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OF IMPORTANCE TO I EX-SERVICE MEN local supervisor of board for vocational training publishes statement. ATTENTION CALLED TO LAW a Time Limit is Specified in Which Those Desiring Vocational Train- 1 ing Must Make Application. ' t t Columbia. ( All disabled ex-service men desiring t to receive vocational education under c the vocational rehabilitation act should submit their applications for t such training before December 16, a 1922, according to the announcement c of S. C. Groeschel, local supervisor, a federal board for vocational education. No applications will be considered after that date, Mr. Groeschel points , out. . "There has recently been embodied in an act of congress appropriating for deficiency the following provi- 0 sion," Mr. Groeschel says: "That any person entitled under the 0 provisions of the vocational rehabilitation act. as amended, to take vocational training must make application c therefor within 18 months from the date of the approval of this act. E "The above provision sets forth a r specified time liAit within which a 1 t disabled ex-service man desiring vo- * cational training can submit application for consideration. Therefore, no 1 application under the vocational rehar bllitation act can be considered If sub- " mitted after Decembr 16, 1922. This ? is one of the most important dates L affecting disabled ex-service persons, and it is urged hat all such persons E enter their claims, if they so intend to, before the expiration of the period t fixed by congress. S r? ' . t %, .rrrr * i L-*' ? ? Q May Have to Vacate Office. Lieut. Col. E. C. VonTresckow of f the First infantry, S. C., N. G., will in ^ all probability give up his high office to the national guard since he has v been ordered to Area, Chile, by the t United States government. Lieuten- ^ ant Colonel VonTresckow has entered AAnoniar corvirp and his assign IUC VVUOUiWi WW. ..WW _ ment to Chile will probably necessi- t tate his resigning from the guard of- 0 flee. ' Lieutenant Colonel VonTresckow was elected over Maj. Lindsay McFad- 8 den of Rock Hill. * a State Income Tax Announced. .Washln^on, (Special).?D. H. Blair -J commissioner of international revenue a reports a collection in 1920 of 1919 income taxes amounting tq $1,269,630,104. - Of that amount South Carolin- 1 ians paid $5,192,020.41. Thirty-seven a thousand two hundred and ninety-six 1 South Carolinians or 21 per cent of the r population of South Carolina with in- 0 come amounting to $142,688,832 paid c the taxes. Based on these figures the per cap- v * ? fio.nllm was SR4 Ha lacuuie iu ouuiu .75. The average net income per re- ^ turn was $3.825.85. The average tax per return was $139.21. a _ S Fire Prevention Inspection. r Washington. (Snecial).?S. W. Lowe c fire prevention deputy of the insur- r ance department, returned to the city b after a tour of observation of 20 towns of the state. c He has made to the insurance com- C roissioner the report that he finds n Beaufort entitled to th^ blue ribbon, t as he saw no defects whatever. t Altogether in the past few months Mr. Lowe has visited and inspected 24 g towns. He found Sumter and Darlington almost perfect in their conditions e and Camden excellent. jj E Measles Lead in Diseases. r Measles led in number of cases in j, A m o ^ i OOO COQ ronnrt the list CI CUUU1KIVUO Ui?v>..vu . ed from the counties of the state dur- g ing June, according to figures compil- ^ ed in the office of the state health e department. The reports received g from over the state fof June have been j filed and show 106 cases of measles, t this being the largest number of cases 0 of any one disease on the list. ( Condition of Banks June 30. g Total resources of state and private banks in South Carolina reached $160,- p 487,909.78 June 30 as compared with g $164,751,826.11 April 2S. according to j" the called statement of all the banks t as to their condition as of June 30. is- 0 sued by James H. Craig, state bank ex- c aminer. 0 The paid in capital stock was $17.- j 869.887.70 and the surplus was $7.- t 330,270.57 while the undivided profits p were given as $3,177,453.90. "Individ- c ual deposits subject to check reached j, $44 938.210.70. r Plan to Buy Assembly Place. p Lutheran church folk of the former Fnited synod of the South are plan- t ning to purchase chautauqua or as- ^ sembly grounds Somewhere in the ^ mhuntains for the nurpose of holding 9 the meetings of various kinds that are ( held by the church workers during the j, summer. a Committees were appointed at the a recent Lutheran summer school at Summerland college and at a similar f school held at Springfield. Ga.. An- h other summer school will he held soon 0 fit Lenoir college. Hickory. N. C. v Take Oath of Allegiance. f The examination an* enrollment of the students in the ramp jacason ciu- t zens* military training camp having t been completed. 1 086 students were g given the oath of ' 'fiance for the pe- h riod of the trainirg camp. The pro- ji visional training regiment was drawn t up in a hollow s^.iare with the regi- \ meatal colors in the center, accompa- d *ied by the commanding office*-. Col. a Andrew Hero. Jr.. end his staff, each h man holding up Ma ri^ht hand to the I 3 simple but solemn pledge to observe! 1 camp rules, etc. ? .. s toads In Better Condition. Members of the South Carolina rail"oad commission returned from a tour >f inspection of the eastern division ot he Atlantic Coast Line railway and re)ort having found, in general, the oads to be in much better condition han last year. Even branch lines, according to "rank Shealy, chairman of the comnission, are in a high state pf preservation and practically all have been -etimbered since the roads were reurned to their owners. Much gravel )allast has been put in and on some ines the entire length has been so xeated. Trestles are being tilled ?horo nnssihle. this work having been suspended under federal control. Motive power is reported to be in nuch better condition than for tne ?ast three years. The usual number )f bad order cars ar? on hand, but here is sufficient equipment without liem and due to this, and to the alleg;d financial condtion of the railroad hese cars are not being repaired, ac:ording to Mr. Shealy. Little improvement was noted in he amount of traffic moving, except is regards melons and fruits, espedally the former, in which shipments ire quite heavy. \ Tolbert is "The Boss." Washington (Special).?J. W. Tol ert holds the destiny of South Caro* ina in the palm of his hand. The postiffice department declares that it will lot proceed without the indorsement if Mr. Tolbert. Thus explodes the oombs of John j. McLaurin and others. The master ?f the situation is Tolbert. Up to the present time only one ap?ointment of importance has been nade in South Carolina. Ernest Cothan \yas named attorney for the East>rn district It develops that Mr. Jothran owes his appointment to tne ndorsement of Mr. Tolbert. Mr. Tolbert, It 18 learned, will be :onsulted and will have power in all ippointments in South Carolina from listrict judge to rural mail carrier. Examination for Postmasters. Washington (Special). ? Examinaions for postmasters will be held in >outh Carolina August 9f at Charleson, Bamberg, Bishopville, Dillon Jreer, Manning, Orangeburg, Parris sland, Andrews, Bethune, Hickory Irove, Honea Path, RJcColl, Trough, ^arnvilie and Woodruff. At these offices vacanqies exist or rill soon occur. There is a great inerest in the examination for the Charleston office, one of the best >lums in South Carolina patronage. Selections will be made from the hree applicants for each office who core the highest marks, _ - .uu f louthern Educational Society. A number of South Carolinians will ttend the Southern Educational soiety meeting at Asheville early in lugust, the dates being August 1, 2 nd 3. Among the subjects of imporance to be discussed will be: The farm crisis; plans for developag the South's resources; industrial nd vocational education; tax rearms; the question of the negro; eforms in the public school, in eduational administration; plans for a omplete history of the South and ther problems vital to the South as a rhole. Hearing on Freight Charges. All producers of cotton and local ,nd wholesale dealers of cotton in South Carolina are invited to be repesented at a hearing on the question if freight charges on cotton at the ailroad commission's office in Columiia August 2. Letters have bedn addressed to all hambers of commerce in South Carolina by Frank W. Shealy, chairnan of the commission, requesting hat they notify interested persons of he hearing. itate Teachers Poorly Paid. J. E. Swearingen, state superintendnt of education says that 200 girft tad been gradua.ed this year in the j lormal class at Winthrop college, and I anraocnfotiraQ fmm Vnrth Capnlina ! iad engaged 100 of the teachers for rork in North Carolina at salaries of 1,200 each per year. Theue teachers rere practically without experience ixcept that had in the training school, louth Carolina offers salaries ranging rom $630 to $310 per year for its grade eachers, and hence is losing many f its trained grade teachers to North Carolina. Ichool Officials Responsible. The widespread ocurrence of smallox which has been experienced in louth Carolina during the past year s due largely, if not solely to the violaion by school authorities of the state f the compulsory vaccination law, acording to Dr. A H. Hayden, epidetnilogist of the state board of health. Dr. iayden has visited many counties in he state from which reports of smallox have come, and has come to the onclusion that school authorities are urgely responsible for the conditions eported. :armers Are Becoming Alarmed. Farmers and coUon men all over he state are becoming alarmed over he situation of the 1921 cotton crop [ue to the incessant rains and the purt by the boll weevils. American "otton association officials are receivng reports daily from the cotton belt, I nd these indicate a widespread rav- I ge by the boll pests. The next government condition re- , ?ort is expected, to be considerably ! ielow last year and possibly below toe me of June 25, when South Carolina ras placed at 65 per cent. ilany Children Needing Aid. Twenty-eight counties in the state o the child placing department or he state board of public welfare lnce January of this year. Response las been made to every county desirng aid but it has been impossible o reach every case so far, says Mrs. V. C. Cathcart, superintendent of this lepartment, in making out her samilunual report. The three workers iave been constantly in the field in anwer to these calls, taking the most irgent first and are meeting wit* ome success. 4:/ ^^BBiRi|feWj|ifiBjMRRflEjL^^^8|BBB^:^y;.^ ^'-iA ?? ????? 1?Gen. Pietro Radogllo. leading i Evansvllle, Ind., of Corporal James I Just ns a bomb, dropped by army av Ing her to the bottom. NEWS REVIEW OF I CURRENT EVENTS # Acceptance by Japan Makes Way Clear for the Conference in Washington SILESIA CRISIS PASSING France and Britain Reach Agreement and Germany Is Warned?Harding's Plan for Financial Relief of Railroads, Farmers and Cattle Raisers. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. With a mind not yet quite at ease In the matter, Japan has sent word that she will accept President Harding's Invitation to the Washington conference to discuss limitation of armaments and questions of the Pacific and the Far East. But this Is to be with certain reservations. These are expressed In the closing part of Tokyo's latest note to Washington, which reads: "The Japanese government have been made aware through the communications and the published statenent of the American government nnd the conversations between the secretary of state and Baron Shldehnra' that the proposition of the American government to discuss the Pacific and r iir nasieni pruuiriiis js uuscu uu mc close bearing they may have on the Question of limitation of armaments, which Is the original and principal aim of the conference, and that, therefore, the main object of discussing these problems Is to reach a common understanding In regard to general principles nnd policies In the Pacific and Far East. "In order to Insure the success of the conference, the Japanese government deem It advisable that the agenda thereof should be arranged In accordance with the main object of the discussions as above defined, and that Introduction therein of problems such as are of sole concern to certain particular powers, or ^such matters as may be regarded accomplished facts, should be scrupulously avoided." Of course, among what Japan considers "accomplished facts" are the cession' of Shantung to Japan and the lap mandate. Ilut our Stnte department Is confident the Japanese can be satisfied In the drawing up of the agenda for the conference, and therefore Is now preparing the formal invitations to the powers. There Is a chance that some of the British dominions, which consider themselves full-fledged nations In most respects, will kick up a little trouble because the British empire Is to be represented as a unit, with only one vote. Australia already Is walling that she Is entitled to a vote as a. nation on the Pacific problems. Probably New Zealand, and possibly Canada, feel the same way. Bene Vlvlanl and Albert Sarrnult, minister of colonies, are to represent France at the con ferenee; und Premier Briand also may Come. No decided opposition to holding the conference In Washington has developed. but the date of Its opening remains to be settled. The United States tentatively mentioned November 11, Armistice day, because It would be sentimentally suitable, but again the British dominions protest. Many of their legislative bodies are In session during the fall months, and as their premiers wish to be present at the conference, they are urging that a later date be selected for Its assembling. It may be they can be satisfied by preliminary Informal consultations between Pacific powers which will enable them to put their views on record. Through mutual concessions? France yielding the ihost?Great Britain and France have r Ached an understanding on the Upper Silesian question, and the threatened break In the entente will not occur just yet, anyhow. France abandoned her Intention of sending Immediate re-enHARD WINTER IN PROSPECT Commander of Salvation Army Is Pessimistic over tne uuiiook? Much Suffering Now. New York.?Commander Evangeline Booth, head of the Salvation army in the United States, says the country is facing the worst winter Industrially It has known In 1") years. "In New York city alone," she declared. "we are receiving an average | of 4(X' applications a week for regular ; soldier of Italy, who is making a tou I. Gresham, the first American soldie lators, exploded on the deck of the fc forcements to the Sileslnn garrison and agreed to n meeting of the interallied supreme council in I'aris August 4. But she insisted the question of strengthening the allied forces in the region must first he settled, and also warned the British that any hostile act against the French troops or the Poles in the disputed area would result in the immediate occupation of the Ruhr basin, regardless of' allied action. Premier I.loyd George, on his part, Consented to a meeting of experts to examine into the Sllesian problem, and also conciliated the French by giving the German government a sharp rebuff. When France was preparing to send more troops to Silesia, she asked the Germans to supply the transportation. Berlin sent a note to London, nsking if the British Indorsed this demand. To this Downing street replied curtly that It was an interallied affair and not discussible with outsiders. British Ambassador Lord D'Abernon in Berlin also told the Germans tnat lr tne Frencn or rotes were attacked the British would help in the occupation of the Ruhr basin. For some time there have been rumors that former Emperor Charles was planning another coup to regain ihe throne of Hungary. Last week Roumanla, Jugo-SIavla and Czechoslovakia signed a treaty providing for a declaration of war against Hungary If Charles should return. It Is officially announced In Madrid that negotiations are under way for "giving ihe ex-emperor and his family asylum In Spain. The consent of the other powers Is necessary. Having destroyed a considerable part of the Turkish nationalist army and advanced so far 'that even Angora, the nationalist capital, Is threatened, the Greeks are restoring their lines of communication and preparing for the second phase of the offensive. General Papoulas, their commander-inchief on the Smyrna front, says: "We nre not going to let up on Mustapha Rental Pasha until we have so completely dissolved his forces that he will never again he able to put an army In the field." Apparently Kemal realizes that he Is bqlng thoroughly whipped, for he has appealed to the government at Constantinople to Intervene and stop the warfare. How this can be done is not clear. Rental's own government is said to he abandoning Angora and transferring Its archives to SIvas. Evidently Rental has not been re ? (/) RA A*nAA?/w1 tRn rt'lVHl^ liitr Uiw iiu CA};cviru II"III uic Russian bolshevists. Lenin and Trotsky and their soviet crew are themselves In hard straits due to the rapid spread of famine and cholera In Russia. They have appealed loudly for help, but the governments they have so long flouted are deaf to their calls. Even the United States, always generous In response to the walls of the suffering, has told the soviet government, through a note from Secretary Hoover, that any relief measures would depend1 largejly on the treatment of the Americans held prisoners by the bolshevists. This was reenforced by a no'e from the State department formally and curtly demanding the relense of those prisoners, and the soviet rulers already had been told there would be no consideration of closer relations with Russia until the Americans were set free. The distress In Russia Is such that Trotzky has been given dictatorial powers to handle thp situation, and all government projects except those for relief have been suspended. The Trish affair Is still in status quo, I>e Valera and the Sinn Fein cabinet have been studying Lloyd George's offer, but have let-It be known that It cannot be accepted until the Hritlsh have released the Imprisoned members of I>nil KIreann so that parliament can have a full meeting to discuss the plan. The British government Is willing to free these men if L>e Valera will make the request, but the Sinn l'elnecs feel that for him to do this would be In effect a recognition of the government's right to Imprison representatives of Ireland. Lord High Chancellor Birkenhead In a speech in the house of lords, asked that parliament and the country huve patience employment. Thnt is less than onethird the actual number applying, because we do not register the transient or unskilled men; nor does It include the hundreds who come to us dally for food and lodging, of the applicants for work today 34 were really professional men whose credentials entitle them to hold very lucrative positions. "Judging from the applications made to us. more than 00 per cent of the applicants come from outside New York. Every time there Is a business depres w 1 1 1 ir or tne United States. '??f uneral In >r killed In France. 3?Snapshot made inner German cruiser Frankfurt, send1 with the trouble De Vnlera and his colleagues! may be having in Dublin to reach a decision, and Intimated the negotiations muy continue several weeks. A recent rumor concerning Lloyd [ George's plan is that It provides for ; two senates In Ireland, one for UI j ster and one for the rest of the Island, each managing its own affairs but subject to an Irish parliament in Dublin in which the members of the lower bouse shall be elected on a popular representation basis and the upper house shall have equal numbers from the two provinces. President Harding and Director General Davis of the railroad administration having worked out a plan for the relief of the railroads, the President last week presented it to congress in a message and asked for legislative action. Briefly, he urged that the War Finance corporation be. permitted by congress to purchase about $.">00,000,000 of securities deposited with the railroad administration as evidence of the railroad debts to the government, the railroad administration then to apply the purchase price against claims which the roads have against the government, thus giving the roads funds that they greatly need. "There is no thought to ask congress for additional , funds," said Mr. Harding. "No added expense, no Investment is required on the part of the government; there is no added liability, no added tax burden." Less definite was the part of the message asking ,cong ess to approve assistance to farmers and cattle men. But his plan here, too, rests on added authority for the War Finance corporation, and later Senator Kellogg introduced the administration bill providing that whenever the corporation is of the opinion that conditions arising out of the war have resulted In an abnormal surplug accumulation of any staple agricultural product, which is normally exported in substantial quantity, and that the ordinary banking facilities are Inadequate to carry such products until they can be exported, advances may be made for periods not exceeding one year and up to VF1,000.000.000. Either the public health service has been receiving a lot of false Information, or the public officials of southern states refuse to admit the truth. Recently Surgeon General Cummings re Ic. ftiMnf. Ct'iveu reports imii wic oi'uiu 10 imtinened with an epidemic of pellagra nnd n resulting seml-famlne, and thereupon President Harding called on the public health service and the American Red Cross to Investigate at once, nnd devise measures of relief. It was said the low price of cotton, with resulting shortage of money, was to blame. The two agencies got busy at once, and at the same time In came the protests of the southern states. In all cases the state health officials took Issue with the reports of the public health service, most of them denying vigorously that there was any Increase of pellagra and all denying that the situation was serious or that a semifamine threatened. The Illinois scandal, or comedy? whichever way you look at It?had an amazing development when Governor Small, Indicted for embezzlement of state funds, decided that he was Immune to arrest.during his term In office and considered the calling out of state troops to protect himself. His "-.nnni-lnn Kofnro Tildcro Smith lUw^crs, ni^Tiuiug uviv?v uu?*Pu ^ of Springfield as "nmicl curiae," advised the court thnt the governor was Immune, ridiculously basing their assertion on the old maxim that "the king can do no wrong." The Judge humored their solemn dignity with a long and erudite opinion, In which he completely riddled their position, turned their authorities against themselves and made It quite clear that in his view these friends of the court were offering decidedly unfriendly "advice. lie ruled that the governor, like any other man, was not Immune to arrest and prosecution for crime, and ordered the sheriff to fake him into custody after giving him reasonable time to surrender. At this writing , Mr. Small is still at large, conferring with his political friends, presumably I trying to lind some way out of the dl1 lemma. I slon outside of New York, many of I those out of work come to the metropolis. New York cannot take care of her i own. Therefore, how can she take care of the thousands who flock here I every year? \ | "Most of the men who apply for re' lief are young men under forty, willj Ing to work, but unable to find jobs. ! Last week we had 84 families to care 1 for, with little children who were actually starving. Eviction because the J rent money was lacking, was liurnl \ nent for most of them." / BOY SCOUTS; (Conducted by .National Council of the Boy ? Scouts of America.) WHY I AM A SCOUT p The following statement, written by a boy scour, appeared In a Chicago newspaper In connection with a cum- ( pnign for scout funds: x tir "I am a boy scout because I believe Jl In the doctrine of the Boy , Scouts of te America?America first. I believe in gi. the service to others which the hoy ] scouts have made the premier Issue, ar and I believe that the future of this government, If not of the world, rests in the hands of the boy scouts of to- _j day. "But what have the boy scouts done ?: and why should they be helped? During the war they were ready to an- m gwer the summons of their country at er any time. Being too young to shouiuei' a gun, they set to work at home to raise money for the Red Cross, to sell cc Liberty bonds and war savings stamps, only in the last few days of the cam palgn, to the few who were not "j touched before. The.t were ready to respond to their country In giving first , aid, cnrrylng messages, or doing anything they were called upon to do. For this they received only a word of gratification from their government, but they were not after praise. ^ "The boy scout Is trained to rescue a person In danger, and to apply tlrst jn aid to his wounds until the doctor mi comes. The doctrine of service Is ever ar prominent, for the 'good turn dally' Is ^ put Into practice all over. A scout can be trusted and will never break jn his word or commit a theft. A scout ^ Is loyal and obedient to the right, kind f^ to dumb animals, of service to man,' f<| friendly toward others and. cheerful to In his actions. Fie has to pass certain ca tests which give him a greater knowl- (;| edge and a broader view. ? xi "You are now being asked to con- on tribute some money to the boyjscouts ar In order that they may continue their mi good work. What Is your return? A wi safe government- for your children, pr based on the principles of love, un- of selfishness and common sense. There in need be no fear for the future of se America If placed In the hands of the boy scouts." ' C: 8COUTS LOCATE STOLEN CAR. w< wi The new plan whereby police re- DE ports are sent broadcast by wireless Wl every evening had an immediate, In- ^ teresting and worthwhile result. On fr a certain evening a large amount of pr police data and reports were relayed to the high power radio station of the p American Itadlo and Research corporatlon in Medford, Mass., and pE hurled through the air In a 100-mile ai radius for the Information of soino 5,000 amateur operators. Among the ct Items reported were the .number, make, engine, etc., of a car which had been stolen from Harvard square, w Cambridge, the day before. Among sc the "listeners In" was a boy scout' *' named Barney, who wrote down the te details of the theft, for practice In re- ** celvlng. The next day, walking along the street In his home town, the lad er noticed a car standing deserted by the tc roadside which was of the make of CE the stolen roadster. He made a quick, 01 mental note of the number and ran sc home to compare It with his radio ^ notes. The two tallied and he at pI once telephoned the police and the e* car was restored to Its owner. iri 8C0UTING A WORTH-WHILE JOB. tr B. K. Willow of Philadelphia, a ten- ^ year scout man, says: m "It has been a great pleasure to be . associated In scout work through P| these past ten j^ears. Whatever It niuy have meant to the boys It has meant a great deal to me. The seven years p( when I was actively engaged with the g( different groups of boys as scoutmaster have brought a greut deal of pleasure to me. If every man could come !n contact with boys thus Intimately . he would find It helpful In many ways D even though It tukes time and means the sacrifice of things men hold dear. n er "After the experience of these ten jyears In connection with work for boys I am convinced that there Is no better program for character building jc than the scout program and I hope ^ that I may have a hard In It for years ge to come." . al st STUDY MOSQUITO WARFARE. m rl: Boy scouts of Newark recently went b? on an Inspection hike to the nearby IP marshes to observe the methods and \v practice of mosquito extermination as conducted by the local mosquito ex- 42 termination commissions. The boys will camp on the meadows. rc aj SCOUT REMEMBERS BROTHER. to Si Among the many Meraoriul day ob- th aervances in loving memory of those 01 young men who gave their lives in br the great war, perhaps none was more 01 touching than that of the boy scout Pi who saved his pennies faithfully for to a long time until he had enough to buy a line wreath to place on the 1 nf n nofcrhhor. n hid who had I played a role of a "big brother'' to lc the younger boy before he went to his c< death overseas. u.1 gl SCOUTS TO PROTECT PARKS. si ai Fifty boy scouts have been sworn tl in as Essex county (N. J.) police p aides and assigned to regular duty 'n j)reveuting the destruction of property and plant life in the local parks, particularly the South Mountain jjt reservation. The scouts have no pow- jn er of arrest, but are expected to 0f watch for violations of park rules and n( use mornl suasion upon the offenders. ^ if these persist in their depredations tj. it Is the scout policeman's duty to report the matter at once. i 0f IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL (undaySehool . ' Lesson' )y REV. P B. FITZWATER. D. D-. Teacher of English Bible In the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) (?. 1921, Western Newspaper Union ) LESSON FOR AUGUST 7 ^ AUL IN CYPRUS AND IN ANTI OCH OF PISIDIA.LESSON TEXT-Acta 13:1-52. 30LDEN TEXT?Ye shall be witnesses ? lto me both in Jerusalem, and in all idea, and In Samaria, and unto the ubrmost part of the earth.?Acts 1A REFERENCE MATERIAL - Matt 13: 33; 28:18-20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:46, 47. PRIMARY TOPIC?Adventures of Paul id Barnabas. rUNIOR TOPIC?Saul Silences a Sorrer. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC Paul Begins His Missionary Travels. TOUNQ PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC Paul Becomes a Missionary. This marks the beginning of foreign lsslons as the deliberately planned iterprlse of the church, I. The Gifts of the Church at Antlh (v. 1). l'oung as Antloch, the new religious nter, was, she had prophets and achers. Such are essential to church e. Indeed, they are never absent om the true church, in Epheslaps 8-12 Paul says that when Christ asnded lie gave? gifts unto men for the irpose of . perfecting the saints unto e work of the ministry. II. Barnabas and Saul Sent Forth T. 2, 3). . / v. While the live ministers were prayg and fasting, the Spirit of tlod comanded them to send forth Barnabas id Saul. The work of evangelizing e world was laid so heavily upon ? ese men that they refrained from eatg in order to seek the will of the >rd in prayer. This Is the kind of sting that meets God's approval. om the fact that they were directed send forth those whom the Spirit lied, we learn tjiat the real call to irlst's service comes from the Spirit ie Spirit calls and the chnrch secids the motion by sending those who e called. They, sent the very best en from the church at Antioch. There as a second season of fasting and ayer, accompanied by the Imposition hands before they went forth, showg that ordination has its place in the nding forth of missionaries. Il|. Preaching the Word of God In fprus (vv. 4, 6). We are not told as to why they first ent to Cyprus, but we infer thaf It as because it was the home of Baribas. It is most natural that those ho have heard good news shouJfa go N *; Ith It tirst to their kindred and lends. As they went forth tbey , eached the Word of God; not civic ( jhteousness, current history, phllosoiy, etc. The great need today is )lrlt-called and Splrlt-hlled men eachlng God's Word. In fact, Spiritled men will preach nothing else. IV. Withstood by Elymas the Sorrer (vv. tt-12). When Barnabas and Saul by lnvlta- V 3n were telling Serglns Paulus of the \ ord of God, Elymas malldoosly tught to turn his mind frohi the faith. bis Is the first obstacle they encounred. This opposer Is the same one ^01 ho came to Adam In Eden and to >sus in the wilderness, lie Is the lemy of God and man. He now seeks i bar the gospel as It enters uppn Its ireer of the conversion of the heaien. Saul denounced him in the most :athlng terms, calling him the child of ie devil, full of guile and villainy, and 'onouhced him the enemy of all right- n >usness, accusing him of perverting \a rfsht wnvs of the Lord. Surely a v# --o"- v - # - ? an Is never more of a villain than In ylng to turn a soul from the gospel. Happily,* the deputy heeded Saul's aching and believed the gospel. It as in this connection that Saul's lme was changed to Paul. ( V. In the Synagogue at Antioch in i8idia (vv. 15, 16). From Paphos P">ul and Barnabas ent northward to Perga. From 1 erga they went Into Antioch In PIdia, where they entered the syna- ^ >gue on the Sabbath day. Though ? was sent to the Gentiles he does )t depart from the order of beginng with the Jews. After the usual ... ading of the Scriptures, upon the vltatlon of the rulers, Paul dellved the discourse recorded In verses '-41. This sermon is worthy of care- '\ il study. It consists of four parts: .) Historical (vv. 17-23); apologetal (vv. 24-37); (3) doctrinal, (vv. !, 39); (4) practical (w. 40, 41). It ts forth the missionary message for ' * at ? t>cj ocennao 1 times UUU lauuo* AbO ^09VUV? lould ever-toe the same. In this ser- ; on he presented the glorified and sen Christ as the Savior from sin, ising hft proof upon the testimony ol ring witnesses and the inspired ord. ' * VI. The Effect of the Sermon* (vv. 5-52). Many of the Jews and proselytes quested them to speak to them ;aln. Almost the whole city came i hear the Word of God. the next ibbath. This great crowd incited ie Jealousy of the Jews. This Jeal- * lsy could not long be restrained; it oke out In open opposition. This jposltion was In turn answered by . iul's rejection of them and turning *%/% nnntllno tliu VIVUli*vw. ( The Inner Circles of Love. How blessed all the inner circles of ive are; they rise up and tlnd their ?nter in Christ, and shed down upon i rays of His own divine love and adness. If we dwelt more in it we lould ascend more quickly to Him, id He would descend upon us with le full blessedness of His own loving resence.?Anonymous. 1 " The Ideals of Ministry. Seeing we have tills ministry, as we ive received mercy, we faint not; ' it have renounced the hidden things ! dishonesty, not walking in crafti;ss, nor handing the word of God jceitfully; but by manifestation of ie truth, commending ourselves to cry man's conscience In the sight God.?II Corinthians 4; 1, 2. i