The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-18
S. S. ASSOCIATION HAS
PROFITABLE YEAR
Semi-Annual Meeting of Executive
Committee Held Thursday in
Montgomery

montgomery, october l1.-(Special.) 1.-The
semi-annual meeting of the state execu-
tive committee of the Alabama Sunday
School association was held in the office
of the association here yesterday Full
| reports were submitted by General Secre-
tary Leon C. Palmer, covering all phases
| of the association work and showing the
most encouraging five months work in
the history of the association. In the past
five months the employed workers of the
Sunday school conventions and institutes,
made 416 addresses to audiences aggregat-
ing 20,195, in which meetings a total of
1888 Sunday schools of Alabama have been
represented; they have travelled 1894
miles and visited every county in Ala
bama( except fve) from one to eight times
each.
The volunteer workers directed by the
state association have attended total of
1894 conventions, reaching los, ,592 people
and representing 1740 Sunday schools.
These volunteer workers have delivered
a total of 2154 addresses on Sunday school
work, personally visited 1905 Sunday
schools and Travelled 40,135 miles in the
interest of Sunday school work This SER
vice was rendered without salary or COM
pensation.
All bills against the association have
been paid when due, and no money has
been disbursed except upon order of the
executive committee.
On motion, the report of the general
secretary was approved and vote of
thanks extended to the workers of the
association for the work accomplished.
A special vote of thanks was extended
to Prof r. d. Webb of Auburn, who, at
a considerable financial sacrifice, served
as field secretary of the association dur
ing the past summer; to James Milton
Sheriff. for his efficient services as Of
flee secretary of the association, and to
the counties of Clarke, Hale and Pike for
having paid up their pledges in cash in
advance at the county conventions
On motion a special resolution was
ma ssed asking that all Sunday schools lay
great emphasis upon the attendance OF
Sunday school members at the preaching
services of their respective churches.
Every county is up to the banner county
standard except Pickens, Tuscaloosa, CAL
houn. Bleunt and Conecuh, which have
temporarily lost their banner for failure
to hold a district convention in each dis
trict It is expected that these counties
will regain their standing as banner coun-
ties within very short time.
The following counties are up to the gold
star county standard of the state asso-
citation. Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Bull
lock. Butler, Clarke, Cleburne, Coffee,
cosoa Dale, Dallas. DeKalb, Gilmore.
Etowah, Geneva, Lawrence, Lee Lime
stone. Lowndes, Macon Marengo, Mont
comery North Jefferson, Perry, Pike,
randolph, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa
and Walker
IN fu,l except Autauga Bibb, Blount,
chiffon. Clay Cleburne, Conecuh, Coving-
ton Crenshaw Cullman, Dekalb, Fayette.
EranJlin. Henry, Houston, South Jeffer-
son Lamar, Marion, Marshall, Shelby
Washington and Winston.
The work of the association has grown
and developed so that 1t has become nee
essarv to make a large Increase in the
eo,ca of field workers 1t was voted to
amnlov Mrs. s. P. Moore of Birmingham.
tbe nresent state teacher training SUPER
intendent. for field work for such portion
of her time during the remainder of the
convention year as could be arranged for
Two auxiliary field workers were also
elected-Miss Minnie Algood or Dadeviile
and Miss Hazel Ison of Gadsden. Miss
AIleood is a we'll known Methodist Sun
dav school worker, and has been for some
wears teacher training superintendent OF
the Tallapoosa County Sunday School as
sociation.
with these three additions to the field
force of the state association the state
| officers expect TO nave Tue iarsesl anu
most thorough years work ever accomp-
lished in Alabama.
The following members of the state ex
ecutive committee were present at the
meeting: Judge Armstead Brown. Mont
gomery; DR. B. NJ. Ohme. Montgomery;
Jerome T. Fuller, Centreville; w. d. Dill
lard, Mathews; G. T. Hildreth, Clinton
VILE. w. w. Campbell OF Tuskegee, one
of the leading members OF the committee,
| was expecting to come, but was de-
tained.