The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-19

Three members of the park commission met with the committee from the
 Ensley club yesterday at noon in the ing was for the purpose of presenting to the park commission the advantages of locating the proposed geological gar den in the Ensley park.
 The members of the park commission who attended the conference were N B. Stack, who acted as chairman pro tenn; Frank w. Smith and Hugh Mar tin. w. R. Stewart stated to the mem l bers of the park commission that it was
 the belief of the citizens of Ensley that the 70 acres of Woodland park in Ems | ley was the logical point at which to place the zoo; that the natural conforma- l ton was ideal, and was similar to the zoo grounds in Central park in New York; l that the location proposed by Ensley was accessible, beautiful and of sufficient size. l Mr Stewart on behalf of the committee pledged the commission $500 to be used I in providing necessary buildings and equipment for the temporary location at the Ensley park.
 | ] selection of permanent site for the zoo
 be placed upon a competitive basis the locality raising the largest sum of money to be devoted to the building and equip ment of the geological park to be the | winner thus insuring large sum avail
 able within a short time.
 Mrs. E. L. Swann returned Thursday evening from Clanton, where she was called on account of the death of her mother, Mrs. P. E. Jones, who died on Wednesday night as result or Tall several days ago. Another daughter of the deceased who accompanied Mrs. Swann was Mrs. F. l.. Martin of East
 Birmingham.
 Nine white men and a negro were fined under a section of the city code which has to do with gaming by Recorder Low ry yesterday morning. The alleged pur- pose of the assemblage. according to the defendants. was to partake of 'possum supper, which one of the number had provided. It is understood that officers l Eubanks, Frie, Zeigler and Crenshaw un- l feelingly interrupted the enjoyment of the I epieureans about l;s0 yesterday morning | and placed all the members of the party under arrest.
 News has reached Ensley of the mar riage of MT. A. F. Hileke in Pueblo, | Col, Thursday morning to Miss Dempsey. MT. Hilleke is one of the most promi-
 nent citizens of Ensley. He is superin- l tendent of the Semet-Sovay company and l is an official of one of the largest real estate concerns of the city. Miss Demp- sey is well known here, having formerly
 been teacher in Ensley. The news of
 the wedding came as a great surprise l to their many friends.
 Willie Jordan. the s-year-old son of | Henry Jordan of Pratt City, died Thurs | day morning of acute nephritis. The | funeral was held yesterday afternoon, in 1 torment being at Pratt City cemetery. | The football team of the Ensley High school is ready to meet the eleven from the University Training school, the game being scheduled for 3:30 this afternoon. Notwithstanding the fact that the rain l yesterday afternoon prevented practice. the local lads announce themselves ready | for the fray and state that the team is much better than when it defeated Owen l ton 22 to o. The lineup for the game will be as follows Right end. D. Gin
 gery; left end. R. R. Mcdowell and Reed ';
 guards, Eubank and Brown; tackles, De-