The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-27

Miss Minnie E. Kennedy. Primary Secretary of the State organization was named as convention delegate to the international Convention of Sun :, day Schools in Rome next year, ana the sum of $4oo was raised for the purpose of sending her.
 The term of president of the organ n-
 The adoption of an official Visiting Day was decided upon for the dis tricts and counties of the State.
 day School work should be developed more fully among the counties and
 Emphasis was directed by the con- vention to the following points:
 That the county and district con ventions lay emphasis on the impor- tance of reaching every school in the
 That the counties which have not come up to the banner standard be urg- ed to hold conventions in every district.
 That complete statistics shall be gathered by the district and county of ficers and forwarded to the state sec retary.
 Basis of Representation.
 Another matter for the disposal of which provision was made last night is that regarding the advisability of reducing the basis of representation in order te allow the smaller towns and cities to have the benefits accruing from the sessions of the state convention. This matter which has been the occa- sion of much discussion during the con- vention just closed, was referred to the Executive Committee for adjustment The selection of a place for the con vention of 1907. which may depenj to a large extent upon the action taken by the Executive Committee in regard to the basis of representation, was not decided at the convention. and will be left in the hands of the committee to act upon after the conclusion of the other matter.
 The climax of the Convention was reached at its close. As the last hours of the meeting approached an end. the guests and hosts of the Convention mingled in hearty expressions of ap- preciation, the former of the magni- ficent treatment they have received In the Capital City, and the latter of the pleasure and honor the visitors by their presence have conferred upon the city.
 Gifts to Committee.
 In the closing minutes of the ses- sion in the First Presbyterian Church a huge boquet of white carnations was presented to the band of 100 white oappers who have acted in the capacity of guides during the convention. through their chairman. R. O. Blakey. and upon the rostrum Of the church, these were distributed to the individual members of the band. until each was decorated with the souvenir of the gratitude of their guests. A long gold rod, decorated with blue ribbon. repre- senting the blue and gold colors of the Association, was also presented to the local reception committee. the gift of the delegates from Jefferson county.
 Another gift awarded was gold medal to Mrs. T. H. MiZell, the char man of the refreshment committee as an appreciation of the 100 Goldcappers for the assistance she had rendered the hosts during the convention.
 The meetings last night furnished the last chapter in the three volume book of the convention. At these ses- sions, two honored citizens of the State, Hon. H. S. D. Mallory, of Selma, and Hon. S. D. Weakley, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, were the principal speakers They compIet- ed a day full of interesting programs extending through the morning and afternoon where the different branch es of the Sunday School work were full ly discussed.
 With the coming of today. the last of the guests of the convention will have departed. Many of them lett last evening, but the final exodus of dele gates will not be completed until this afternoon. From the expressions which were heard on every hand after the session last night, the unanimous opin- ion of the visiting delegates seems to echo the words of President Brown spoken earlier in the day, to the eff feet that ''The Montgomery Convention is the greatest we have ever held.'