The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-15
TROY CHOSENNE
 MEETING PLACE Bible Class Federation Ad- jOurns-Miss Strickland
 Heads Ladies

Selma, January 14.-(Special.)-The clos ing session of the conventions of the Ala bama Mems Organized Bible Class fed eration and the Women's federation was brought to a close late last night with the selection of Troy as the next meet ing place ,and the election of officers for both organizations. The men elected these officers: Lloyd M Hooper of Sel- ma, president; Frank E. Champan of Greensboro, recording secretary. and s. F. Hobbs of Selma treasurer. Executive committees: T. L. McGill, Howard B. Baldwin and Dr. L. G. Pierson of Selma; Gaillard Hamilton of Mobile
 The women elected Miss Rosa V. Strick- land of Birmingham as president; Mrs. Law Lamar of Selma recording secre- tary; Miss Ethel Beane of Montgomery, treasurer; executive committee, Mrs. l. B. Dahlberg and Mrs. M K. Layton of Montgomery and Mrs. A, A. Edey of Mo-
 bile, and Mrs. S. R. Thompson of An niston
 These officers of the Alabama Sunday School association will act as eX-officio officers of the two Bible class federa-
 tions: s. A. Russell of Anniston, vice pres ident; Leon C. Palmer of Montgomery,
 general secretary. On the executive
 board will be Dr. B. NJ. Orme of Mont
 gomery, David H. Marbury of Marbury and John w. Bowers of Troy. Troy won the next convention on the second ballot, Anniston running a close second. 'The greatest gathering of Bible stu
 dents in the history of the state," said the new president, Miss Strickland, ''and one that will go down in history Members of the Dallas county bar will meet at Il o'clock Monday, Janu- a n for dana # ed members of the organization. The de- parted members who will be eulogized are
 Maj. J. C. Compton, Judge Dan Part | ridge, Jr.. Robert Young and Judge John Winston Mabry. The services will consist of resolutions and addresses and will precede by one day the opening of the criminal term of the city court over which the late Judge Mabry presided 23 years.
 The handsome ante-bellum Peoples l home at Summerfed, destroyed by fire 1 a month ago, will be rebuilt in all it's | former beauty by the present owner, w. s. Stevens of Selma The origin of the fire which destroyed the old home re- mains a mystery.
 | With the city divided into sections and 1! the rural towns assigned the member ship committee of the Dallace County Anu. IuDerculoSlS association will Mon day begin one-week campaign for mem | bers for the organization. It is planned l by Mrs. Albert Meyer, chairman of the 1 committee, to cover the city in a house. | toulouse canvass, and in this way it is 1 expected to secure in the neghborhood of 1 300 new members Reports and bulletins
 on the work will be prepared each night and posted in downtown locations. 1 The Selma Y. NJ. C. A. will open it's i 1916 basketball season Monday night when the fast quintet from the Marion Mill tary institute will meet the local team on the Selma court.
 | Members of the Selma Chamber of Com merce are lively discussing again the proposition of packing plant for Selma
 and while nothing of definite nature has developed. probably more interest is
 being displayed than at any time yet. The discussion and interest was rearoused by a meeting late Wednesday when J. w Greer, eX-secretary of the Moultrie, Ga Packing company. addressed a commit tee of the local chamber and told of tho
 various factors involved in establishing a plant such as has been proposed fol
 Selma. Mr. Greer stopped over in Selma on his way from Talladega, where { movement is under way for the launching
 of a SlO0,0 GOO plant