The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
.LEAGUERS WANT
FIELD SECRETARY
Convention At Admission Is
Largely Attended
MISS MOORE SPEAKS
Makes An Interesting and Appealing
Address on Subject, "The Duty
ofYouns Women to Society,""
News of Admission.
MISS MOORE SPt

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creation of the office of paid field Sec
rotary seems to be the chief aim sought
by the north Alabama conference of
the Epworth league, which is now in ses-
sion at the First Methodist church in
this city. and on the opening of the con-
ference this morning President H A.
Locke made an earnest appeal for such
a position to be established, as it prob
ably will be.
Miss Mabel Head spoke on Power
Through the Prayer Life" She said that
prayer should be considered privilege
and one should feel the presence of God
in prayer, stating further that the men
who have achieved most in the world
have been men of prayer. Secret prayer,
she said. is the only key to effective pub
lie prayer.
Miss Sudie v. Hunt made an earnest
appeal for the Summerville orphanage
which, she says. Is badly In need of sup
port. There are now IS children in the
institution. she said, 50 of whom are sup
ported by the north Alabama conference
and 20 by the south Alabama confer
ence. The two conferences gave $1,000
and $20OO respectively last year. She
said the building is badly in need of re-
pairs
After an address by Miss Mary DeBar-
deleben in the interest of the Nashville
Training school the conference went into
a business session. A committee was ap-
pointed to provide for raising the confer
ence debt, and an auditing committee was
appointed, consisting of Claire Purcell of
Huntsville and L. o. Treadaway of An
niston.
The delegates went to Oxford Lake park
on an outing this afternoon and tomor-
row afternoon they will probably attend
the Oxford baseball game, a
free invitation having been extended by
President Smith of the City league.
Few more earnest and appealingly beau
tiful addresses have been heard in Annis-
ton than was the address by Miss Mary
N. Moore, president of the Athens Fe
male seminary. yesterday evening on the
subject of 1.-THE Duty of Young Women
to Society,"" She pleaded for naturalness
in dress, for simplicity in manner and
for truthfulness In all things. The pri-
mary duty of every young woman, she
said, is to prepare to make herself self
sustaining in order to meet all possible
vicssitudes and exigences of life.
The feature of yesterday afternoons
session was the address on history of the
organization by DIR. b. S. Parker of Nash
vile, prominent in denominational jour
nalism. Like the Methodist church. he
said, the league was born in a spirit Of
revival, and 1t has furnished during Its
history many notable leaders for the
Methodist denomination and its members
have been in the forefront in promoting
the world wide laymen's missionary move
ment. The one danger which confronts
the organization, said DR.. Parker, is that
it will forget its youth and fail to reach
out for young people.
Miss DeBardeleben of Birmingham
made an excellent address on the Junior
League" stating that the very future
of the church depends upon the training
that is done in this department. She be-
1ieves 1t even more important than the
Sunday school in the development of ac-
tive workers. Church training does not
consist essentially in Bible study, she
said, because some of the best lessons
that the Bible teaches can be learned
only through service.
H A. Locke of Birmingham has been
renominated for president and he will CO.
operate with committee headed by Miss
Hays of Woodlawn in the nomination of
other officers. Miss Pugh of Birmingham
heads the banner committee
Huntsville and Florence are making
strong nights for the next convention
will be close.
Even the women of Calhoun county
have become interested in the whirlwind
educational campaign which has been
waged in this and other counties of the
states, and according to Charles d. Kline,
who has just returned from tour of the
county with DIR. c. C. Thach, president
of the Alabama Polytechnic institute,
club will be organized at Jacksonville
for the purpose of wiping out lliteracy
and promoting the interests of local tax
alton.
This club will be organized by Mrs.
George Rowan, one of the most prom
inent women of the state. She Is a sister
of Mrs. Darlington Semple, for many
years famous as head of one of the most
fashionable of New YORK nnlSnlng
schools, and has taken an active interest
In educational affairs. The sole purpose
of her new club will be to fight illiteracy !
the organzatio being inspired by the
address there on last Tuesday evening by
DIR. Thach on compulsory education.
On his return from Ohatchie, where the |
last meeting in this county was held
Charles D. Kline stated today that the |
people were enthusiastic for better school |
foe The |
question of local taxation Is favored uni |
versally, he says, and the most prom |
inent speakers in the cities visited came |
out in fi.vor of that issue. He believes |
that great good will result from the |
campaign.
The funeral of Robert N. Donovan, who |
dropped dead In front of the Garrett eld |
shoe store yesterday, was held at the |
First Methodist church this afternoon |
at o CT ock interment following at Edge |
mont cemetery. Mr.. Donovan was |
pioneer citizen, having come here from |
Georgia over 20 years ago. He was PROM |
inently connected In the Empire state. but |
is survived here by only his wife an0 |
a step-daughter, Mrs e. L. Field.
Lovett In Lamar.
Kennedy. August 26.-(Special)- Dr. ].
A. B. Lovett closed the whirlwind edu- |
cational campaign here last night for |
Lamar county. For the past several days |
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