The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-17
NEWS OF ENSLEY

While working at the by-product
 Robert J. Hays. aged 31, a carpenter,
 was overcome by the intense heat and died at his home on Accacia avenue, Hilltop, yesterday morning about ? o'clock. It is stated that MT. Hays and several other carpenters were work ing in the sun Thursday afternoon about 1 o'clock when he suddenly faint ed from the heat. He was given med
 ical attention as soon as possible and was later taken to his home where he died early yesterday morning. No funeral arrangements have been made on account of waiting to hear from relatives who live at distance He is survived by his widow and five chi1- dren.
 A large and enthusiastic meeting of the Pratt City Civic league was held last night in the Pratt City hall and several matters of importance were taken up. A committee composed of A. w. Dozier, A. H. Daniels and Hugh Lynch was appointed to invite the Jeff ferson county Confederate veterans to hold their next reunion in Pratt City. The veterans will hold their reunion
 sometime in August. The Sons of Vet
 erans and Daughters of the Confed-
 eracy are also invited. committee
 composed of practically all of the
 members of the league was appointed
 to go before the board of revenue this
 morning at 10 o'clock and ask that
 the proposed road from Birmingham to
 the Warrior river be run through Pratt
 City. They claim that an almost di-
 rect road can be built to the river,
 running through this city, and will
 present the route this morning at the
 meeting with the board of revenue. It
 was decided that the league would
 mee the first and third Friday nights
 of each month at the city hall at 7:30
 o'clock. The Pratt City Civic league
 has only recently been organized and
 is steadily growing in membership
 M. NJ. Mcdowell and George R. By
 rum returned Thursday night from
 Montgomery. where they were sent as
 a delegate from the Ehsley Merchants association in the interest of the new revenue bill. They stated that they have very favorable and satisfactory report to make at the next meeting Of the association.
 Henry Porter a negro, living at Pratt City was arrested last night at 8 o'clock by Officers Pope, Long and Wiggins on a charge of violating the prohibition law. The officers dug up five gallons of whisky which the negro had buried under his coal house. He will be given a hearing this morning before Judge J. T. Lowery.
 $100 yesterday morning in the Ensley police court on a charge of violating the prohibition law. He was arrest ed Thursday night about II o'clock by Officers Brown. Givens and Granger, who dug up a quantity of whisky which he had buried in his back yard An appeal was taken by the defendant. At the regular meeting of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows. held Thursday night in the Knights of Pythias hail on Avenue E. the plans for the new fraternal hall were brought up and approved by the mem bers. The plans have already been approved by the Steel City lodge No.
 19O, Knights of Pythias. and Steel City
 lodge No. 156. Woodmen of the World. There will be a meeting of the com
 mittees from the three lodges in the early part of next week and arrange
 ments will be made to start work on
 the hall The committees are as fol- lows: Knights of Pythias, George H.
 Younger. A. D. Slye and S. A. McCree; l. O. o. F., George H. Younger and F. R. Piper: W. O. w.. George H. Young CT, H. M. Mcdowell and Zack Walker. Funeral services over the remains
 of Claude Thompson. age 31 years, who
 died at the family residence on Eight
 eenth street and Avenue following an operation, will be conducted this aft
 ernoon at 3:30 o'clock from the resi- dence. Interment will be at Oakland cemetery The Rev. B. T. Waits of
 the Ensley Methodist church. assist ed by the Rev. J. w. Fulford of St Johns Episcopal church, will officate
 The deceased Is survived by his moth | CT. one brother and one sister.
 | Constable W. T. Cochran is able tc be out again following an operation al | a local infirmary.
 Denies Habeas Corpus Writ
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