The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-21


Richmond P. Hobson cordial welcome
tonight at the courthouse. Georse p
Jones has been elected campaign panager
It is the intention to form 'Hobson
club" with 500 members If possible, i
The Glee club of. the State Normal
school is making the first trip of the sea
son. They gave a splendid entertainment
at Russellyiile on Wednesday evening",
and last night at Mt. Hope, Friday night
at Moulton and Saturday night at Hills
boro. They were accompanied by Miss
boro
The auditor who recently examined the
books OF the present administration crit
icised the mana CEMENT of the finances of
the city of Florence. The aldermen at
spirited debate. This committee through
It's chainman, the Rev. A. G. Moseley, of
Wetumpka, recommended that the educa-
tional commission and the trustees OF the
aged and infirm ministers be abolished
and so nominated no trustee for these
boards.
Judge Foster of Tuscaloosa took the
Hoof and defended the worl, of the trus-
tees of the aged and inflrn ministers,
and urged that this board be continued.
As a result of the discussion. which en-
sueds the report was recommitted to the
committee with instructions to nominate
tl's--tees for these two boards, the report
as finally brought in hv - Committee is
as follows:
Personnel of Board
r.tt
the boards, which nave occurred through
expiration of term of office or other
wise:
l. State board of missions, d. c. Cooper,
j. w. Minor, A. J. Dickinson, G. Ross
Baker, j. F. Gable, Speight Dowdell, ]. G.
Reynolds and ]. p. Wood.
q Educational commission, c. III. Davis,
d. p. Boster, Jr., William C. Crumpton,
Preston Blake and II. B. Foster.
3. Trustee of Howard college, ]. B. Ellis,
j. Z. Ashcraft, G. ID. Motley, w. p. Me-
Adory, j, o. Maxwell, ]. G. Lowery, J. w.
Beasley, j.. r. Keyton, w r. Hiliard and
w. c. eruption.
4. Trustees Judson college. Ern-
est Lamar, d. +. Ellis, L. p Mich
OILS A. j. Dickinson and W. NJ.
Fowlllcs.
5. Newton collegiate institute,
r. l.. Marchman, B. p. Prague, S. II,
Jones, NJ. A Smith, A S. Howell, G.
H. Malone
G. Healing Springs institute, L
p. Tucker. R. L. Aaron, J. e. Nc
Lemore. H. c. Causley w. j Blunt,
]. B. Shoemaker.
7. Trustees aged and infirm
ministers, Ernest Lamar, w NJ. Ander-
son, Fl. ]. Willingham, C. A. ONeal.
8. Trustees board of minister
iaI education, Preston Blake, ]. A.
Hendricks, ]. R. Edwards, A. l.. Smith
N. A. Barrett, w. NJ. Blackwelder,
J. A. Barnes, ] o. Cilley, L. I.
Reeves
9. Howard college endowment
fund. A. w. Bell, d. c. Cooper w. A.
Davis. J. b. Ellis. A. D. Smith.
10. Directors of convention, pres
ident, vice president, secretary. and
treasurer of the convention, w. B.
Crumpton, George w. Ellis, II. S. d.
Mallory, A. l.. Smith. M. Cody s.
Dowdell Eugene Ballard, F. w. Lull,
r. D. Webb.
II. Commission on co-opera-
tion. L. L. Gwallney. J. T. Thompson,
r; r. j. j. ras Ratemana ]. w. Partridge NJ 2.
~. Orphans home. W. B. Ivey.
r., Curt, ]. A. Thompson.
10. Central college, A. G. Da
wilson. J. b. Gibson, J. d. Muir
phree, II. D. Wilson, j. F.. Buck.
Liquidating Debts
The important work of the morning
session was to prosecute the work of
liquidating debts upon the various in
stitutions of the church amounting to
100000 In a mastery way DIR.
Crumpton. as the leader in this move
ment, has been preparing the way for
this. The debts are, for Judson, $45,-
900; Howard. $4,000; Newton, $4,000
Pelham encampment, $1,000; and state
board of missions. $4,000.
Most of this Indebtedness has been
for improvements on church property
made necessary by the expansions of
the plants. DR.. Crumpton reported that
of this amount $4,000 had already been
subscribed.
Those subscribing $4,000 or more
were: Birmingham s25,OOo Campbell
and Wright. $4,000; First Church.
Selma, $4,000
A collection was taken this morning
and $4,000 additional was subscribed,
brining the total subscriptions up to
S66, 1000, The plan is to provide for the
remainder within a space of 100 days
from the time the campaign was be-
gun.
Selma Gets Convention
The First Baptist church of Selma
was selected as the place of holding
the next convention. 1t will meet there
November II, 1914, the Rev. w. u.
Hubbard was selected to preach the
convention sermon, with the Rev. A. j.
Johnson as alternate.
The committee to prepare the prog
gramme includes the Rev. p. W. James,
II. II. Haygood, E. NJ Stewart, w. b.
Crumpton and Colonel II. S. d. Mallory.
At the meeting of Howard alumni, it
was decided to build on the campus a
gymnasium to cost $4,000, and sub
scriptions to this was begun. The build
ing is to be 100 feet by 80 feet, two
stories high, and basement. to have
space indoors for basketball and
swimming pool etc.
Today at the Hotel Curry DR.. Shell
bourn entertained at dinner the alumni
of the Howard college, who are in at
upon the convention. The Rev.
Brooks Lawrence, superintendent of the
league, was present on the
convention floor this morning, and will
address the body this afternoon or to-
night. Mr. Lawrence stated
The air is vibrant with the senti-
ment for statewide prohibition, not by
selection, but throughout the whole
state
Seventy five per cent of the next
legislature will be prohibition demo-