The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-30

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 CITY ITEMS
 Residence Robbed-The residence of Mrs. Cornelius, Seventy-sixth street and Saunders avenue, was robbed yes terday The thieves secured shot gun and many articles of food and clothing.
 Services at Amuse-U-The evening services at the Amuse-t eatre to- morrow under the direction of the Rev. George Raves, pastor of the Ccngrega tional church, will be in connection with the anti-tuberculosis campaign. The public generally is invited.
 Simpson M E. Churcb-The sacra- ment of the Lords supper will be ad- 1ninistered at the morning service at Simpson M. E. church tomorrow at o'clock, and will be preceded by love feast, to which all are cordially tn- vited.
 
 attacked by a cramp in his side yes terday while down town at the court house and had to go home. The pain did not leave him and he was suffer ing very much last night. He sail that he would probably be unable to attend to call if any came for him.
 German Lutheran Zion Church-Reg ular services will be held tomorrow at lx.. ..,l,. day sch ool at 9:30 a. m.; morning ser vice in German at 10:30 o'clock, ard evening service in English at 7:30 o'clock, the Rev. f. w. Weidemann officiating
 Congregational Communion Service Communion services will be held at the Congregational church tomorrow morn ing at Il o'clock and all visiting or resident Congregationalists are asked to be present. The sermon will be de- livered by the pastor, Rev. George Raves. The Congregational chapel Is located on Nineteenth street. near Seventh avenue
 Charged With ShopIiftng-Detectiv Murphy and Wren or the local police . force arrested a shoplifting klepto- maniac yesterday. She was held on the
 
 seen to take a piece of silk. The de- tectives followed her to the Pizitz store where they saw her repeat the offense, She was later released at the sugges- tion of the dry goods men. Tie police withheld her name.
 Another Lumber Company Bankrupt. The V. and M. Lumber coTnpahy ot Birmingham was thrown into involun- tary bankruptcy last night by petition CTS for a total amount less than s1e00. The petition was brought by the Kirk patrick Sand and Cement company, Walter S. Hale of Autauga county, Sam uel J. Seay, R. H. and w. C. Lgee oi Dallas and Roberts X Sons of Bir- mingham. The papers We're filed late yesterday afternoon.
 Y. M. c. A. Afternoon Services-The regular Y. M. c. A. mems meetings will be resumed at the Pastime theatre [ tomorrow afternoon. Rev. w. M. An derson, pastor of the Woodlawn Bap- tist church, will make the address and l"True Greatness will be his subject MT. Anderson is a thoughtful and help kul speaker and his address on this subject will be of special interest The opening service of song begins at 3:30. All men will receive a cordial wei come.
 MuIga Report Not Ready-The official report of the Mulga mine disaster to , be made to the governor of the state Is still being delayed by Chief Mine ' Inspector Hillhouse MT. Hillho house was at Mulga yesterday gathering more data. It is intimated that the real cause of the explosion Is still unknown to the experts. It is claimed that there was very little of either dust or gas in the mine at the time of the explo- sion. The report will be finished with in few days but the contents will not be known until the report is sent to the governor.
 Fire at I. F. Lewis HOme-Because of poor water pressure the beautiful residence of I. F. Lewis, 2210 Ridge Park avenue, was damaged yesterday by fire to the extent of S1000.' The fire was caused by a spark on the roof. The fire department arrived in good time, but was unable to do anything Tor several minutes until the engine arrived to pump water through the nose. The water would not even run out Of the nozzle, it was claimed, until the engine was connected to the wat plug. Chief Bennett said yesterday that the new water standpipe which is be- Ing erected on Red mountain is 10 supply this section with water pressure and that 1t will soon be completed.
 Literary Society Meetings-The regu- ular weekly meeting of the Yancey Lit erary society was held yesterday after noon at the High school, the members answering to roll call with quotations from Burns. The programme. of fine day was a debate on the social an, A economic question, Resolved, That the Cheapest Is the Best" The judges de- cided in favor of the negative. as pre- scented by Pe,cy Meadow and Hal Dun can, while the argument for the af- frmat tive was ably advanced by Lee Poe and William Ratliff The Hilliard society discussed an equally absorbing ethical problem, Resolved, That Old Maids Are a Nuisance" A number of speakers were appointed to debate the question extemporaneously. In the de- cision rendered by the judges 1t was set forth that old maids as social ne- cessities may not be rightly considered nuisances.