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VOL 4. SHUT SCHOOL comofi HOLOS MEETING HERE Affairs And Problems Considered And An Interesting Session Held August 4-5. The Bartow County Sunday School Convention held at the First Methodist church in Cartersville, Tuesday and Wednesday, August 4t'n and sth, was not as well attended as had been hop ed for, but the reiports of tihe county officers showed that good work had been done since the last county con tention. In this issue of the paper we are printing the report of the county president, Mr. W. T. Townsend. The five division presidents have held division conventions in different parts of the county, and a large num ber oif the Sunday schools have pledg ed to put in new methods of work, such as organizing adult bible classes, home departments, teachers’ training classes, etc. Two new Sunday schools have been organized and several have materially increased in membership. There were some siplendid, pointed, practical addresses delivered at the convention. State secretary, Mr. D. W. gims. and assistant Secretary, Miss Flora Davis, of Atlanta, did some good work. Mr. Sims’ address on “Building up the Sunday School” was timely 'and to the point. This address was divided into two points; first, “Stop the Leaks,’’ by (a) using the pupils, (b) visiting absentees, (c) making the school attractive, (and) good teaching. Second, “New Scholars” by (a) get ting the names of prospective schol ars, (b) dividing these names among the classes, (c) keeping after the pros pects, (and) welcoming all new schol ars when they come into the school. Muss LiavXs made a sptenuid a actress on "Auuit Bible Class Organization,” giving at the essential officers of a the tallowing: presiuent, vic.r r.esiuent, secretary, treasurer, and al so making the following committees: Membership, social and devotional, missionary. She gave the following advantages of having the class organ ised: l. It trains workers, because eacli member in the class is put on one of the committees and given something to do. By practice each one learns to do some special kind of work. 2. It creates interest, because all who are at work for the class is interested in the progress the work is making; 3. It increases the mem bership, by putting the whole class to work bringing in new members. As to results of class organization ■Miss Davis told in an interesting way bow a class with which she was once connected was increased from a mem bership of forty-five to 105, and how every member of the class finally joined the church. She told how the class paid the way of two Korean girls through a college in Korea. Among other things she mentioned the following things that were done by organized classes: Conducted the mid-week prayer meetings for the church, held Sunday afternoon song and prayer services at the county Poor house, held song services in the homes of old people and invalids who °onld not got out to the church and Sunday school services. One class Paid for a sewing machine for a wid ow who made her living by sewing. The following figures were given showing how (he membership of class es had been increased by organiza ,;on: One class increaased from 22 to •>O3 in six months; another class from u to 74 in four months; another from to HO in three months. Miss Davis • tressed the point that results such as taese could not be gained unless the organization was worked. !a a speech made by Mr. Sims on Tie efficient Sunday school!” he kade the following important points. on time; 2. Have a definite, different Program every Sunday; 3. be Progressive. ,Davis gave a demonsi.ration ,A ing how a primary class should [ taught, how the lesson story d he told, and the kind of hand . ork tha t should be used. She em v asized the fact that this kind of Sr 7 K Was Practicable for all Sunday Is ’ ,ar Se or small, country or f The following officers were elected ensuing year: ' !| lent, Wlm. T. Towmsend; sec THE BARTOW TRIBUNE retary-treasurer, H. C. Nelson; divis ion presidents, division No. 1, W. C. Henson; division No. 2, L. L. Kown; division No. 3, C. A. Dodd; division No. 4, L. P. Gaines; division No. 5, C. L. Anthony; elementary superin tendent, Miss Lillian Greene. To the Bartow County Sunday School Association: On the 26th day of January, 1914, you honored me by electing me your president. I accepted the honor thus conferred upon me knowing that I was incapacitated to do the work as it ought to be done. 1 wish to assure you that I highly appreciate the honor thus conferred and the confidence then reposed. While it has not been possible for me to do a great deal of work for you, yet I have tried not to betray this trust and confidence. I wish to thank each and ail of you most heartily for all the assistance you have so kindly given me in this great work, Had it not been for your assistance, your sympathy, your co operation in the work, and your pray ers it would not have been possible to accomplish the small amount of work that has been done. The work of all great organizations is always done by the individual members of the or ganizations. The work of great armies is done by the individual soldiers of ithe organization. So it is with the Georgia Sunday School Association. The work is done by the superintend ents, the teachers, and the individual members of the various Sunday schools of Georgia and of Bartow county. Thus it has been that we have been able to hold, and have held, five di vision conventions in Bartow county this year—one division convention in each division of the /county—and a two-days county convention, bringing Bartow county up to the “Banner Standard,” as laid down by the Geor gia Sunday School Association under the auspices of which and by direc tion of which we work and operate, Which standard is as follows: 1. Holds a county convention every year. 2. Holds a convention in each di vision every year. 3. Makes a statistical report ev ery year. 4. Makes a contribution to the state work every year. I was present at all of these conven tions. At all of these conventions, ex cept division No. 1, there was present a large, enthusiastic, and appreciative audience, as a rule, representing most of the Sunday schools in the respec tive divisions. In division No. 2 all of the Sunday schools were represent ed. which convention was held at Em erson. I desire to give to Mr. W. C. Henson and Judge J. M. Neel due credit for their able and efficient as sistance in holding these conventions. Since my term of office began I have visited five Sunday schools, trav eled about 150 miles, made 10 speech es, written 31 letters, and sent out about 40 or 45 pieces of mail besides the 31 letters written. As might be naturally expected, the schools of the county fall far short of the “Banner School” standard, which is as follows: 1. Evergreen. 2. Good records. 3. Graded. 4. Adults classes organized. 5. Workers’ (teachers’) meeting. 6. Systematic plan for Substitute teachers. 7. A teachers’ training class. 8. A cradle roll. 9. A home department. 10. Co-operation with Division, County and State Association. There is a great lack in systematic plans and definite purposes in the schools. Superintendents fail to beg’u on time and fail to end on time. Yet ! a great many pledges have been made by the various Sunday school officers which, if carried out, will greatly im prove conditions by the time the con ventions are held in the various di visions again. The suggestions offered by the Gcor CARTERSVILLE, GA., AUGUST <5, 1914. FI ASSOCIATION DIRECTORS MEET An Agricultural Building Authorized And to Be Built At Once. The directors of the fair association held a meeting Saturday and decided to erect a,n agricultural building at once. Plans for the building will he secured and the necessary financial arrangements made to erect the build ing in accordance therewith. One of the difficulties last year was the fact that no really adaqua'te ag ricultural building had been provided and this largely accounts for the meagerness of the agricultural display last year. The directors have there fore concluded to put up an agricul tural building sufficient for our needs and those who contemplate making an exhibit can do so with assurance that a building will be provided for the reception and care of Buch exhib its this year. A committee was ap pointed to accept plans and give the contract for the building consisting of Messrs. W. A. Jackson, Joseph S. Calhoun and A. T. Quinn. This com mittee has already gone to work and within a few days now work will be gin on the building. Provision having been made for a building, interest centers in the prizes that have been offered for agricultural exhibits, and as the premium list has been issued and is being rapidly mail ed out, it will he found that some large prizes and premiums have been offered. It will be interesting to know that the best individual display will he worth $175.50. In other words, it will be worth, as an invetment, $175.50 to the winner in the exhibit furnishing the best display, to say nothing of the indirect benefits that flow to the one and to all who contribute to this de partment. The best single stolk of cotton will be worth $40.00; the best twelve ears of corn will be worth $32.00; the best yield of corn per acre will win a prize of $27.00; the best collection of bale and hay will win $23.00; the best sample of cotton, will win $17.00; the best /bundle of wheat will earn $8.75; the best bundle of oats will bring down $6.00; the best peck of Irish potatoes will win $6.00. Thus it will be seen that the prizes themselves are well worth striving for and every encour agement has been offered by the fair association this year to make the ag ricultural exhibit second to none in the south. This is an agricultural fair designed to encourage the agricultural interests of thals county. It is an open contest whereby landlord and tenant, corn club boy and his daddy, can enter and become contestants against each oth er, and it will be the character of con test where even the loser will be win ner. It seems an assured fact that with the building provided for and the prizes so liberal that the agricultural exhibit at the coming fair will be the foest ever displayed in Georgia. gia Sunday School Association are simple, plain, specific, definite. These suggestions are alike adapted to ail Sunday schools, without regard to denomination. A'll Sunday schools will profit by them when put into opera tion. Each point suggested by the As sociation is a unit within itself. All the points suggested make a well rounded whole. The Sunday school failing to put into operation all the points suggested will not be doing its best work, but the Sunday school that puts into operation all the points sug gested by the Georgia Sunday School Association, and carries them out in a practical way, will be a well round ed Sunday school and will be doing good and efficient work. Let us, therefore, put, and keep, four good wheels on the state coach, draw the same by four fat horses, driven by an active, vigorous coach man, and thereby safely carry the passengers to the desired destina tion. WILLIAM T. TOWNSEND, County President. Read at the Bartow County Sunday School Convention, Cartersville, Ga., August 4, 1914. RURAL ROUTE CARRIERS SALARY MISE DEEAVED Order of Post Office De partment Changes Basis Of Compensation. The present congress, intending to grant an increase in, pay of SIOO per year to each rural route carrie 1 ’ throughout the' country, irassed an amendment introduced by Senator Hoke Smith to this effect. The fact was mlade public and all senators and representatives Voted upon the meas ure upon the idea that it did increase each carrier’s compensation SIOO per year. This would have been so but for the fact that on July Ist the post of fice department arranged anew meth od of fixing compensations which pre vents all carriers from receiving this increase. Heretofore the compensations of carriers has been fixed upon (the length of routes over which mail is carried. This Was the rule at the time Senator Smith introduced the meas ure increasing the compensation of the carriers, and not only Mr. Smith but -every other senator and repre sentative in congress believed this to be a fixed rule of compensation and legislated upon this idea. On July Ist, however, the Post master General issued an order that the compensation of carriers “shall be based upon length of routes and number of pieces and the weight of mail carried as shown by the records” of the department. It will thus be seen that the elements of the “num ber of pieces and weight of mail” were added, aiid hence in Bartow and many other Georgia counties,, being well served with rural routes, the number of pieces and weight of mat ter did not come up to the standard fixed by the department in this same order, and thus only one carrier’s compensation in Bartow county was increased. Political advantages was sought to be taken in the matter and crit icism urged against Senator Smith. Feeling isure that Senator Smith had just reason to believe that his amend ment was uniform in his application, The Tribune wired the senator today as follows: Cartersville, Ga., Aug. 6, 1914. Senator Hoke Smith, United States Senate, Washington, D. C. Please wire us facts about raise in salary .of rural free delivery carriers and your connection with? matter. The facts are not fully understood. BARTOW TRIBUNE. In reply to the telegram The Trib une received the fallowing answer: 3:32P.M. August 6, 1914. Washington, D. C. 6. Bartow Tribune, , Cartersville, Ga. Senate committee on my amend ment increased ,maximum pay of car riers* from eleven to twelve hundred dollars. This was the way in which all other increase/S had been made and we expected the increase to ap !*ly throughout the country on old basis of division. Officials in Post Of fice Department added element of weight and number of parcels carried in making new provision for distribu tion of this increase. The result Was, inciease did not amount to what we had expected. Resolution has been in troduced in house and subject is un der investigation with a view to bring ing about increase contemplated. 1 am giving it my active support. HOKE SMITH, U. S. Senator. It will thus be seen that a resolu tion has been introduced in the house, which by law is the body in which all matters of ‘appropriations and revenues must originate to bring about the increase originally eontam plated by congress, and that Senator Smith is giving this resolution his active support. Inasmuch as it war the original intention of the senators and repTesentatives composing the congress to give to each carrier an in crease- of SIOO a year, it is believed that the resolution, offered to meet ♦he new ruling of the post office de partment, will be adopted and that all carriers throughout the country will Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Wife of the President Dies This Afternoon After An Illness Of Four Months Yields to the Stiminons of Death And a Nation Mourns. SOUTHERN MERCHANTS HOLD MEETING IN ATLANTA Discuss Problems Relating To Trade And Many Fine Addresses Are Made. mmm ..v. V ' ' Xv.-Tf; “ ty I J. W. VAUGHAN President of the Southern States Merchants Association which met in Atlanta this week—Mr. Vaughan’s speech is said to have made the hit of the occasion. The most successful meeting of ths Southern States Merchants’ Associa tion in its history was held in Atlanta this week. Mr. J. W. Vaughan is the p real den* of the association and presided over its deliberations. The delegates were welcomed by Governor John M. Slaton and Mayor James ,G. Woodward, whose speeches were appreciated and timely and well received. One of the interesting ell dresses of the meeting was that de livered by Mr. Harvey Jordan on the subject, “Rural Credits.” Mr. Jordan ■had the benefit of observation of how rural credits are conducted in Europe through a recent visit he has made to the old country. Mr. Vaughan made the principal ad receive the increase which it is de sired to give them. The order specifically states that no route carriers compensation sha 1 be reduced from that he has bee' heretofore getting but the carriers di ’api>ointmenf arises out of a change made by the department since con gress, through Senator Smith’s amend ment, granted the increase. No one had any reason to believe that 'the department contemplated any change from its former mode of fixing com pensation. In other 'words, Senator Smith and al'l other senators and rep resentatives acted upon the idea that the department had definitely fixel its mode of compensation. dress of the occasion in which he urged closer co-operation and a .stronger organization. He admonished ih,e merchants not to become ‘“war soared” and reminded them that the people have to eat and be clothed and in order to do so they mus’t have those things which merchants sell, war or no war. After this a buffet supper was serv ed which v.as greatly enjoyed and cabaret features were furnished by an orchestra secured for the occasion. Hundreds ctf merchants from all sections of the so-uth were in Atlanta Tuesday and Wednesday and the mer chants of Artlanta afforded every form of entertainment for the occas ion. W. C. T. U. INSTITUTE. The Bartow County W. C. T. U. In stitute will be held at the Bap tist church, August 26. Mrs. T. E. Pat terson, of Griffin, State President for Georgia, will be present and will speak morning and afternoon. There are seven W. C. T. U.’s in Bartow county and each of them are urged to send a number of delegates to this all day service. The day’s program in full will be in next week's copy of The Tribune. Missis LaNefle Moon continues criti cally ill at her home and there is lit tle change in her condition. NO. 24