game for the Kiwanians were the hitting and runs of Jap Bryant and Ellis Houston. Jap Bryant making four hits and three runs and Houston making four runs.
 The game was played for the bene- fit of the boys work of the Y NJ. c. A. and large number of tickets had been sold The crowd enjoyed in some instances the amateur efforts of the players, some of whom had not played ball in 14 years, Jap Bryant being one of this number.
 Mrs. Sarah l.. Parsons Mrs. Sarah L. Parsons, age 7S years. | died Wednesday morning at 11:a0 o'clock at her home near West Lake. She is survived by two daughters,
 Mrs. Joe Burridge, Miss Sidella Par | sons and by one son, Ben Parsons. Funeral services will be held on Thursday from the residence at ? o'clock in the afternoon with Rev. J. H. Harris, of the Jonesboro Metho- dist church officiating. Interment will follow at Cedar Hill cemetary with
 Jacobs in charge.
 Street to Speak Oliver D. Street of Guntersville.
 will be the principal speaker for the fifth Monday social meeting of Bes- semer Lodge No. 450 A. Y. and A. M.. which occurs on Monday night. May .29. at s o'clock at the Masonic temple in Bessemer. His subject will be, World Wide Masonry and Its Desir- ability"
 Preparations are being made to make this meeting one of the most successful ever held by the lodge. and all lodges in the district are invited to attend.
 rag Day for Veterans Tag Day for the Confederate veter- ans of the district will be held on Saturday. beginning at o'clock. Mrs. Rose Huey is chairman for the day and has asked committee from the United Daughters of the Confectionery | to assist her in tho sale of tags, the | funds to be used to defray the ex- l penses of all veterans In the district 1 to the annual reunion to be held in Richmond in June.
 The following members of the chapter will have certain places in | the downtown section to sell the | tags: Mrs. w. E. Suratt. Mrs. J. w. ! McCorkle. Mrs. Robert Childress. Mrs. l c. w. Williamson, Mrs. w. F. Cum l ningham. Mrs. J. R. Chandler and Mrs. Lacey Edmundson. |
 | Still Captured | Bessemer deputies captured a small | still near Short Creek on Wednesday, with 16 barrels of beer The still
 was of complete copper outfit.
 The members of the Kiwanis club at their regular weekly meeting on