The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-11
NEWS OF ENSLEY

Gus Shorts, Greek, was hit in the
head with brick and seriously in
jured yesterday afternoon about 43U
o'clock by an unknown negro, who
made good his escape. According to
the statement of Shorts, who runs a
restaurant on the corner of Avenue
c and Nineteenth street, the negro
walked into his place of business and
gave an order for some fish. After
the dish had been prepared and placed
on the counter the negro pushed the
dish off on the floor and broke it.
When he refused to settle for the damage
a fight followed in which the negro
picked up a brick and hit Shorts over
the right ear, tearing it nearly off and
fractured the skull He was given
medical attention Immediately, but
suffered a great deal from loss of
blood, as tn wound bled very freely.
Following the fight the negro ran in
the direction of Pratt City and all the
efforts of the police department have
not been able to apprehend him. Shor-
It's was able to give good descrip.
ton of his assailant
All arrangements have been COM
pleted for the song service which will
be given at the Fairview Presbyterian
church this evening, BEGINNING at &
o'clock. The choir, which Is composed
of over 20 well trained voices. have
been practicing daily and an appro-
PIRATE programme will be rendered as
follows:
Doxology; invocation; anthem,
What Manner of Man is This"
(Thompson) hymn, "Holy, Holy, Holy
Lord Cod A1n1io 1r,
$50; duet contralto and tenor, THE
Homeland" Oansing) mixed quartet
abide With Me-" (Sheely); offertory
contralto solo, THE Day is Ended" j.
c. Bartlett; male quartet, 1.-The Beau
tiful Land" (Buck) bass solo. Sc
lected; duet, contralto and baritone
Il Heard the Voice of Jesus Say"
(Rathburn) anthem, Rocked in the
Cradle of the Deep" (Marston); HYMN.
"All Hail the Power of Jesus Name -
benediction. A free will offering will
be taken and the public is cordially
invited to attend.
Four negroes made bold attempt
to steal several bolts of Goth from the
H. Keller tailoring store, on Avenue E,
near Nineteenth street, yesterday aft
ernoon about 1890 o'clock. The affair
happened when Mr.. Keller was home
at lunch and his, Alvin Keller, was
alone in the store. The four negroes
entered the store and while one pre-
tended to be buying some collars, the
other three stole five bolts of cloth
and hid it under their coats. When the
negroes were accused of stealing the
cloth by Mr.. Keller, they broke and
ran Officer Sandefer was called and
seeing one of the fleeing negroes, over
took him in the city's Ford and placed
him under arrest. About o'clock yes
terday afternoon one of the negroes
came back to the rear of the store
where they had thrown the stolen
goods in wagon. He was noticed by
w. A. Kinney, blacksmith who had
heard about the robbery, and when
Mr. Kinney started after the negro, he
ran, but was overtaken and a fight
followed in which Mr.. Kinney received
a number of scratches but overpowered
the negro. An officer was called and
the negro was taken to Jail. The two
negroes arrested gave their names as
John O'Neal and Joe Avery. The de-
tective department is working on the
case.
Mrs. J. Moke Perkins was carried to
Johns Hopkins infirmary yesterday
morning and was accompanied by Mr..
Perkins and DIR. w. H. Wynne. Mrs
Perkins has been i'll for several weeks
and her condition growing worse it
was decided to take her to Baltimore
She has many friends in this city
who wish her speedy recovery.
Rev. ]. /. Williams. former pastor
of the Ensley Methodist church, but
a present presiding elder of the Gads-
den district, was in this city yester-
day afternoon visiting his many
friends. Reverend Williams state,!
that he had brought Mrs. Will.
liams to the South Highland infirmary
where she underwent an operation for
appendicitis and is reported to be rest
ing we'll