The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-15
PINE GROVE GETS
NEXT CONFERENCE.
Methodists Hold Saith An
nual Session
ODD FELLOWS MEET
East Alabama Fanciers Are Planning
! Poultry Show-James Wilson
Dead-Popular Young
A Couples Married

Opelika. November 14-tSpecialO--
The eighty-fourth annual session Of the
Alabama conference of the Methodist
Protestant church has adjourned at
Speigners after a successful session.
Rev. J. P. Morgan of Spelgners was re-
elected president; NJ. f. Morris of Blr-
mingham, secretary; w C. Conner Of
Pleasant Grove. press agent. The next
session In November. 1918, will be held
at Pine Grove, 10 miles east of Opelika.
Reports from the various charges
showed a healthy increase in member
ship and financial growth, several new
parsonages and churches being built
during the past year. Rev. George r.
Brown of Westminster. Ind, secretary
and treasurer of the board of minis
teria1 education. was present and rep
resented all tho general conference
boards
The ordination sermon was preached
by DR.. Brown. which was an able dis
course and an inspiring charge to the
ordination class. President Morgan was
assisted by Rev. w. G. Frazier of Rob
erson Springs, superannuate, the oldest
member of the Alabama conference
Rev. F. A. Gibson of Clanton, the old
est active member, and Rev. w. G. Nc
Daniel of Speigners. ex-presldent of the
conference.
The appointments for 1913 are as fol-
lows Montgomery station, S. M. Bald
win; Pleasant Grove station, j. s. Pat
terson, Dallas circuit. C. ID. Smith; Dun
dee circuit G. w Mathison; Covington
-, Il ITptpn pirCIlit Nv
CT Mcdaniel: Lee circuit. ]. j. Hardy;
Macon circuit, A C. Messer; Tuscaloosa
circuit, C. w. Walton; Pike circuit 5.
H. Lynch; jefferson circuit, M. X. EV-
ans. Chiffon circuit, supplied by John
Iimbrick: Georgiana circuit, w. A.
Lynch. I,ewndes circuit, NJ. Barnett;
Clanton circuit. K ID. Messer, Culiman
circuit, ". r. Smith; Shelby circuit, W,
& Conner. Talladega mission, }. ;. Ed
dins. Coosa circuit, w. ID. stewart; Mt.
Carmel circuit. ]. W. Gibson Clark cir
cult, G. L. Spencer; Mineral Springs
circuit. to he supplied; Evergreen cir
cult. l.. NJ. Bell, Ozark mission, }. T.
Morgan. Birmingham mission, T. 9.
casaday; Wilcox circuit, 5. D. ROBIN
son; Bryan mission, Il. NJ Dickerson;
sandusky mission, J. T. Pickle, supply;
Troy mission. to be supplied; conference
missionary, J. P. d. Wilkerson.
Poultry Show Next Week
Poultry fanciers of this section are
planning to hold poultry show of east
Alabama counties in this city probably
IN December.
James Wilson Dead
News reached the city OF the death OF
james NJ Wilson, aged SO years, at ms
home Ave miles from the city. The de-
III wi No eight chill
dren.
Odd Fellows at Lanett
Grand Master Walter X. McAdory Of
birmingham and Grand Secretary II. g.
Pollard of Huntsville attended the
Seventh district convention. l. o. O. r.,
at Ianett this week. This district COM
prises lodges from the counties of Lee,
Chambers, Randolph, Macon, Coosa and
Tallapoosa. The cid offices were re-
elected as follows: B. T. Phillips OF
Cpelika, president. and r. d. King OF
I.anett. secretary and treasurer. PheniX
city was selected as the next place of
meeting in April, 1918.
Wed at LoachapOka
Rev. j. s. Blackbu and Miss Beulah
I.ockhart, a popular young couple or
near this city were married yesterday
at Ioachapoka Rev. ID. L. Folsom Of
ficiating. The groom, II Is understood,
will go TO the North Alabama confer
ence Methodist Episcopal church next
year. having recently attended Wander
bilt.
Cueesseta Wedding
DR.. w c. Bledsoe, a Baptist minister
of Lafayette. officiated at the mar
rage ceremony last night of Mr.. Louie
Walton Montgomery and Miss Lillian
Middleton at the brides home In Guess