The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-08-06
5. 5. ASSOCIATION.
Thirteenth Annual Report Of the Law
renee County Organization.

comprehensive nlSlGIS OF the Law
renee County Sunday School Associa-
ton during the thirteen Years that
/ have been its secretary. 1t ought
to be written; and, if we'll done, it
would be both interesting and in
structive But due to the long i'll
ness and subsequent death of our
General Secretary, the demands OF the
State work ON me have been so on
erous as to preclude any attempt at
gathering data for the task, And ii
| had the data on my desk, | have
not been there to use it. II is a sad
comment, and the fault is mine, that
this history has not been annually
written and kept in permanent form.
The minutes of the conventions have
not been kept, and but few Of the
seCretarys Annual Reports can be
found. So you can readily see that
under these conditions, and with only
limited time, the best that can be
done is to review very briefly, and in
a general way, the work and pro-
" ess of the Association during these
years. Trusting that you can see in
the excellent morals and advanced
ideals of our people today and during
the past few years and trueSt evil
dence OF Something attempted and
Something done"
In the year 1890 Z. S. Boswell,
field worker for the kentucky sun
day School Union" as 1t was then
called, came to Louisa and called a
meeting OF the citizens to consider
the Sunday School work. After the
work was fully explained the county
was organized by electing Mr.. K. r.
Burns President and Mrs F. 7 d.
Wallace Secretary. 1t is superflOus -
say that Mr.. Burns has since been
! reelected at each annual convention
think, too, that the record will
show that during these two decades
he has been present and presided at
all county conventions but two.
Mrs. Wallace was soon succeeded
in office by Robert Billups, VINO,
early in 1896, resigned, leaving the
, office vacant. That was my oppor-
tunity; for soon afterwards, on the
recommendation of Mr.. Burns, was
appointed by the General Secretary 20
fill the vacancy, and the next year,
1897, while the convention was in
session in a beech grove near the
Mouth of Scar Greek, was elected
to the office to which had at first
been appointed; and my services have
been continued by succeeding con-
yeptiops until this day
During the last fourteen years con-
ventions have been held as follows:
Blaine, 1895; Buchanan Chapel 1896;
Mouth Of Bear Creek, 1897; Trinity,
1898; CANT Ground, 1899; Peach Orch
ard, 1900; Louisa, 1901; Buchanan
Chapel, 1902; Louisa. 1903, 1904;
Webbville, 1905; Louisa, 1906, 1907,
Blaine, 1908; and we are now, A. D.
1909, and in the twentieth anniver-
sary OF our Association, assembled at
Louisa. There may be a few discrep-
ancies in this convention calendar as
to the dates, but the places are cor
rect
Among the perpleXing problems
that the Officers of the County Asso-
citation have had to deal with was
that of organizing and defining the
work by magisterial district. 1t was
real problem and continued through
a period of five years
In 1896 at the request Of Capt Joe
Ferguson, who for many years at
tended our convention, the first Mag
isterial District Association was form
ed. The district composed of Falls.
burg and Bear Creek bears the proud
distinction Of being the first in the
county to organize for progressive
Sunday School work. One by one the
other districts were organized. Tht
district lying in the head of Blaine
has always been combined with thu
district in which the town of BLAINE
is located. In 1901 the last distric
vas organized and Lawrence becam,
a Banner County"
Not May will ever know how
many sleepless nights and tired day
it cost the county secretary to writ
Banner" over Oul county | can
hardly forgive the ruthless act o
the politicians in gerrymanderinl
the county in such a way as to con
fuse cur workers This act was not
to speak of it in the klndliest terms
for the good of the SUNDAY Schoo
work nor the civic good of the PEG
pie. Tho task of readjusting our dis
trict work to correspond with thes
new political divisions, is now befor
us. The new district composed o
Rock Castle, Peach Orchard an
Gambill is without an officer, an
must be organized before the clos
Of the year or cnnhined with som