History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume I, Part 6

Author: Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920; Owen, Marie (Bankhead) Mrs. 1869-
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 756

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This is a goodly land. We have not found better. Here we rest."

True Significance .- Until supplanted by something upon which no doubt rests, for the present may be accepted the definition, "Veg- etation-gatherers," since, in their aboriginal field-making, they were necessarily "Thicket- clearers." The suggested etymology may be thought a trifle prosaic as compared with the romantic expression, heretofore associated with the Indian anabasis from the west, but in truth it is quite as poetic, and besides, it far more nearly represents the character of Alabamians, both in the past and also in the present era of growth, when with uplifted aspiration and clear vision they are opening the way to newer ideals, and the development of the best in life and human endeavor.

See Alabama River; Alibamu.

REFERENCES .- Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1915, pp. 7-9; and citations in text.

ALABAMA-STATE SONG. The patriotic poem given below has, by popular acclaim, come to be regarded as the "State Song," and, although without official sanction, it has found a lasting place in the hearts and affec- tion of the people of Alabama.

The poem was written about 1868 or 1869. The author, Miss Julia Strudwick Tutwiler, had returned from her first trip to Europe, where she had been for study. She found Alabama, her native State, in the throes of "Reconstruction," and its people greatly con- cerned for the future. Never for one moment doubting the outcome of the struggle, if main- tained with courage and devotion to principle, in noble verse she embodied the prophecy of the better day.

Facts connected with early publication are not available, but the oldest known copy is found in the Montgomery Advertiser, Sunday, April 24, 1881, accompanied by this note, pre- pared by Maj. W. W. Screws, editor:

"The following song first found its way into print without the knowledge of the writer; consequently, although widely copied and circulated, it has never been printed correctly. We give below, for the first time, a correct and full copy of it."

It is sung to the air "Harwell."

1 Alabama, Alabama,

We will aye be true to thee, From thy Southern shore where groweth, By the sea thine orange tree. To thy Northern vale where floweth, Deep and blue thy Tennessee, Alabama, Alabama, We will aye be true to thee!

2 Broad the Stream whose name thou

bearest

Grand thy Bigbee rolls along; Fair thy Coosa-Tallapoosa; Bold thy Warrior, dark and strong; Goodlier than the land that Moses Climbed lone Nebo's Mount to see, Alabama, Alabama,

We will aye be true to thee!

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3 From thy prairies broad and fertile, Where thy snow-white cotton shines, To the hills where coal and iron Hide in thine exhaustless mines, Strong-armed miners-sturdy farmers; Loyal hearts whate'er we be, Alabama, Alabama, We will aye be true to thee!

4 From thy quarries where the marble White as that of Paros gleams Waiting till thy sculptor's chisel, Wake to life thy poet's dreams; For not only wealth of nature, Wealth of mind hast thou to fee, Alabama, Alabama, We will aye be true to thee!

5 Where the perfumed south-wind whispers, Thy magnolia groves among, Softer than a mother's kisses, Sweeter than a mother's song; Where the golden jasmine trailing, Wooes the treasure-laden bee, Alabama, Alabama, We will aye be true to thee!

6 Brave and pure thy men and women, Better this than corn and wine, Make us worthy, God in heaven, Of this goodly land of Thine; Hearts as open as our doorways, Liberal lands and spirits free, Alabama, Alabama, We will aye be true to thee!

7 Little, little, can I give thee, Alabama, mother mine; But that little-hand, brain, spirit, All I have and am are thine, Take, O take the gift and giver, Take and serve thyself with me, Alabama, Alabama,

I will aye be true to thee!

REFERENCES .- Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1915, p. 15; DuBose, Alabama History (1915); and Montgomery Advertiser, cited supra.

ALABAMA, TERRITORY. By the Enabling Act of March 1, 1817, Congress declared that the Mississippi Territory, should be divided by a line commencing at Bear Creek, on the Tennes- see River, thence to the northwestern corner of Washington County, and thence due south with the western limits of that county to the sea. That part of the Old Mississippi territory, east of this line, became the Alabama territory, so called from the name of its great river. Seven counties as then formed, were within this territory, and they enjoyed the same legisla- tive and judicial powers which they possessed before the division, and the officers all retained their positions. The seat of government was temporarily fixed at St. Stephens, at which place the first territorial legislature convened January 19, 1818.

President Monroe appointed William Wyatt Bibb, a senator from Georgia, as governor of the new territory. The House of Representa-

tives was composed of thirteen members, with Gabriel Moore of Madison County, as speaker, but with only one member of the senate, that being James Titus, who however sat alone and passed upon, with all due formality, all Acts of the Lower House. The first legislature created new counties as Cotaco, Lawrence, Franklin, Limestone, Lauderdale, Blount, Tusca- loosa, Marengo, Shelby, Cahawba, Dallas, Ma- rion, and Conecuh. The boundaries of Wash- ington, Baldwin, Mobile, Marengo and Madison were altered.

Clement C. Clay, Samuel Taylor, Samuel Dale, James Titus, William L. Adams, were elected commissioners, to select an eligible site for the territorial legislature.

The second session of the Legislature of the territory, which met at St. Stephens, in the fall of 1818, named Governor Bibb, as a sole commissioner to lay off the seat of government, at the confluence of the Cahawba and Alabama Rivers. He was directed to have the town surveyed, expose maps of the same at public places, and give ninety days notice of sale, out of the proceeds of which he was to con- tract for the building of a temporary capitol.

St. Stephens was never again used as an official meeting place. Late in November, the legislature adjourned, next to meet in Hunts- ville, and there hold a State convention, to draw up a constitution, Congress having au- thorized the people to adopt a constitution preparatory to the admission of the State into the Union. The members of the conven- tion, forty-four in number, with John W. Wal- ker, as president, met at Huntsville, on the 5th of July, 1819, adopted a constitution, and during that summer, an election for governor, and other State officials was held, anticipating the admission of the State into the Union.

Governors of Alabama Territory .- William W. Bibb, of Georgia; temporary commission, September 25, 1817; permanent commission, December 16, 1817.

REFERENCES .- Pickett, History of Alabama (Owen Edition), (1900); Mss. data in the Alabama Department of Archives and History.

ALABAMA-U. S. BATTLESHIP. A ves- sel of the second line, United States Navy, constructed under Act of June 10, 1896. It was built at the Cramp's Shipyard; had its official trial August 20, 1900, making 17.013 knots; and went into commission October 16, 1900. It has a length between perpendiculars of 368 ft .; breadth on load water line of 72 ft. and 21% in .; mean draft 23 ft., 6 in .; 12,150 tons full load displacement; 11,366 horsepower, with twin screws; and 18 guns.

In 1901 a silver service was presented to the battleship by the citizens of Alabama. The service consisted of 1 centerpiece with German silver mesh, 1 38-pint punch bowl, 1 punch tray, 1 punch ladle, 24 punch cups, 2 5-light candelabra, and 1 flower receptacle. The larger pieces are of flower and scroll pat- tern. The bowl, ladle and cups are gold lined. In the ornamentation are the State and Navy seals, with etched inscription. The designer

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was Charles Osborne of New York. They were manufactured by the Whiting Mfg. Com- pany, at the order of E. O. Zadek Jewelry Company of Mobile. All pieces bear the num- ber 6780. Total weight 953.30 ounces. Cost $3.290.

REFERENCES .- U. S. Statutes at large, vol. 29, pp. 378-380; U. S. Navy Dept., Report of Secre- tary, 1901, pt. 1, pp. 449, 477, 531; pt. 2, pp. 773, 896-901; Ibid, Ships data, U. S. naval vessels, Jan. 1, 1916, pp. 14-23; Ibid, Navy and marine corps register, Jan. 1, 1916, pp. 277, 318; and manuscript data in the Alabama Department of Archives and History.

ALABAMA AND CHATTANOOGA RAIL- ROAD COMPANY. See Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company.

ALABAMA AND EAST TENNESSEE RAILROAD COMPANY. See East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company.

ALABAMA AND GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY. See East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company.

ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD COMPANY. Organized March 10, 1902, under general laws of Alabama; line extends from Vinegar Bend, Ala., to Leaksville, Miss .; mileage operated June 30, 1915-main track, 16.5, side tracks, 0.5, total, 17; mileage operated in Alabama-main track, 8.5, side tracks, 0.5, total, 9; capital stock authorized and outstanding-common, $10,000; shares, $100, voting power, one vote a share; and funded debt, $185,000. The road operated by this company is leased from the Vinegar Bend Lumber Co. for $5,000 a year.

REFERENCES .- Annual report of Company to Ala. Public Service Commission, 1915.

ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS RAIL ROAD COMPANY. See East Tennesee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company.

ALABAMA AND NEW ORLEANS TRANS- PORTATION COMPANY. An industrial cor- poration, incorporated July 2, 1912, in New Jersey; capital stock authorized-$587,500 preferred, $500,000 common, total, $1,087,- 500; outstanding-$390,000 preferred, $500,- 000 common, total, $890,000; shares-pre- ferred, $100, common, $20; funded debt, $1,560,000; property owned in Alabama -- coal loading station at Tuscaloosa, and a fleet of 16 self-propelling steel barges, each of 1,000 tons displacement, under construction; offices: New Orleans, La.

This company controls, through ownership of its capital stock, the Alabama & New Or- leans Canal Co., which owns the Lake Borgne Canal, connecting Mississippi Sound with the Mississippi River about 12 miles below New Orleans, thus forming a direct, inside water route from the Warrior coal fields to the city of New Orleans, by way of the Warrior, Tom- bigbee, and Mobile Rivers, Mobile Bay, and Mississippi Sound. Three thousand acres of coal lands on the Black Warrior River, 10

miles above Tuscaloosa, are owned and are being developed by interests allied with this company. The Lake Borgne Coal Co. was organized to market the entire output of these mines.

REFERENCES .- Poor's manual of industrials, 1916, pp. 2340-2341.

ALABAMA AND TENNESSEE RIVERS RAIL ROAD COMPANY. See East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company.

ALABAMA BOYS' INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. State institution for the care and control of delinquent white boys, located at East Lake. It was established by act of Feb. 23, 1899, entitled "To establish a reformatory and in- dustrial school under the name and style of the Alabama Industrial School, for the benefit of orphan helpless and wayward children; to provide for its government; to prescribe what children shall be admitted thereto; and to further provide that certain children shall be sent to, and kept therein, and to provide mode of ascertaining whether any given child should be committed thereto." The first board of control of the school consisted of Mrs. R. D. Johnston, president; Mrs. George B. Eager, vice-president; Mrs. T. G. Bush, treasurer; Mrs. S. D. Cole, recording secre- tary; Mrs. Evelyn F. Munger, corresponding secretary; and Mrs. Erwin Craighead and Mrs. J. G. Converse, with Gov. Joseph F. Johnston, Attorney General W. C. Fitts, and Commissioner of Agriculture I. F. Culver, as ex officio members. An appropriation of $3,000 was made for necessary structures, and for maintenance.

After the organization of the board in May, 1899, advertisements were made at once for bids for a suitable location. The Commercial Club of Birmingham offered three thousand dollars toward the project, if the school was located near that city. This was the most advantageous offer made, and was accepted, "and a tract of about one hundred and thir- ty-six acres of land about one mile from East Lake was selected." Buildings were erected, and the school opened in a modest way. It has had the generous and sympathetic sup- port of the people, and has maintained a steady and wholesome growth. The record of the institution has aroused the pride of the entire State.

High school course is maintained, and spe- cial emphasis is laid on training the boys in manual and useful industrial pursuits. The legislature has been very liberal in its ap- propriations, which are as follows: 1898-99, $3,000; 1900-01, $15,000; 1903, $8,000 a year for 4 years, 1903 to 1906; 1907, $20,- 000 a year for years 1907, 1908, 1909 and 1910; 1911, change to per captia of $150.00 for each inmate for 1911, 1912, 1913 and 1914; and 1915 an appropriation of $150.00 annually "for every boy" in the school; by act of Oct. 2, 1903, $10,000, "for the erection of an additional building"; by act of March 2, 1907, $50,000, "to pay for buildings, ma- chinery and other improvements needed"; by act of April 18, 1911, $7,500, "to pay an in-

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debtedness of said school existing on Dec. 31, 1910"; by another act of same date, April 18, 1911, $30,000, "to pay for buildings, machinery, equipments and other necessary improvements."

Student organizations include athletic teams, debating societies, Y. M. C. A., and a school band.

Superintendents .- C. D. Griffin, 1900-05; W. M. Connelly, acting, 1905; D. M. Weak- ley, 1906 -.

Presidents .- Board of Control; Mrs. R. D. Johnston, 1899.

PUBLICATIONS .- Board of Control, Annual re- ports, 1900-1916; The Boys Banner, 1906-1916.

REFERENCES .- Board of Control, Annual re- ports, 1900-1915; Acts, 1898-99, pp. 158-163; 1900- 01, p. 105; 1903, pp. 147, 306; 1907, pp. 245, 364; 1911, pp. 483, 486; 1915, p. 158; The Boys Banner, 1906 to 1916; Circular letters, folders and information, etc.

ALABAMA CENTRAL FEMALE COLLEGE. A high grade school for young ladies, located at Tuscaloosa; opened for students, 1856; in- corporated, December 19, 1857. The trustees named in the legislative charter were Rev. Dr. Basil Manty, Sr., Rev. Dr. A. J. Battle, Rev. Dr. J: H. Foster, Ed. Prince, Jr., Dr. S. J. Eddins, T. A. Burgin, Dr. James Guild, Sr., C. A. Hester, P. H. Eddins, Leonard B. Neal, Washington Moody and N. L. Whitfield, all prominent Baptist ministers, educators and laymen. The school opened auspiciously un- der the presidency of Rev. Dr. J. S. Bacon. The first graduate, 1859, was Harriet A. Dun- lap of Pickens County.

The central or main structure is the old capitol building, originally erected by the State at a cost of over $150,000. It is a beautiful example of architecture. After the removal of the capital to Montgomery in 1846, the building and grounds were turned over to the University of Alabama, and by that in- stitution leased to the trustees of the Ala- bama Central Female College for 99 years. The legislature on January 26, 1858, con- firmed this lease. An additional brick build- ing was erected in 1861 for a dormitory, recitation rooms and other school uses. De- partments of instruction in the liberal arts, music, drawing and painting and ornamental work were maintained from the beginning; and in recent years courses in elocution, edu- cation and business have been added. It has two literary societies-the Castalian and the Cornelian; and an Alumnae Association is or- ganized to bring together students for mutual interest and to the good of the College.

The College was founded by leading Bap- tists of the Tuscaloosa Association. They looked to the Baptists of the State as a field for support and encouragement. From the first, the committee of education of the Ala- bama Baptist State Convention commended it, in 1859, saying: "Although not under the direct control of the Convention, these in- stitutions [this and others of like character in the State] have been erected and specially patronized by Baptists, and deserve here a favorable mention." In 1873 the Convention

requested the trustees to submit an annual report of its condition. From time to time these reports have been made, as will appear from the annual Minutes of the Convention.

With the growth of State and other educa- tional institutions, although the College has maintained a high standard, it has had many difficulties to encounter. On June 1, 1916, President B. F. Giles, who had served as presi- dent for 16 years, resigned, and Prof. W. D. Fouville was selected as his successor ir Sep- tember following. Later he openec the school, but with local patronage only.

Presidents .- Rev. Dr. Joel Smith Bacon, 1856-1860; Rev. Dr. A. J. Battle, 1860; Rev. George Y. Browne, 1865; Rev. Dr. Charles Mandy; Rev. Dr. J. H. Foster; Capt. John F. Lanneau, 1873-1879; Mr. A. K. Yaucey, Jr., 1879-1885; Prof. Sumner B. Foster and Prof. George W. Thomas, co-principals, 1885-1886; Prof. Sumner B. Foster and Prof. Gayron G. Glower, co-principals, 1886-1887; Prof. Sum- ner B. Foster, 1887; Prof. Carleton B. Gibson, 1893; Dr. E. H. Murfee; Dr. Benj. F. Giles, 1900-1916; Prof. W. D. Fouville, 1916.

REFERENCES .- Catalogues, 1874-1914; Acts, 1857-58, pp. 99-101, 271; Cathcart, Baptist En- cyclopedia (1881), pp. 54-55.

ALABAMA CENTRAL RAILROAD COM- PANY. Incorporated under the general laws of the State, May 19, 1906; line extends from Jasper to Manchester; mileage operated June 30, 1915-main track, 6.70, side tracks, 0.36 total, 7.06; capital stock authorized-com- mon, $100,000, no preferred stock; stock actually issued, $65,000; shares, $100; voting power, one vote a share; no funded debt.

REFERENCE .- Annual Report of Company to Ala. Public Service Commission, 1915.

ALABAMA CENTRAL RAILWAY COM- PANY. Organized December 11, 1903, under general laws; line extends from Autaugaville to Booth, where it connects with the Mobile & Ohio Railroad; mileage-main track, 8.75, side tracks, 0.25, total, 9; capital stock au- thorized-common, $100,000, no preferred stock; stock actually issued, $96,000; shares, $100, voting power, one vote a share; no funded deht.

REFERENCE .- Annual Report of Company to Ala. Public Service Commission, 1915.

ALABAMA CITY. Post office and manu- facturing town in the central part of Etowah County, sec. 6, T. 12, R. 6, 212 miles west of the Coosa River, and on the Louisville & Nashville, Alabama Great Southern, Southern Railway, and Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroads. It is equidistant from Gads- den on the east and Attalla on the west. Pop- ulation: 1910-4,313; 1916-6,000. Alti- tude: 500 feet. The locality was first settled by the Cowan, Peters, and Watters families. About the year 1890, Col. R. B. Kyle, T. S. Kyle and J. M. Elliott selected it as the site for a manufacturing town, and shortly after- ward the Dwight Cotton Mills were located there. It was incorporated February 16, 1891.

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Alabama City has a three-company fire de- partment, waterworks with standpipe of 2,000,000 gallons capacity, sewerage system, electric lights, a recreation park and lake, numerous churches, modern school buildings, a public auditorium, a Y. W. C. A., and a pub- lic library, known as the Howard Gardner Nichols Memorial Library, in honor of a young engineer, who lost his life in the erec- tion of the Dwight Mills. This was the first public library building erected in Alabama. About halfway between Alabama City and Gadsden was the home of Emma Sansom, a young girl of heroic and devoted courage, whose presence of mind in directing Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest to a nearby ford, enabled him to capture Gen. A. D. Streight, thus saving the Confederate stores and rail- road connections at Rome, Ga.

REFERENCES .- Acts, 1890-91, pp. 816-838; Age- Herald, Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 10, 1915; and Alabama City, its location and the advantages it offers to workingmen (n. d.), an illustrated booklet.

ALABAMA CITY, GADSDEN AND ATTAL- LA RAILWAY. A public utility corporation, chartered for 50 years, with right of renewal, by act of the legislature, December 7, 1900; capital stock-authorized, $500,000, out- standing, $330,000; shares, $100; funded debt, $125,000; property in Alabama-rail- way lines, Gadsden to Alabama City, 3 miles, Alabama City to Attalla, 3.5 miles, Walnut Street line, 1.2 miles, total 7.7 miles; and operates under lease from the Gadsden Rail- way Co., branch to steel plant, 2 miles, branch to North Gadsden, 1.3 miles, total, 3.3 miles. It furnishes power for lighting, and owns a coal yard and an ice plant at Gadsden. On March 20, 1901, it purchased the property and franchises of the Gadsden & Attalla Union Railway Co., at foreclosure sale. Offi- ces : Gadsden.

REFERENCES .- Local Acts, 1900-1901, pp. 93- 101; Poor's manual of public utilities, 1916, p. 4.

ALABAMA COAL IRON AND RAILWAY COMPANY. See Northern Alabama Coal, Iron and Railway Company.

ALABAMA COMPANY, THE. An indus- trial corporation, incorporated April 3, 1913, in Delaware, as successor to the Alabama Consolidated Coal & Iron Co., all of whose property it purchased under court decree, April 3, 1913; capital stock, authorized and outstanding-$2,000,000 common, $600,000 first preferred, $1,500,000 second preferred, total, $4,100,000; shares, $100; funded debt, $2,939,000; property owned in Alabama- two furnaces at Ironaton and two at Gadsden, with an aggregate capacity of 300,000 tons of Iron per annum; three coal mines of total capacity of 750,000 tons per annum, one each at Brookwood, Searles, and Lewisburg; 915 coke ovens with capacity of 340,000 tons per annum; 10,164 acres of ore lands in Etowah, Talladega, and Jefferson Counties, Ala., and Polk County, Ga .; 36,185 acres

coal lands in Tuscaloosa and Jefferson Coun- ties, Ala .; 14,577 acres timber and farm lands; 320 acres limestone quarry at Rock Springs; 8,833 acres mineral rights in Coosa County; branch railroad from East Birming- ham to its Lewisburg coal mines; offices: Birmingham.

The Alabama Consolidated Coal & Iron Co. was organized on July 19, 1899, in New Jersey, with an authorized capital stock of $5,000,000, one-half common and one-half preferred. It was a consolidation of the Stan- dard, Clifton, Gadsden, and Gate City prop- erties with the Mary Pratt Furnace Co., pro- moted by two native Alabamians of large . purpose and vision, Thomas G. Bush and Fred M. Jackson, and certain eastern capitalists. The company acquired large holdings of coal and iron lands and rapidly assumed an influ- ential position among Alabama industrial enterprises. In 1913 its property was sold under decree of the courts as above, and was purchased by the newly organized "Alabama Company."

REFERENCES .- Armes, Story of coal and iron in Alabama (1910), pp. 473-487; Poor's manual of industrials, 1916, p. 16-17.

ALABAMA CONFERENCE FEMALE COL- LEGE. See Woman's College of Alabama.

ALABAMA CONFERENCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. A voluntary patriotic and educa- tional organization, formed December 8, 1905, during the session in Dothan of the Alabama Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church South. The objects and purposes of the so- ciety are the collection and preservation of the materials for the history of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Membership is active and honorary. Its officers are a president, an active vice-president, a secretary and curator, treasurer, and an executive committee, con- sisting of the four officers named. Annual meetings are held on the evening of the day preceding, and in the same city in which the annual conference holds its session. Its col- lections are deposited in the Alabama Depart- ment of Archives and History at Montgomery.

The organization was due directly to the joint efforts of Rev. Dr. John A. Rice, the pastor of Court Street Methodist Church, Montgomery, and Dr. Thomas M. Owen, Director of the Alabama Department of Ar- chives and History. Immediately following the formation of the Society, an active cam- paign was inaugurated for the collection of materials, and during its existence a valuable lot of books, pamphlets, manuscripts and miscellaneous data, all bearing upon Metho- dist church history, have been assembled.

Centenary of Methodism .- The centenary of the planting of Methodism within the limits of Alabama, 1808, was fittingly and appro- priately observed throughout the Alabama Conference and the North Alabama Confer- ence in 1908. The exercises in the former were under the direction of the Alabama Conference Historical Society. A committee consisting of the following was immediately in charge: Dr. Thomas M. Owen, Chairman;

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Rev. J. M. Dannelly, Hon. J. A. Wilkinson, Rev. E. L. Crawford, Rev. Frank Seay, Judge Wm. H. Thomas, and Rev. Charles H. Motley, president of the Society.

The centenary observance was arranged and organized so as to provide (1) a series of commemorative or anniversary exercises in every department of the Church, including the Annual Conference, the Conference Board of Missions, the several District Conferences, the educational and benevolent institutions under the control of the Conference, the sev- eral pastoral charges, the Sunday Schools and Epworth Leagues in the Conference; (2) plans for the appropriate marking or monu- menting of such historic spots or places associated with Alabama Methodism as ought to be commemorated by a tablet, memorial stone, or otherwise; (3) the collection and organization of materials for the history of the Church and its several auxiliary bodies, including relics of Alabama Methodism and Methodists, and the actual compilation of histories of all Conferences, Churches, Sunday Schools, mission effort, etc., etc., as far as may be possible; and (4) the taking of free- will thank-offerings in behalf of Christian education at all of the commemorative cel- ebrations held in the Conference.

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History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume I, Part 6

Author: Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920; Owen, Marie (Bankhead) Mrs. 1869- Publication date: 1921 Publisher: Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company Number of Pages: 756

Author: Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920; Owen, Marie (Bankhead) Mrs. 1869-
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 756