The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-05
D. w. SIMMS IS NEW SECRETARY HeSucceeds Judge Joseph CarthelL ALABAMA IS BANNER STATE Goes Forward in Sunday School
 Work. At the Meeting of the Executive com- aittee Held Yesterday Three New Dep.rtments Were Created to
 rsesinsss the work in Aiabama.
 

At the meeting of the Executive Committee of the State Sunday School Association held yesterday noon at the Y.. c. A., the resignation of Judge Joseph Carthei as general secretary of the association for the State was accepted with Tegret and D. W. Sims, one of the field secretaries of the as- sociatioD. was made general secretary to i'll Judge cartehls position. At the time of the Acceptance of the resig- nation 1t was understood that Judge Carthel would not leave his ofice in Alabama until October 1.
 So keen was the regret with which the resignation of this earnest sun day School worker was accepted that the individual membership of the execu- tive committee raised a fund with which to present Judge Carthel with a personal remenbrance, and in addi. tfon to this appropriated SIPS of the associations funds to defray the ex- penses Of a trip to Boston for Judge Earthei in order that he might attend the meeting of. the Sunday. School workers at the house of ". N, Harts- horn in Boston.
 Many other things of importance came under consideration by the exec. utive. committee. By It's action yes terday afternoon. Alabama Is now one of the few banner Sunday School States In the Union. The State was put into the leadership by the establishment Of four departments in the association the Department of Missions, the De. pertinent of Promotion of the EetAb- liShment of Adult Persona, and a De- pertinent for the Further Study of Temperancei and an Elamentary De- paftment 9 which Miss Rice. of selm&, was made superintendent. These four pew department to- Training already establish ed. places AiabAma foremost in Sunday School work.
 Miss Alice Halls. of Birmingham, was placed in charge of the Department of Missions. and 1t Is announced that shs will be glad to answer any Ques- tienS as toathe hows and why's of pro- gressive mission study. J. 6. Bridges, of Birmingham. was made secretary of the Department Of Adult Glasses. Mir Bridges is we'll known all over the State as teacher of one of the largest adult classes in the State, a ! el9ess with. a HfsnnbArshfp Of over 300 E Ahdefson. of Annsston, was made | Temperance. Mr. Anderson Is q prom inent layman of his city and has taken an active Interest in the forwarding of the Temperance cause.
 The addition of these departments bY q $he Executive Committee makes Alabama a banner State, as every coun- < fy in the State is organized and in eveEEFespeet Alabama Is far above the eweraae State in the United States in It's Sunday School organization.
 The electfon of D. ". Sims to i'll the position to be vacated by Judge s EarehelgfE considerable admirable. Mr. Sims came to Alabama from Richmond. Yast about eight months ago to occupy \ 2 petition as Field Secretary under Judge CartheI Mir. Slmms is a mem ] Der of the Baptist Church and for seyeral- years before coming 10 Mont gonery he was superintendent of the largest Sunday School in Richmond } He has bought a home in NontRomery and 1t is believed that te will max a a worthy and efficient successor to Judge carthel. and that he will be retained as general secretary of the State Association for. as many years as possible.
 The committee also decided another most important question at its meet ing yesterday. At the State conyen- tons held in the spring of each year one-half of the. seca,nd day ts to be given over to meetings of the various denominations that they may have an opportunity to meet their own leaders ana uiecues every phase Of their work peculiar to their own denomination. Heretofore such denominational meet ings were impossible.
 The present enrollment of the Sun. day School Association within the State is 295 .965, and the conunittoa which met yesterday represented tbs largest organized Christian orRaniza-- ton within the State.
 It was decided yesterday that suita- ble headquarters for the General See retary would be established in Mont gomery with modern equipment that the work could progress under the most favorable circumstances.
 The following resolutions were unan- imously' adopted by the committee in accepting the resignation of Judge Carthel:
 ''Be it resolved by the Executive committee of the Alabama Sunday school Association, that in accepting the resignation Of Judge Joseph Car thel. as General Secretary of our aa. sociation. to take effect September 3o. 1908. he having indicated to us his desire to take ID the same kind of work in the State of Tennessee. we do hereby express to him and to our fellow workers throughout the State. our high appreciation of the faithful. efficient and persistent service which he has rendered to this association. and to the Sunday School cause fin inc State of Alabama. during his ten years' incumbency in that responsible office. and his resignation Is accepted with great reluctance and regret on the part of this committee.
 Believing. however. that he has ar- rived at this decision after full ana conscientious consideration, we do not feel that 1t would be right or proper for us to stand fin his way; hence his resignation Is accepted as above stated. The present prosperous and highly. or- ganized condition of the Sunday School work of our State, and the progress and improvement which we are glad to note on every hand, and which has taken such deep hold upon our people that no thought of turning back can or should ever occur te their minds bears eloquent testimony to the ability and consecration of our General Sec retary. who has contributed so largely to this result. and who needs no finer sncomium at our hands We trust and believe that like success will. follow his work in. Tennessee. and we pray Gods blessings upon him in his chosen field" --.-