The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-24
.BESSEMER HOTEL
 PLAN ENDORSED
Business Men Pledge Aid # At Two Public 2 Meetings
1 lBeSsemer Bureau)


 BESSEMER, Ala, Sept. 24.-At meetings held Monday night end Tues day afternoon at the chamber of com mrece offices the new hotel project for which surveys have been made by agents of the Hockenberry System, Inc, business men of Bessemer gave the project their hearty indorsement and Nnderwrote a portion of the preliminary expense.
 s The various portions of the organ ization work were assigned to commit tees and the time set for the actual canvass for funds was fixed for Octo- Der 1 to 10. w. E. Surratt was elected as chairman of the executive commit tee of twenty-six and R. Guy Wilson was appointed to the post of salesman ager of the stock-selling campaign.
 Need for a modern, well equipped hotel is rapidly becoming more ap- parent to the business hen of the city and it is felt tha tthe present cam paign will result in the erection of q hotel that will not only meet the re uuirements of the city but which will be source of much civic gratifica- tion.
 Hear Sunday School Expert-Em.
  Sunday school work, was the principal speaker at the regular meeting of the Lions club Tuesday tthe Grand hotel. MT, Moore spoke interestingly of the great strides which the present age is witnessing in the matter of civic pride and brought out the value to the world of the new idealism which is finding expression in the numerous service clubs which have been organ ized in the past decade.
 A vocal solo was rendered by Miss Katie Ling, accompanied by Mrs. T. e. Johnson. The Lions indorsed the new hotel project after it had been briefly presented to the club by A. E. Ausman.
 ' Powder Officials Here-Representa- lives of the Hercules Power company are now in Bessemer completing plans for commencement of work on the plant which is to be located three miles west of Bessemer, H. c. Chase, superintend- ent for Alabama and r. K. Powelinson, chief engineer and prospective manager of the Bessemer plant, stated that the work will go forward without play and that local offices will be installed as soon as possible The coming ot the Hercules Powder company marks another great industrial step forward for this community and the completion of this plant will add materially to the tonnage moving from the fourth city of Alabama.
 Experts In TOwn-Harry B. Shel- ton and J. E. Benjamin of Greenvllle, Miss. have arrived in Bessemer to con duct a campaign of rat extermination. These men claim to have had great success in other cities with their own production.
 School Under Way-The teacher training school which is in progress All this week at the First Baptist church had large attendance Monday and Tuesday nights. There is strong faculty and the program offered is ot especial interest to every Sunday school teacher in the district. Mrs. w. l.: Blankenship of Atlanta rated as one of the best teachers in tine Southern Baptist convention, is in charge Of the intermediate department. Miss Bes- sic Welch is teacher of juniors. Emmett Moore of Montgomery, who IS directing the enlargement campaign, is teaching the largest class in the school on the work of building the Bible class. Miss Arrie Moody, also of Mont gomery, has charge of cradle roll, primary and beginner teachers and 10. l.. Buckner of the same city is render ing valuable service in office and or ganization work.
 ' Parent Teacher Council Meets-On Tuesday afternoon there was held at the chamber of commerce the first ses- sion of the newly organized Parent Teachers association council. The coun- ..1 B.. al EfOVs ideas and suggestions and is officered by Mrs. T. J. Skinner, president; Mrs. Gardner Goodwin, vice president, and Mrs. J. G. Bruce, secretary. Mrs. Ralph Russell, past president of the Birmingham council made talk on the work accomplished in Birmingham Albert Ross, athletic director in the city schools, told of the need of ade- quate play grounds. The council will meet again in January and later in March.