The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-24
ENSLEY MERCHANTS
 WILL MEET TONIGHT
Several Matters of Importance
 to Be Taken Up
ARCADE ON AVENUE E
in Alahama-No Change at Pres ent In the EnsIey-Pratt
 Postoffice

| The Merchants association of the
 Bessemer district will meet tonight at
 the inferior court rooms for the pur- pose of transacting much important l business Every merchant, mechanic, or professional man in Ensley. Wylam
 and Pratt City is urged to be present also everyone interested In the district. There are many matters to be discussed
 including the matter of more police
 protection. consolidation of the post office. a trade at home movement and many other questions of vital in-
 terest to the Ensley district. The meeting will be called to order promptly at o'clock.
 Burns Anniversary
 The Caledonian club of Vivian vii, celebrate the anniversary of Scotland's s great poet, Robert Burns, with fitting and appropriate exercises. The commit tee on arrangements has about com pleted all the details and have pre- pared a fine programme which will in- clude the rendition Of "songs and stories" from the works of Burns that are ever dear to the Scottish heart. InO fnuSlCdl nuIHDeTS WILL De Sulteu to the occasion. while the dunces will bring to mind the hills and dales "O' Bonnie Doon." True Scotch hospitality will be dispensed, the viands in keep ing with the occasion. The affair will be attended by the prominent Scotch men of the district. including his high ness, the Duke of Fife
 No Consolidation Soon
 That the consolidation of the Ems ley-Pratt postoffice with that of B.r- mingham Is a thing of the distant fu- ture seems to be the opinion of Joseph O. Thompson. who has Just returned from Washington. where he has been on a visit to those higher up.' It Is understood he made the state ment that the proposed consolidation was Tong way off," and that the present conditions would remain. This is regarded as the end of the agitation for the present at least, and Is received with much satisfaction by the citizens of the two towns and vicinity.
 Arcade on Avenue E
 The gas arcade for the illumination of Avenue E, between Eighteenth and Twentieth street, is being installed and the workmen are placing the arc posts. Thirty posts will be placed at intervals on the avenue, each surmounted by a large globe. The gas arcs are of im- mense power and shed a most brilliant
 white light. It is claimed by those in terested in the establishment of the ar
 cade that the area covered will be the
 most brilliantly lighted spot in the state. The work will be completed next week. Death of Mrs. Maritime
 James H. Leath, clerk of the inferior court, received telegram yesterday con- veying the sad intelligence of the death of his sister, Mrs. Joseph Maritime, which occurred yesterday at Waco, Tex. The interment will be made in Birmingham and the remains will arrive in the city Wednesday at 6:3O o'clock. Much sym pathy Is extended to MT. Leath and fam fly, there having been several bereave- ments in the immediate family of late. Personal and General The Tuesday Afternoon club, composed of the Jewish ladies of Ensley, will be entertained this afternoon by Mrs Simon Goldstein at her home on Avenue F. Miss Jessie and Miss Mamie Ingram were called to Goodwater Sunday on ac- count of the death of their sister. MT and Mrs. W. M McCready of Beth lehem, Pa, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Snow, on Avenue H.
 Arthur A. Lovett of the Ensley shoe store left yesterday for New York, where he is to be married Wednesday. The Amphion club will give their monthly hop next Friday evening at Perkins hall.
 Beckwith Wilson of Pittsburg Pa, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Cecelia Wilson, on Avenue D.