The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-26
HEIRS OF J. J. FLOWERS
 DONATE FIFTY THOUSAND
Conditions Are Practically All Met
 in Advance.
Giving of Rig Sum Insures s150,oOo for Building of Structure for Education of Methodist
 Women on Site Near
 Montgomery.

A splendid gift or $SU,VVO, dnnouHcou by the heirs of the late John J. Flow CTS of Montgomery. to the Methodist Wbman's College, to be built at Mont gomery, assures the promoters or that institution of $150, 900 as a nucleus 10 begin the construction of the college. which has already become the pride or Alabama Methodism.
 Of this gift from the Flowers estate, Rev. J. M. Dannelly, the Financial Agent of the College. says: Tt IS possibly the largest single private gift ever made in Alabama to the cause of education"
 The $50 900 promised the college by the citizens of Montgomery Is in hand. notwithst standing the existing financial ' stringency.
 The sum of $5o,oo0 will be presented by the two Alabama conferences out side of Montgomery. Of this amount S25,000 has been collected and the re- mainder, all agree, can be quickly col lected after the adjournment Of the two Alabama Conferences. The movement for the building of the great college Is so far advanced that tentative plans have been drawn for the construction of the buildings on the splendid site just outside the city limits of Montgomery, on the Thomas site recently purchased by the citizens of Montgomery and deeded to the Commission for building the col lege.
 Gift from Flowers Heirs.
 The details of the gift from the heirs of MT. Flowers were made public yes terday by Rev. J. M. Danneily, Ffnan- cial Agent for the College. At his urgent request he was given permis- sion by the family to publish the cor respondence in reference to the splen- did gift in order that the Alabama . .f sAow ad n tons which surrBund the building ef the new womarRs college .s X. MT. Dannelly has not the slightest doubt but that the modest conditions attached to the gift will be fully met. In fact, the College Commission IS ai- most able now to comply with those conditions, and that which is needed to comply fully is in sight.
 7. The first condition is that the Com mission will collect from the citizens of Montgomery the sum Of !$5o,ooo TOT the college. This condition has been met. At meeting of the Commission held a few days ago. the members were told by Capt. A. c. Forbes, President of the Montgomery Commercial Club. that s44,OO0 of the amount subscribed had been collected and the club guar anteed the remainder, which was being collected. North Alabama Conference shall col- feet s25OOO flor the college and the Alabama Conference shall collect $25.- GOO. Of this total $25.00Q has already been collected, and no thorough can vass has yet been made. The remain der. it is believed, can be easily se- - cured.
 For Support of the College.
 It is a condition of the gift that each of the two Alabama Conferences will pledge the sum of $3,000 annually to the support of the college. There is not the slightest doupr but that this will be done.
 The main building, the administra- tion building. will be named "the John J Flowers building" in honor oi that strong Alabamian who died few months ago after 8 useful and success full life.
 MT. Flowers was probably the most prominent lay member of the Metho- dist Church in Alabama. He was one of the Alabamians who entered the & great lumber industry in it's incipiency and who amassed large fortune and built up an honored name.
 Esteemed by all who knew him 1t was his disinclination to enter public life. That alone prevented him from wear. ing high political honors. He was of fered by Governor Sanford the Presi- deney of the State Board of Convict Inspectors, but true to the rule he set for himself to keep out of public life he declined it.
 The movement far a woman's College in Montgomery, in the support oi which the two Alabama Conferences would unite, was a cause dear to his heart. He was one of the original promoters of the enterprise and his assistance in It's early stages was most invaluable.
 In hono1 of his memory hts heirs now donate the sum of $50,000 which will be used for the building of the admin istration building. to be named In hi; honor. This will be done at the writ ten request of the College Commission which felt under grateful obligations for his invaluable assistance.
 Local Subscription Raised.
 The College Commission was very much gratifed at it's meeting a few days ago, at the showing made by Capt. A. c. Forbes for the Montgom. cry Commercial Club which undertook to raise $50.000.
 This excellent showing was contain ed in the following letter from Cap tain Forbes:
 ''Montgomery. Ala. Nov. 19, 1907. "Dr. J. M. Mason. Chairman, ant
 Members of the Methodist Colleg'
 Commission:
 "Gentlement :--Beini advised of you presence in Montgomery today. I desir to submit for your ( -.sideration a re port on the present status of the $50, ,00 fund promised by the citizens of Mont Eomery through the Commercial Clul as one of the conditions for location o the Methodist College in this city.
 Tt is my pleasure to congratulate your Commission as well as the citi zens of Montgomery. on the showing now presented and to acknowledge t you and our citizenE the substsntia help and untiring efforts of your Finan cial Agent, Rev. J. M. Dannelly, wh has done much in the furtherance O this good cause.
 "Attched will be found a statemen from Hon. Michael Cody. President o the Exchange National Bank. who ha SO kindly undertaken the collection an distribution of this fund, from whic statement it will be seen that to tn