The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-26
VETERANS WILL OBSERVE THE DAY Exercises Will be Held at Ens-
 ley Tonight NEGRO CUTS UP CLOTHES Session of Police Court Is Unusually Lively and Heavy Fines Are As-
 sessed-The Steel Plant
 Busy-Other News.
NEGRO CUTS UP CLOTHES

day will be observed by the Confederate Veterans of Ensfey and the Daughters of the Confectionery tomorrow night at | the Ensley Opera House. An appro- priate programme has been prepared and large attendance of Steel City people is expected. As there is only one Con federate grave in Ensley there will be no exercises at the cemtery. It was at first proposd to go Birmingham and take part in the Camp Hardee exercises but the plan was abandoned and it was de- cided to have exercises tomorrow night | at the opera house.
 | The programme will be as follows: Opening prayer, by J. W. Orr; solo, by Miss Wilson; address, by Gen. J. W. Bush, Birmingham. Ala. recta- ton, by sponsor; song. by school girls address, by Judge Mandy; recitation, by little Laura Bailey; recitation by Miss Simmons tableaux and song, "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground; bestowal of the crosses of honor; song by school girls, Home, Sweet Home"
 Cuts Up Clothes. Homer Freeman, a negro, was fined $10O and sentenced to 1S0 days in jail by Mayor Scott this morning on a charge of az gravated disorderly conduct.
 It seems that Freeman had a quar- rel with his lady love and to get revenge he went to her house when the woman was away broke into her trunk and cut to shreds with a pair of scissors about $75 worth of wearing apparel. Several silk skirts were destroyed and the negro also cut up a bolt of domestic. The en- tire contents of the trunk were literally cut to pieces and made an interesting display in police court
 Police Court News.
 As a result of Saturday nights festivi- ties the session of police court this morn- ing was more lively than it has been in several weeks. All of the offenders were negroes, most of them receiving heavy fines Stewart Holland was fined $25 on charge of using abusive and profane lan- guage in the presence of females. John Curtis was assessed $l5 for assault. Gus Echols and Henry Johnson faced his honor on charge of afray, put thelr cases were continued until tomorrow morning. Charles Lee was fined $12.5O on a charge of assault with a weapon.
 Mrs. James Bowers Dead.
 Mrs James Bowers died this morning at 9:30 o'clock at the residence of her husband, James Bowers, of heart disease. The funeral will take place tomorrow af- ternoon at O clock from Oakland church. The deceased had been in bad health Tor a number of years She is survived py her husband and five children. She was an estimable woman and well known in the Steel City.
 Interest on Bonds Paid.
 City Treasurer Fonville today sent to New York the $21O0 due on bonds foated by the city. Of this amount $500 was the annual interest on the $10000 worth or 6 per cent city hall bonds, and the re- maining $l5OO was the semi-annual inter- est on the per cent storm, water and sanitary sewer bonds.
 Concert Thursday Night. St. Johns choir will give the third con- cert of this season next Thursday nlght at the residence of E. H. Mandy on Ave me H. George O. Frierwood and Miss Helen Kaufman will take part in the en- tertaning programme which mas been prepared.
 Steel Plant Busy. All the ten open hearth furnaces at the steel plant of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway company are now in opera ton and the big plant Is buster now than it has been for a long time. About lz" men are now employed. Both the bloom ing mill and the rail mill are also work ing full time and the plant is making a record for output.
 Billet in Well.
 George Boss, who has charge or the drilling to test the well on the property of the Ensley Land company on Seven teenth street between Avenues Il and is having some difficulty in getting the shaft clear of obstruction. The force of men employed have been trying to re- move a steel billet today that was en- countered in the well and were compelled to use dynamite.
 It seems that old machinery and pieces of iron were carelessy thrown into the shaft, and it is this rubbish that IS giving the experts so much trouble.
 It Is said that the well will probably be tested tomorrow and if the test is satisfactory 1t is probable that Ensley will draw new water supply from this source.
 Anniversary Celebrated.
 The Ensley lodge of Odd Fellows cele- brated the eighty-fifth anniversary or the order by attending services at the First Methodist church yesterday morn- ing. Dr. George w. Read, pastor Of the church. preached a special sermon to the Odd Fellows which is said to have been one of the strongest discourses ever heard in the Steel City. The Odd Fellows march, 4l,< ,I,, in a hO1N