The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-27
NEWS 0E ENSLEY

The management of the express company has taken up with Captain Donlon of the Ensley police depart ment the mater of the negroes block ading the sidewalk in front of the local office and as a result arrangements are being made to rent the vacant store next to the express office and use this for patrons while waiting for their packages. The matter was taken up at the recent meeting of the city com missioners in this city, who in turn gave it over to Captain Don1on. The commissioners stated that the express company should provide room inside their place of business to handle the situation without blockading the side walk. At present this vacant store is leased for sometime, but it is thought that arrangements can be made to se- cure its immediately.
 Captain Donlon also took up with the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company the matter of closing the gates of the cars while waiting at Nineteenth street and Avenue E for other cars. An ordinance was recent . ly enacted by the commissioners for bidding automobile owners to pass a street car while they were receiving or
 
 wates were open. Complaint was made to the commissioners that the local cars have to wait five or ten minutes to make connections with other cars and stand with the gates open Conse- quently the automobiles either have to go around some other way or wait till the car moves on. Captain Donlon has made arrangements with the street car company that all cars standing at this point should close their gates as soon as all the passengers are discharged or received and autos are allowed to pass when the gates are closed. Minnie Alexander, negro woman, was shot in the head and Nancy Alex ander her mother, was shot in the head and arm Thursday night about II o'clock in the Semet-Solvay quarters with a shotgun loaded with bird shot, and a negro by the name of Will Jack son has been arrested and charged with the shooting. According to the report to the police, the negroes had been quarreling at a dance and it is said Jackson stated he was going to kill the negro woman. When they left the dance hall it is alleged Jackson fol- lowed them some distance and then shot them with a shotgun. The negro | womans head is literally full of bird 1 shot, but it is not thought that they ! ed little later and locked up in the | Ensley jail.
 1 The members of the Christian En- l deavor society of the Ensley Highland 1 Presbyterian church have postponed their entertainment which was to be 1 held tonight until next Saturday. The entertainment will be given in honor 1 of the winning team in the new mem- bership contest of which F. H. Cheese l brough was captain and will be. en- l tertained by the members of the losin 2 l team. of which Miss Glass was cap tain. An interesting programme is be- ing arranged and the affair will be
 held at the church.
 The Grace chapter of the Westmin- . ster Guild of the Ensley Highland i Presbyterian church will meet this aft 1 ernoon at 2:50 o'clock at the home of 1 the Misses Crews, at Crews station of | the South Ensley car line. The feature 1 of the meeting will be the monthly mite box opening. All members are in vited to be present. @
 l Rev. and Mrs. B. T. Waits returned 1 Thursday night from Rockford. where | they spent the Thanksgiving holidays with MT. Waits father of that place
 who is 79 years of age and is hale
 and hearty.
 R. w. Russell, who underwent an | operation for appendicitis last week at the Birmingham infirmary, is steadily improving and is expected to be 1 brought home next Tuesday
 Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Cummings have
 returned from visit to relatives in Tennessee.