The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-28
NEWS nF ENSL.EY

Officers T. DeWalt Craig and r. A..
Lowry of the Ensley police depart
ment have been appointed collectors
of the new street tax recently passed
by the city commissioners. They will
open their office this morning down
stairs In the city hall building and ali
male residents between the age of 81
ard 45 years are subject to pay tax
of $3.50 for the remainder of this year
and IS for every year thereafter. All
persons will have up to August l to
pay their taxes and failure to do so
all violators will be arrested and sub
ject to a fine of not less than SIS or
over $40. Where it is shown that they
are unable to pay the street tax and
need reasonable time to raise the
money a reasonable time will be grant
ed by the tax collector. When the city
commissioners passed the new street
tax a number of favorable comments
were made Try the citizens of Ensley
who believe that the commissioners
have at last found way to solve Bir-
mingham's financial trouble. There are
some, however, who believe that the
tax should be SO instead of IS.
The remains of Mrs. Susie S. Cobb,
who died yesterday morning following
a weeks illness of typhoid fever, at
the late residence. 4s1s Fifth avenue.
Wylam, will be carried to Gurley to-
day at noon for burial. The deceased
is survived by her husband and three
children. Mrs. Cobb was well known
in Wylam and her rather sudden death
was a great shock to her many friends.
1t is said that this is the first death
from typhoid fever that has occurred
in Wylam this summer.
Due to the efforts of the Ensley club,
the Tidewater crossing on Avenue E
and Seventeenth street is undergoing
repairs. The crossing has been in a
very bad condition for sometime and
complaint was registered at the last
meeting of the Ensley club. The sec
rotary of the club was instructed to
write Commissioner Truss about this
matter, which was Immediately taken
up and workmen are busy repairing
and putting the crossing in good con-
dition.
Two fire alarms were turned into the
Ensley and Fairview fire departments
yesterday. The first came in about
$40 o'clock In the morning from the
residence of S. X Stands at 1918 Ave-
nue. l. A spark from the chimney had
set the roof on fire and about a dollar
damage was done. The second alarm
came in at lao o'clock in the after
noon from the residence of Annie Pitts
at 1908 Twenty second street. A spark
from the chimney had set the roof on
fire and about SO damages occurred
No clue has been found to the per-
son or persons who early Wednesday
morning set fire to the two-story
building owned by the Southern Ce-
ment company on Avenue c and Six
teenth street Members of the police
and fire departments are investigating
the origin of the fire which, it is
claimed, was incendiary The fire
started on the front porch of the
building early in the morning before
any of the occupants were up and prac-
tically destroyed the place.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Ems
ley Christian church will give a water
melon cutting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. w. S. Emond at 1912 Avenue f.
Friday eevning beginning at 1880
o'clock. The public is invited
The regular meeting of the Globe
lodge No. ISL, A F. and A. NJ, will be
held tonight in the Ensley Masonic
temple on Avenue E. Besides the reg
ular routine business, several matters
will be taken up and all members are
requested to be present.
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