The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-18
News of Ensley

Everything is in readiness for the big
 athletic meet which will be held at the
 fair grounds this afternoon and the two
 playgrounds of this city are anxiously
 waiting for the time to commence the
 exercises. The children of the Ensley
 park playground association are request
 ed to be on hand at the park at 80
 o'clock. wheer three large motor trucks
 will be ready to carry them to the
 grounds. A number of automobiles will
 also be on hand to accommodate the
 crowd
 The members of the association are try
 ing to make Ensley have the largest
 crowd present at the meet than any other
 suburb. All the children taking part in
 the exercises and the people attending
 from this city will wear the park colors,
 old rose and white As no admission to
 the grounds will be charged programme
 will be sold to cover the necessary ex-
 penses. The following girls will sell pro-
 grammes: Miss Agnes Long, Miss Louise
 Matheu, Miss Lucile Long, Miss Edna
 Stewart. Miss Dorothy Youngblood, Miss
 Margaret Norris, Miss Carrie Blue, Miss
 Emma Phillips and Miss Erline Candy
 The children of the Ensley Wesley
 house are also requested to meet at their
 playgrounds at l 80 o'clock, where auto
 mobile trucks will be on hand to carry
 them to the fair grounds. The children
 will all carry banners and also the colors
 of the playgrounds. Over 200 children
 from this city will take part in the ex- ercises and have been practicing daily
 for the event and they are expected to
 make a fine showing.
 Deputy Sheriff Bob Franklin shot and
 almost instantly killed Oscar Palmer, a negro, Sunday night about o'clock at Mulga. It is stated that Palmer was causing trouble in the negro quarters iE Mulga, and threatened to kill everyone who came before him. He was armed with a Swiss army rifle and when Dep. uty Franklin. who was called to the scene to quiet the disturbance, came into the house, it is said Palmer raised his rifle but before he could level it he was shot through the stomach and heart, dying in a few minutes. Coroner Charles L.. Spain investigated the killing yesterday and rendered verdict of justifable hom- icide.
 Yesterday afternoon Chief s. A. Middle ton, of the Birmingham fire department, with Foreman Joe Tetlow, of the Ensley department, were busy getting the loca- tion for several new fire plugs which will be installed at Shady Side imme- diately. Through the efforts of the Ems ley clu bthe city will install a number of fire plugs throughout this city and orders for four plugs will be put in at once The new plugs will be located at Shady Side in the following places: Eighteenth street and Twentieth avenue Fourteenth street and Avenue l., Eighteenth street and Nineteenth avenue, Sixteenth street and Twenty eighth ayepIIe
 The regular meeting of the Steel City, No. 190, Knights of Pythias, will be held tonight in the hall on Avenue E. Several important matters will be taken up, i'm cluding the final arrangements for the candidates and delgates to the conven- tion of the Third Pythian district, which will be held in Cullman Twelve dele gates from this lodge will take the trip together with number of the members of the lodge and about 12 candidates to be initiated into the lodge, who will take all three ranks in the order. The rank of esquire will be conferred upon several candidates. The following have been ap- pointed as delegates from the Ensley lodge: Thomas R. Walker, Ross Tar brough A. B. Brown. c. D. Gray, A. E. Wells, c. w. Cole, L. w. Clarke C. E. Tyler J. B. Powell, R. c. McMahon w. L. Emmual and A. D. Slye.
 The delegation will leave Thursday aft ernoon at 4 o'clock over the Louisville and Nashville on special train which has been chartered for all the lodges of thhe Birmingham district.
 Yesterday afternoon the Junior Baraca baseball team defeated the Junior park
 team by score of to 4. The Baraca
 team has only lost one game this season
 out of ten and is considered one of the