The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-22
GOLD STAR GRANTED
 FAYETTE COUNTY Sunday School Convention a Pronounced Success GOOD REPORTS MADE Feature of Convention Series of Dis trict Charts" Showing Standing
 of Each School in County.
 Officers Elected

Fayette, August 1.-(special )-The annual convention of the Fayette Coun- ty Sunday School association, includ- Ing all Sunday schools of all denom- nations in Fayette county, has been in session at Fayette during Tuesday and Wednesday, Tn spite of two other events going on at the same timo, the convention was pronounced success A large proportion of the Sunday schools In the county were officially represented by delegates at this con- vention and those not represented in this convention had in every case been represented in district conventions dur ing the year
 The reports made by county officers were the best and most encouraging ever submitted In a Fayette county convention. An unusually large num- Der of district conventions had been held during the year and more schools were reached and helped by the county organization than in any previous year. County President T. A. McCool of Fay ette reported that 10 district conven- tlons had been held, Ave of which he personally attended, and other county workers attended the others He had travelled about 100 miles through the county and Writton $50 letters and dis tributed 300 leaflets on Sunday school work, all without receiving any com pensation. The pledging for the sup port of the work during the coming year was liberal and prompt
 District Charts
 A striking feature of the convention was the series of large district charts" pre- pared by the county officers, showing al glance the exact condition of every Sunday school in the county. These dis- trict charts were something novel an this county and excited much interest The plan for using these was outlined by the Alabama Sunday School association, con- sists in grading each Sunday school on percentage basis, standard of 10 pan ner school points" having been determined upon, and the various Sunday schools each reporting how many of these points of efficiency they possess. As each point counts for 10 per cent, 1t constitutes simple and effective way of indicating the relative efficiency of the various Sunday schools in terms of percentage. Tfe name of each Sunday school Is printed in large print on the district chart, followed by 10 columns for the 10 banner school Ioints." Each point that the Sunday school has attained to Is indicated by check mark in the appropriate column. ,arge enough to be seen across a large building.
 Mono of the Fayette county Sunday schools were quite up to the standard, the two nearest being the Fayette Bap- t.st 90 per cent. and the Fayette Metho- dist, 80 per cent.
 Officers Elected
 For the coming year full set of off COTS were elected as follows: President, T. A McCool; vice president, ". w. Shropshire; secretary treasurer, Lester E Davis Department superintendents: ele- mentary, Mrs. II. B. Marshall: adult, W. S. McNeil; home. Miss Annie Robert son; teacher training, Prof. J. A. Smith; missions. l.. A. Weathers: temperance. D 0. Mcconnell. District presidents J. A. Smith, E. c. Farquar, F.. w. Hudson, w. F, Taylor.
 The high water mark of the conven- ton was reached on Tuesday night, when Leon c. Palmer general secretary of the Alabama Sunday School association, offi- cially announced that Fayette county had attained to the gold starr county standard of the state association, and mad thereby become the twenty-sixth "eold starr county in Alabama. Great enthusiasm greeted this announcement, as 1t represented a goal for which the county and district officers had worked hard for four or five months previous.
 Mir. Palmer stated that the number of gold star counties in Alabama was now nearly three times what it was 12 months ago. and thas since the gold star meant that every individual Sunday school in the county was cooperating with the Ala bama Sunday School association, it indi- cated that the work of the association was going forward at a more rapid rate than ever before in Its history.
 The state association was represented by the general secretary. Mir. Palmer. and Field Secretary A. s. Scott. Another of the chief speakers was Prof sA. w. Tate, head of the Baptist Collegiate insti- ute. of Newton. Ala, who expressed great interest in the Sunday school work.