The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-20
CARNEGIE LIBRARY
TO OPEN APRIL |.
Bank of EnsIey Donates $50
TO Book Fund
HEAVY RAIN DOES DAMAGE
viii Averyt Has a Marrow Escape
From Drowning In Village Creek
overflow-Prominent Men
of Ensley Fight.
HEAVY RAIN DOES DAMAGE

Ensley. March 9.-(Special)-T con-
tractors are putting the finishing touches
on the new public library and notified the
Carnegie library committee today that 1t
would be ready to turn over to them by
April /.
The books which were ordered some
weeks ago are expected to arrive by the
first of next week and the committee Is
very busy rounding up the subscriptions
that have been made to the fund for fur
niture and books. The committee is also
receiving new subscriptions and is making
special effort to make the fund as
large as possible by the time the library
is ready to be thrown open to the public.
A subscription of $50 from the Bank Of
Ensley was received today.
Miss louise Thompson, librarian, has
been busy for several weeks listing the
books that have been donated and select
ing volumes to be purchased and will have
everything in her line in fine shape for
the opening of the library early in April.
She has taken great interest in her work
and the members of the committee are
congratulating themselves on the selec-
Thompson has greatly assisted them in
/ the work of preparing for the opening.
The committee desires that all subscrip-
tons be paid to w b. Bridge, secretary,
on ene commission as soon as possible.
Rain Did Much Damage.
Ensley and community suffered last
night and this morning from the heaviest
rain that has fallen in this section for
years. Village creek was higher by sew
eral feet this morning than for number
of years and reports of much damage
to fences and other property has reached
the city today from the neighboring
country.
Averyttown and Tuxedo suffered consid-
erably from the overflow and many houses
in that section were entirely cut off by
water /.
| VIII Averyt, a young white man, had
a narrow escape from drowning this morn
! ing in attempting to cross Village creek
on the county bridge between this city
and Pratt City.
! The water was over the road and rum
ming very swiftly at the end of the bridge.
Averyt was crossing on horseback when
the horse became confused and unmanage-
able in the deep swift current, and left
the road, getting into deep water. After
struggling for some time Mr. Averyt
managed to catch to the limb of a tree
and freed himself from his steed which
was about to go under with him.
He swung to the limb for some time
before he attracted the attention of l.. D.
Smith who lives near the place Mr.
Smith swan out to him and helped him
to climb into the tree frsm which posi-
ton he was later rescued with difficulty.
Notes and Personals.
DR. E. T. Fields and ". l.. Dabney
were placed under bond today on charges
of fighting and assault, and the case will
Ne heard in police court tomorrow morn
ing 1t seems that Dabney had DIR. Fields
arrested last Saturday on charge of
cursng in the presence of his CDabney' So
wife and that today DIR. Fields went to
him to bring about a reconciliation of
some sort when they became engaged in
a quarrel, which led to a fight. 1t IS
said that neither of the men were seri-
ously injured.
Alderman Ed Keenan, received a mes
sage today announcing the death of his
mother at Cincinnati.
Alderman M. Ii. Sherman returned to-
day from business trip to New Orleans