The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11
NEWS OF ENSL-EY

Jap Henderson, a white man, was
 arrested yesterday morning by Officer
 A. M. Eubanks of the Ensley police
 department and lodged in the city jail
 warrant will be sworn out this
 morning charging him with assault
 with intent to murder on w. F. Rus
 sell, who was shot twice and serious
 ly injured by an unknown person at
 his store in Minniesville last Saturday
 night. One of the bullets struck MT.
 Russell in the stomach and he was
 carried to the Birmingham infirmary,
 where, at a late hour last night, he
 was reported to be resting we'll and
 had a chance to recover.
 When arrested Henderson declined
 to make any statement other than
 that he was innocent of the charge
 against him. Officer Eubanks stated
 that he had good evidence against
 Henderson and that he believed him
 to be the right man.
 Joe Baldwin, an old negro, was run down and instantly killed yesterday morning about 6:10 o'clock by Bir-
 mingham Southern switch engine on the railroad tracks near Village creek His head was severed from his body. his left arm and right foot were also cut off and his body badly mang1ed. It is stated that Baldwin was walking down the track toward the steel plant and owing to a heavy fog, which had risen from the creek, the engineer was unable to see him. He had been working in the foundry for over IS years and was respected by his white employers, who took up a collection and sent a large wreath | of flowers for the funeral.
 | The Ensley committee collected S170 | in it's first days campaign with the Birmingham committees in the Boy Scout campaign. This only includes part of the Ensley district as nothing has been heard of the Vivian, Pratt City or the Fairfield committees. The com
 mittees will do their hardest work today and will canvass the entire town Owing to yesterday being Monday and also a very disagreeable day, all of the members of the different commit tees were unable to work The com mittees are as follows: District No. l, T. F. Vest l.. Pope and D. J. Flum- mer; district No. 2, Frazer Banks, D. M. Lewis and P. A. Eubanks: district No. 3. George R. Byrum c. E. Tyler and the Rev. J. w. Fulford; district Mo- f. Henry Keller, D. F. Faircloth | and C. G. Goodwin; Vivian district, A.. H. Sawyer and Charles A. Guthrie; l Fairfield district c. J. Donald, A. C.. Hazen and M. J. O'Bryne. The Bir-
 mingham and Ensley committees are | trying to raise S15,000 in the Boy Scout
 campaign to establish headquarters in | Birmingham with an assistant whose duty it will be to look after the west ern district with headquarters in this | city
 l The remains of Mrs. Virginia Thomas, 1 who died Sunday night at the family residence, 23O0 Twenty-first street, of nf carried to Selma yesterday afternoon for burial, which will take place this ! afternoon at the family cemetery in that city. She is survived by her hus- | band w. IT. Thomas. and three chil-
 dren, besides her mother and several | brothers and sisters.
 | The Ensley and Fairview fire de- partments were called to the residence l of w. L. McCrea at 2713 Carolina ave-
 nue, yesterday morning about 6;S0 I o'clock, which had caught on fire from l someone throwing cigarette into a l dresser drawer in bedroom, causing | a loss of over $50 to the household eff | fleets.
 There will be meeting of the Minor 1 School Improvement association this | afternoon at 2:15 o'clock at the school, at which time an address will be de- ! livered by Mrs. D. A. Echols, mem | Der of the board of education. | The Alabama Association Football league representatives held a meeting l last night at the Ensley city hall at
 which time final arrangements were i made for the football game between the first elevens of Ensley and Pratt City, which will be played at Redwood park next Saturday. The second | elevens of Ensley and Vivian will also play. These games are for the Ram say cup and on Saturday week the | Wvlam and Docena teams will play l The first game Saturday will begin at 1:3O o'clock and the second will be
 played as soon as the other has fin ished. It was decided that Dave Woods | would referee the game The meeting last night was well attended by rep
 resentatives from all the teams with
 Nelson Brown, president of the league presiding.