The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-21
STATE BAPT|STS
 GATHER AT PELHAM Third Annual Encampment
 Now Under Way
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
Barbecued Dinner Served on Grounds Yesterday-About 400 in Attend ance-Strong and Helpful
 Programme Arranged

Pelham. August 20 Special. )-The village of Pelham took on a lively as pect this morning when the early morning trains began to bring In Bap- lists from all parts of Alabama to at tend the third annual encampment Every train brought in crowd and the people from the country side for miles around came in their vehicles to the number of about four hundred.
 The hotel and tents are rapidly fill ing up and by Wednesday night the attendance Is expected to reach the high water mark.
 Barbecue at Noon
 A barbecued dinner was served in the eneampment grounds at noon and for supper the spacious dining room under the management of Prof. Daw- son was thrown open to the guests.
 Most of the programme speakers are in the grounds and the opening lecture was delivered at eight o'clock by pr. " BS crumpton, state secretary for missions, Montgomery. and president of tho Alabama Anti-Saloon league, in the subject: '.The Criminal Tramp. or How a Boy Got Through the Lines of the Confectionery" He pictured with eloquence and humor his own exper- fence in coming through the federal lines from California to Alabama at the outbreak of the war between the states.
 Wednesdays Programme
 The programme for Wednesday will include the following study courses:
 The Graded School.' by pr. L. r. Leavell
 "The Elementary Training Glass Standard of Excellence in Elementary Grades" by Miss Lillian Forbes.
 Mission study class ''The Home Mis- sion Task" by pr. Arch C. Cru.
 "The B. Y. P. U. Training Class" by J. E. Byrd.
 "Glimpses of the Writing Prophets, by pr. Jno. R. Sampey.
 Dr. A. ]. Dickinson of Birmingham will deliver an address at 11:30 o'clock on An Organized Baptist Ministry
 The quiet home" services will be conducted throughout by pr. J. c. Mas sey of Chattanooga, Tenn. and his af- ternoon theme will be "Life's Rela- tions."
 A big choir under the leadership of J. w. Willis of Birmingham Is render ing good music at all the services.
 Prominent Arrivals
 Among the prominent arrivals up to date are the following: F. NJ. Dix and family of Decatur; pr. w. B. Crump- ton and family, Montgomery Mrs. w. NJ. Blackwelder and family. Birming- ham; H. L. Strickland and wife; Rev. J. b Ray, pr. A. J. Dickinson. s. D. Monroe, J. W. Willis and wife, Mrs. Hattie Davis. Raymond Davis. E. M. Kunyon, all of Birmingham.
 pr. T. w Palmer. Montevailo; Rev. R. W. Carlisle and wife. Mrs. J. w. Reardon of Bessemer; Rev. B. s. Bailey and wife, Misses Irene Andrews and Addie ventress of Clayton, Ala; Miss Lillian Forbes. Anniston: Bunyan Da- wis, Hattie Davis, Clayton; pr. R. c. Patrick, Mrs. R. G. Patrick, Marion John H. Dear Talladega Springs. A. l. Stephens. Mexico; Rev. J. Henry Bush and Mrs. Bush, Montgomery; J. NJ. Head, Andalusia; Mrs H. C. Norris, Miss Hester Norris, Tuscaloosa; Miss Mamie Morning. Andalusia; Mir. and Mrs M c. Reynolds. Evergreen; Miss Thelma Holley. Wetumpka, Dr. Jno. R. Sampey, Louisville Ky; L. P. Leavell, J. F. Byrd. Nashville. Tenn; Dr. Arch c. Cru, Moultrie, Ga; pr. J. c. Mas sey, Chattanooga, Tenn; Miss Addie Estelle Cox Louisville, Ky.