The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-09
MOVEMENT FOR
 NEW CLUB HOUSE
Matter Being Pushed By Or
 ganization at Anniston
JURY LAW TROUBLESOME
First District Pythiau Lodges In Fine Shape-Dr. Stagg will Begin Series of Lectures Tomor-
 row Evening

the meeting of the stockholders of the Anniston Country club organization in the city courtroom of the county court house Tuesday afternoon definite steps were taken toward the erection of a suit able club house on the golf grounds cast of Tyler hill.
 | The matter has been placed in the hands of l.. T. Smith, an enthusiast over the
 project, who will see each of the sub
 scribers to the club stock, and upon their
 decision will depend further action. If
 they want the clubhouse erected, it will
 be undertaken at once. Already about sJ00 has been spent in improving the golf links, consisting of an 1S-hole course, and considered among the finest in the south. John B. Knox Is president of the club or ganization and L. C. Watson is secretary. Judge John Pelham and Dr. A. N Steele, two other members, have agreed to take bonds, which will be issued, it is pro posed, to the amount of s3oo0.
 The new jury law has also been giving trouble in Anniston, and in connection with this fact quite a compliment was 
 Anniston city court Monday afternoon Judge Coleman w1s in doubt about some feature of the law in regard to the draw ing of petit juries, and to settle the mat tershe called a consultation of the Annis- ton Bar association, which, by an unani- nous vote, agreed to abide by his inter- pretation of the Jaw without contest
 W. B. Merrill. district president of the Knights of Pythias for the First district of Alabama, has just completed visit to each of the lodges in his district, concIud- ing the trip with a visit to Rathbone lodge, in Oxford, Monday evening. He says that there s more enthusiasm and greater numerical strength among the various lodges Of the district than at any other time within his knowledge. Par ticularly is this true in the immediate Anniston district. uniform rank has just been established in Oxford, and An niston lodge No 91 at it's last meeting ap- pointed a committee, with Joe Stevens as chairman, to confer with the other lodges of the city in regard to an uniform rank in this city.
 
 Stagg, president, is to deliver at the Ala | bama Presbyterian college, beginning next | Thursday evening, will be in the nature | of house warming, he says, for the new | auditorium, which he has just furnished | and, Furthermore, as an introduction to a | course of lectures which will be delivered | by other scholars during the winter.
 The first of the entertainments will be a dialect reading. While it is primarily humorous it will be also in- structive by bringing out many of the idiosyncrasies of the ante-bellum ne gro and in referring to the lecture, pr. Stagg recommended it by hum- orously remarking that some of nis close kin here said that it is an able ef- fort.
 Following this lecture Dr. Stagg will make a series of more serious dls- courses on the general subject of eth- ics, stressing during the series many of the paramount problems of the day, economic. social and religious, money. marriage, property, etc, being included among the topics. A large crowd is virtually assured throughout the series.
 The union of Christian Endeavorers of Anniston and Oxford is new or ganiza ton which has just been per feoted by Christian workers of these two cities with ". A. Pilkinton IS pres ident.
 At a meeting in the Christian church in this city last Sunday, at which Rutherford Lapsley presided, the or ganization was perfected by the adop- ton of constitution and bylaws. cleo tion of officers and an executive com mittee as follows: W. A. Pilkinton, president; H. l.. Smith, T. F. New man and J. D. Doushdrill, vice presI- dents; Miss Mamie Osbore, secretary: Robert Hall, treasurer; Miss Mary Weatherly. Miss May Pinson and Miss Louette Seals, executive committee.
 The Christian churches of Anniston and Oxford. the Presbyterian church of Oxford, the First and Second Pres byterian churches of this city are iden- tified with the union, which will meet every two months with the object of encouraging cooperation in positive Christianity.
 Level-headedness predominated over impetuosity at the meeting of the West Anniston volunteer fire department No. 1, yesterday evening with the re- suit that threa tened disruption of the company was averted and definite a. ton postponed until the alleged griev- anccs of the company could be taken before the city council in proper form.
 D. G. Lee, a member of the con- A A