The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-15
TALLADEGA STILL
GOLD STAR COUNTY
Sunday School Convention Meets in
a-Four-Fifths of Sunday
Schools Represented

Opelika. August 14--(special1-T an
Talladega County Sunday School conven-
tion. held at Sylacauga Tuesday and
Wednesday. was one of the largest and
most representative Of any held IN Ala
bama this year Although a large county
with many Sunday schools four-fifths OF
all Sunday schools. including all denom-
nations, were represented. There were
also visiting delegates present from five
other counties of Alabama and from Geor-
ga. Five of the seven district presi-
dents of the county were present and
reported total of IS district eonven-
tions held with total attendance of 1928
Sunday school workers.
Every Sunday school Of every denomi-
nation in every district of the county
had been reached by the county associa-
ton during the year. and had been rep
resented in district convention and
made a statistical report.
state General Secretary Palmer. at
tending the convention, standing as
gold star county of the Alabama Sunday
School association.
Reports showed an increase of 200 in
the Sunday school enrolment of the coun-
ty and the number of additions to the
church from the Sunday school nearly
doubled.
The report of County President s. e.
Thomas of sylaeauga was remarkable for
the large amount of volunteer field work
done. It showed that he had attended
large number of district conventions
| travelled many hundreds of miles, writ
ten about 100 Letters and made addresses
to conventions and Sunday schools of all
denominations throughout the county. 1T
is one of the finest reports I have heard
In Alabama declared State Secretary
| Palmer.
! Every district president had his district
chart at the convention, marked to show
the relative banner school standing OF
every Sunday school in the county The
average banner school percentages for the
various districts is as follows:
| No. 1-Prof. 7. W. jenkins. president,
SO per cent
No. 2E. D, Caldwell president, 2s per
| cent.
No. sc, L. Schmidt, president, 27 per
| cent.
No. 4-George W. Wright, president, 30
per cent.
No. 5-G T. MeElderry. president, 81 per
cent.
No. 6-J. \. Rowe president. 40 per cent.
No. w. J. Limbaugh, president. AZ per
cent.
BY request of County President s. p.
! Thomas, Judge M. N. Manning of Talla-
dega, president of the Alabama Sunday
School association, presided over the con-
vention. Among the subjects discussed
We're The Teachers Duty" THE Girl in
| Her Teens" Winning the Boy" The
! Home department" Preparation and
| Presentation of the Lesson" and Results
of Organized Sunday School Work" over
| $400 was pledged for county and state
| Sunday school work, S115 of this amount
coming from the Talladega Methodist
Sunday school, of which State President
NJ N. Manning Is superintendent.
The State Sunday School association
was represented by Mrs S. p. Moore of
Birmingham, State Teacher Training SUI
perintendent w. ID. billiard of Mathews.
State Home Department Superintendent
j. b. Wadsworth of Gadsden, member OF
| the state executive committee, and Leon
c. Palmer of Montgomery, state general
secretary.
At the closing session Wednesday even
ing the following officers We're elected:
8. f. Thomas, president Miss Corinne
Polk, secretary treasurer; Mrs. S. r. Yaw-
ney superintendent elementary; Miss
Vesta Baker. secondary superintendent;
] w b. Castleberry, adult superintendent;
Mrs. f. b. Miller home department SUI
perintendent; Prof d. A. Mcneil. teacher
training superintendent; Mrs J. IL. Will
son, mission superintendent A. A. Gar
rett temperance superintendent
cas-, 30c; roosters. 3Oc geese, 40a5Oc: live
turkeys l5c: fresh eggs, case candled. 19c;
extra graded candled eggs, 24c.
Coffee and Sugar
Arbuckle coffee. 2lS0c; Luzanne, 23c per
pound Sugar. standard granulated, sac