The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-14
B.Y.P.U. CONVENTION
 MEETS IN ALBANY; MANY ARE PRESENT

Albany. April 1S-(speciaI) )-The open ing session of the state convention of the Alabama Baptist Young Peoples union was held here tonight at the Gen.
 tral Baptist church, with more than 250 delegates in attendance. including ss from the Birmingham unions.
 The convention was called to order at 745 o'clock by c. A. Wagner, state presi- dent The invocation was delivered by
 Rev. J. II. Chapman, pastor of the First
 Baptist church of Florence. The conven-
 tion was then formally welcomed to the Twin Cities by Dr. Jesse A. Cook, pastor 1 of the First Baptist church of Decatur.
 Dr. Livingston T. Mays. pastor of the lCentral Baptist church of Albany, and by David Gibson, president of the Deca- tur-Albany city union. Happy responses were made by President Wagner and Karl PlatoWsky, chaiRnan of the ex- ecutiye committee of the B. Y P. U. state convention. A musical programme by the Montgomery union followed, after which the convention adjourned to the Malone garage, spacious structure, where re- ception was rendered the delegates by the Albany and Decatur unions. The sessions will be resumed tomorrow morning at o'clock and will continue through Sum day.
 
 be taken for an automobile ride through the cities, more than 50 cars having been | rendered for that purpose This will be the concluding entertainment feature | The war food problem will be partially solved in the Twin Cities by the planting 1 of gardens. One of the most promising ! of these will be planted by members of Company B, Birmingham, near the place where they are now stationed to guard the Southern railway bridge Another. l Of large proportions, will be planted by
 the Alabama Water Supply company, as- 1 cordlng to announcement today by Super- 1 jintendent Whitton. and will consist or several acres. All the garden truck grown on this plot will be given to the employees
 of the water company free of charge. The probability that Muscle Shoals l will be selected as the site of the gov ernment nitrate plant was heightered here today by the publication of . telegram from Lieut.. Col c. Keller of the United States engineering corp5 to Col. J. w. Worthington. The tele- gram was given out by w. R. Hall. president of the Albany Board of Cou.- 1 merce The letter in part says: T de- | sire to say that for the benefit of | the nitrate board that some definite and favorable decision be made con- I cerning the cost of flowage damages l in pool three of the Muscle Shoals proi- ect. If since Major Burgess submitted l his report there has been some change l in conditions which will permit def mite and favorable arran gements for ! acquiring these flowage rights, I shall 1 be very glad to hear of it and this information will certainly be. of great i interest to the nitrate board" l MT Hall supplemented the telegram
 with the following statement: "The ] options secured last year expired with l the SiXty-fourth Congress and if the ] people of this community want the | nitrate plant located. .at Muscle Shoals | their options must sSbe renewed and given at a lower figure and others se cured This telegram is encouraging. 1 as 1t looks to the full development of l the river
 Judge F.. B. A1mon. representative 1 in Congress from the Eighth Alabama district, in reply to telegrams and resolutions criticizing his course m voting against the declaration of | state of war with Germany by the united States. has written letter to | the press of the district defending his action. The letter says in part: 1T could not make up my mind that it was my duty at this time to vote for measure which authorized and would no doubt result in the sending of many thousands or our young men to Eu- rope to be butchered in the trenches. fully realized that 8 strong effort would follow the passage of the reso- lution for the enactment of law pro- vfding for conscription. However mv opposition to the measure ended with my vote and the passage of the reso- luton by Congress and as war is now
 on it is, in my opinion, no time for. criticism of men who voted for or against the resolution. It is the duty of all of us to stand together and
 rally to the flag. claim that I have always been and will continue 10 be as loyal to our country as any mem Der of Congress who voted for the resolution"