Shelby Springs Association
Was organized in 1869. Rev. Berry Ware, it seems, was one of its leading founders. They have a membership of about 3,000. They have some excellent men, among whom may be mentioned: Revs. B. M. Mallory, F. Youngblood, H. D. Leathers, of Childersburg; Rev. D. L. Prentice, Aldrich; Rev. J. P. Barton, Talladega; Rev. E. E. Perryman, Helena; Revs. G. R. Nash, F. R. Kenedy, B. F. Singleton, and P. Caddell, Columbiana; Rev. F. Cahill, Harpersville; Revs. J. L. Looney and P. Fancher, Fayetteville; Revs. W. C. Owens and J. H. Moseley, Calera.
The minutes of 1890 give the following post offices and churches:
Childersburg—Enon.
Kymulga—Mt. Olive.
Aldrich—Hepzibah.
Blocton—Liberty.
Talladega—Peace Baptist.
Wilsonville—Bethlehem, Scott Grove, Mt. Grove, and Dry Branch.
Harpersville—Mt. Olive.
Helena—Mt. Pleasant.
Fayetteville—Shady Grove, Friendship.
Columbiana—Zion, Friendship, and Macedonia.
Mt. Pinson—Mt. Bradford.
Siluria—Union Hill, Liberty No. 1.
Shelby—Providence.
Long View—Galilee.
Calera—Moseley Chapel, New Mt. Moriah, Bethel.
Rev. D. L. Prentice, Aldrich, is doing a very effective work in the school room, and the people of his town bear the marks of his pedagogic labors. Their meetings, I mean associational meetings, are enjoyable and they give evidence of piety, promise and power.
This body liberally aided in the purchase of Selma University, and has ever been ready for any and every good work.