The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-01
NEWS OF ENSLEY

The session of the Alabama Presby- tery came to a successful close last night after a tvo-day session at the Ensley Highland Presbyterian church. pr. W L. Darby delivered the closing address and spoke OF The Home Mission Prob lem and also on the work that the church was doing. Al the morning ses- sion yesterday the report of the elders O, the different churches in this district were made. which shows that the churches are progressing rapidly and also d report of the Home Missionary society. In he afternoon session Miss Minnie Kennedy gave a Sunday school demon- straton in connection with the report of the Sunday school work. The report of the Sunday school committee showed q large increase in attendance in the diff terent churches throughout this district. The Rev. j. NJ. Broadly. of the Fifth avenue Presbyterian church of Birming- ham, was elected moderator. Mrs Dr. Dola Taylor gave an interesting talk on the adult class Of the Sunday school dur ing the afternoon session. At the closing session last night the report of the for eign missionary committee was heard and
 
 BlnbaNer. of the Ensley Highland Pres lNteran church. was chairman of this committee and made the report. Eight zen delegates and a large number of visi- tors attended the meeting and were enter tained by the members of the eongrega- tion while they were here.
 Funeral services over the remains oi William ]. Webb. who died Monday aft. aT of in rxFl., f,1I. ,xs.t. a lengthy Illness, were conducted yes terday afternoon from the family resi- dence at Thirty-eighth street. The Rev Father McQuillan, pastor of St. An. thonys Catholic church of Ensley, off ciated. lnterment followed at the Oak. land cemetery. He is survived by his widow and three children. The deceased has lived in Wylam a number of years pr. H. M. Steveson. pastor of tn, Eleventh Avenue Methodist church ot Birmingham. will deliver a lecture at tn, Ensey Highland Methodist church this evening at 7;30 o'clock. pr. Steveson be ing member of the state mission board
 he will confer with the members of that congregation in regard to the building o1 a church. The church has just been or. ganized several months and the member ship is rapidly increasing.
 Services will be conducted tonight al | the Ensley Presbyterian church for the 1 Scandinavians of this distrct. The ser.
 wees will be held at o'clock and WI l be conducted by the Rev. A. A. Swanland | of Thorsby. All Scandinavans of this district are invited to attend
 | The Birmingham, Ensley and Besse- mer Railroad company has moved it's
 main offices to Ensley and has located them uear the barn on Avenue c and Eighteenth street They were busy moving things yesterday and expect to have everything ready by today. The moving of the offices to Ensley will save time and trouble for the employees of the company, it is stated.
 l Yesterday morning in the Ensley police court. Hilliard Mccain was fined $100 and 90 days extra by Judge J. T. Lowry on charge of assault with a weapon. Mccain assaulted another ne- gro several days ago with a knife and cut him several times about the face. A very light docket was on hand yes terday morning. only three cases were tried.
 l The members of the Olympia Forty two club will be entertained this aft ernoon by Mrs. R. M. Cunningham at her home on the South Highlands in Birmingham
 1 Miss Grace Hillhouse left last night | for Cincinnati, where she will spend the winter.
 Mrs, W. T. Hendon and Miss Lil- | ,ian Wood left yesterday for a six weeks visit in New York
 1 Miss Marie Sylvia is visiting Mrs B. C Roberts at her home in Fairview i AIr and Mrs. Garrett Webb and | family have moved to Ensley to re-