The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-29
NEWS OF ENSLEY

Fire completely destroyed the residence of II. C. Altman. residing at Sixteenth Court and Pike avenue. Ensley Highlands
 last night about s o'clock. Mir. Altman
 and family were away from home when the fire happened and knew nothing about 1t until they returned home several hours later and found the smoking ruins. The cause of the fire is unknown It was discovered by nelghbors after it had
 gained considerable headway. The Ensley
 and Eairview fire departments answered
 the alarm and had hard work in saving
 the adjoining residence
 Funeral services over the remains of
 Miss Myrtle Shaddick. who died Wednes- day afternoon about o'clock at a Bir-
 mingham infirmary following an opera
 ton, will be conducted this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Ensley Methodist church. Interment will be at Elmwood cemetery. She is survived by her parents
 AIr. and Mrs. J. P. Shaddick, three
 brothers, W. IT, Shaddicl, ]. P. shaddick,
 Jr.. and Harrison shaddck and one sis
 ter, Mrs. Howard Dean of Hartford
 Conn.
 A sad feature connected with the death
 of Miss Shaddiclk is the bereavement of
 the family in the loss of her brother Clifford Shaddick, five months ago. Her
 father is superintendent of the rail mill
  laborers' union of that city, made a
 brief talk in behalf of the bill. T represent 90 per cent of the work ing people of Birmingham, he began l am here at my own expense. because
 the people whom I represent could not
 afford to pay my expenses" Do you believe this bill should ex- empt the pawnbroker?" he was asked | by a member of the committee. T believe the pawnbroker does a | legitimate business" was the reply. | MT. Shapiro then interrupted the l speaker by saying that be had an amendment prepared which would make pawnbrokers subject to the provisions l of the bill.
 | In concluding his talk MT Wood de- | livered bitter arraignment against the loan sharks.
 "They take advantage of every con dition of life." he said. "They take ad- vantage of poverty, sickness and ignor- ance."
 Presents Testimonial Before addressing the committee in oposition to the bill, J. W. Maynor O. Birmingham. who is interested in tho money lending business, presented to the committee testimonial of his good character and reliability. The testi-
 monial bore the signatures of Judges I. II. Benners William M. Walker II E. Abernethy, J. F. Stiles, William Grubb
 and Ed H. Dryer and N. l.. Steele. MT. Maynor asserted that he thought
 some regulation of the money lending
 business was necessary, but declared that the Shapiro measure was too
 drastic. He was frequently questioned
 during the course of his remarks, and
 was about to begin heated colloquy
 With MT. Shapiro over the possession Of
 paper which the Jefferson representa-
 tive had secured when he was called
 to order by the committee MT. Maynor's attention was called to blank assignment form, or contract
 used in his business, when he stated that he wished to explain how the paper came into MT. Shapiro's possession. MT. Shapiro said it was not necessarv
 Tor him to explain. and intimated to the committee that the paper had come into his hands by the use of questionable meth ods
 Following the public hearing. the committee went into executive session Later 1t was learned that they had de- cided to make a favorable report on the bill.