The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-23
CALL TO REV. LITTLE
SELMA PREsBYTERrANs INVITE
 HIM TO COME.
At Present the Minister is the Pastor of . Church at Shopton, N. c. Selma Personals and
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AuNGEStStT DaiC0tt
 Selma, May p.
 At a meeting of the congregation of the First Presbyterian Church held last night at 8 o'clock in the Sunday School rooms for the purpose of call ing a pastor to fill the vacancy in their pulpit, 1t was unanimously decided that the church would extend call to Rev. A. A. Little of the Steele Creek Church, Shopton. N. c. The meeting was largely attended and the decision to call the Rev. MT. Little met with the hearty approval of the congrega- ton.
 After the decision to call Mir. Little last night, the congregation appoint ed pr. T. P. Gary, MT. c. w. Hooper, pr. Goldsby King and Dr. W. w. Harper as committee to sign the call for the congregation. MT. J. F Hoop CT was appointed as a commissioner to prosecute the call before the Presby- tery at Mecklenburg, N. :.
 Rev. A. A. Little was born in Rich mof,d. Va, and is about 70 years old. He is a graduate from Hampden Sid ney College and from the Union Theo- logical Seminary of Virginia. He has held pastorates at Gordonville, Va, and at Atlanta. Ga.. and served as an evangelist several years for the synod of Virginia.
 The Rev. MT. Little is at present the pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Chopton, N. C., which is the largest country church Of the Presbyterian denomination in the Southern States. The membership of it Is over 69e. while the average attendance of the Sunday School is a little over 750. q.
 Reports that have been received by the congregation concerning MT. Little all are most highly favorable to him as a God fearing and conscientious man and pastor. The members of the congregation are favorably impressed sincerely hope that he win accept the call. He has been invited to come to Selma and preach for the church next Sunday. but as yet nothing has been heard from him.
 A medal offered by the Daughters of the Revolution for the best essay writ. ten either by a pupil of the Mobile schools or by a pupil of the Selma school, has been won by young lady of the Dallas Academy, and will be presented on the night of the closing exercises by Rev. T. L. Crosby, chair man of the committee of award.
  ing for Washington as a delegate from the Machinists Union of this city to be present at conference between the officials of the Southern Railnoad and the delegates of the union who have gone to Washington to confer with the officers of the Southern.
 Ed Hill, the wife beater. who struck his better half the other night on the side of her head with chair, was fined s5 in Police Court this morning by Mayor Mcleod.
 Miss Daisy Lloyd, after a pleasant visit to her sister. Mrs. R. L. Irving returned to her home in Anniston this morning.
 MT. and Mrs. Will varnon returned this morning from their bridal trip to Chattanooga, Atlanta and other cities.
 Jack S. Johnson of Birmingham is spending few days among Selma friends. e1
 New Uniforms have been ordered for the police force and will arrived about the fifth of June.
 Mir. J. W. Hunter has gone to New Orleans on a business trip.
 W. 8. Saffold. a prominent farmer of West Dallas was in the city today.
 Will Jordan of Mulberry was a visitor to Selma today.
 MT, Will Mason. a prominent mer- chant of Marion is in the city.
 Miss Lillie Pelzer of Montgomery is visiting Miss Maud Hooper.
 MT. and Mrs. w. H. welch' of this city are in Birmingham for few days.