The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
S[EY PASTOR KILLED BY AUTO
II. E. Wilson Succumbs To uries Received Saturday fternoon-Skull Crushed
ENslEY BuREAU1 THE AeE-H ERALD ! Easlav. Ala. Ian. le

AAqy. M. D. Wilson, age S6, pastor
 ne Ensley Highlands Methodist
 reA, died at 10 10 o'cclock Saturday < ht of injuries received at ? :45
 oek in the afternoon when he was
 xuek by an automobile driven by M. E xt6nherello, between Avenues L and I, dh Ensley.
 S; According to information from po-
 70 Headquarters, Rev. Wilson was xeoing Nineteenth street and was near
 car rails when struck. He was car >i11 to the Ensley infirmary, where he lnrbred unconscious until the end
 nme. Tomberello was arrested and is
 lng held in jail. Rev. Wilson's in-
 ufies consisted of three broken ribs, a
 eoken arm, internal injuries, besides S4 possible fracture of the skull, which belloTed to have been the immediate fcause of his death.
 3 Be was one of the youngest ministers n the Ensley district and had only oc- 9cupied the pulpit of his church for a GAort time, coming to Ensley after the recent Methodist conference in No NUmber.
 Rev. Wilson is survived by his widow, Nrs. Mary B. Wilson; a son, Wilbur . daughter, Mary Louise Wilson; his mother, Mrs. J. l.. Wilson; one sister, Mrs. L. M. Bowdon.
 Funeral services will be held at o'clock Sunday afternoon from the Ems ley Highlands Methodist church. The , board of stewards of the church will serve as active, and the ministers of the sdistrict as honorary pallbearers. The !: femains will be sent at o'clock Sun day afternoon to Florence, Ala, where sinterment will be made.
 Morning and evening Sunday serv- ices at the church have been cancelled.
 Meeting Postponed
 The mass meeting to protest against the abandonment of the Tidewater street car lines from the Owenton Junction west to Ensley, which was to have been held Saturday night, was postponed. After a conference Satur- day between leaders of the movement and officials of the Ensley Associated Merchants it was agreed to defer the meeting until the association at its : meeting Tuesday discussed the affair and determined what action should be x taken. It is stated that by Tuesday, when the association meets, there will
 \, available complete information rela-
 < to the change. As understood now, the company plans to do away with the liHes as they parallel the principal portion of Shadyside, a popu- lous residential section. It IS to safe property owners there with car service which has interested the leading busi- ness men of this section.
 & The campaign which has been under way for several weeks between the op- posing factions of the mems class of the Ensiey Christian church will be concluded Sunday morning with a general rally to begin Sunday morning at the meeting hour. The forces have been battling for some weeks led by Neal Dugger and G. Cleveland and have enlisted the sympathy and cooperation of large number of men. The class has been materially increased and the two factions are pleased with the re- suits obtained. Last Sunday the crowds were so great as to necessitate the use of the church auditorium for the meeting.
 To Advertise Class E With buglers and drummers placed Tn large trucks the men of Ensley will s.3e invited to Sunday school Sunday morning. Tom 5. P1ppln, president Of the class, stated that the z 80 o'clock Sunday morning the truck would leave the First Methodist church and visit all points in the district. There will ae streamers on the truck with ap- propriate instructions regarding the in- vitation.
 The Tyler merit cup recently won by Miss Cecile Wilson of Ensley will be presented at the First Methodist H church next Sunday afternoon at R o'clock. The huge loving cup of beau < tiful design was sent to Birmingham Saturday to be engraved, it being set forth on the cup that it was awarded