The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-23
WATER MAINS ARE
ABOUT COMPLETED
Fairview People Soon TO Have
Filtered Water
HEAVY POLICE DOCKET
New Elks Have Meeting to Discuss
Furnishing Of HaIl-WilI Meet
on Wednesday Night.
other News.
HEAVY POLICE DOCKET

Ensley, May 22-(special)-Th laying
of the water main from Owenton station
on the South Ensey car cline to Helena
station, near Fairview, has been COM
pleted and the water will be turned on
in a few days. This move on the part
of the Birmingham Water Works COM
pany will furnish filtered water to sew
eral hundred people along the car line
from Owenton to South Ensley that have
heretofore been deprived of water priv
ileges.
The people In and around Falrview are
very much elated at the step taken by
the water works company. The extern
sion of the main has already borne much
good fruit and the section between Fair-
view and Ensley is being built up as rap
idly as any Other part of the Birmingham
district.
Heavy Police Docket.
A heavy docket faced Mayor Scott in
the police court this morning. Twenty
two Offenders faced his honor on various
charges. most of whom were fined from
$40 to S100. The total proceeds netted the
city several hundred dollars.
Louis Morris, colored, was arraigned be-
fore the Mayor on charge of resisting an
officer and for disorderly conduct. He
was fined 500 in the first case and $40 in
the second. Joe Tombetts was, fined s25
on the charge Of violating the Sunday
law Henry Fisher was fined $50 on the
charge of using profane language.
Eks Meet
The new Ensley Elks' lodge met tonight
he of ri no
of the committees appointed to select and
furnish a hall 1t was decided to fit up
the three-story building on Avenue Il
between Twentieth and Twenty-first
streets for the new hall The third floor
will be used as lodge hall and the
second floor will De divided into club
rooms and reception parlors
The lodge will hold another meeting
next Wednesday night at which time steps
will be taken looking to forming perm
anent organization.
j. &. Brislin.
J. E. Brsin, formerly with the Under
writer's, has assumed the management OF
the fire, accident and life insurance de-
partment of the Thompson Realty COM
| pany in this city. Mr.. Brisln has had
considerable experience in insurance, hav-
ing formerly conducted a real estate and
insurance business in Pratt City for some
time.
In South Alabama.
Lieut.. Gov r. NJ. Cunningham left to-
day for Elmore county where he goes
to deliver several addresses in interest of
| local txation for educational purposes.
| Later In the week he will go to Alfalfa,
where he has an engagement to deliver
the commencement address of the pdblfe
schools.
Knights of Pythlas.
The Steel City lodge knights of Py-
thias will hold regular meeting tom6r-
row night at which time Postmaster J.
w. Clayton, who represented the Ens1ey
lodge at the meeting of the grand lodge
at Montgomery, will make a report. Dur
ing the meeting of the grand lodge Ems
ley was honored by having l.. G. ISeA-
drop placed on the ways and means COM
mittee.
Personal and General.
W. ]. Gellnk, formerly general manager
Of the Empire Pillow Works, but who re-
signed several months ago on account of
i'll health and who has been rs ~ - seT
the past several months Is visiting friends
in Ensley. Mr.. Gelink has many friends
in this district who are pleased to know
that his health Is greatly improved
At the Children's Day exercises at the
First Methodist church last night the
following young people delivered reeita-
tons: Christine Robbins. lilnams VIII
liams. Maud Mitchell, Nina Settle and
Paul Scott.
The Rev. Dr. George w. Read, pastor
of the First Methodist church left this
morning for Athens. where he goes to
attend the meeting Of the board of trus-
tees of the Athens Female college
e. Haiman. vice president and Clark
Bishop. general manager OF the Empire
flow Works. 1rlth headquarters at Cleve-
80 home after
several DAYS. visit 10 the companys plant
in this city
The ladies' q the Cumberland Presby-
terrain church served Zee cream and straw
berries on the front po,ch Of the EhSss
hotel tonight
Capt Romafne Boyd returned tonight
from Uniontown. where he went to at
tend the funeral OF his cousin. Captain
Tisdale. who died at Montgomery a few