The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-04
TRANSFERLAWS
 BEING VIOLATED Ensley Police Hot After the
 Offenders FIREMEN ARE RESTING Have Been Fighting an Average of One Fire a Day for Three
 Weeks-Other Ensley
FIREMEN ARE RESTING

Ensley' police have been busy fol | the past week arresting people for Vlo' lating the transfer laws at Ensley and as a result number of them will have to face the recorder and eX- plain.
 There is a city ordinance that for bids the use of transfers by any one except the persons to whom they are issued. It has been the custom oi number of people to meet at cer- l tain points every morning and after noon and give transfers to each other thus beating the street car company out of a ride.
 The police have been watching these locations for several days and following persons to whom transfers were given and arresting them when they were used.
 The police are determined to break up the practice at the various points of transfer in the city and to have the offenders punished.
 After fighting an average of over one 1 fire a day for about three weeks, the | taxation from their strenuous duties Eighteen fires occurred in the past It days, one of them being $16,000 loss | namely, the Bessemer Grocery com panys wholesale store. This is the largest fire to occur in the city since | there has been a fire department here and since the destructive fire which oc- | cured on Seventeenth street years ago when Ensley was en embryo city. Ems ley, previously to March, had been re- markedly free of fire losses of i'm portance, but the windy month made up for all previous months
 "The Eternal City"
 Much interest is being manifested in the illustrated lecture to be delivered at the Ensley opera house Friday even- ing April ', by Rev. A. K. Wright. Rome, the Eternal City" which has for everyone a many-sided interest, is the subject of this lecture. MT | Wright spent year in travel In Eu rope and the east, and made special study for the lecture platform. The lecture is replete with facts concern | ing historical Rome A short musical | programme will be given preceding l the lecture. The lecture Is given un- | der the auspices of the School Improve ment association of the Ensiey high | school for the benefit of the piano fund
 Officers of Children's Chapter
 The Lucy .Hollingsworth chapter of the Children of the Confectionery were entertained Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs k. T. Fields on Avenue n ,Hnr an. and officers for the ensuing terms were elected as follows: Carrie Beckham l president; Lucie Reese, vice president | Esther Sheldon, treasurer; Marie Broadnax. secretary; F'loy Stewart. his torian; Romilda Oakley, register. A committee was appointed to cooperate with Stonewall chapter United Daugh- ters of the Confederacy, to assist in celebrating Memorial Day. Refresh ments were served by the hostess The next meeting will be with Marie Broad max, April 15.
 Funeral of Mrs. Dunlop
 Mrs A. H. Dunlop, for 30 years a resident of Pratt City and Ensley, died at her home on Avenue F Sunday after a long illness. Mrs. Dunlop is survived by her husband and seven or eight children. One of her daughters, Mrs w. D. Washington, now residing in Oklahoma, attended the funeral. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon Rev. E. c. Comfort, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating.
 Personals
 Prof. B. B. Baker, president oi Daphne Normal school, was the guest of his brother, Assistant Superintend- ent N. R. Baker, of the Birmingham public schools, Sunday. Professor Ba. ker was much pleased over the appro- priation of $10,000 by the legislaturt for his college.
 | Mrs. w. l.. Hobson continues quite il at her home at Fairview.
 Mrs. Huston Davidson of Calera is the guest of Mrs. William Brodie al Corey.