The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-22
NEWS OF ENSLEY

At a well attended meeting Of the
Ensley club held last night the club
went on record as heartily indorsing
the proposed school tax and urged the
citizens to vote for the measure. A
committee consisting Of c. G. Burke.
D. J. Flummer and w. T Cochran was
appointed to take up the matter of
lessening the danger to traffic and
pedestrians at the Palmer station
crossing, several accidents having
happened at~this point already.
The acting secretary, l. A. Miller.
was instructed to write to the South
ern Railway company in reference to
new depot for Ensley. No action was
taken in the mater of street fairs.
Aleen Dobbin. 12-year-old negro
girl, was shot and instantly killed yes
terday by Retta Frost, negro dur
ing quarrel with the chfld's sister
Queen Canady. The two women were
quarreling on the back porch of a
Joint flat on Nineteenth street aud
avenue M and the girl stood by. The
Frost woman shot at her neighbor bur
the bullet went wide and struck the
SRI, killing her instantly.
After the shooting Retta Frost went
10 the home of the Rev. L. T.. Brue-
baker, pastor of the EnsIey High
lands Presbyterian church, and in
formed him of the shooting and asked
to be taken to the police station. Ac
companied by the minister she went
to the city hall where she surrendered
to the police authorities. She will ne
held pending investigation of the kill
ing.
An auto driven by K D. OIdaker
and a motorcycle driven by Fran1,
McCauley collided at the corner Of
Twenty-third street and Avenue e ves-
terday afternoon at o'clock. Neither
| of the men were severely injured Me-
Cauley being slightly bruised The mo-
| torcycle was completely demolished.
| Police arrested both drivers imme-
| diately after the accident on the
| charge of reckless driving. They Will
be tried in police court today.
| The night school, under the aus
| pices of the Birmingham school board
and the Tennessee company, opened
at the Ensley high school Monday
evening with an enrolment of 200 pu-
| pills.
Prof. L. Banks, principal of the high
| oSAiOOi, rs III anu sessions VIII
| be held from 1880 to 9:30 Monday and
! Thursday eLaning of each week. Diplo-
| mas will be given the pupils who
| complete the mapped out courses at
| the end of the year. Previously this
vas not done. Pupils not fitted for the
| higher branches will be given pre-
paratory work. Complete courses of
| chemistry, machine design, steam en-
| cheering and electrical engineering
will be given.
The faculty is composed Of 10 well
known instructors.
| Sixty thousand dollars was dis
tributed in the Ensley district yester-
| day when the Birmingham Southern
| railway and the by-product plant paid
| off their employees. Both plants are
working full time and employing all
available help.
Fire destroyed a small negro house
on the corner of Twenty streer
and Bessie avenue yesterday morning
| Excellent work done by the fremer
was said to have saved the burning
of several other houses in the same
row.
Funeral services of Henry Thomas
Sims, % years old, who died after ?
long and painful illness at a loca'
infirmary Monday, were held from thu
residence of his brother, J. Sims, 71s
Alabama avenue, West End. yester-
day afternoon. Burial was made ir
Pleasant Valley cemetery.
Mr.. Sims is survived by a wife, foul
small children and three brothers.