The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-01
conference TOBE
HELD IN BESSEMER
Plans Being Made for Lay
mems Conference
GLEE CLUB is FORMED
Locomotive Engineer Painfully Hurt.
Brown Breaks Jaw in Fall-Bap-
tist Ladies Elect Officers.
Other News of Interest


Plans are being made for the holding of
the laymen's conference in Bessemer
Thursday and Friday. October and 10.
The conference is under the auspices of
the home and foreign mission boards of
the churches of the United States and
Canada. The canvass will be made be-
tween September Is. 1913 and February
15, 1911. The whole country is to be COW
cred in the few months by a number of
men especially adapted to the work.
All of the churches of Bessemer will
enter into the conference which is inter
denominational. Preparatory services for
the event have been held for the past
few weeks by union prayer meetings. A
regular organization will be perfected at
the conference to push the work ahead
after the close OF the conference and all
looking to the benevolences which will be
made in March next Several sessions
will be held during the conference in Bes-
semer to which the people of all denomi-
ntions are cordially invited.
Last night a number of men met at the
studio of Prof Adolph Dahm- Petersen
and organized a glee club with 30 mem
bers The club will meet every Monday
night and will be directed by Mr. Danm-
Petersen.
The officers were elected as follows:
Bryan Waller. president; Walter Bryant.
vice president; DR.. Wood Price, secretary
and treasurer; George Riley. librarian;
Frank johnson, corresponding secretary.
The following is the membership of the
club: Walter Bryant. Mr.. Halbrook,
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Cole, Frank Johnson, Mr.. Hamilton, John
Bradshaw, Hode Eastman, w. C. Baty,
Wood Price, Bryan Waller, Howe Price
L. l.. Whittle. A. B. Aldridge, Howard
Hamriek, Robert Stevenson. George Bum
gardner. James Lovett, Clarence Bum
gardner. DIR. G. d. Waller. A. G. Brac-ey,
j. c. Fitzpatrick A. E. Patton. owen
Williams. Macon Williams, Joe Wiles, B.
Stanton, John Laird, Walter Parker ]. H.
Bush. G. c. Smith. Mr. Wood. N. J. Rob-
erts and George Houston.
DR.. j. S. Winters win return in a few
days from New York where he has been
taking a combined course on diseases of
children and infant feeding at the New
York polytechnic. DR.. Winters has been
in New York for the past six weeks.
Mrs. E. e. Clark, Mrs Andrew c. Haff-
all of Bessemer Womans- Temperance
union, have gone to Mobile where they
will attend the state convention of the
organization which convenes in that city
this week.
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Robert e. Bruce Sir. a locomotive engi-
neer, was seriously hurt-lat the mines at
Dolomte this morning Itgfs alleged that
MIR. Bruce. on putting his head through
the engine window, was struck by pipe
He was Immediately removed to the Eliza
beth Duncan hospital. where it was found
that his skull was fractured.
A. b. Brown of Bessemer suffered the
misfortune of breaking his jawbone in two
places. He was running to catch cleo
tric car near Fairview. when he fell heav-
iiy striking his face on a rail. In addi-
ticn to the fracture sustained Mr.. Brown
narrowly escaped being run over by the
car. as he was trying to cross the tracks.
Mrs James E. Wright Mrs. John Per-.
kns, George Houston and Mr.. Aldrdge
will appear on the musical programme
at the Jewish Temple Wednesday even
ing and Thursday morning at 10 o'clock
Miss 1nez Lopez will preside at the or
gan. with several selections on the vio-
lin by Mrs Ike Marks.
At the meeting yesterday afternoon
Baptist church officers for the ensuing
year were elected as follows: Mrs Mil
ton Brooks. president Mrs. M. X
Thornton, vice president; Mrs. Rose
Huey, secretary; Mrs. George Ross,
treasurer. Mrs. Gwylym Herbert and
Mrs George Ross were elected delegates
TO the meeting to be held in November
at Tuscumbia.
Next week will be observed as a
week of prayer set aside by the, state
organization.
The Literary Society of the Bessemer
High school was organized yesterday
afternoon, with the following officers:
Fred Bryant. president: Herbert Smith
son, vice president; Miss Gladys Alex
ander critic; James Fitzpatrick, secre-
tary- treasurer. The meetings will be
held every two weeks on Friday after
noon immediately after school.
Judge ]. c. b. Gwin, Judge w. Il.
Surratt and Mr. Kinnett left this morn
Ing for o days fish on the Cahaba river
Adoph Gearst has gone to Cullman.
where he will enter st. Bernard college
at that place.
Judge ]. C. b. Gwin and family will
move into their new home on Clarendon
avenue Thursday
Mrs. Harry Tucker Smith will leave
in a few days for visit to Winstead,
Conn; Staunton, Va. and will spend
several weeks in New York.
T.. T. Brown was in Bessemer yester-
day on business.
Miss Mildred Jaffe will leave Friday
for New York. where she will enter
school