The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-27
News of Ensley

petition is being circulated and freely signed requesting the city com r'issioners to have the open ditch run ming parallel with Canal street. Tux e''o cleaned out. The property owners in that vicinity claim that the canal
 has not been cleaned out since it was q g some l5 years ago. They claim that m The event of a neavy rainfall the
 Instructions in the canal retards the
 water from freely flowing to the creek
 and as consequence the adjoining blocks are covered with water The pe- tition is as follows.
 'Tc the Honorable Board of City Com- missoners:
 We, the undersigned property own CTS of Ensley, hereby petition your honorable body to have the canal that runs through the center of Canal street cleaned out. The canal has not been cleared of obstructions since it was surveyed and constructed many years |ago, and every time 1t rains it floods
 about Pa blocks in the city of Ems ley. This tcanal runs from McWilliams spring to the Village creek and IS filled with weeds, swamp grass, willow ;hicNets and filth of all kinds The aeaiih of the community demands that the canal be cleaned"
 Almost every property owner in tie vicinity of the canal has already signed the petition which will be pre- sented to the city commission at it's next meeting.
 Everything is inreadiness for the big picnic and outing to be given today at tho fair grounds by the Ensfey Elks At o'clock the gates will be thrown
 open and will last all day, closing to- night at II o'clock. In addition to the programme already published a mum Der of additional athletic events will be pulled off including half-mile foot lace between Tom Devereaux, Roddy Morrison and Groven Wren, all former
 stars on the cinder paths. P. Lotharia Lay and Frank Lange will wrestle, | catch h-as-catch-can, biting, scratching,
 aid kicking barred. There will be an ,tntomobile race between Victor John- soa. Ollie Thornton and Tony Meehl, m which the last machine to cross the | tape will be declared the winner Other unique sporting events will be l included in the programme and the committee in charge states that there l Will be something doing" all the time. i'dt-Nlub Will commence dt I CLOCK
 ane will continue until the picnic closes.
 l The regular meeting of the board of directors of the Ensley Baraca associa- . tion was held in the hall on Tuesday
 evening and several impoI tant matters
 Here taken up. Reports from several
 coirnittees were read and action taken. | A committee composed of l.. l.. Whit tie and J. A. Vandiver was appointed to buy Victrola for the association, also a committee to make arrange ment for a series of lectures to be given every Sunday afternoon. The committee will endeavor to commence
 these lectures about Sunday, Septem- : l Der 6.
 | Tuesday night about 10:30 o'clock Ed Nlmdrough. a negro. was held up anu badly beaten about the head by three unknown negroes between No. 1 quar-
 ters and Nineteenth street. The rob bars secured about s17.40 in cash. He
 was Enocked unconscious and left foi dead until some workmen. who were passing by, found him. He was giver medical attention and 1t was found l that he had several bad gashes on the head. Detectives are working on the i case
 |. yesterday morning ChafleS kelter, q Aoang man about IS years old, was ar rcsted and locked up in jail on charge
 ,f breaking into negro house. At the police station he stated that he had just come in from Philadelphia and that he entered the house to get some thing tc eat. Several negroes saw hir lin the house and called up the police department which made hurry run in tho police automobile and capture.
 him while in the house. His case will lcome up this morning.
 Tn hard fought battle yesterday lafternoon the T. c. l. baseball team defeated inc Pratt City No. 1 division team by a score of 1 to l. The game was pitchers battle throughout eacl ltwirler striking out II men. Timely Icrrors gave the T. c. l. team the vic tory. Batteries. T. c. l., Fancher ant
 Bush; Pratt City. McDuff and Cara iway.
 The Ensley Baraca junior baseball