The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-25
EPWORTH LEAGUE
IN CONVENTION
DR.. Stage Welcomes Delegates
to Admission
PLAN PYTHIAN PICNIC
DR.. C. C. Thach and Others Deliver
Educational Addresses in Calhoun
county-Advocate Local Tax
alton for Schools.
PLAN PYTHIAN PICI

Admission, August 24-(Special )-several
hundred delegates have arrived In the
city to attend the convention of the
North Alabama Epworth League, the
initial session Of which was held at the
First Methodist church this evening. The
delegates were welcomed to the city by
DR., j. w. Stage in his usual witty and
eloquent manner. The response was made
by A. ]. Walker of Birmingham The
programme for the evening was mostly
a musical service, including a violin SEX
tet, vocal solo by Miss Taleot Wat
son. and two selections by the Epworth
quartet. DIR. ]. D. Simpson, pastor. de-
livered the invocation, and after the ses-
sion was concluded a social meeting was
held at the church.
The convention proper will begin tomor-
row morning, two of the chief features
of the session being down for tomorrow
evening, namely, the address by DR.. ].
H Mccoy, president of Birmingham col
lege, on obligations of Young Men to
Society,"" Other noted speakers on the
programme are DR.. L. D. Patterson and
DR.. F. s. Parker.
A feature of the Pythian convention Of
the First district which will be held here
on September II. will be a picnic at Ok
ford Lake park, to which all of the IL
lodges In the district will be invited, in
GLIDING the members of the families of
the lodgemen. ]. A. Robertson, W. D.
Newman, w. o. Treadaway, T. NJ Har-
mon, G.. Fl. Brummell, N. L. Myerson,
w. F. Richie and R. L. Iodd have been
appointed committee from Calhoun
lodge to arrange for the outing.
DR.. C. C. Thach, president of the Ala
bama Polytechnic institute; DR.. ]. w.
Stage, president of the Alabama Presby-
terrain college, and Superintendent D. R.
Murphey Of the Admission public schools
spoke here last night in the interest of
the whirlwind educational campaign
which is being waged throughout the
state. Their remarks were confined
chiefly to an appeal for local taxation,
1t being cited that this state is the only
one in the union where citizens are de-
MED this privilege. Superintendent Muir
phey said that in his opinion compulsory
education would never be a success until
better facilities are furnished for school
purposes.
Commissioners S. G. Wright and M. B.
Wellborn have returned from a joint
meeting with the commissioners of Tai
ladega county for the purpose of award
ing a contract for bridge across Cold
water creek, the expenses of which will
be borne equally by the two counties
w. H Nunnally was given the job, which
will represent an expenditure of about
SEQ.
A letter from the wife of the wounded
man says that Frank Reames, who was
shot in Fort Worth, Texas, last week,
has chance to recover. Mr.. Reames
was shot in the back from behind and
he neither knows the cause of the assault
nor the identity of his assaiants. He
is of the opinion that he was attacked as
result of a case of mistaken identity,
the person doing the shooting thinking
he was another man. He had just parted
from his wife on one of the main streets
of the city when the attack was made.