The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-02

the city, returned Thursday to her home.
 Mrs. Macon Williams, Mrs. A. D. Sturdivant, Mrs. Annie Glenn Grove, Miss Maud Buck and Mrs. L. D. Mo Co.lum returned last night from SylacauFa where they attended the convention of Second district of Ala bama Federation of womer's clubs.
 MT. and Mrs. L. S. Moorer and chil- dren are visiting relatives In Selma. Holds Convention in sy1acauga The annual convention of the Sec oRd district of Alabama Federated Woman's clubs, which was held this week in Sylacauga, closed Wednes- day after one of the most successful meetings in its history The entire citizenship of SyIacauga joined with the federated clubs of the city in making the meeting a notable one. The Methodist church of the city was thrown open to the clubs for it's busi- ness sessions and the delegates were entertained at the hotels. The com mittee on arrangements, of which Mrs. G. E. Crowell was chairman. planned for the entertainment of the visitors numbers of social functions. On Tuesday afternoon there was given a brilliant reception at the home of Mrs. Craddock. and on Wednesday an elaborate luncheon at the Waco hotel followed by an auto mobile drive throughout the di-trict, which included an inspection of the marble quarries, for which Sylacauga is famous.
 The convention was marked by the presence of Mrs. J. Brevard Jones of Montgomery, the distinguished presi- dent of the federation, who made an address on Wednesday evening. Other prominent state workers who lent distinction to the gathering were Mrs. A. Y. Malone of Dothan, state chairman of the literature and libra ry committee of the A. F. W. C., and Miss Esther Lee Rider, member of the state welfare department, who made an address to the convention; Miss Jessie Merriner of Montgom- cry, chairman of the state health committee. and Mir. Carlton of Annis- ton, of the near east relief work, who made short address to the club women on this subject at the Wednesday morning session, and Mrs. H. E. Pearce of the anti ti-tuberculosis l committee.
 | The programs for the business ses- sions included reports of the various departments of the federation, of art. child welfare, civics. club extension, | education, public health. illiteracy
 home economies, literature, music, | scholarships, social and industrial.
 kindergarten. writers clubs, anti-tu-
 berculosis, legislative and home for | fallen women, ways and means and | America nixation, and the reports of individual clubs of the district. | Among the prominent musicians of | the state who contributed to the pro-
 grams were Mrs. Annie Glenn Grove I of Bessemer, Mrs. J. H. Lane, Mrs. | French Craddock. Mrs. M. G. High
 tower of sylacauga and Miss Virginia l Cartee, a blind singer of the Talla- l dega School of the Blind; Mrs. Macon | Williams of Bessemer, singer, and
 Mrs. Samuel Pelham of Anniston, | gifted violinfst
 The business session closed with l the election of the chairman for the | district, and Mrs. l.. D. McCollum of
 Bessemer was elected. with the priv ilege of appointing a secretary.
 As a closing feature of the con- vention Mrs. Jones, state president | of the federation, in a brief speech, paid a beautiful tribute of apprecia- tion to the retiring chairman Miss Iva Cook, of Anniston, for her splen-
 did work and for the splendid pro- gram of the entire convention, which
 Miss Cook arranged.
 The towns of the Second distric. l include America, Anniston, Bessemer,
 Attalla, Chiidersburg, Jasper. Cor dova, oneonta. Oxford. Sylacauga.
 Talladesa and Odenville. and dele gates represented clubs from these l towns.