The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-12
GEORCE DE FREESE BURIED AT ENSLEy
 WITH FULL RITES
Many Beautiful Floral Designs Sent as Tributes Apart ment Nearly Finished.
 Two HoIdups
ENSLEY BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD } EnsIeY A AIn Eeh. II

THE AGE-HEhALDf !
 Ensley, Ala, Feb. Il
 A large number of friends attended the funeral of George DeFreese, Sr., which were conducted Sunday after noon at the First Methodist church, with Rev. William H. Mansfield. as- sisted by Rev. Mcdonald. officiating, The members of Ensley Commandery No. 36, Knights Templars, attended the funeral in body, dressed in full uniform, and conducted a very impress sive service at the church, while members of Ensley lodge No. 560, A. F. & A. M., conducted the services at the Elmwood cemetery.
 Many beautiful floral design were sent by his friends as token of the high esteem in which he was held. The deceased is survived by his widow. two daughters, Mrs. Myrtle DeFreese Bennett and Miss Alma DeFreese; three sons, George, Jr., Lloyd and Harry DeFreese, all of this city, and two brothers, Albert and John DeFreese, both of Pennsyl- vania The pallbearers were as fol- lows 'Actove, Nelson Thomas, John Dalzell, John Candy, Andy Liggon, Charles c. Mink and Ike Winston. Honorary, Y D. Gibson, Dr. Marvin Glasgow, Dr. Nat G. Clark, Dr. w. H. Wynne, Dr. Durfee, w. E. Webb, Ed Keenon Capt. M. D. White, Charles Thomas, Joe Scholl, Julius Reese, Dan Crawford, Robert King, James Bauer, J. S. Falkner. Thomas Butts, w. W.. TnT- afr Ra6dOW
 FINISHING NEW APARTMENTS
 The new Hilltop apartments, which are being erected by Dr. M. D.. Clements, on the corner of Nineteenth avenue and Thirtieth street, Ensley Highlands, are rapidly being com pleted and the building, 1t is expected, will be finished shortly. The apart ments, which are being erected at cost of s25,000, are of the most m odern and up-to-date apartments In the Birmingham district, as each apartment has five large rooms, con- sisting of a living room. dining room, two bed rooms, kitchen hall and bath room, with hardwood floors throughout. The building is composed of four separate apartments and is being built on one of the best loca- tions. on the Ensley Highlands, so that it has a commanding view of the entire Birmingham district. Four garages are being built in the rear and every modern convenience has been added to the place.
 TWO HOLDUPS REPORTED
 Two holdups, which happened Sat- urday night, were reported to the Ensley police department. Eugene Davis, negro, reported that he had been held up at the point of a pistol by two negroes and robbed of $16 in cash and an Elgin watch, while crossing the football park at Pratt City Saturday night about g o'clock. Dowdell Caldwell, another negro, re- ported that he was held up by two negroes and robbed of $2.25 in cash and it is thought that both negroes were held up by the same highway men. NEGRO SHOT
 Will Bolden, a negro, was brought to the Ensley police department early Sunday morning from Port of Bir- mingham suffering from bullet wound in his scalp. He was carried to the Hilman hospital in Birmingham, where the hospital authorities re-
 
 just under the skin. Bolden claims that he was asleep at the time of the accident and that he does not know anything about the shooting, as he did not hear the report of the pistol.
 AUTO LICENSE TAGS FOUND
 Two automobile license tags are being held at the Ensley police de- partment, which were picked up on the streets and are waiting for the owners to claim them. They are B-9443 (private). and A-s1202 (truck).
 ANNOUNCEMENTS
 There will be meeting of the Ensley Masonic Civic association Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock at the Ensley inferior court room on &C., count of the Masonic Temple being previously engaged. This will be the first meeting of the association since it was organized and a full atten- dance of members is requested.
 The circles of the Womans Mis- sionary society of the First Baptist as follows: Highlands Circle No. 1 with Mrs. w D. Downs, 2426 Eighteenth street; Workers Circle with Mrs. E. E. Eddleman, 2204 Ave- nue J; Helpers Circle with Mrs Ella Harris, 3209 Park avenue; Builders Circle with Mrs. J. R. Keel at the old pastorium Brides Circle with Mrs. Harold Mandy. 240o Avenue H.
 The members of the Woman's Mis- sionary society of the First Christian church will meet with Mrs. Foster Crist, 2441 Eighteenth court, Mon- day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
 ENSLEY BUREAU
 Persons desiring to get in touch with the Ensley bureau Age-Herald correspondent will please phone Mrs Harold Mandy. Ensley 406-W. The circulation department of the Ensley bureau is at 30sh Nineteenth street Room {.
 ENGLISH LABOR LEADER URGES CAPITAL LEVY
 LONDON, Feb. 11.-J. Ramsay Mac Donald, leader of the labor party in the House of Commons, speak ing at a meeting in London tonight declared his intention to raise the question of capital levy formally at the coming session of Parliament. o1,n