The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-20
NeWs of Ensley

A crowd that overtaxed the capacity
 of the inferior court room attended the
 meeting of the voters of Ensley and Vivian last night at Ensley. Dr. Ayeryt
 presided and introduced the speakers Judge Lane city commissioner, was first. He discussed at length the fea-
 lures of the contract with the light com pany which the city recently made. Judge Lane pronounced the contract and its main features as fraudulent and the light company as consumate monopoly. The connected load, he said, was itself great fraud and misleading. He read some affidavits regarding the much talked of difference in opinion regarding the two contracts, that of the cent fare and 10 year contract, stating that they were entirely separate things and that in his opinion as an attorney that if brought into the courts as one contract that they would meet with defeat. He referred to
 the failure of the company to grant a
 cent fare in the "zone.' an expression used by the company for the reason that
 the Tidewater company did not touch sne zone" Judge Lane was frequently anpauded during his talk
 He was followed by I. R. Hornady. George Huddleston, k. B. Parker and others who discussed the vital issues
 relative to the contract Other meetings will be held in beat 45 before the elec- ton, which is January %.
 Judge Thomas J. Roe, recently appoint ca 1uuge of the inferior court of Ems ley, received his commission from the go, ernor yesterday and this morning he will formally assume charge of the court Judge Roe is one of the best known young men in the city and he is receiv- 'ng numerous congratulations on his ap- pointment. His friends predict that he will make one of the best judges in the county.
 Yesterday was a day of big fines in te islisiey recorders court, Recorder cWry presiding. George McMillan, d negro, who was arrested by Officers Wea- yer and Gallups. was fined sl00 and slso days for burglarizing the store of Mir. Lacy at Pratt City, and two negro youths Shade Stewart and Ben Glasgow, aged II and F years. respectively, were sent to the reform school in connection with the same crime. It was charged that
 the boys hid themselves in the store dur ing the day and at a late hour at night unbclted the door and let McMillan and two other negroes in and they carried off about s65 worth of cutlery and
 
 Harris, aged 16 years each. were fined 70 for stealing some bicycles some time ago. They are known to the police as the wheel thiefs." Jim Smith, a negro was fined $50 for stealing some crossties
 e~an the Southern Railway company Charles Johnson was fined s100 for an tlie.ea robbery of an Italian store on Avenue F and Fifteenth street. Ed Collis was fined for stealing some clothing from a room which he had rented in core Collins stated to the court that when he rented the room that he thought any thing in it belonged to him. acting un'eT the belief that possession is nine points in law His ignorance cost him S5o He pawned the stolen clothing. All or the I above offenders were arrested by Detec- tives wiggins and Granger. Officers Civ ems and Furey arrested Frank Alison. white, and John Williams and John Alt
 man, negroes. upon the charge or tres passing on the Frisco property at Pratt
 City. They were each uned N.5o.