The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-07
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

ering held at the.same place the fol- lowing night.
 It seems was the only Baptist pres ent when the Methodists feasted. was not only permitted to enjoy the dinner, but was honored by being ai- lowed to make a speech, aAd' ol course. it was a most enjoyable eve hing for me, as eating and speaking seem to be my specialties.
 
 You know, it has gotten so thai , nothing can be started in Birmingnan without feed of some kind. and so the denomination to which 1 belong con- cluded to revive the annual dinner which was allowed to lapse on account of the war, and so invitations were sent to the various churches to an eat fests.
 It was called Baptist Get-Togethef netting and it certainly did not peiio it's name, for the promoters of it, with B. c. Cox, the tireless church and Sunday school worker at the head, first arranged for 200 plates, then in creased the number to 250, but at the last moment had to care for over 800 showing that it isn't hard to get peo- pie to attend a dinner.
 I forgot to add that the invitations distinctly stated that there would not be any collection of any kind to de- stroy the appetite of any of the dln- CTS This, no doubt, had much to do with the wonderful overflow crowd which had to be sent from the dining room upstairs down to the cafe on the ground floor to be cared for until the speaking began.
 I will admit that during war times the average citizen after being invited out to breakfast, dinner or supper and then relieved of subscription for some war activity got towards the en1 of the many campaigns to be a bit shy about accepting eating engagements where a selected few had been special need.
  think my nephew, Mercer Barnett, the big chief of the Kiwanis braves pulled off the best thing about such holdups. He was one of the famous 20 summoned to breakfast on that fatal Sunday morning at the Tutwilei, when each one present was assessed $75 to pay the freight on the Red h,,1 afr essary expenses in connection with their sale.
 It was at one of the allied army dinners that he unburdened himself. He told how, having been so often asked to chip in after his napkin hai been folded and lain on the table, when it dawned on him that he was asked to pay quarters of a hundred dollars for one of Fred Shireman's ser vice of ham and eggs that he was just about to rise to his feet and kick, put, looking across the board, he saw Louis Pizitz smilingly chipping in. although he had been unable to eat the ham. Mercer admitted that if Louis could pay s75 for a helping of eggs that ne ought to be willing to put up similar | amount when he ate both ham and eggs.
 1 Now, this Baptist Get-Together | meeting was Dutch treat, where each one put up $1 a plate with all the rights and privileges of the food and 1 the good fellowship and the music and | the speeches. I believe every one present got their full moneys worth, | for the affair started off most pleas antly by reception in the palm roomy where many animated groups were gathered in friendly conversa l ton.
 | Now, practically every church in the district was represented by one or more. It was dinner for men only but most of them had their wives with them. and many boys and girls were | sprinkled about in the gathering; and young men and their sweethearts wer l in evidence. Twas glad to see some from the neighboring towns and even from the country churches. It was the best
 mixed bunch of Baptists which I have ever seen come together at any of our
 meetings in the years in which I have lived here.
 Toastmaster Cox started the after dinner speakers before the dinner had
 been completely served, as he wanted to give number chance to talk and then leave ample time for the
 address of the evening by Dr. W. I. McGlothlin, professor of church his
 tory in the Southern Baptist Theolog-
 ical seminary at Louisville, Ky, who
 is considered one of the greatest think
 CTS among Southern Baptists
 Dr. McGlothln of the seminary, Dr.
 Shelburne. formerly president of How
 ard college, but now pastor at Gads-
 den. and pr. Bomar president of the
 Judson at Marion, were the onIy
 guests present from outside the city
 Dr. Shelburne made a bright. short
 talk, and Dr. Bomar presented the
 cause of the great institution owe, (which he presides with such grace and
 effectiveness in a. most telling matl- ner.
 The introduction of the new pastors
 in the district proved to be most inter.
 esting. as every one made short ane
 their initial bow were Drs. Reeves