The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-28
COMMENCEMENT OF
 ENSLEy SCHOOL
Exercises Will Start Tues
 day Night
REMARKABLE WOUND
Negro's Flannel Shirt Stopped prog ress of Assassin's Bullet-Fish- ing Party Goes to War
 riOr River

The following invitations have been is- sued to the patrons and friends of the Ensley public schools: "The graduating class of the Ensley High school request your presence at their class day exercises, to be held in the High School auditorium | Thursday morning. June 1, 1911 at 10 o'clock"
 The coming week will be one of much l activity in the Ensley schools, as the final examinations for promotion are be- ing held and other preparations are be. ing made for the closing of the schools for the summer months.
 On Tuesday night at 7:S 0o'clock kinder garten exercises will be held at the will be charged, the proceeds to go to the benefit of the kindergarten funds.
 Thursday morning at 1O:9O o'clock the graduating exercises will be held at the High school auditorium. The graduates, nine in number will receive their di- plomas at the Birmingham High school at S:3O Thursday evening.
 Friday all pupils who have passed the examination will receive their promotion certificates and all those who have com 1 pleted the seventh grade will gather at ] the High school at Il o'clock and receive l their promotion certificates to go to the l High school.
 Saved By Shirt
 About 9 o'clock Saturday morning a ne- gro named Frank Williams woke up Con- stable Lee White and stated he had been shot by a negro known as Rabbit"
 MT. White telephoned Judge Camp of the inferior court, and they proceeded to the courtroom to issue the warrant of ar rest. The negro was wearing a heavy flannel shirt, and on being asked where he was shot. took off his coat and revealed the fact that he was shot in the fieshy part of the back, and that the bullet had forced his shirt where 1t struck into the wound. MT. White attempted to withdraw the shirt, but without success. The ne- gro went to Cunningham hospital, where the bullet was extracted and the remark able fact revealed that the bullet had not penetrated the shirt, for the cloth was extracted the bullet came with it. The physicians state that had the bullet pene- trated a quarter of an inch further the wound would have been fatal, and that | the strength of the material had un- doubtedly saved the negro's life.
 Fishing Party 1 A fishing party left Ensley yesterday to spend a few days at Salter farm on the Warrior river. AS a preliminary pre- caution they took a basket of fish along with them in case the fish would not bite They took along some other things.
 Those in the party were J. Hoke Per llins, R. E. Chadwick Neil Hutchings, J Ellis Brown, J. S. Harris, G. w. Mohns James Jordan, Lee Bradley, James Bur. gin, Oscar Berney and Albert Spencer a-frr 1lFk ksL- at their destination last night.
 Corey Notes
 The Baptist Sunday school will mee this morning at the Gate lodge. Corey at 9:SO. Rev. H. R. Schramm of the Bap- tist church will preach at the same place at 7:45 this evening.
 l At 4:30 o'clock this afternoon the Christ church C1piseopaD services will be held Visitors cordially invited to these ser vices
 Mrs w. M. Person has returned from visit to her aunt, Mrs. Walter Stearns, at Atlanta.
 Mrs w. A. Freret and Misses Mary and Caroline Freret are visiting rela. tives in New Orleans.
 MT. and Mrs. Hosey have returned from trip to Little Rock, Ark.
 Services at St. Johns
 Rev J. A. Van Hoose will occupy the pulpit at St. Johns Episcopal church or | Avenue F and Sixteenth street this morning at Il o'clock. Everybody is cor dially invited to attend this service. The many friends of Rev. H. T. Walden will regret to learn that he is still sick al the home of his father in Decatur.
 An announcement of interest to her many friends in Ensley was that of the approaching marriage of Miss Beatrice Evans. who formerly resided in Ensley to MT. Winstead Hale of Birmingham the wedding to occur on June 15, from the home of her aunt, Mrs R. c. Hoehn of Avondale.
 Personal and General Invitations are out announcing the ap-