The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-18
MASONIC CONFERENCE
 AT TROY JULY 25-26
Every Lodge in Pike County Will Be Represented at Big Masonic
 Gathering

Troy, July T.-(Special) )-The Biks County Masonic conference is to meet in Troy July 25 and 26. l.. E. Geller- stedt is president of the conference and Marvin N. Dodson is secretary. Every lodge in Pike county will have repre-. sentatives present and the conference promises to be most enjoyable and profit able.
 Mir. Auxfcrd Sartain, who was prin- cipal of the Troy High school last year, and who resigned to enter the army, is now with the marines. He has written to friends here that after one montas training at Paris Island. S. C., he mas been transferred to Portsmouth, N. IL. where he is guard at navy prison and shipyard.
 Pike county is suffering from the dry weather. The crops need rain badly and the corn is drying up. But, according to reports by travellers in other counties, Pike is not so dry as Coffee and Cov- ington, south of here. MT. Brantley just returned from a trip to Florida, says most of the crops in Florida are HUH ldCh Ol idili, Dul dl T iOt- ida Town the other day they had q splendid rain.
 Information comes from Camp Wheeler that Lieutenant Chris Barr, son of Mrs, Mollie Barr of Troy, is soon to be trans ferred to Camp Jackson, $. C., where much Of the artillery is being sent Lieutenant Barr is first lieutenant oi trench mortar battery 106
 The report of the county health of. ficer, pr. Shelby Sanders, for the month of June, shows 25 more births than deaths .n the county. There were 5o white births and h negro births. There were 15 white deaths and nine negroes The total number of births was 49 and the total number of deaths was 24.
 The state examination for teachers is being held this week at the State Normal school building. Mrs. J. NJ. San ders county superintendent of educa- tion, is conducting the examinations. There are 12e white applicants for li- cense 10 teach and of these 21 are stand- ing for first grade; 90 for second grade and 15 for third grade. There are F negroes standing the examinations, ap- plying for second and third grades
 The Rev. J. w. BreeulONe or TdHler was here Tuesday en route to Murphy's s Chapel near Linwood, to conduct the funeral of Walter Murphy, prominent citizen of Logton, who died of cancer on Monday. He was 40 years old and leaves a widow and children.
 Mrs. Jim Daniels, about Go years old, died at her home near Jonesville Mon day night. The burial occurred Tuesday afternoon at o'clock at Carr's Chapel
 Harvey Land, brother-in-law of Po- liceman Lon Shell, died Saturday ag his homs In Columbus, and was buried there Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Land, MT. Shells sister, was burned to death some thing over year ago. &
 Dr. E. s. Alderman of Spartanburs, s. C., has accepted a call as pastor of the First Baptist church of Troy. He will succeed Dr. R. J. Bateman, who resigned tc accept the pastorate of . church in Meridian, Miss Dr. Alderman recently visited Troy and preached two excellent sermons to very appreciative audiences He has served the First church in Spa rtanburg for six years and the papers there speak of him in the highest terms. He is splendid speaker and a vital force in all movements for public good He will begin his work here the first Sunday in September, and will be given welcome by all the people.