The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-16
The SOCIAL WORLD
OF BIRMINGHAM
Sweet Charity Received an I'M
petuS the Past Week.
BIRMINGHAM COUNTRY CLUB
Preparations for the May Festivities
Progressing Committee Meetings
Tomorrow Night Gossip and
Events in Society
BY ANNIE KENDRroK WALKER

Birmingham is finally to have a country
club. 1t is to be one of the most attractive
in the south. The site has been selected,
adjoining the North Birmingham park, and
the erection of the building will begin with
in a week. While the building is not to be
magnificent, it is to be attractive and
roomy 1t is to be but one story high, yet
it will nave a veranda, sixteen feet wide,
extending entirely around the building. The
ladies' parlor and reception room is to be
in one end of the building, while the cafe
and smoking rooms will be in the other.
Between the two will be a great dancing
hall, sixty by fifty feet. In each end of this
hall will be large fireplaces and chimneys
of red brick extending up on the inside OF
the building in the Dutch style. The dane
ing hall is to be enclosed in glass;
In connection with the club will be
large shed, to protect vehicles from the
rain, a kitchen and other necessary adj
juncts to a well organized and attractive
country club. There will be bowling al
ley, tennis court, foot ball and baseball
grounds and beautiful and we'll laid off golf
links in connection with the club.
The location is less than three miles from
the court house and is reached by two OF
the most attractive drives around Birming-
ham. One can either drive out Twenty
fourth street by the North Birmingham
Sloss furnaces or one can go out by Nine
teenth street and through North Highlands.
The North Birmingham trolley car line runs
within one hundred yards of the club house.
The club will be entirely a social organi-
cation and. will include ladies. 1t will be
conducted on the most advanced country
club principles and will contain every pos
sible attraction.
Already there are nearly one hundred
members of the organization and it is prob
able that before the club Is completed. the
limit of the membership, which is two hum
dred, will have been reached.
The officers of the club are Messrs. II. K.
Miner, president; Sol Haas, vice president;
Robert Baugh, secretary and treasurer.
The present membership consists of the fol-
lowing well known gentlemen:
H. K Miner, R. H Baugh, II. III. May
berry, T. J. Watson, r. M Newbold, M.
p. Northington, j. M. Caldwell, c. o.
Locke, t. F. Wimberly, w. G. Oliver, W.
l.. Miner A r. Dearborn, w. l.. Smith,
W. M Bremen. w. H. Kettig, R. s. Mum
ger, Scion Jacobs, Sol Haas, w. Wisner,
C. L. Stickney, T. ]. Haas, Rob't Jemison,
I. F. Young, Geo. H. Clark, Jack w. John
son. Jas. G. Caldwell, Thos. Ward, ]. D.
Kirkpatrick, c. H. Colvin, Rufus N. Rhodes
F. S. Foster, ]. H. Barr, B. F. Moore, p.
H Earl Jno. w. Tomlinson, B. j. Dryer,
r. Preston Means Geo. B. Ward, Henry
B. Gray, A. Latady, H. P. Hef1in. A. Nc
Cloud, E. A. DeFuniak, F. Y. Anderson,
Wyatt Hefiin, Jno. T. Patton, Erskin Ram
sey, w. P. Ward, w. C. Agee, w. G. Es-
ties, Ed. Warren, Jr., j. A. VanHoos, Frank
F. Ellis, Jno. Mcqueen, H. s. Going, T.
" Boardman, s. e. Thompson, Jno. C.
Forney, w. D. Nesbitt, w. R. Carr, r. H.
Pearson, Jno. Meade, N. E. Barker, ]. H.
Woodward, w. ]. Pearce, E. M. Tutwiller,
Alex p London, E. w. Barrett, M K.
Moore. Dan-Rogan, P. C. Thompson. Jas.
Weatherly
Society has been more than ordinarily in
terested in charity the past week, the for