The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-16
MEN'S MEETING
 IN ENSLEY TODAY
Unusual Energy Shown In
 Church Work
THE ENGINEERS RECEP TON
Corner Stone Laid at Negro Church. A Birthday Party By the Members of the Baptist Church.
 Notes and Personals.

Ensley. September 15.-(speclal.)-In all theschurches except the Cumberland Pres byterian and Christian, the regular ser vices will be held tomorrow morning.
 At the Methodist church Sunday school will begin at 9:45 a. n.. and preaching at Il a. m. by the pastor, the Rev. L. F. Whitten
 The Rev. L. II. Longcrler, the Baptist minister will preach at his church on Avenue G and Eighteenth street. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
 All the other congregations will meet in the tent to hear Dr. E. E. Hendrick deliver the morning sermon. D. L. Carter will teach Sunday school class of young men at 9:45. All those who do not attend other schools are cordially invited
 This is the last day of the great evan gelical work which has been conducted in the tent on Avenue II and Nineteenth street Never before in the history of Ensley has there been such an upheaval in the spiritual lives of our inhabitants. Some fifty persons have joined the churches and fully one hundred have been converted. The Rev MT. Hendricks leaves the town with the good will of everyone In the work which he may do in other cities. He has already engagements enough to carry him well into next sum- mer.
 Mass Meeting.
 Tomorrow afternoon at 3.3o o'clock there will be a meeting al the tent for men only The Rev MT. Hendricks is said to be a powerful speaker on these occasions and the men always turn out in large numbers
 There will be no evening services at 745 D. m. any where except at the tent. when the last sermon of the series will be delivered.
 Negro Church.
 The Sherman Heights Colored Metho- dist Episcopal congregation will lay the corner stone for their new church tomor- row afternoon at 2:3O o'clock. Steel City Lodge No. ITO. oolored Knights of Pythias, will conduct the ceremonies under the di- rection of Chancellor Commander Law renee Stallworth
 H. E. Harris, the pastor, and his congre- gation have worked hard and persis- tently toward the construction of their new church. and they hope to have it completed by early winter The building will be a handsome structure, veneered with pressed brick at a cost of $6O0O.
 Engineers Reception.
 The banquet given last night at the Hotel Florence was most enjoyable af- fair. There were fifty of the engineers of the steel plant and their friends gath cred about the board. The gathering was entirely informal, the object being merely to have a good time. The toasts were original and appropriate, and the singing of MT. Melton was one of the hits of the evening.
 The banquet was over at o'clock and a special ear was in waiting to take them to Ensley.
 Notes and Personals.
 The ladies of the Christian church served ice cream and other refreshments on Ave nue k and Nineteenth street tonight and large receipts were obtained.
 Invitations have been received in the city for a birthday party for tn benefit of the Baptist church at the home of the pastor the Rev. l.. H. Longcrier next Friday night. The invitations are neatly printed in verse and a little colored bag is inclosed in each one with the request that the recipient bring as many cents as the number of his or her years.
 MT. Lon Stewart of Fl Paso, Tex, is visiting his brother J. H. Stewart. G. w. Willis from Russell county Is vis- iting his father-in-law, Dr. Johnson
 Miss Hattie Cooper will leave next Wednesday for Fort Worth. Tex, where she will live with her brother. Miss Coop CT has many friends here who will miss her in their church work. She will first visit friends In Memphis.