The age-herald., 1901-04-21
VISITORS GO ID
 LOOK AT ENSLEY
Delegates of the Young Mems
 Christian Association
WOMAN'S CLUB RECEPTION
A Thoroughly Enjoyable and Success fuI Affair-The Devotional Exer-
 cises at Dinerent Churches
 1 Today-AdIourn Tonight.

 Mems Christian Association Convention were taken on trip to Ensley yesterday afternoon. a special train for that pur- pose having been provided by the Louis vile and Nashville Railroad Company, through Superintendent J. L. Welch. The visitors were all highly pleased with the signs of activity and of prosperity that they were able to observe in that thriving suburb.
 The party was out on the trip about two and a half hours, leaving the city at 2;30 o'clock and returning at o'clock. After their return to the city they were escorted to the Commercial Club building where they were rendered a reception by the Woman's Club. The reception was in every way success, the club rooms being thronged for several hours. The cordial hospitality for which the club is famous was never more in evidence than upon this occasion when its members en- tertained this gathering of distinguished visitors.
 Yesterday was visitors day and the club was thronged with women who re- mained to receive the delegates when they arrived later in the afternoon.
 Mrs. Zac Smith. the clubs president, did the honors in her usually gracious manner and In extending the hospitality of the club she was assisted by number of prominent club women.
 The club was decorated elaborate1y with palms. and in the tea room the decora- tions were of pink carnations. An elegant luncheon was served and nothing was spared to make the occasion the most pleasant of the visitors stay in Brming- ham. The weather fortunately cleared and the brightness of the afternoon added to the success of the occasion. Business Session Ended. The business session of the convention ended with the close of last nights serv- ices, and today will be given up to fel lowship meeting of delegates. mass meeting for men, one for boys and one for | women, and a farewell meeting tonight. conducted by State Secretary H. F. Will Hams.
 The committee on state work reported at the morning session showing that the association in Alabama has prospered in proportion to the states prosperity. The lack of building In Birmingham, how ever, was commented upon, and it was stated that the movement for a $5o.0OO building for the local association had progressed far enough to almost assure its success The associations In other cities notably Selma, where railroad de- | partment with over 200 members Is main- | tained fin connection with the local asso citation, were reported to be in splendid | condition and growing.
 The committee recommended that H. F. | Williams be continued as state secretary in connection with the state association | of Mississippi and Louisiana. It also rec- commended that the work of the state as- sociation be extended to include number | of the smaller towns.
 It was further recommended by the committee that arrangements be made for an evangelical campaign, and for the ap- | pointment of committee to raise $2250 for the purpose of defraying the expenses so incurred and to retire the old indebt- edness. The report was adopted and the chair appointed on the committee W. F. Tyler of Birmingham. James Clenden- ming of Greensboro, D. F. Carpenter of the University of Alabama and J. c. Graves of Selma.
 Night Session.
 The principal feature of the night ses- | sion was a discussion of the association and its railroad department. c. L. Gates, l secretary to the international committee, conducted this service and made a most interesting talk. He pointed out the great importance of having good and reliable men in charge of the engines and as members of the crews of trains, and also in every department of railroad work. He said that the railroad men were beset with temptations on every hand, that agents of gambling dens of saloons and of all kinds of vice and iniquity were meeting them at every point. There were present two or three delegates from the railroad department of the Selma Asso- citation, MT. Burke. an engineer, and the foreman of the shops in that city, who nade short talks regarding the work of heir department and of the influence the ,ssociation had had upon the railroad men who live in Selma
 The evenings session closed with an illustrated exposition of the association work in which a stereoptican was used by State Secretary Williams to illustrate the different features of the work
 Morning-Fellowship meeting for dele gates.
 Today's Services.
 Afternoon-Mass meeting for men.
 Meeting for boys.
 Meeting for ladies.
 Night-Union service and farewell meet ing, conducted by H. F. Williams, State secretary
 Devotional Services.
 Devotional services will be held at sev- eral of the churches this morning, among them the following:
 First Methodist Church, by Mr. C. K. Ober Field Secretary of the International Committee of Chicago.
 First Presbyterian Church, by MT. F. w. Anderson. Secretary of the Student Volunteer Movement of New York.
 Cumberland Presbyterian Church by MT. c. L. Gates, Southern Field Secretary of the International Committee of At lanta.
 South Side Baptist Church, by J. V Read. State Secretary of Georgia.
 There will be a mems meeting at the First Methodist Church at o'clock to- morrow afternoon.
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