The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-30
CONVENTION WAS
 VERY SUCCESSFUL Sunday School Workers Meet
 in Annual Session 400 DELEGATES ATTEND Three Sessions We're Held During the Day and Many Interesting Topics
 Were Taken Up and
 Discussed.

The annual Sunday school convention of Jefferson county closed last night and the delegates from the various parts of the county will depart to their homes this morning. The convention was in every way a success and the talks by va rious representative Sunday school work CTS were such as could not fall to be very helpful to the delegates and others who ! attended.
 Three sessions were held at the First Methodist church during the day, one in the morning, one in the afternoon and one last night. Those taking part at the morning session were Dr. J. P. Me- Perrin, B. B. Conner, c. W. Mills and j.. w. Minor of Ensley. J. B, Wadsworth of Blocton, J. II. Finch of East Lake and Judge Joseph Carthel of the state Sum day school board.
 During the afternoon session the fol- lowing addressed the convention on the subjects which had been previously as signed: The Rev. A. c. Davidson, J. S. Bridges, w. II. Williams, Joseph Carthel and Mrs. J. c. Scott.
 The convention reconvened at 8 o'clock and the devotional exercises were con- ducted by G. B. Braxton. They consist ed of quotations of scriptures by various delegates
 l The committee on nominations reported the following officers who were elected by the convention:
 President, J. w. Minor of Ensle-; sec retary and treasurer. c. W. Mills of Ensley; superintendent of the primary department, Miss Alice Hall of Birmng- ham,. superintendent intermediate depart ment, Mrs. w. J. Long of Bessemer; ex- i ecutive committed, T. Fl. Johnson, chair man, R. W. Cecil. Job Going, R. r. Lewis, Judge B. c. Jones, B. B. Conner, w. R. Starbuck, w. R. Sawyer, Dr. N. A. Bar rett.
 Addresses were given by tho Rev. pr. J. W. Stagg his subject being Child hood; It's Possibilities and Claims" Cap tain T. II. Johnson delivered an address on "The Sunday School as a Business In- vestment."
 Under the head of pledges for state and county work, the following pledges were made: First Methodist church Birmlng- ham, $25; First Presbyterian church Bir- mingham, $15; Second Presbyterian church Birmingham, $5; Third Presby- terlan church Birmingham, $5; southslde Baptist church Birmingham, s15; Avon dale Baptist church.s $5; Avondale Metho- dist church, $5; st. Johns Methodist church, $5; Wylam Presbyterian church, $5; Simpson Methodist church, $5 Capt. | T. H. Johnson, $5.
 It was decided by the convention tC meet again next year at the First Meth | odist church in Birmingham. | Resolutions were adopted thanking thu officers and members of the First churcf for the elegant manner in which they hat l entertained the convention. | There were four hundred delegates present at the convention this year. rep resenting 15O Sunday schools with a mem | bership of about 14.000 pupils
 It was decided to divide the county into twenty-three districts and to have a sep arate organization in each of these dis l tricts The following delegates pledged to organize the following dlstricts South Birmingham, T. H. Johnson; North Bir- mingham J. g. Bridges; East Lake and Huffman, f. B. V. Moore and N. A. Barrett; Bessemer, the Rev. E. M. Craig; Pratt City, the Rev. J. A. Hendricks; Elyton, Mrs A. J salter; Gate City and Woodlawn, Mrs W. R. Watkins; Avon, dale, J. II. Cooper