The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-06
.ENSLEY'S BIC DAY.
VERY FINE PARADE
Baseball, Gun Shooting, Speech
Making At Picnic
HEN DERSON'S GOOD WORK
Senator Miller and Others Make Ad-
dresses-Dr. Cunningham Be-
came III and Couldn't Speak.
Fred SIeger Resigns.
.HENDERsON'S GOOD WORK

Ensley, July ESPECIAL 1.-THE Fourth of
July celebration held today by the citizens
of Ensley and vicinity was enthusiastic
cally and periodically observed Many
thousands of people witnessed the monster
parade this morning. At an early hour
people from the surrounding country
crowded the city in anticipation of the
street parade and in this particular they
were not disappointed. The parade was
easily the best that Ensley has had and
considering business conditions much
credit Is due the several committees from
the Commercial club who worked hard
to make the affair success
The parade was formed on Avenue IL.
A platoon of "Ensley's finest" under COM
mand of Chief Jordan lead the procession
and made splendid appearance. They
were followed by Memoli's military band,
which rendered during the march several
stirring and patriotic selections Ensley
Canton Patriarch Militants followed on
horseback. They made brilliant appear
ance as several of the staff Of Col. j. w.
Mayne, who was In command were In
rank and their brilliant uniforms added
much to the appearance of the order.
Two platoons of Troop d, Alabama Ma
tional Guard were in line and made a
fine appearance. The Italian society, $50
strong, carrying the stars and stripes and
the flag of Italy, made a good showing
The local lodge of Rem Men, attired in
their war paint and feathers, were quite
a feature of the parade. Their war
whoops and Indian dances attracted much
attention. The vehicles and floats and
decorated automobiles were pretty and at
tractive.
Miller Makes Speech.
Many unique and original ideas were
carried out. Marshal J. A. Dupuy and his
aides, Sam King, Mac Morrison and DR..
Barrett, handled the parade admirably In
addition to starting promptly no con-
fusion or other detail marred the process
sion. At the picnic grounds a general
good time was had. DR.. r. M. Cunning
ham, who was to have made the prin-
cipal address, was taken i'll and was I'M
able to speak. Senator Nat L. Miller,
Representative w. E. Urquhart and Mai.
w. P. German made appropriate
speeches.
The Gun Shoot.
The shoot of the Ensley Gun club at the
picnic grounds caused much interest
Quite a number of Birmingham shooters
participated. Archie Henderson of Biz
mingham made the highest score, 1872 out
of possible 200. The winners of the
local shoot were. First, Neil Hutchings,
1O5 out of 100; second, ]. C. Jordan, 81
out of 100; third. ]. NJ. Perkins, 70 out
of 100.
The Ball Games.
A number of ball games were played,
the principal one being the Ensley Elks
against picked team from Bessemer, re-
sulting in victory for Bessemer by a
score of 9 to 0.
The Prizes.
The prizes awarded were:
Best Float-First Smiht Hardware COM
pany. Second prize, Rouss Meanza Gro
Gerry company
Best Decorated Auto-Ffrst prize, w. R.
Stewart. Second prize, Dr. E. T. Fields.
Best Mount. C. Jordan.
Best Fraternal Organization-Ensley
Canton Patriarch Militants
Best Decorated Vehicle-First Prize, w.
f. Ellis. Second prize, w. l.. Jones.
Most Original Float-Messrs. Fonville,
Dupuy and Burke