The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-05
NEWS OF ENSLEY

Discussion of the plans for the com
 ing Confederate reunion took up a great deal of time last night at the regular
 meeting of the Ensley club, which was
 held in the inferior courtroom. The com
 mittee in charge of soliciting funds for
 the local veterans stated that they had
 received S260 in cash and that there was
 still about $50 that had to be collected.
 D. S. McEachern. manager of the Frank
 lin theatre of this city, made the club an
 offer of 30 per cent of the receipts one
 day of each week until the reunion pro-
 viding the club and the Sons and Daugh-
 tels of the Confectionery would get be-
 hind the movement and help it along.
 The club voted to give it's support and
 nelp in any way possible to make this
 a success. Chairman J. A. Dupuy stated
 that the Sons of the Confederacy would
 have a tag day in this city at a near
 date and wanted the club to cooperate
 with the sons on this occasion, which
 was granted.
 The committee on the rerouting of the
 South Ensey car line through the busi- ness part of Birmingham was continued The committee appointed to investigate the alleged excessive ice rate which is be- ing charged the citizens of this district stated that they had investigated into the matter and the only relief that they could see in sight was for the Ems ley citizens to support an independent ice company. committee was appointed composed of c. c. Burke, J. J. Chisholm and Jack X. Thomas to see certain par ties who have under consideration plans to build a local ice plant and to aid them in getting 1t under way. The com mittee on the Warrior river road made it's report on what had been done about this matter and the same committee was continued. milf ttaa failed to get together and was dis charged. new committee will prob ably be appointed at the next meeting Several minor matters were taken up and the club adjourned until Tuesday even- ing April 1S
 Owing to the large number of new telephones that have been installed in this district, the local exchange has had to have two new extensions added to their switchboard Nearly 800 new phones have been installed in the Ensley district durlng the past few months and with the two new extensions on the board the operators will be able to continue their good service to the local subscribers Le- Baron Donovon, local manager of the exchange, is being congratulated on the fine showing he is making with the Ems ley branch.
 All the electric light globes of the Cen
 tra' Park Baptist and Methodist churches were stolen sometime last night and the matter has been reported to the Ensley police department. When the congrega- ton went to the church last night to hold a prayer meeting they found that the globes were taken.
 John Angwin, president of the Alabama state board of examiners, returned from
 Montgomery last night after attending
 meeting of the state board
 The Ensley High school baseball team
 Will play the Bibb County High school
 paseoall team on the T. c. I. grounds
 on Saturday afternoon. The game will
 begin about ? o'clock. The local team
 IS much enthused over the recent vic
 tory over Central High school and are
 solng 10 try to hand the Bbb county
 boys the same dose