The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-13
NEWS OF ENS[EY

The second quaterly meeting of the district convention of the Birmingham Sunday schools will be held Sunday aft ernoon at the First Presbyterian church of this city at 8 o'clock s. S. Heide, district president has requested all the superintendents of the various Sunday schools to have as large an attendance as possible. The following programme will be rendered: Devotional, Rev. w. M Wise; selection, male quartet; roll call and marking of chart by Miss M. c. Kennedy; address, Sunday School Evan gelism Through the Adult Bible Glass;" by Mrs. J. E. Ramsey; song. "Birmng- ham for Christ" congregation; address. "Older Boys Part in the Sunday School" by Gordon Palmer; solo, selected, by MT. ACheesbrough; address, "Older Girls Part in the Sounday school" by Miss Ida Jennings; solo, selected, by Miss Gladys Propst; business session and adjourn ment. Representatives from all the Sun day schools in this district are expected to be present, together with their super intendents.
 Troop No 21 of the Boy Scouts of this city will leave this morning for hike to Shades creek. They will meet at the home of Scout Master E. F. Cleve- land and go to Edgewater on the car, hiking from that point to the creek, a distance of seven miles. They will carry provisions for two meals. dinner and supper. A number of "tenderfoot'' scouts are planning to take the exam ination to become second class scouts while on this hike. To pass this exam ination the applicant is required to have elementary knowledge Of first aid work and of ''wigwagging'' or signaling the Morse code: the ability to trot half mile in 12 minutes; to go one mile in 25 minutes at the scouts pace and to know how to use a knife and hatchet properly. The boy scout movement is becoming very popular in this city and the local troop is receiving a large number of ap- plicatons for membership. Each week they take hike throughout the coun- try.
 Because he turned in a faise alarm to the Ensley fire department about II o'clock Thursday night, G. E. Walton, a white man, was fined $15 by Judge J. T. Lowry in the Ensley police court yester- day morning. He turned in the alarm rom Avenue E ana N1netee0ln street. The police department arrested a negro by the name of Joe Rogers early yes- terday morning on suspicion. When ar rested he had five chickens in a bag, which had just been killed. The police department has been unable to locate the owner so far.
 In a fast and exciting basketball game yesterday afternoon the European Girls Literary society defeated the Thalian Girls Literary society by score of to 6. The game was fast and hard fought throughout. The lineup was as follows: European, Ollie Montgomery and Rebekah Gay, forwards; Mabel Richie center; Lucille Long and Gertrude Gravilee, guards. Thalian, Margaret Goodwin and Margaret Suppler, forwards; vergie Dick ems, center; Bennie Spink and Louise Matheau. guards.
 Yesterday afternoon about 5:15 o'clock the Ensley fire department was called to the residence of P. l.. Day, on Avenue F and Twenty-first street. A flue was burning out and no damage occurred. The ladies of the St. Anthony Altar society will conduct a sale at the Ensley Real Estate and Investment company office all day Saturday. Pastry of all kinds will be for sale.
 Mrs. C. B. Campbell, of o10 Thirty ninth street, Fairfield, was bitten on the ankle by a vicious dog yesterday morn ing about o'clock. She was walking down the street when the dog suddenly jumped at her and bit her on the ankle. It is stated that the dog is not mad. but is very vicious animal