The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-16
GENERY'S GAP MAN DEAD IF GUNSHOT FOLLOWING E ] w
Nelson Kimbrel In Jail Charged With Murder Of
 Brother-in-LaW
BEsSENIER BUREAU ]
 THE AGE-HERALD Resserner. Ala. Oct. l5

w. klnSey " est oos was 9iAON NtA instantly killed at Genery's Gap at II o'clock Monday morning, and his trother-in-law, Nelson Kimbrel, IS in the county jail charged with tne murder. Kimbrel came to BessemeI after the shooting, 1t is stated, anu gave himself up at the sheritfs oI-
 It is stated that there were no eve witnesses other than the pr1n- oipals to the shooting. The killing took place in Kimbrels front yard just as the two men had emerge from the house. It is said that West came from the house first, backing through the door and that when he Tad reached the yard Kimbrel fired. The wound was inflicted with shot gun apparently No. shot, fired at close range. The entire load took effect over Vests heart. He ex- the shooting KimbrePs wife, the only other person on the premises, was on the rear porch, it is said West and Kimbrel married sisters a few years ago, the Misses Hot lingsworth, daughters of N. Wesley Hollingsworth. It is stated that West had just come from the home of his father-in-law when the shooting occurred.
 The dead man is survived by his widow, two children, his mother, three sisters and brother. His mother is visiting in Georgia and the funeral awaits her arrival. taking place Wednesday. The body is be- ing held at Jacobs undertaking parlors.
 RETAIL DEALERS MEET
 An interesting meeting of the re- tail merchants of the city will be held at the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday afternoon at o'clock to review the progress made by the re- tail division of the chamber. All merchants of the district have been invited to attend, whether a member or not.
 There will be several talks made by representative merchants review ing the business outlook and plans will be talked over to carry out sew eral projects the merchants have been working on during the past few months. These will include measures to stimulate fall business particularly among the outlying communities.
 CONSTRUCTION UNDER WAY
 Work was begun this week on the construction of the McNeil school ai West Highlands, which is to be com pleted before the end of the present session. The contract was recently awarded to the Smith. Construction company of Birmingham and the building will be one of the largest county grammar schools in the Bes- semer district.
 The building will be constructed on the standard unit plan the county has adopted, containing rooms and offices. At the present time the pupils of this community are being housed in temporary quarters. This school was named for Prof. T. NJ. McNeil, late superintendent of edu- cation, who made his home at Bes- semer for a number of years.
 METHODIST WOMEN MEET
 The Methodist Missionary society met Monday afternoon at the church with Miss Maude Buck as leader After short devotional the subject of Winning China" was taken up when a number of interesting pa. pers were read. These papers out line the various methods being adopt ed in the mission field, those mak- ing talks being Mrs. W. P. Hammer Mrs. D. A. Collins and Mrs. Fl. L. Rains. Plans were discussed for a program on the week of prayer which is to be held early in No VpT1har ~