The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26

taker, has purchased the business of Gaudin & Kennedy on Avenue E, near the Ensley fire department, and has opened a first-class undertaking par Tor at that place. The premises are be- ing renovated and new line of goods have been received. MT. Coburn is well known in the district and was formerly with Kennedy Brothers of Bessemer.
 Lecture on Sportmanship Under the auspices of the various School Improvement associations of Ensley an illustrated free lecture will be given at the opera house on Mon day night March 27, at o'clock
 Tho subject is 1.-The True Sportsman"
 It will be given by Assistant Superin- tendent of Education N. R. Baker, as
 sisted by MT. R. l.. Dimmitt, director of manuel arts of the Birmingham schools.
 Dr. J. H. Phillips will probably be pres ent and will explain the purpose of ene
 board of education in arranging for these extension lectures with the cooperation
 of the school Improvement associal- tions.
 The lecture is highly moral and should attract patrons and friends of the school and all interested in the moral uplift of the community.
 Saturday Accidents
 A white miner named Will Evans was seriously injured yesterday by an ex- plosion of dynamite at Short Creek mines, where he was employed The young man was attempting to remove a charge of dynamite that had failed to explode.
 In the explosion that followed Evans
 was terribly injured about the head and face. His mouth was literally blown to ms ad Ja also sustained a large hole in his right arm. He was brought to Ensley and taken to the Copeland infrmary In the ambulance of Echols & Angwin Saturday afternoon about 8 o'clock a | little negro girl was fatally burned by its clothes being ignited from a fire used by its mother to wash clothes The child was dreadfully burned and was rushed to the Cunningham hospital, where its injuries were attended to- The
 mother of the child is named Covington, and lives on Avenue I and Centre street The dead body of a negro baby was found near some bushes in the Nolan quarters Saturday morning by two ne- gro men. The infant was apparently few days old and was lying near a 1 large coffee can, which had evidently | been used to convey the body to tn e place 1t was, foound. Croner Brasher was notified and will hold an investigation tomorrow. Funeral of Mrs. Streight l The funeral of Mrs. A. P. Streight, who died Thursday morning at ~her home on Sixth avenue. Wylam will be conducted from the Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock Colfax 1 lodge, No. 50, Daughters of Rebekah, | of Wylam, and Croy hive of the Ladies | of the Maccabees of Birmingham will have charge of the funeral exercises.
 In addition to her immediate family the
 deceased is survived by two sisters,
 Mrs. r. G. Prosser and Mrs L. B.
 Bell of Clarksbrough, w. Va. who are
 here for the funeral A daughter, Mrs | H. Martin of Chicago, is also here. | The active pallbearers will be Phil Mat
 thews, John Mox'ey, William Haywood l J. T. Thomson, John Davis and P U.
 Browning.
 Special Church Services
 There will be services at Corey Sun l day at Il o'clock by the Rev. H. R. Schramm, who will preach at the Corey land office building. He will also preach
 in the same building at o'clock in the afternoon, and al 7:30 in the even | ing.
 The union services scheduled for this evening at the Ensley Methodist church give promise to be of great interest. The prominence of the speakers insures a profitable meeting and an overflowine crowd is anticipated. Most of the other churches have dispensed with the usual
 eevning service to give their congregation the opportunity to attend this meeting.
 Personal Mention
 Mrs. s. E. Spence is spending a few
 days with relatives and friends at Good water.
 l Frank Carlton of Blocton is visiting I friends in the city.
 l c. c. Kelley left Saturday for Minneap- opolis, Minn., where he will make his fu- ture home
 | Solicitor Joseph Tate has organized a branch of the University of Indiana and will hold meetings every two weeks at | the inferior club rooms.
 | Miss Christine Robbins was given a 1 surprise party at the home of her par l ents, Dr. and Mrs. Robbins, on Park ave nue, Friday evening. Many games were played and several musical selections rem dered. The guests included Misses Lidla Hood, Alma Snapp, Carrie Beckhani, Florence Rogers, Fay Barnhart, Edith | McWillams, Marie Hickman, Julia Baze- | more, and Messrs. Leslie Walker, Frank | Wells Clifford Propst John Clark, Au- | brie Wells, Ernest Propst Harold Baker, | and Kent Duncan.