The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-18
.SUGG MAY Be NEXT
.ENSLEY POSTMASTER.
Said to Be Slated to Succeed
Kennamer-News of
Ensley

That D. f. Sugg will be the next post
master of Ensiey and that the appoint
ment will be made at an early date is
the latest development following the story
in The Age-Herald yesterday in which
the facts in regard to charges having
been made against Postmaster j. T. Ken
manner of having been ''perniciously active
politically"
A well known local democrat who is in
close touch with political affairs stated
yesterday that regardless of the charges
against the present postmaster it was
practically settled that Mr.. Sugg would
be the next postmaster of Ensley. He
stated that ii was known in Ensley prior
to the filing of the charges against Mr..
I<ennamer that the tenure in office Of
the present occupant would be short, and
that Mr.. Sugg would receive the appoint
ment. Mr.. Sugg is at present in the
office of Sheriff McAdory.
The news that charges were being in
vestigated against ]. r. Kennamer
aroused = great deal of interest in Ems
ley yesterday and caused considerable
flutter among prospective candidates for
the position. II the statement in regard
to Mr.. Sugg being the lucky man proves
true, something like 20 would be post
masters will be greatly disappointed.
The death of Mrs. Sarah A. Echols, one
of the Oldest residents of Ensley. oc-
CURED yesterday afternoon at o'clock
at the residence at 700 Seventeenth street.
Mrs Echols was native of Cobb county.
Georgia, and lived near Rome, in that
state, for number of years. She was
70 years, six months and five days OF
age at the time of her death. Mrs. Echols
was a member of the Ensley Methodist
n beine ha hers
of that institution in Ensley. She is sur
vived by her husband, j. F. Echols, a
son, d. A. Echols and a daughter. Mrs
]. T. Culpepper. The funeral will be
held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at
Crumley.s chapel. The services will be
conducted by Rev. ]. s. Glasgow. :.
p. A. Powers, we'll known resident of
Ensley, died Wednesday afternoon at
Tampa, Fla. Mr. Powers was a locomo-
tive engineer on the Florida East Coast
railroad, and has lived in Ensley for about
seven years. He left Ensey about a
month ago. He is survived by his widow,
who was formerly Miss Ida Morris, a
sister of d. w. Morris of Ensley Also
ers, Sterling Webster Powers and Percy
Ashton Powers. the two latter being
twins The funeral will be held Friday
morning at 10 o'clock at Tampa.
A large and appreciative audience at
tended the performance of the "Old Maids
Convention" at the Ensey opera house
last night The farce was we'll presented
by notable cast of local talent and the
various plans submitted by the husband
hunters" were most amusing. Professor
Pinkerton's machine, THE Transform
Her. for the purpose of making old
maids into young ones, proved to be quite
a hit. Instrumental and vocal selections
by Miss Williams. Miss Reese Manning
Jones. Miss Agnes Long and little Miss
Elcise Harris were also enjoyable fea-
lures of the performance.
Mrs. j. Z. Powell of Atlanta Is visiting
the family of her brother Vernon Long,
in Ensley
Z. f.. Smott left last night for a busi-
ness trip of several weeks to points In
Ohio and Indiana.
Mrs. d. M. Lewis left yesterday for a
visit TO relatives and friends in Randolph.