The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-12
NEWS 0F ENSL.EY

The Christmas tree committee of Ems tive Order of Elks, will meet this morn ing at 10 o'clock to make arrangements for their Christmas baskets, which will be distributed among the poor of this district on Christmas morning. The fol- lowing have been appointed on the com- mittee: o. A. Emerson, Louis Maenza, J. Ellis Brown, c. H. Wood. L. c. Craft, Will Landrum, D. A. Echols, Tom Deveraux, Dr. c. E. Tedder, Grover Wren, Harry Jones, F. O. Harris, N C. Thomas, Victor Johnson and Tom Moxley. The proceeds from the three perform apces of the Elks minstrel is placed in the charity fund to provide the baskets.
 Each year the committee visits the homes of the needy of Ensiey and vicin- ity and leaves basket filled with Christ mas cheer and candy and toys for the children. On Wednesday evening the Elks minstrel will be given in Pratt City under the auspices of the Pratt City Park Improvement association.
 The remains of Mrs. A. G. Overton, who died yesterday afternoon about l o'clock at an infirmary in Birmingham, will be carried this morning to Pineapple for burial at the family cemetery. She is survived by her husband, her mother and father, MT. and Mrs. Phillip Kyser; two brothers, J. M. Kyser, and Dr. P. M. Kyser, and one sister, Miss Bert Kyser, of this city. The remains will be carried over the Southern which leaves Ensley at 7:20 o'clock, and owing to the early morning hour there will be no funeral services conducted in this city. A sad feature about the death of Mrs. Overton
 is that her infant son died last Friday. The deceased was well known and much beloved, and her sudden death was great shock to her many friends. The pallbearers will be as follows: H. M. Cowart w. F. Nagel,
 w. B. Bridge, J. E. ripper, J. c. Barn. hart. J. J. Phillips, J. H. White and A. H. Moore. The remains will reach Pine apple tonight and funeral services will be held Monday.
 Despite the unpleasant weather a large number of children attended the chill dren's pictures which were shown at the Franklin theatre yesterday, and the ladies of this city are very much pleased over the outcome. The ladies of this district have taken up a movement to have spe- cial children's pictures shown at the local picture shows on Saturday, which has met with much approval The following representatives from the ladies clubs are in charge of the movement; Mrs. P. A. E.ubank of the Cosmos club, Mrs. Harry Hillhouse of the Thread of the Story club, Mrs. H. M. Cowart of the Mothers club, and Mrs. M V. Averyt of the Sesame club. These ladies took the matter up with D. S. McEachern, manager of the 1 Franklin theatre who agreed to show the picture each Saturday from 10 o'clock in the morning until o'clock in the after noon. The moving picture corporations will be asked to turn out pictures for children that will be educational as well as interesting and amusing together with l fairy stories. It is stated that this move ! ment is being taken up by womens clubs all over this country and is meeting with much success.
 I Burglars entered the grocery store of | Adam Pow on Avenue K and Seventeenth street early yesterday morning by break | ing off the lock on the front door and 1 stole a large quantity of goo,V. A
 quantity of tobacco. flour hams and can goods were taken
 | The residence of w. T. Madison, 2612 Ensley avenue. was entered sometime Fri | day afternoon and $10 in cash and several
 articles of jewelry and clothing were | stolen. Detectives are working on both
 cases.
 l John R. Hornady and Isadore Shapiro, | candidates for city commissioner in the
 election which will be held tomorrow,
 spoke to large audience yesterday aft
 ernoon between 5 and o'clock on the 1 corner of Avenue E and Nineteenth street | in the interest of their candidacy.
 
 I A missionary programme on Africa. will be given at the meeting of the Ep-
 worth League of the Ensley Methodist
 church this evening at 6:30 o'clock in the
 basement of the church. The meeting | will be led by Miss Hattie Wyatt Fanch- | CT. The programme is in keeping with rally day and will include an address on
 Africa by D. J. Hummer and short
 musical programme.
 MT and Mrs. B. c. Tharpe and little daughter have returned from a visit to i friends in New York;