The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-26
Pastor of First Presbyterian
 Church of AnniSton
ANTS ARE GETTING BUSY
Tom Kirkpatrick, Negro Murderer. Is Sentenced To Hang in December. Friends of Former Postmas-
 ter Seek His Pardon.


 G. Anderson, who has been pastor of the First Presbyterian church in Annnis- ton for the past three years, has rendered his resignation to become effective on January 1, and at an early date there will be held congregational meeting of the church, followed by a called meeting of the North Alabama presbytery to con. sider his action.
 Dr. Andersons resignation cannot be considered by the prssbytery which con venes here Tuesday evening, it will first have to be accepted or declined by the church session His resignation as pastor will not necessitate his resignation as a trustee of the Alabama Presby- terian college. and this position he will continue to hold.
 It was stated Monday by pr. Anderson that the object of his resignation was to take charge of the home mission work of the North Alabama presbytery committee having been sent to him re- gently to get him to take this step. His new duties will consist of evangelisuc work, the building up of small churches organization of new churches and look
 
 bytery, which now includes 72 churches and 1000 members.
 Dr. Anderson has not yet selected his new headquarters, which will probably be chosen from Annston. Birmingham, Huntsville. Gadsden. Talladega. Tusca- loosa, Decatur, Florence, Bessemer, AL bertville or Columbiana, though there are numerous other towns and cities em- braeed in his territory.
 Coming to Anniston from Pensacola, pr. Anderson has done an excellent work for good in this city. He is a gentleman of the old school, a man of uncompromising convictions and of strong moral fibre. He has entered into every department of the city life and has been one of the prime factors in the making of the Ala bama Presbyterian college.
 Defenders Getting Busy.
 The anti-amendment campaign commit tee has made arrangements to fire some big guns in Calhoun county on next Sat urday in effort to cut down any ma jority for the amendment. On Saturday at II o'clock, Gen. G. P. Harrison and Reid P. Bernes of Lee county; Emmet O'Neal and James Weatherly will speak
 
 city, and in the evening they will di- vide, Messrs. Harrison and O'Neal going to Piedmont and Messrs. Weatherly and Barnes to Jacksonville.
 For the amendment w. P. Acker and Dr. J. D. Simpson will speak at Bynum next Wednesday. The Rev G. D. Harris and O. M. Alexander spoke at Alexandria Saturday. Home material will be used on other stumps in the county this week, and the fight will be waged more bitterly as the days approach for the election.
 Will Hang in December.
 Tom Kirkpatrick will pay the death penalty on the gallows for the murder of another negro by the name of Jim Vaughn at Iron City last July. the date set for the hanging being December 10, 1909.
 This was the decree of Judge Thom- as w. Coleman of the city court this morning. The hanging will take place In the courtyard of the Calhoun county Jail and will be the first legal execution in this county since September g, 1904, when Sheriff M. W. Woodruff pulled the trap that sent Andrew Burton, also a negro. to his doom. Sheriff w C. Le- l Grand will officiate at the hanging of | Kirkpatrick
 Owing to the date set for the hanging 1 of Kirkpatrick 1t is now improbable that
  | Erwin Pope, the other negro of Calhoun under a sentence of death, would not | be hanged until some time Tn February. ! probab bly,, should the supreme court pass unfavorably on his appeal. His attorny. | N. P. Sterne stated today that the brief would not be submitted until January, when the cases for this district will be taken up by the higher court Should there be any stay in the execution of Kirkpatrick, however, the double execu- ton may still be arranged
 Seek Pardon for Ragan.
 Attorney c. F. Douglass of this city has instituted measures looking to the pardon | of former Postmaster James Matthew 1 Ragan who was sent to the Atlanta pen itentiary a few years ago for the em- bezzlement of funds from the Anniston postoffice MT. Douglass recently visited the former postmaster at the Atlanta penitentiary and it is said that he has made an exemplary prisoner having been 1 regularly promoted in the line of work ! assfpue1 to the prisOners