The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-22
S. S. ASSOCIATION
:. .CONVENES IN Scale
Annual Convention of Russell Work
ers Held-Improvement Shown
Over Preceding Years

montgomery. July 2-(Special 1.-The an
nual convention of the Russell County
Sunday School association, which has been
in session at Scale for two days, closed its
session Sunday. The attendance was not
large, but showed an Improvement over
preceding years. All but about six or
eight of the Sunday schools in the county
We're represented, including all denomina-
tions.
Reports showed that district conven-
tons had been held in each district, but
little work had been done by the county
department superintendents Owing to the
lack of thorough district organization the
number of district conventions held was
small compared to the work in other coun-
ties, and partly as a result of this the
condition of the work In the individual
Sunday schools suffered.
A chart was exhibited to the convention
showing the relative standing of Russell
county in comparison with the other coun-
ties of the state in each of several lines
or Sunday school work. One of the in
terestins features of the chart was the
contrast between the conditions in this
county, in which little district organiza-
tion has been done, and other counties in
which the districts are thoroughly organ
ized conventions held frequently, and all
schools cooperating with the County
Sunday School association.
Reports showed that Russell county
stood fifty-sixth in rank among the coun-
ties of Alabama in the percentage of
white population in Sunday school, while
Lee county. next to 1t, stood first in
rank.
Lee county is one of the gold star coun-
ties of the Alabama Sunday School as
sociation, and is one of the most thor
oughly organized counties in the associa-
tion work. In the average banner school
percentage, Russell county stood sixty
third from the top, while Lee county
stands fourth; in number of separate pri-
mary departments. Russell county stood
fifty-fourth and Lee county twelfth: in
number of cradle rolls Russell county
ranks sixty-fourth from the top and Lee
county sixth; in number of home depart-
ments, Russell county sixty-sixth, Lee
county ninth, in number of organized
adult classes Russell county sixty-seyenth
Lee county fourth; in number of second
airy division classes Russell county stood
sixty-sixth, Lee county thirteenth. The
blackboard chart showing these facts
was the leading feature of the conyen-
tion. and the Sunday school workers pres
ent decided to at once take steps to REM
edy this condition. 1t was unanimously
voted to bring Russell county up to the
gold star standard of the State Sunday
School association before the next state
convention, and commmittee on organ
ization of which S. r. Boykin of Scale was
appointed chairman. was designated to
plan the gold star campaign in co-opera-
tion with the other county officers.
The following officers were elected: W.
Fl. Banks, Hurtsboro. president; r. f..
Lindsay, Pittsview, vice president; l.. H.
Boykin, Glennville. secretary-treasurer H.
l., Davis, Hurtsboro. chairman executive
commmittee; W. C. Hughes. Girard, presi-
dent district No. /; r. e. Lindsay Pitts
view, president district No. 2; e. H. Glenn
Scale. president district No. 8; A. J. Tay-
lor, Hurtsboro, president district No. A.
The state association was represented by
Judge M n. Manning of Talladega. state
president; w. ID. Dillard. Mathews. state
home department superintendent; Prof. r..
D. Webb, Auburn state field worker. and
Leon c. Palmer, Montgomery. state gen.
eral secretary.