The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-06
DOING GOOD WORK
MANY COUNTY CONVENTIONS ARE
 BEING HELD.
Secretary Carthei and Field Secretary Sims Have Been Busy With En- thusiastie Meetings Over
 the State.

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 Judge Joseph Carthei. Secretary of the state sunday School Association. ana a W. Sims, General Field Secre- tarv If the State organization, have been very busy during the past month attending County Sunday School Con- yentions throughout the State Through their efforts every County in the State has been organized Into Sun day School districts with the exception of Marion.
 Since the State convention the coun- ties of Pickens, washington. Baldwin and Greene have been brought in, with d probability of Marion having been organized very recently. If Marion has been organized. every County in the State is divided into sunday School Districts.
 Also since the state convention the counties of Dallas and Lauderdale have been brought back to the banner stan dard: Marshall also has been made a banner County.
 A banner County does four things. namely:
 First. Holds County Convention every year.
 Second. Holds a convention in each district every year.
 cry year. <
 Fourth, Makes a contribution to the support Of the State Sunday School work every year
 The counties of Houston, Henry, Dale and Shelby lack one district only of being banner counties. and they are included in the twenty-one counties which have promised to become Dan- ner counties within the coming year.
 At the conventions which Judge Car thel attended, he reports. there was large attendance and much enthusiasm Tn Clarke County the convention was held at Grove Hill. At this convention there were forty-three Sunday Schools of the County represented. and the dei- egates more than filled the Baptist Church of that town. an overflow meet ing being held in the public school building which was also filled. So that a considerable number were not able to enter either house.
 xTn Hale County the conventtno was held in the Methodist Church and re- ports of the districts of that County showed that there was 80 per cent increase in the number of schools and enrn1Iments over last year ---e- E a----=
 At the DeKaIb County Convention, held at Dawson, the house set aside for the convention would not hold half of the crowd and an overflow meeting was held in the grove outside.
 In fact the reports from all of the conventions show that the delegates were so numerous that the churches set apart for the convention was not large enough to accommodate every one who wished to attend.
 The Dallas County reports showed that of the forty-one Sunday Schools fin the County twenty-two were repre- scented in the State Convention at Bir- xnfngham, tweny-six schools in the County Convention. and thirty-six schools represented in the various dis Erict conventions.
 The President of the Bullock County prganigation stated that the total att tenaance at both district and County conventions would exceed one-haif of ehe white population of the County.
 In Russell County every Sunday School in the County was represented.
 Tn Dale County thirty of the forty two Sunday Schools in the County were represented.
 Jefferson County shows the greatest amount of accomplished work. The County is divided into nineteen dis-. 4ricts and last year seventy-eight dis 4ricf conventions were held, thirteen Institutes, and seven superintendents' meetings. Reports from eleven dis tricts showed IDA Sunday Schools with represented in the district nonventions.
 In Clay county there was nSlu d very rood convention and the work was put on a good footing in that County
 Great progress has been made in Marshall County under the leadership pf Professor Hobdy. The County was orxunized last year and this year 1t has become a banner County.
 Randolph County also makes good showing. About fifteen years ago when the County Association was or wanixed. there were fourteen Sunday schools in the County, of which num- her only two were kept open the twelve months of the year. By this years report there are fifty-two Sun .day Schools in the County and twenty three of them are conducted every month of the year. The Association has planned to visit every Sunday School of the County during the com
 Judge carthei attended the conven- ticn of Cleburne County at Hefiin on Thursday and Friday of last week. From Hefiin he went to Dallas where he will take part In the five day house. fo-house canvass to be made in that county. He will go to Wilcox County .f4Sar bia Ansa1eYnent in Dallas.