The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-22
5. 5. CONVENTION
 OPENS IN MOBILE
Prominent Workers Ad- dress the Sessions
 Tuesday
By RICE GATHER

Mobile, April 21.-(Special. .)-Fully 15O0 delegates to the Alabama Sunday School association are present tonight at twin meetings in Mobile churches. following the most successful first days convention in the history of the association, accord ing to Secretary Leon c. Palmer.
 Delegations from Birmingham and Mont gomery are on the ground representing tive cities, trying to capture the 1916 meeting of the association.
 It has been practically decided by con sent that either Gadsden or Dothan shall have the 1915 meeting, both cities having strong delegations and each has opened headquarters here. A crowd estimated at 1200 people was present when the open ing session was called to order at 10 o clock Tuesday by President NJ N Man ming. The large auditorium of the Gov ernment Street Presbyterian church was almost filled and officials of the associa- ton were highly pleased with the attend ance for the first session. Following a song service led by Prof. E. o. Excel or Chicago and Prof A. W. Roper of Winona Lake, the Rev. D. A. Planck, pastor of the Central Presbyterian church. led in prayer and scripture reading service.
 The convention keynote, Helping Every Sunday School" was struck by H. B. Copeland of Attalla, president of the Eto- wah County Sunday School association, as one of the principal features of the morn ing session. The principal address of the morning session hoWpVpr that the Rev. w. A. Brown of Chicago, mis- sionary department superintendent of the International Sunday School association. The subject of the Rev. MT Browns ad- dress was Some New Thoughts of an old
 Book" The morning session closed with Bible hour led by the Rev. H. M. Ed
 monds, pastor of the South Highlands Presbyterian church of Birmingham, and music by Professor Excel and Mir. Roper
 -Dothan Boosters Work | Throughout the entire forenoon dele gates arrived and were met at the door by Gadsden and Dothan boosters who | immediately set to work to win each delegation for their respective cities The Dothan delegation, among which are some of that city's most prominent | men and women Is as follows:
 | II. B. McClintock, chairman; N. H. McCallum, Mrs. R. c. Williams, Mrs i'' SuANCi, ID. byTu MITE. IL H. Parker. Miss Daisy Simonton, Miss Burdeshaw. Miss Childriss. Mrs. w. P. Koonce, W. R. Flowers. Mrs w. R. Flowers, Norman Pike, s. A. Stapleton
 H. A. Denton, N. T. Cobb, Mrs. A. L.
 F'aulk, Miss Edith Brown, Neill Mccall
 lum, Albert Pike. l.. G. Biggers, M
 Cherry. T. W. Harris. William Turner
 Miss Newton, Miss Wood, MT. Worrell and MT. Jarvis.
 This afternoons session of the con- vention was called to order at o'clock
 "The Teachers Work" Is the subject of all the talks of the afternoon session Four speakers were on the programme
 for talks of 30 minutes each. The Rev H. P. Atkins, pastor of the First Chris l tian church of Birmingham, way the 1 first speaker. his subject being "The Growing Teacher" Miss Mamie Ba- ker, elementary superintendent of fhe Mobile County Sunday School associa- | ton, spoke on Lesson Building"
 Miss Freda Bose, teacher training de- partment superintendent of the Mobile County Sunday School association, will hrre as the subject of her talk. Story
 Telling for cHractsr Building" Th'