The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
|S75,OOO PA|D FOR CORNER PROPERTY
IBessemer Churches To 0b- serve White Christmas
 At Sunday Services
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 Bessemer, Ala, Dec. 22 \ W. H. Porter has purchased the northeast corner of Third avenue .and Nineteenth street. fronting 100 fleet on Nineteenth street, from Sam Blaine, the consideration being S75,- s000, according to a decd filed In the Bessemer probate office Saturday. The property includes a number of store buildings on Nineteenth street, 3extendinS back on Third avenue 50 Feet, and is one of the most valuable corners in the downtown section. { This Is the second time this prop serty has changed hands in the past s60 days, Raine having bought the property from oilt-of-town parties srecently, the purchase price said to have been $57,000. The property IS snow occupied by the Favorite Cloth ing company on the corner and sev- .eral small stores adjoining on Nine teenth street, and extending to the Morris Green Dry Goods company on tho alley corner. MT. Porter owns the 50-feet frontage occupied by the last named company and also an additional 50 feet frontage on Third avenue, and with his purchase of this week will own the entire ,quarter block, which is 140 feet Frontage on Nineteenth street and 100 feet frontage on Third avenue.
 MEETING AT ALLIANCE
 ! The first of a series of commit nity gatherings in which country life Is to be studied was held at the Alliance High school Friday. There was a large gathering of the patrons of this and nearby schools, and Prof. J. B. Erwin, and A. E. Ausman were the principal speakers, while other talks were delivered by a number of prominent civic workers.
 "The Progress of Education" was tfre subject of talk by Prof. Err win, outlining the work of the coun- ty schools throughout the country and it's relation to the progress of 4he, rural section. Mir. Ausman spoke on The Meaning of Country Life" bringing out the facts that the moral and physical strength of the na- tion was derived mainly rom the rural sections.
 Talks were made by Charles Ray, Prof. A H. Fowler and many others. Dinner was served at noon by mem bers of the domestic science class of the school, and in the afternoon there was A basketball game and other athletic events. Two other meetings will be held carrying out program on country life, which will take place on January 19 and Febru- ary 22.
 WHITE CHRISTMAS EXERCISES
 Usual white Christmas exercises will be held at the Bessemer churches Sunday evening. Rehears- als that have been held this week Forecast beautiful service at each church.
 At the First Methodist church the Auditorium will be decorated for the accession, and all departments of the Sunday school will unite in the pro- gram to be given at o'clock, which will open with a play by the be- ginner's department, Christmas sCandles," featuring Sarah Waites as zthe reader, and Charles Mcdonald. .. Howard McEniry, Mary Fritts and Ruth Lehman. The junior chorus will be feature. A group of 20 girls, dressed in white and carry ling lighted candles, entering from sthe gallery and forming cross in kthe front of the auditorium as they Esing, Ut Came Upon Midnight #CJear."
 chorus in singing. "Joy to the sWorld," after which the scripture 1esson will be read by w. s. Welch, Superintendent, and the invocation sdeiivered by Rev. B. T. Waites. the pastor
 A Christmas play. Bethlehem Twill be given as the second part of fthe program, with the following east Dorothy farmer. angel; shep- sherds, James Bainbridge and Will Spur Buck; wise men, Charles Mixer EOscar Lewis and Ernest Hasty; 5lepers, Iris Lehman and Clustie Me 2Tyere; orientals, Sarah Waites, scopeland; angels, Ethel Jager and Sarah Huey; herald angel, Carolyn
 Miss Kathleen Naytor will sing 70 Little Town of Bethlehem;" Miss zFrances Jones will give musical sing, There's a Song In the Air" Mrs Cecil Cowan will sing, Come Thou Faithful" and Miss Phyllis sWaites, Rest. Rest for the Weary" in demonstrating the play. Mrs sGeorge Wilson will sing the otter- ito the orphanage at Selma.
 At First Baptist.
 x At the First Baptist church the program will also be given at 9 9 as the title of the pageant. The pro gram will be as follows: Organ solo, Mrs. Thomas G. Johnston; Baraca quartet, Riley, Parsons, Godfrey ana Riley; violin solo, Miss Ethe1 ro staro Wii, hIountains;" Bible reading, Charles Bentley; prayer, Rev. w. r. Price ; exercises z by beginners, primaries and Juniors, directed by Miss Llnnie Mae i 1,inscomb; chorus, Grown Him, King Of Kings" offering.
 The second part of the program Twill be "Visions of the Chrlstmas Star" a demonstration by seniors and intermediates. Miss Masele Johnston will play the role or Amer. ica in a modern interpretation o1 Christnas in the world, and others An the cast will be as follows: China, Miss Iris Barnett; Japan, MISS Ramona Duffee; India, Miss MargareI Dohahoo. The demonstration Will end with the singing of the chorus' r'All the Ends of the Earth.
 Jonesboro Methodist.
 The Jonesboro Methodist churcn twill present the pageant, when the Prince Cometh." story or Chrlst- mas in the days of old.
 The cast will be as foilows' MISS Il 1,oia Lewis, a fagot gatherer; Ed ward Rearden, a soldier; Earl Hous- ion. a traveller; Miss Gladys Sapp'
 wnmsn with her child; Herman .Sapp. a villager; Horace Kirk, hardsman: Miss Edith High, serv- ling maid; Hobbie Tillman, page; Jim Armstrong, trumpeter' HOS 1ner Martin, the king; Miss Mar carite Briggs, the queen; J. D. Mar tin. the chief councillor; Miss Mary Emma Harris and MISS Myrtle Payne, two ladies in waiting; Misses Gladys McCorkle, Louise Briggs, Mary Walls and Florence Mcbride, train bear