The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-01
ELEPHANT FOR
 COREY ASSURED Company's Directors Agree to Railroads Terms TO HONOR ST. DAVID Welsh of District Observe Occasion Tonight-Special Services for
 Ash Wednesday With Cath
 olics and Episcopalians
TO HONOR ST. DAVID

| manenty at corey. Al lnlS meeting rep resentatves of the different railroad: met with the directors of the associa ton, and President Myer of the company and discussed the railroad rates tha would enable the company to consider Birmingham as a suitable place to locate the plant, and it is understood that the plant will be located at Corey. The erec- tion of the plant will be commenced al once and the new company will give em- ployment to about 200 men.
 They have already installed a tenn porary plant at Corey as they have the contract to supply the buildings of the new industries being erected at that point with cement tile roofing.
 Delegation to Montgomery
 A delegation of prominent citizens of the Steel City will leave this morning for Montgomery in the interest of the commissioners that have been selected for the greater city, among whom will 1 be N. W. Scott, chairman, F. o. Harris. Joseph Martin, R. E. Chadwick Foster Hamilton, G. R. Byrum, G. F. Camp, Henry Keller, D. P. Sugg, j. H. Perkins, Arthur Burgin and Charles DeLacee.
 St. David's Day
 St. Davids day will be celebrated to- night at the Ensley Opera house by the Welshmen of the district, with a ban quet followed by a concert which will l largely be composed of the national and patriotic songs and ballads of Wales Prof. D. M Lewis will preside.
 The program will be:
 Chairman's Address-D. NJ Lewis
 Song-"Babel, by audience. Chorus-Welsh Male Chorus.
 Song-"Mor gan wv cymru i gyd.,' CWales, thou art the land of song), John Thomas
 Address-William Herbert
 ong-"Morgan Bach," Jack K Thom- as.
 song-"Hob deri dando,' R. J. Nor gan.
 Address-John H. Adams.
 Song-"Glad Delyn," Land of the | harp, Arthur Thomas.
 Recitation-"Betsy and I,'' J. w. Bed dow.
 9CiS OdiioAio, py oNolchSS' Duet-"Dring, Dring fyny.' (climb, climb. up higher), A. and J. Thomas. | Chorus-Welsh Male Chorus. Finale-'Hen+ wlad fy nhadau," Gland of my fathers), by audience.
 Prof. Stephen Allsopp accompanist.
 Many New Dwellings Being Built
 The Ensley Land company has com rnenced the erection of twenty-two dwell- ing houses on Avenue D and Thirty | fourth street, and are assembling the ma terials for the erection of fifty addition al residences in that vicinity. The land company has let the contracts to grade the streets from Avenue D to Avenue and from Thirty-second to Thirty sixth streets, inclusive; also laying sidewalks and guttering along these avenues and streets.
 The houses that are being erected will be modern in every particular, and will have the latest conveniences A large force of workmen have been employed on these buildings which will be com. pleted as rapidly as possible.
 Lenten Services l Ash Wednesday will be observed by special services at the Catholic and Episcopal churches. At the Catholic church the blessing and conferring of the ashes will be celebrated by the Rev. Father McQuillen At the Episcopal church, Rev. T. H. Walden will cele- brate holy communion at 7:3O o'clock in the morning.
 On Thursday evening a series of Lem ten addresses will commence q St. Johns Episcopal church. The Rev. Raimundo | de Ovies, rector of St. Andrews, will make the first address, taking for his subject 'Repentence from dead works" On the following Thursday night Dr. w. E. Evans will lecture on Faith These lectures will be continued during the Lenten season by the Episcopal min isters of the Birmingham district Rev. T. H. Walden extends a cordial and earn est invitation to the public to attend these services.
 Funeral of Mrs. B. B. Bell
 The funeral of Mrs. B. B. Bell took place yesterday from the family resi- | dence on Avenue F. The services were attended by large number of relatives and friends of the deceased and family. The floral tributes were beautiful and of appropriate design and were so abun- l dant as to require T special carriage Rev | E. c. Comfort, pastor of the Presbyter- ian church, conducted the services which, though simple, were solemn and impress sive. MT. Comfort paid a beautiful trib- ute to the memory of the deceased and extended to the bereaved family the con- solation that the world cannot give. The interment was made at Elmwood ceme- tery. The pall-bearers were: F. o. Har- ris, J. C. Bryant, NJ. H. MdDowell, E. W. Averyt, D. F. Sugg and W. w. FL lis.
 Entertainment a Success
 The committee of ladies who had | charge of the Martha Washington en- | tertainment which was given on the 22nd and which was so delightfully."- success | fully carried out, turned over to the new book fund of the Ensley Public li- brary the sum of s65 as the proceeds of the affair The money will be used to purchase much needed books. The com nittee desire to express their thanks to those who generously rendered their | among whom were the orchestra, consist Ing of s. A. Lacock, P. H. Boerner, Marshall Everson, and Harper Reem.