The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-16
NEWS IF ENSLEY

George Nelms, the negro janitor at the Ensley postoffice, was caught in the act of rifling the mails early yesterday morn- ing by Inspector Aldrich and was locked up in the county jail. Nelms has been employed as janitor of the local post office for over three years. Tn the past few months several special delivery let ters have been missed and the matter was reported to the postal authorities in Birmingham.
 Early yesterday morning, before the ne- gro came to work, Inspector Aldrich slipped into the building and from the | watch" upstairs, saw the negro 20 through the special delivery mail and open two letters. One of the letters contained S4, which the negro put in his pocket, with the letter The other letter did not con tain any money, so he sealed it up again. and began cleaning up the office Inspec- tor Aldrich came into the room and put him under arrest and found the letter and
 money in his pocket The negro will be given a preliminary trial before Judge E. B. Watts, United States commissioner within a few days. A large picture of Robert E. Lee. a gift of the Stonewall chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy will be presented to the Ensley High school on Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock The picture will be hung in the auditorium of the school building. In connection with | the presentation of the picture the mem- l bers of the chapter have arranged an hours programme, which will be given ! by the chapter. The committee on ar engagements is as follows: Mrs. J. A. Du- 1 puy, chairman; Mrs H. M. Broadnax Mrs. R. K. Johnson, Mrs G. M Truss
 and Mrs. B. o. Sanders. Two crosses of honor will be given to two local veterans | The members of Camp Pat Cleburne. Uni- l ted Confederate Veterans, will attend the
 exercises in a body. The public is in- | vited to attend.
 Mrs. Mary A. Campbell, aged 79 years ! died at the residence of her granddaugh- l ter, Mrs. w. w. Snow, on Avenue F yesterday morning, and the remains will l be carried to Fort Deposit this morning
 for burial The funeral party will leave 1 at o'clock over the Louisville and Nash 1 vile and funeral services will be con- l ducted at noon today. Interment will be
 held in the family cemetery. The de- ceased is survived by two brothers. I. J. l Folsom and Tom Folsom of Fort Deposit, | and two granddaughters, Mrs. w. W. Snow and Mrs. c. G. Harrison both of I this city.
 I The members of the Boy Scout com- 1 ! funds in this city were given a de- | lightful supper at the Metropolitan cafe Friday night. A number of short ad- 1 dresses were made on the effects anda | influence the campaign will have on
 the scouts of this district. Those pres
 ent were D. M. Lewis, Rev. J. w. Full 1 ford, George R. Byrum, Frazier Banks
 T. F. West, P. A. Eubanks, c. G. Good 1 win l.. Pope and D. F. Farcloth
 |
 l The committee in charge of the new l Ensley hospital has begun active work l again and has raised enough donations and subscriptions to finish the lathing I and plastering. The workmen will be- gin work on Monday morning and will, 1 if nothing unforeseen happens, com 1 plete the building by the last of this
 week. big dinner will be served to | the carpenters who have donated their l services to this movement on Friday l at noon and the members of the local l union will turn out in a body to at 1 tend the dinner which will be held in l the building. Following the dinner all
 the members of the union will go to work and try to finish the building before nightfall. A committee has been
 appointed to ask the doctors of this
 district to contribute fifty-one dol i lars, which is all that is necessary
 to complete the inside work Anoth- l CT committee has been appointed to 1 collect funds to complete the doors and windows in the building and also 1 to get the paint for painting the ex- | terior The financial report of the Ensley | postoffice for the quarter ending with l December, 1915. shows total receipts
 of $6S0O This is an increase of over | S200 of any report for a quarter that 1 has been turned in by the Ensley off, Oct ttl11 Stn n tot faI that the parcel post department also 1 showed marked increase and that he was much pleased with the showing 1 the local postoffice made for the
 months of October November and De. l cember
 Miss Frances Hay and MT. Ray Meade
 were quietly married yesterday aft
 ternoon at the home of the brides par l ents on Avenues H in the presence of a l few friends and members of the fam 1 lilies. The marriage was solemniZed by
 the Rev. A. K. Wright. pastor of the l Ensley Baptist church. The young cou- | pie are well known in this city and l have many friends who wish them
 much happiness Following the cere-
 monies MT. and Mrs Meade left on a
 wedding trip and will return to this
 city, where they will make their home. l Judge F. O. Harris of the Ensley in- 1 ferior court announced his candidacy for reelection yesterday His many l friends in this district predicts his 1 election. So far he has no opposition. 1 The regular meeting of the Ensley club will be held Tuesday evening at o'clock l in the inferior courtroom. The most i'm | portant matter that will be taken up will 1 be the alleged excess telephone rates 1 charged the citizens of this district The report of the street light committee and l the east and west highway committee will 1 also be made. 1 Joe Hart young white man. while working at the wire mill at Fairfield. be- came suddenly i'll about 10 o'clock Fri day night, and tainted. and fell against a hot stove. His face struck the stove and he was painfully burned. He was given medical attention and later was taken to his home. Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Mary Bondy, aged 60 years, who
 died at the late residence on Avenue yesterday morning about il o'clock, will l be conducted from St. Joseph's Catho- l lie church this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. | Interment will follow at the Oakland cemetery. She is survived by one son. A large number of the congregation of | the Ensley Baptist church will attend l the mass meeting which will be held at 1
 the First Baptist church in Birmingham
 this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The meet |
 ing will open the teachers training school !
 course and an address will be delivered
 hy Dr A T RObertsOn of TOu;cx,;Il, 1