The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24

| the direction of Mrs. Annie Glenn Grove.
 Exquisite programs of old classics
 and beautiful Christmas hymns will
 be presented where there is lighted candle and al certain places an
 nounced yesterday.
 Sheriff Honored
 Sheriff ! c. IIartsfield, who will hang up his guns and bid his dep uties adieu in January. after d
 strenuous term of four years serv- ice at the head of the law enforce
 ment department in Jefferson county,
 was the recipient of handsome gold fountain pen Saturday morning which came as Christmas gift from the deputies of the Bessemer division. The sheriff was called to Bessemer
 on q plea of business, and when he
 arrived at the county court house
 was met by a number of the deputies.
 who escorted him into the office of i w.. T. Kemp, chief deputy, where
 many of the officers had congre- | gated
 l Ben c. Perry, solicitor of the Bes- semer division, acted as spokesman n
 and presented the sheriff with the handsome gold pen, upon which was engraved U. c. Hartsfield, by the Boys of Bessemer. 1922" MT. Perry, 1 in his presentation speech, stated
 that the pen was < token of the es- 1 teem and admiration which. he and
 the boys had for Mr. Hartsfield. For
 once Jefferson county's Intrepid
 sheriff found himself almost speech l less, but after slight pause, re- gained his self-composure and said: Boys, we have had pretty hard time, but we have done the best we could and. of course. you all know 1 that l appreciate the beautiful pen more than l can tell you. How , ever. l do not appreciate the pen any more than l do the faithful serv- 1 ice you fellows have given me in
 carrying out the laws of our state and county. I also want to thank MT. Perry for his courtesies to me and my deputies and I know that he Is truly q friend to the officers"
 i Following the presentation of the
 gift to Sheriff Hartsfield w. T. 1 Kemp, chief deputy of the Bessemer
 division, was presented with a hand some watch chain and fob, a gift :, from the deputies of this division. 1 The deputies of the Bessemer di . vision were each presented by Chief | iittPuty ihciip Wltu q hHtAC anu tht
 men receiving them, who were the ones who presented Hartsfield and
 Kemp with theirs. were Benagh Till-
 man, Parsons Mclaughlin, Cleer. l Harrison, Eubank, cosper. Stevens. Smithson and Lige Ross and Currie
 of the state enforcement squad. Holden Hnrwood
 The marriage of Miss Annie liar wood and MT. Andrew Holder was
 solempized in the probate office in
 the city this. afternoon. with Judge
 sam Huey performing the ceremony. Annual Banquet
 The second annual banquet of the
 B. Y P. U. will be held at the First Baptist church in Bessemer Friday evening. Every member of the Bap tist churches in the district as well
 as the B. Y. r. U. members are in- vited to attend. as an effort is be- ing made to make this the best ban quet in the history of the Bessemer district.
 Every member who Is to serve on a committee is urged to communicate with the chairman of the committee at once. An elaborate program of entertainment is being planned with music and speeches and readings.
  speakers will be Mir. and Mrs. Lamb din of Montgomery, state workers of the -. Y. P. U.. and other local speak CTS of the district will provide in- teresting talks at the banquet. Marriage Licenses
 The following marriage licenses were issued in the Bessemer probate office today: Sherman NJ. Coley to Miss Johnnie Lambert. Brighton; Lester l.. Riley to Miss Dulcie Vines, Bessemer: Henry c. Norris to Miss Belina Dickson. Brookwood; Charles M. Townes to Mrs. Maud Ford, Bir- sn1ngham; Robert M. Grimes to Miss Mattie Farr. Bessemer; David Trucks to Andrew Cooper. Quinton. In ad- dition to these there were eight li- censes issued to negro couples, ac- cording to Judge Sam Huey, who states that this was a rush day in marriage license business.
 Mntthews-M Matthews
 Mrs. W. c. stoddand announces the marriage of her sister, Mrs. Hattie Matthews to Mir. W. H. Matthews of Chicago which occurred Friday after noon at ? o'clock at the home of the brides sister, Mrs. George Schwartz on Arlington avenue. The ceremony was performed by Rev B. T. Waites, pastor of the First Methodist church, In the presence of relatives and a being used~ The bride was gowned | in white crepe with lace trimmings and she carried an arm cluster of Richmond roses. Immediately after the ceremony the couple left for q ! short wedding Journey after which