The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-17
News of and About We'll
 Known Negroes of Birmingham
By REV TALMAGE STURGEON JOHNSON DID,. PM

1AOAN cOAAtNoOA'y D'~'5 ''A- Hams eX-pastor of the Sixteenth | street Baptist, will not return to the
 city and organize an Institutional | church as was rumored in these col umns, as he is succeeding admira y 1 in his pastorate in Philadelphia, Pa.
 Dr. Fisher is the great satisfactory
 repeating pastor of Sixteenth street
 church. He has the church reins in
 his hands and is increasing daily in | his pastorate, he has moved to the | city from New Haven, Conn, and
 can be seen at the church parsonage,
 All wecome the old reliable.
 l Rev J. s. Tate of Opelika, pastor ! of Peace Baptist church. is assist 1 ing. Rev. T. s. Edwards; P. C., of
 Galilee M. E. church. in revival ser
 tween aNinth and Tenth avenue,
 north. Reported conversions 20; be- ditions, 54, Preaching day and nigh. The meeting will continue until next Sunday night. The public is COT = dally invited to attend
 Sister Annie Slaughter of Reed Station. near Edgewood, is very sick with kidney complaint and other
 complications. Dr. Murry is her med ical advisor.
 Sister Elijah Williams of Willow Station, near the Montgomery high way, visited the Warrior Sunday. She
 is loud in praise of the government works and manufactured paper iron
 the Alabama cedars as is attributed
 to the proprietor of the Age Herald We are glad to see that the colored people of the south and especially
 Alabama are observing the ingenuity and progress of the south and it's here is plenty of room at the top; aim
 great white people. That declares
 high. with pure motives, and you will succeed.
 Sister Sadie Ray Lewis of Rose
 dale, South Highland, is attending
 summer school at Tuskegee institute,
 Tuskegee. She will return home next
 week.
 Alice Taylor of Tuscaloosa is visit
 ing her mother, Sister Jessie Short,
 South Rosedale.
 It is thought the great shiloh Bap-
 tist church, at the corner of Nine teenth street and Avenue C, pastored
 by Rev. A. Garner, D. D., and ex- pastored by Dr. Walker, will repor t
 at the Mount Pilgrim Baptist asso . citation, of which Dr, A. Garner is lhe
 distinguished moderator. It is as
 many predicted, the sheep will fol-
 low their shepherd" So might it
 be.
 sister Mary E. Black, wife of s. A.. Black of Three Points, South High Hands, is visiting her mother, sarah Robinson, S102 Cottage Grove avenue, Chicago, III, The Herald IS sent to her regularly.
 Annie Bean of Rosedale, recreation teacher of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company is spending her vaca- lt tion with her mother in PittsburS. Pa. Her many friends, Brother Lee. the son of Grocer Lee especially in :. cluded wish her pleasant trip and
 sure and speedy return. What next? The wife of Rev. Dr. w. G. Feilds, Ipastor of Nixon tabernacle, A. M E.
 church. North Smithfield, departed
 this life in Atlanta. Ga. last week. Unbc unded sympathy is extended to him and all concerned
 Rev. A. w. Patterson, B. D.. pastor
 of Huntsville A. M. E. church. is srending few days with his family
 at his home in South Rosedale. He preached an excellent sermon at ! Rethel church. He has raised more than s2,000 at his Huntsville charge;
 additions 34.
 Payne Chapel club concert Wednes-
 day night is said to have been a great church indebtedness uplift in many ways. The programme was all that critics and well-wishers expect ed. Sister Jesse Ross, manager; Ruby Grace Johnson, mistress of ceremony;
 Katie Horton. organist; Rev J. B. Carter, D. D., pastor. The improvements made~ in the Pythian building and the newly erected Eiks' departmental hall is
 commended by the public at large.
 Much can be accomplished and ever | live in the hearts of the people when Riblican fundamental principles are enunciated from the basement to the highest story. as is often said by The Age Herald news gatherer: T would rather be a dead honest man than to be a dishonest living man." So Pythianism, as led on by Sir Knight Blunt and the head of the Elks' sci
 entific order is on to nobler heights and undiscovered realms. All should honor whom honor Is due. We are creritably informed thai baseball, football pugilistic ball and all other kinds of ball games are or ganizing into systematic league work among the negroes in recogni- tion of morality in law-abiding form