The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-07
LIBRARY TO GET
 MANY NEW BOOKS
Board Will Meet To Re- plete Bessemer
 Shelves
(Bessemer Bureau)

BESSEMER, Ala, Tlly 6.-Sev- eral hundred new books are to be added to the collection of the Carnegie h- brary, plans for, their purchase to be made at the meeting of the library board Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The meeting will be at the library of flee and final plans for other improve ments are to be passed on at that time.
 The library was recently improved. The city donating $500 and an equal amount was raised by women's clubs, The improvements have been completed, including new shelving and the reno sation of the interior of the building of the new books.
 About 400 books are to be bought this week, a committee from the board handling the purchases, with the as- sistance of the librarian, ITS. w, T. Warlick. It is understood that most of the books will be fiction.
 Picnic Planned-Extensive plans are being made by the Bessemer Bar association for their annual picnic, which will be held this year at Pine view Beach, July 10. All families of the members of the association and the the employees of the court house will attend and big time is being planned. George Ross is chairman of the enter tainment committee and during the day : dancing and swimming will be enjoyed as well as several talks. A barbecue lunch will be served.
 Stills Captured-A 350-gallon still was captured at Taylor's Ferry Sat nrday morning by Officers Lige Ross and s. R. Stephenson and 500 gallons of beer mash was captured.
 On the same day, Officers Ceph Ross and Jack Curran arrested Maggie Dix on, negress, and she is being held on a charge of violating the prohibition law. It is stated that the negress had a well that gave whisky instead of water and by the number of visitors that Maggie had, the officers became sus- picious and the raid followed.
 Large Number Join Church-Quite a number of persons hc-e joined the Hueytown Baptist church, where a re- vival is being held. Rev. J. o. Reese is conducting these meetings and there were three held Sunday, one in the morning at Il o'clock, another at 8 o'clock in the afternoon and the night meeting took place at the regular hour at 2 80. At the afternoon meeting special sermon was preached by Rev. Reese to the men and boys in the con- gregation.
 Charles Miller is in charge of the music and large choir has been organ ized. The revival will continue for an- other week and services will be held z 80 in the evenings and large crowds are expected at every meeting.
 Hazel Fountain Wedding-The we'd ding of Miss Mae Fountain and Mir. Hazel Saturday night came as a dis tinct surprise to their many friends here in Bessemer. The couple are well known here, the bride being an accom- plished musician and only daughter of Mrs. Emma Fountain of Fifth avenue. After short wedding trip, they will make their home in .Bessemer.
 East Lake PicniC-Mesdames Wilkes, Anderson and Leader chaperoned a group of young people at a picnic at East Lake this week. The young peo- pie motored to the lake in a truck and after swim picnic supper was serv- ed. Those in the party were Misses Jimmie Anderson, Eppie Smith, Eve lyn Brill, Denna Mae Seals, Wilma Small, Iva Leader, Garnet Leader, Ty- Ter Lee Nunn and Messrs. Nathan Meadows, Sam Meadows, Emmett Blankenship and others.
 Camping Party Returns-The young people of the Seventh Street Baptist church in the classes of Mrs. R. E. Nolan and R. V. Jones have returned from Camp Chippewa where they have been for week. The chaperons were Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Nolan, Mir. and Mrs. W. F. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Jones and MT. and Mrs W. R. Parker. There were about 30 youngster in the party.
 PersOnals-Miss Katherine Baty is