The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-14

The Rev. George l.. Jenkins, aged 57 years. pastor of the First Methodist church of Ensley. died last night at 1O:45 o'clock of Bright's disease, after finger ing illness, which had confined him to his bed for the past two months. The funeral will be held this afternoon
 ar o'clock at the First Methodist church in Ensley, and the remains will be taken to Lafayette for interment tomorrow morning at 7:15 o'clock over the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic. The funeral services will be conducted by Bishop J.
 H. Mccoy, Dr. J. D. Simpson. Dr. L. c. Branscomb. and Dr. Sturdivant.
 The following will act as pallbearers: J. P. Shaddic. J. S. Hall, Sam B. Haney. W. B. Bridge. l. M Barton, George Bow ron. w. T. Cochrane and J. H. Perkins. The honorary pallbearers will be mem bers of the Birmingham District Minis tcrial association.
 MT. Jenkins came to Ensley from Flor ence and this was his second year In the E,iisley pastorate. Formerly he was pre-
 siding elder of the Talladega district, had served at the First church in Tus-
 caioosa and other prominent north Ala bama churches.
 He was especially active In fraternal circles, being a Shriner. Royal Arch
 Muson, a past master of the Odd Fellows,
 and a Knight of Pythias, in which order
 he held important offices. The deceased is survived by his widow and eight children.
 The members of Steel City lodge No. 190,
 Knights of Pythias, have organized a dramatic team with 45 members. The new team was organized last Thursday night when the bylaws and constitution was adopted. The directors of the team are as follows: Thomas R. Walker, chair ,uan; D. J. Hummer. George H. Younger. Ross Yarbrough and F. J. Cowart. The purpose of the new team Is Co a0vance the work of Pythlanism throughout this state and the south. It will put on the play, Damon and Pythias," at Bloctor, the alter part of this month, and arrange n ents are being made to go to every city in the state where there is a Knights The local lodge has recently purchased new paraphernalia for all of the teame. Officers of the new organization will be elected at the next meeting.
 The regular meeting of the Ensley club will me held Tuesday night in the inferior courtroom at 7:30. o'clock. Several mat ters of importance will be taken up in- cluoins making final arrangement for the annual banquet and the report of a num- Ter of committees. The committee on the lighting up of Ensley's whiteway, which has been i'll darkness since the first of this month, will be heard A committee of real estate men of this city will attend and ask that committee be ap. ointed to go before the city scommis- sioners in reference to destruction of property around the vacant houses. An interesting feature of the meeting of the Angelican Young Peoples association os the St. Johns Episcopal church, which will be held on next Thursday, will be an address by Dr. Earle Drennen, who has l just returned to Birmingham from the European war. Dr. Drennen will speak o.l his work as a member of the Ameri- 1 can Red Cross association in>the present war, and the members of the Tlpsiey as- 1 sociatlon consider themselves fortunate | in obtaining this address. Dr. Drennen l will speak at the parish house on Ave nae G and Twenty-second street, and the public is invited.
 | pr. R. M. Cunningham, city health off, l ficer and former lieutenant-governor of 1 this state. will deliver the address al | the regular mems meeting, which will be held at the Franklin theatre this after noon at 8 o'clock. pr. Cunningham's pow
 err as q speaker are well known in this