BAPTISTS TO HOLD
A STATE MEETING
IN DECATUR SOON
TENNESSEE TALLEY BUREAU 1
THE AGE-HERALD }•
Decatur, Ala., Sept. 23 J '
The first stewardship and budget
conference for the Baptists of Ala
bama will .be held in Decatur October
10, 11. 12, it was announced Tuesday
morning bv Dr. C. C. Davidson, pas
tor of the*First Baptist church. Dr.
(». E. Bryan director of the entire
Baptist convention with headquartes
in Nashville will attend the local
institute which will be a forerunner
of similar meetings to be held by the
ministers and lay leaders of the de
nomination throughout the state.
At the local and subsequent confer
ences it is planned to evolve some
method of systematic giving to re
place the campaigns of the character
of the $75,000,000. Because the local
conference will bo the first and the
only ono to be addressed by Dr.
Bryan, prominent leaders from all
parts of the state will attend and
gain ideas for other campaigns.
In addition to Dr. Bryan, Frank
Kurkhalter of Nashville, publicity
director for the southern convention,
and S. H. Bennett of Montgomery,
superintendent of field work, for
the state are expected to attend. The
sessions here will be held either in
the First Baptist church or Central
Baptist church.
BANKS SHOW GROWTH
Prosperity of Morgan county is re
flected in the statements of local
banks issued in compliance with the
call of the comptroller of the cur
rency. All of the bartV* showed
growth and good conditions.
