The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-26
PULLMAN |S LAND
 IF STRAWBE ERR|ES
 AND I |NE HOMES
County Boasts of Having Few Negroes and High Per- centage of Per Capita
 Wealth
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businesses too numerous to mention. The city has an excellent system of water works and an electric light plant. Last year. main was run to Wolf creek, just north of the city, which makes the water supply much more abundant and enables the city plant to run at considerably less ex- pense.
 As an educational center. Cullman had long been noted for it's fine schools. In addition to the public school which has two of the hand somest buildings of any school in the state. there is the Cullman county high school. which has three modern and attractive buildings There is also located here St. Ber- nard college. noted institution for ys. and tn sacred Heart cademy for girls. hi addition to these, the and conducts splendid school all the year round
 Have Large Auditorium Last year a new S40,000 building was erected for the public school here. This building has one of the largest auditoriums in north Ala bama. It was in this building that the recent meeting of the Alabama state Baptist convention was held.
 The high school, which is located a little farther out of town, has Mir. Milner. a University of Alabama man and a graduate of Peabody col lege. at it's head For several years H. G. Bowling was the principal of this institution, and it was largely through his efforts that the two new buildings were erected last year. One of the splendid gifts given the high school wa sthe furnishing of the domestic science department by c. A. St eflemyer of this city.
 The Catholic school of this city is taught by tlfe Benedictine Sisters and carries the children through the eighth grade.
 st Bernard college. which is To- eated about mile from town, IS sit mated in the heart of a beautiful tract of 500 acres Of land. owned by that institution. Thlrty-one years aso. Rev. Bernard Mengt of the Benedictine order, arrived ,on the scene of the new college with only st4 in his pocket Through his eff forts and the help of others inter- ested. he has built one of the finest colleges in the state.
 When a new building is contem- plated at St. Bernard. the lumber is cnt and sawed at their own saw mill. the stone is gotten fro, their own ousrries. all of the hauling Is done hy their own teams, and. in Tact. no workmen are hired until all of the material called for in the plans is ready. Then the building can be erected at very little cost.
 Bir Catholic Church Tn 1892 Father 1gn,tius came over from Germany as a boy of IS years. Ne went to St. Bernard college. Seventeen years ago he was put in charge of the Sacred Heart church f., this city. This is one of the larg- est churches in the state. Since he has had charge of the church. h,,ildine valued at s12o.00O has been erected. This was completed in 1918 and is said to be the largest Catholic church south of the Ohio , river.
 | In addition to the Catholic church mentioned above. Cullman has two Methodist churches. three Baptist churches, two Christian churches and three Lutheran churches. The building of the First Baptist church is practically new, the building of the First Christian church is new. st. Pauls church is just completing a handsome new cathedral, as is the St. Johns church. Blue prints for the Christ English Lutheran church have arrived. very desirable new corner lot has just been purchased for this last mentioned church.
 Of the First Baptist church, Dr. Clay I. Hudson is minister, Dr. S. O. Marlborough, of the First Methodist; Dr. J. H. McWhirter, of the First Christian. Rev. Meyer. of St. Pauls; EDr. Aufderhaar, of St. Johns; Rev. FFIerning. of Christ English Lutheran church, and Rev. I. W. Meyer of the First German Baptist church.
 Odd Fellows Home Cullman's climate is unsurpassed. Ii was on account of the fine climate and of the people here that the Oud Fellows built their home here in 1907. l.. N. Buell.. familiarly known over the state as Daddy Buell.. was largely instrumental l.a -e.t.ng lne 1 home placed here. Thsr is a iarge concrete building. entirety fire proof. at the nome and then a concrc,e iaulI- her skill in putting them to work for the production of fertilizer ma