The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
AT GREENVILLE TODAY
CORNER STONE OF CATHOLIC
 CHURCH WILL BE LAID,
Bishop Allen and Other Dignitaries WiM Participate in an Imposing CeremOny-Many Going from
 MOntxOmery.

The corner stone of the beautiful nt- fle church built for the Catholics or Greenville will be laid today with lm- pressive ceremonies. = The occasion will bring to Greenville Bishop Ed ward P. Allen of the Diocese or MO bile a large number or tne ,o ptieses ol Alabama and crowds from Montgom- erv. Mobile and other towns and cities of the State.
 The sermon for the occasion will be preached by Rev. Father Slevin, 5. J. Bishop Allen will oficiate at the cere- monies and he will be assisted by number of Alabama priests. The ez- ercises will be held at 2;SO O'CLOCK this afternoon. A large crowd from Montgomery will go to Greenville on the train which leaves at 11:15 o'clock This large body of Catholics will be accompanied by a number of altar boys of St. Peters Sanctuary Society under the direction of Father Eaton.
 several prominent laymen of the State are expected to be present and deliver addresses at the exercises.
 The new church which Is now all put connpleted will be known as St. Eliza bAth,s- It is one of the handsomest church buildings of the State, and , although not one of the largest so tasteful were the plans and so thorough has been the workmanship that iL is considered, in construction one of the finest church buildings Of Alabama.
 It is estimated that had the building been erected in the usual way with full market price paid for material That if would represent an investment of S20,O0O. This much was not paid for the construction of the church, however. because of the helpful CO., operation that Father Theophtlus De- Bourne, the priest in charge of the ereenville congregation, and his asso- ciates, received in it's building. Much of this help came from Montgomery where much of the material was bought. Through the courtesy of sonne of the railroad officials the ma teriaI from Montgomery and from other points in Alabama was hauled to the church at a nominal rate. But the zeal and enthusiasm of Father De- Bourne enlisted assistance in all sec tions of the State for the building of the handsome little church.
 To more than any other one man the thanks of Father De Bourne and the Crenville members of his church are due Thomas D. Sutherland, a prominent citizen and manufacturer of New York City. MT Southerland is a friend of many years standing of Father De Bourne and during the past several winters he has visited the priest at Greenville. Through Father De Bourne MT. Sutherland became interested in the building of the church at Green vile and, after comforting with Bishop Allen, Mir. Sutherland made a large contribution. so large contribution that it made the building of the church possible Mir. Sutherland has spent the IGesent winter in Greenville and has gwen his personal attention to the building of the church.
 9ke church was built by plans drawn by c. P. Reuter-. Q prominent archi- tect of Louisville. It Is pebble dash" structure having the general ap- pearance of the handsome building which comprise St Margaret's hospital in this city.
 The Montgomery visitors to Green vile will return this evening at o'clock. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad has granted rate of one and one-third fare to Greenville for the round trip.