The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-25
CITY ITEMS


CITY ITEMS
BOYS Run Away-Fred Payne and jay
Batson, both ~ years" DID, are report
cd as having run away from their
homes at Bessemer The police are
looking for them.
seay Trial Today-The preliminary
hearing of Ed Seay the negro VINO
killed Paymaster j. G. Armstrong at
Ishkooda several weeks ago, will be
held at 2 o'clock this afternoon before
Judge H. B. Abernethy.
philip Simpson Robbed-Philip Simp-
son, while waiting at the corner of
Second avenue and Twentieth street
for car, put his suitcase down be-
side him late yesterday afternoon. He
gazed down a moment later and it was
gone. "Who has it?" he would like
to know.
Train Is Delayed-Louisville and
Nashville train. due here at S:25 O'Clock,
was delayed yesterday morning quite q
while by a breaking in the engine ma
chinery near Athens, Ala. A new en-
CINE was sent to the train and with
this equipment the limited was oper-
ated into Birmingham.
Band Concert Last Nighttime band
concert in Capitol park last night was
attended by crowd estimated at be-
tween 1000 and 5000. A popular pro-
gramme was rendered and the listener
gave appreciative attention to the mu
sic. The next concert will be given in
Capitol park Sunday afternoon
Diamond Ring Returned-The dia-
mond ring which was lost Thursday by
Dr. B. s. Lester was found and re-
turned to the rightful owner by Mr..
Short whose first name could not be
learned last night. Mr.. Short found
the diamond on the sidewalk and hunt
ed several hours, he states, for the
owner
Loses Insurance PoIicies-yvhile in a
prominent hotel yesterday George
Greene, a Birmin CHAM lawyer, lost six
life insurance policies amounting in
all to $1,000. The policies were taken
out in the name of Mr. Greene's faith
err James F. Greene. Mr.. Greene said
that his name was in the wallet con-
tanning them.
Coal Cars DeraiIed-A broken fang
on a freight train operated by the
Frisco railroad derailed eight cars YES
terday. The limited train which is due
two hours late. The main line was
clear few hours after the derail.
ment. No one was injured. The cars
which turned over were loaded with
coal.
Bar Association Meeting-A meeting
of the Jefferson County Bar assocla-
ton will be held at the courthouse
at 10 o'clock this morning for the pur-
pose of drawing up resolutions IN re-
spect TO the memory of the late Judge
A. A. Coleman. Call for the meetihS
has been issued by Judge A. y. Lana
Judge H A. Sharpe, E. II. Cabaniss
and Judge A. c. Howe
Hit with Billiard Cue-Oscar Lance
was taken to the Hillman hospital last
night with a slight fracture of the
skull. 1t was claimed that Lance was
struck with billiard cue IN one of
the downtown pool parlors ard that he
was hurt Intentionally 1t was not
known who struck him, but he is not
seriously injured The men started
ouarelling over some feature of the
game, it was claimed
mr.. Moore TO Speak-Dr. A. r. Moore.
who has lust returned from an extend
ed trip through Palestine, Will TAX
TO the First Christian church Baraca
class tomorrow morning at $40 O'Clock
in the Baraca room. His sub1ect VIII
he. "Some of the Interesting Things
of'a Trip Through the Holy Lond.' Dr..
Moore is very impressive speaker
and his talk will be interesting as Wen
as instructive. All young men are cor
daily invited to be present
u NJ. C, A. Meeting TOmOrrow-Ihe
Y NJ c. A. meeting for men at 'he
Past,me theatre tomorrow afternoon
will be a service of special interest. A
snecial orchestra under the direction
of Professor Manglesdorff VIII assist
in the preliminary service beginning
at $3.50. What is true success, Will oe
the subject of a practical talk py D.
d. Williams, principal of the Wood
lawn Central school. All men are cor
daily invited.
Maben Greatly Improved G. Ma
hen Jr who was recently injured IN
an automobile accident near Bessemer'
has improved so much that he has been
removed 10 his home. Mr. Maben has
entirely regained the normal use or
his arms and his legs which were Sc
yerely crushed The accident in which
Mr., Maben played the principle role
was remarkable not to be attended by
fatal results. His escape as well as
that of c. c. Nixon, who was in thu
car at the time, is considered mar
velous.
superintendents COnfer-A special
called meeting of all the Southern rail-
way superintendents of the western
district was held yesterday in the Of
fces of L.. c. Harris, general superin-
tendent Mr. Harris held his first staff
meeting last week and when the report
became current In railroad circles that
another was being held Yesterday a
mild surprise was created The SUI
perihtendents came in Thursday night
and, after being adjourned yesterday
afternoon, left Immediately for their
several headquarters. No announce
nent was made by the officers relative
TO the conference.