The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06
Interesting Items On
Visitors to Conference
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side and outside the conference rooms.
And everywhere they are just as demo-
cratic, and se4less. and kindly human
as any raw young preacher. The only
j difference. perhaps, is that they. from
+ long experience, may be a bit more
thoughtfully and less violently sin
| cere
Some of their reports were heard.
Good reports, too.
( Take what the wide awake presiding
elder. Dr. Robert Echols. says of the
I Buckingham district for example.
This district" he stated, raised as
/ much money for Centenary as any other
/ district in Southern .N+ti odism. Five hun
dred thousand. dollars was the amount
asked FOR i've years, and We have sub
/ scribed $4,000 The fayments have roen
better than any other district in Southern
I Methodism yet head from.
There are two new parsonages in the
district he sai~, 'cne already built at
Walker Memorial where the Rev. 4. NJ.
Freeman is pastor
Another emphasis was the building OF
two new churches wubin the bounds OF
the district, West VI y dawn to srend
81. 90 and Walker Memorial $4,000 on the
auditorium.
Dr.. Echois doesn't anticipate many
changes in the Birmingham district In
all the prominent churches he thinks
the pastors will be returned.
DR.. George r. Stuart to First church,
DR. P. B. Wells, Highlands; Dr.. J. D
i Simpson, Woodlawn; Dr. Freeman,
/ Walker Memorial DR. W. r. Price Nor
wood. and others will probably be re-
turned. But, then, robody knows all,
DIT. Echols thinks,
/ Probably best to wait until he sayF
so, and wait a little, too. on what all
| these presiding elders think. More anon
DR.. B. B. GLASGOW
| There's Dr. B B. Glasgow. One
couldn't look around without seeing
him There's so much of hlmi Not
| all avoidurois. either. DR.. Glasgow Il:
president of the conference college for
young women at Athens. He signs like
an obituary is to be written when he i:
asked for a paragraph of cold print
But II isn't an obituary record that has
been made at Athens. The school Is
more alive than ever before in it's his
tory, and DR.. Glasgow has not been
asleep. Every available space in thu
dormitory is filled, and many girls had
to be turned away this year for lack
of room
"a new dormitory Is to be built for
next year, to take care of the over
flow" he rejoieed. He spoke of the
new swimming pool that had already
been installed a. a cost of $4,000.
We are planning a revival in our
school before Christmas" he said. Mrs.
/ II. r. Steel of the Woman's Missionary
council is to be with us. We are also
to send our full quota to the Volunteer
Students convention at Des Mones.
Iowa, in December 1000 students will
be in attendance from various colleges
of the United States.
~ q RANKS TNYMAN
Have you ever met Mr.. T. c. Banks
of Alfalfa, the general layman. and
treasurer of the North Alabama con-
| ference? He looks pleasant enough to
/ have a snap shot made at any time.
| But he is feeling particularly so at
| this session. because the increase on
correctional claims of the conference
this year over last. is SO per cent.
tine man worth while,
Is the man who can smile
When everything goes dead wrong
| Mr.. Banks can smile at any time. but
| he was all smiles Yesterday. Mrs,
| Banks is here. too. as a visitor, rs
| happy to know as her husband.
! or course you remember DR.. J. g.
Chadwick.
He lived in Birmingham once. AMI is
here again after an absence of els, hi