The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-02-12
BAPTIST MINISTERS IN A NEW
ROLE.

On Monday at the regular weekly
meeting of the Baptist Ministers Con-
ference, the chairman, Rev. T. J..
Townsend, inaugurated another new
feature to the already interesting
meeting. This had been suggested
by several of the members and upon
a favorable vote it was adopted.
The new feature will be the organiza-
ton of the conference into a literary
and musical club upon very high
order 1t is their intention to give
religious concerts and entertainments
at the various churches. This is
said to have been agreed upon by
organized Baptist churches in the
pls ctically the entire membership.
The fact that there are forty-two
city and nearly all of them have pas
tors means that it will take some
time to get around to the various
churches; but, ere they make the
rounds, the results will be plainly
seen. 1t is known that there is tai
ent, both literary and musical, in the
membership. This has been demon
strated on several occasions, espec-
tally when the late Mrs. Josephine
Price McNairy had the celebrated
ministers Conference" at Mount
Olive Church. After the adoption of
the new feature, the regular weekly
business was taken up and disposed
Of, which includes the church re-
ports. Last Sunday being the first
Sunday in the month all of the re-
ports were encouraging and showed
a financial gain over previous years
for the first Sunday in February.
There was a Music Committee ap,
pointed to further the purpose of the
new feature consisting of ]. c.
Field, E. NJ. Lawrence and ]. B. Null
Inns. A different plan Tor the reports
Of the churches was also adopted
Heretofore the names of the pastors
of the various churches have been
called and he made the reports.
From now on the name of the church
will be called, the pastor for the
church will answer with a quotation
and then make his report for the pre-
vious Sunday. Hence the churches
will be more generally known than
heretofore.
SCOTT CASoN MURDERED.
Scott Cason about so years of age,
who lived at Flat Rock was killed
between the hours of and 8 o'clock
Saturday night at the hands of an
unknown murderer The killing
took place near the shoe shop Of
Robert Black, at 1912 Fourth avenue,
South, and the proprietor is being
held by the deputy sheriffs pending
a further investigation of the case.
Gussie Cohn, Blenora and Bertis
Majors. who were found by the Of
ficers in close proximity to the scene
of the sFocting. were also taken into
custody Saturday night, but were re-
leased Sunday morning after they
had told their stories. The deputies
who made the arrests in the case
were Warren, Borum, Stark, Scott
ard ~
It is claimed that conflicting state
ments made by Mr.. Robert Black and
the women who were arrested made
the officers believe that the shoe
dealer was holding back knowledge
of the tragedy The women were
confined in different cells after their
arrest and on Sunday, when interro
gated, they told practically the same
story of the affair.
Mr.. Black says that Cason was
standing more than 100 feet north OF
his shop when the shooting took
place, while the women stated that
the shooting was done in the immed1
ate vicinity of the shop. The man
ner in which Cason was lying when
the officers found him and the fact
that the bleed from the wound die
not appear en- his clothing, as it nat
urally would have done had he rur
100 feet after being shot, lead the of
,ficers to believe that Mr.. Blacks
story of the affair is incorrect.
"A basket which Cason had beer
carrying was found sitting on the
porch and his hat was in his hand as
he lay dead, These signs tend tt
strengthen the officers belief that
he met his death at the hands o
some person in the store at the time
The shots took effect In the head ant
shoulder, the latter proving fatal
Cason was found with his head Of
the ground and the rest of his bod,
resting on the platform just in from
of the shop. -~-
JNo. w. KELso, ICE DEALER.
For the past five years Mr.. ]. v
Kelso has been in the Ice business
and during that time has been abl
l.. e So nit