The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-28
PASTORS DEPLORE C|TY'SLAWLESSNESS.
Work for Missionary Expo sitiOn-NO Action on
 School Notices

Empowered to address a pastoral com munication to tho county and city au- thorties deploring the conditions of law
 lessness and immortality existing in the city and county, according to the recent report of the grand jury, a committee
 of ministers from each denomination was named by the Pastors union at it's meet ing yesterday morning in the basement of the First Methodist church. This com
 mlttee is composed of Dr. J. T. Plunket, chairman; Dr. A. R. Moore, Dr. George Eaves, Dr. w. I. Powell Dr. w. M.
 BlaclSwelder, T. c. Casaday, Dr. J. D.
 Lewis, Dr. I. D. Steele and pr. s. T. Slaton.
 Dr. J. T. Plunket, quoting comparative figures of the status of the country at
 large and foreign nations to bear out his point that the number of murders to the ratio of population in Jefferson county was sadly in need of ministerial recognition, introduced a resolution that a committee should consider the draft | ing of a proper letter to the officials or | the county and city conveying the opinion | of the Pastors union in this regard. The resolution was adopted and amended to | invite the cooperation of a religious rep resentative from the Jewish, Catholic and | Episcopal creeds.
 Dr. l.. c. Branscomb. president of the
 union, was chairman, and Dr. Ray was secretary of the meeting. The report from the committee appointed to go into the details of the Missionary exposition as a possibility for Birmingham was made by the chairman, Dr. George Eaves, who. on behalf of the committee, recom-
 mended that the Rev. l.. D. Patterson be authorized to go into the state field tc secure a fund of $5000 for the em- ployment of secretary of the mission- ary movement. The committee announced that such a secretary would be neces- sary as advance agent and instructor to assure the success of the exposition and that the business men of this city had promised to contribute the guarantee fund of $3OO00 to bring the exposition to
 Birmingham next spring. The same com-
 mittee, upon motion of the union, was
 retained for conference purposes to aid
 Dr. Patterson in his efforts. The union adopted the report and indorsed the Mis- sonary exposition for this city.
 Dr. I. D. Steele, as chairman of the committee named to consult with the
 Lords Day alliance from the postoffice clerks, announced that Dr. Grannis would
 pe in this city on the evening of Decem-
 Der 13, to speak in the auditWium Of the First Methodist church at o'clock on the subject of early closing hours for the postoffce. The ministers agreed to attend this meeting and invite their congregations.
 One of the most interesting events of the meeting was the address of Dr. Roy Guild of New York city and general sec retary of the Men and Religion Forward Movement.
 The Rev. Whitten, chairman of the committee appointed to appear before the board of education to learn why church notices could not be given out in the public schools, reported that this board
 would not meet until the first Monday in December, when the committee would be heard by them.
 With a closing prayer by the Rev.
 Keynes the meeting which was moved from the first Monday in December to the last Monday in November, was closed. The next meeting will be held in Jan uary.