The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
NEWS OF ENSLEY

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 The members of the Steel City lodge No. 190, Knights of Pythias, will hold the formal opening of their new hall at 2O07A Avenue E on Friday evening, beginning
 at o'clock, and the occasion promises to be one of the best and most enjoyable ! that the local lodge has ever held. The following invitations are being sent out by the entertainment committee, and a very large crowd is expected to be on hand:
 June "A, 1916. Dear Sir and Brother: The honor of your presence is requested at an enter tainment to be given by the Steel City lodge No 190, Knights of Pythias, at | their new home on Avenue E, between Twentieth and Twenty first street Gold | Elks' home), on Friday evening, June 30, l from till Il o'clock.
 This will be a geographical entertain 1 ment and you are requested to bring with you and pin to your coat after you reach | the hall something that will symbolize l the state, city island you represent For instance to represent Birmingham you should wear something like this-a | large B and the picture Of a ham, or you may choose the nickname of the place you represent. Every brother present will be expected to wear some thing.
 "A suitable prize will be awarded the i one guessing the nearest of the answers. We shall expect you to be present and 1 bring with you your wife, sweetheart or | friend. real good time is in store for | you. Fraternally yours,
 "A. E. WELLS, Chairman. IF. J. COWART,
 M. M. JOHNSON, IS. F. YOUNG,
 .'W. L. ENTREKIN, Entertainment Committee" The entertainment committee Is busy arranging an interesting programme for l the occasion, which will include number l of musical selections and several ad dresses by prominent Pythians, including Graham Perdue, grand chancellor; Hugh | Locke, Charles West, and several others | In connection with the opening of the new home the newly elected officers of | the Purity temple No. g. Pythian Sisters will be installed by Mrs. D. A. Echols past chief
 l The members of the Steel City lodge are | carrying on efficiency contest, which 1 has become very active and a great dea5 of interest is being manifested by the
 members. Three teams are in the contest which are as follows: Reds: A. R. Mays, | captain. Blues: C. E. Tyler, captain.
 Fellows: Ross Marlborough, captain. | These teams meet once a week as fol- | lows: Blues Wednesday night; Reds, Thursday night, and Yellows, Friday | night There are about 75 active members l in each team who are very much en- thused over their work.
 l According to the reports coming from Washington the local postoffice depart ment will have to cut off one of it's clefks | At present the Ensley postoffice has been l increasing in every department, and the clerks have all they can do in handling 1 the mail. The last report given out by l Postmaster D. F. Sugg shows that the postal saving department account is 1 s61 450, while this time last year it was | only $37 O0O. The increase in the money order department is more than doubled, while their is a 40 per cent increase in the receipts of the postoffice in the last six months. The citizens of Ensley are proud of the showing the local postoffice is making and feel that if they are forced to let off one of their clerks it will hurt the efficiency of the office. Thomas Adams, a negro, was cleo trocuted yesterday about noon at No | 13 mines of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad company at Edgewater i by catching hold of live wire while | working down in the mines. According l
 to the report the negro did not see the | wire as he put his hand against the ! wall and was instantly killed. Coroner c. |. Spain was notified and will hold l an investigation as soon as possible.
 The remains of Lucian A. Johnson. who died at Hopewell. Va. Thursday1 evening. will arrive in this city at 10:30 | o'clock this morning and will be taken | in charge by Echols & Angwin, un- | dertakers. The body will later he car | Tied to the residence of his brother. ! M. M. Johnson. on Avenue G and Twen- ty-third street. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. The deceased 1 Is survived by his mother. Mrs. T. A. | Johnson; one sister. Mrs c. $ Will Hams; and five brothers. M. M. John- ] son and R. M. Johnson of this city. l Dr. F. H. Johnson of Capitan, New Mexico E. o. Johnson and w. A. John I
 son of Tampja. Fla. MT. Johnson was former resident of this city and has many friends who will regret 70 learn of his death
 Funeral services over the remains of R. l.. Bateman, who died late Friday night at a local infirmary, following a lengthy illness will be conducted this aft ernoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Machinist hall in Birmingham. MT. Bateman has lived in Ensley for over five years and is well known here. He has no living relatives that anyone in this city knows of, and Is being buried by the machin- ists union, of which he was member | Interment will be held at the Elmwood cemetery The deceased was 50 years old 1
 The quarterly social of the Steel City lodge No 156, Woodmen of the World, 1 which was to be held on Monday evening, l has been postponed. owing to the new furniture for their hall failing to arrive. | The new furniture will probably arrive in July, and as soon as 1t is installed the | social will be held. The second degree will be given to several candidates on Monday night and several other matters will be taken up. All members are re- quested to be present. kins, Charner Batson. Gerald Miclzle, Em- melt Moses, Charlie Gilmore, P. H. Nab- CTS, G, w. Harrell and Joe Bumby.
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