The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-15
Scope of Organization.

Scope of Organization. The Alabama Sunday School assoeia-
 ton is a part of the organized Sunday school work, the only organized movement in existence which tries 10 bring help to every Sunday school. 1t is the organiza- tion from which we all get the Interna- tional Sunday School Lessons, used by
 the Protestant Sunday schools through out the world.
 The organized Sunday school work be- gan in the United States about 1882. The association in Alabama has history of more than twenty years Of the sixty seven counties in the state, f1fty-two are
 organized The counties of Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison, Etowah, Cahogn'
 Talladega, Lawrence,s Sumter, DallasA Montgomery Lee, Pike, Bibb and Clarke
 are banner counties, 1. c., they have every beat or district organized, and hold one or more conventions in each beat or dis trct every year.
 The association exists for the purpose of carrying to each denomination the
 blessings that can be secured only through cooperation. The schools that nave been llS lOlbtpt aihihNSN e'N kept in closest touch with the beat eoun- ty and state associations are its best friends, and have gotten the most out
 of it. The schools in the state that are doing the poorest work are those that either do not take part in the conventions or do not adopt and use the best methods advocated by the association.
 The officers are: MT. E. J. Russell of
 Athens, president; II. P. Cater, Anniston, recording secretary; M. N. Sweat, Mont
 gomery, treasurer; Miss N. E. Smith, Opelika, superintendent home depart
 ment; Prof. w. F. Feagin, Montgomery, superintendent normal department; Jo- seph Carthel Montgomery, general sec retary; Leon C. Palmer, Montgomery | assistant secretary; Miss Minnie E. Ken nedy, OpelilSa primary secretary, and an | executive committee composed of twenty | members, of which George c. Miles of | Montgomery, is chairman.
 The counties of the state are grouped | into fifteen districts and each district | has over 1t a district president. The bus | mess of the association is managed by | the executive committee. which has it's | headquarters in the city of Montgomery | The central committee associated with | MT. Miles is composed of the fellow | ing well known business men of the city | of Montgomery: Michael Cody, John B. | Fuller, John W. Durr, Jr, William E | Holloway, R. 0. Blakey, Adolph Rosner, | W w. Pearson, s. B. Sightler and A. | W. LeBron.
 | The Birmingham members are: T. H. | Johnston, R. w Cecil B. B. Conner The | balance of the committee Is composed of | J. B. Greene, Opelika; E. c. Anderson | Anniston; J. T. Gardner Anniston L. H. l Garre, Anniston; A. A. Oden, Hartsell; | W. D. Dillard Matthews; J. s. Carroll | Troy. The district presidents are, J. M. | Peerson, Florence; R. E. Pettus, Hunts- 1 ville; J. F. Turney, Hartsel; W. k. | Dortch Gadsden; G. T. McIsldery Talla- | dega R. F. Lewis, Birmingham; Will liam Edmonds, York; D. P. Christenberry l Greensboro; w. B. Davidson Montgom- ery; T. s. Christian, Jr., Alexander City. | L. N Stevenson, Lanett; J. L. Trotman, | Troy; B. Davis, Clayton; w. D. Dunn, 1 Grove Hill, and Rev. J. B. Cumming, | Mobile.
 | The general secretary and the primary | secretary devote their entire time to the | work of holding conventions and insti- | tutes; the assistant secretary has charge | of the office in the city of Montgomery. | During the past year, conventions and in- | stitutes have been held in fifty two coun- | ties of the state. Institutes lasting from one to three days have been held In all | the cities, most of the important towns, | and quite a number smaller places in | the state.
 Banner Counties.
 | In the banner counties the work Is very | thorough and most of the schools in the | county are represented in either the coun- | ty convention or one of the district con | ventions As an illustration of this, the | county of Dallas. the reports showed that | all but three or four schools were repre- sented in the county or district conven- | tions. Experience has shown that In | those counties that are well-organized very great improvement has been made | in the Sunday school work. The asso- l citation does not organize Sunday schools, | but holds county and beat conventions | and institutes, in which meetings the latest and best methods of Sunday school work are discussed and the experience of the most successful workers given. The | most progressive pastors superintendents | and teachers fin all parts of the state take