The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-14
$1,000 ID BE GIVEN
 AWAY BY BUSINESS MEN, CASH PRIZES
New Contest to Be Started in Ensley April 2-Many At- tend Annual Church
 Conference
ENSLEY BUREAU 1
 THE AGE-HEkALD ! EnsIey, Ala. March 13 !

EnsIey, Ala. March 13
 The Ensley Business and Associ- ated Business Men held their regular monthly banquet Tuesday night at the Ensley Masonic temple, which was well attended. and a very en- joyable evening was spent The committee of which D. Truck was chairman, appointed to decide on the prizes to be given away during the next contest. which starts April 2. recommended that 5000 be given away in ten cash prizes as follows: $500 first prize, s200 second prize. $50 third, $100 fourth. s75 fifth. $50 sixth and seventh, and three $25 prizes.
 Prof. l.. E.. Smith, principal of the Ensley High school, invited the mem bers of the association, in behalf of the Farent-Teacher association and also the senior class of the high ! school, to a luncheon at the high school on March 21 at 12:3o o'clock
 for the purpose of being shown through the school and get an idea of the work being carried on at the school.
 He also spoke on the "work-Study- Play" plan whicf. has been developed at the local high school and stated
 
 great progress in this work. He in vitsd the business men to attend the business men 5 conference which will be held at the First Methodist church in Birmin gham during the state teachers convention, which will be held on April and 6, and asked that the Ensley citizens help entertain the visitors by lending their cars to help bring a number of them to see the | Ensley schools. A number of the members promised their cars at the meeting and a committee of 15 VIII be appointed by the association pres 1 ident, J. A. Smith, to attend the con- ference in Birmingham.
 Sam c. King, vice president ana cashier of the Bank of Ensley, was 1 the next speaker and spoke on the prospect of the business conditions 1 for the present year He stated that the most outstanding fact in the past 1 few months was England's agreement of settlement of their debt, which will have an influence in settling the unrest of the world, and he believed that the greatest question of the 1 time has been settled. He also stated l that there is a great building ac- | t:yity in this district and that there was 50 per cent more building golns On right now than there was thls time last year. and that there was demand for lumber. steel and other commodities. He stated further that , Ens.ey was assured of many months of prosperity and that there were more men working now than in some time. He stated that the greatest principle in advertising was repetl- tion. and urged the local business men to continue their contest and 10 go out and invite the people in the outlying district 60 trade Tn Ensley. George R. Byrum, secretary of the
 Ensley Merchants and Business Men Bus Line, inc, gave 8 brief talk in connection with the busses ana stated that the bus lines were seI- sustaining and that they were gam l ing in their daily receipts. J.. A. | Dupuy, president of the bus line. l also made short talk and stated l that it will be necessary in the very i near future to add another trans portation bus to their lines. Lieutenant Colonel Moorman gave a talk on national defense in re- 1 gard to the reserves for national emergencies, and also stated that the future officers and on-commissioned q officers will of the reserves would come from the R. o. T. C., such as were trained at the high schools and colleges. Tie tHoe ehSS
 wanted the business mems co-opera- :
 ton and support, which was promised
 hi.a by the members of the associa-
 ten.
 several short talks were made by
 ". F. Turnipseed, w. J. $. Drum
 mond and seceral others.
 During the evening very enJoya- blc program was rendered. including
 several readings by Miss Eugenia
 Tyler, several solos by Miss Edna Chapman, accompanied by Mss Err line Ezell solo by Leroy Goddard
 accompanied by C. G. Stovall, ana several piano solos by Miss Ezell and a!so Mr Stovall. A tempting plate
 was served by the ladies of Aster Chapter, No. TIP, Order of Eastern Star.
 Attention was also called to the fact that Thursday was the last day
 in which to send letters on the con
 test on Why l Should Trade in Ems lev" Those who wish to do so are
 requested to mail same to Claude
 Eubank, care Mitchell & Eubank
 Clothing store.
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