The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26

Merchants field day exercises are being
 planned by the merchants of this city, together with the members of the Ems ley Fairgrounds association. Field day will be observed on Wednesday, August l Q, at the Ensley park. A committee com
 posed of Henry Keller. J. J. Walker, J. A.
 Dupuy and R. L. Dimmitt will meet l Wednesday afternoon at o'clock In
 the real estate office of J. A Dupuy on
 Avenue D to make the arrangements for
 the occasion.
 The children of the playgrounds will
 take part in the affair with games of all kinds and baseball game will be 1 played between the Ensley park team and
 another team, which has not been select ed, there will be a fat mans race, to-
 gether with several other events for the
 grown-ups Much interest is being taken
 in the coming events and there is a move
 ment on foot to have half-holiday de
 clared on that day. All persons who are
 interested in this movement are invited
 to be present at this meeting Wednesday lafternoon
 During the past week a revival has | been held at the Ensley Highland Meth
 odist Sunday school room under the di- | rection of the Rev w. G. Gaston pas
 tor of the shadyside Methodist church,
 assisted by the Rev. J. c. Persinger of i the West End Methodist church. As a
 result of these meetings a number of the
 citizens of Ensley Highlands got together
 and decided to organize an Ensley High 1 lands Methodist church at the closing services tonight
 The Rev J. s. sturdlvant. presiding elder of the Bessemer district, will have l charge of the organization. special l song service will be carried out at the l closing meeting under the personal di- rection of Prof Stephen Allsopp assist | ed by Miss Myrtle Shaddick, pianist. There has been a change in the Sunday school hour, and 1t will be held at 9:30 o'clock this morning and from now on, | instead of the usual hour. The Sunday school classes will be thoroughly organ- ized at the meeting this morning. Organization of the new church will make two churches on the Ensley High lands. The services for the present time will be conducted in the building used as the Sunday school room until enough money has been raised to build church.
 While ia swimming yesterday afternoon about 1920 o'clock John Smith, a negro boy about 10 years old. was drowned in a pond near the Frisco trestle over Village creek. The pond is about a block from Village creek and the negro boy, together with several companions, went in swim ming about noon yesterday. They had been in about 20 minutes when suddenly smith was seen to go under. Before any assistance could be rendered he was drowned It is thought that he was seized with cramps and sank before he could call for help. His body was recovered later.
 A class of about 50 will be initiated into the Steel City lodge No 156 Woodmen of the World, at the regular meeting tomorrow night at the Knights of Pythias hall on Avenue E. The members conduct ed six weeks campaign and succeeded in getting one of the largest classes in the history of the lodge. Monday night falls on the regular social night of the order and after the initiation a social will be held. An interesting programme has been arranged and members from the othere camps in the Birmingham dis trict have been invited to take part in the initiation and social.
 The Ensley Boy Scouts were called upon Friday night to help find little Miss Ruth Thompson. aged years, who was lost from her father, G. A. Thomson, of Atlanta, while he was speaking to a