Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, September 08, 1921, Image 7
* WANNAMAKER TALKS
ABOUT PRODUCTION
COTTON SITUATION ENTIRELY
DEPENDENT UPON ACTION
OF THE GROWERS.
REFERENDUM VOTE IS TAKEN
Enormous Vote Recorded in Favor of
Total Elimination of Cotton Crop
for the Next Five Years.
Columbia.
The American association made public
a statement issued by J. Skottowe
Wannamaker, president, which it announced
that it had telegraphed and
cabled to many different lines of the
cotton industry, especially the leading
manufacturers abroad, who have re
quested definite information concerning
the outlook for the production of
cotton for the ensuing years, the attitude
of the holders of American cotton
for cotton now on hand, for which
they can get only about one-third the
cost of production, and the outlook for.
the coming crop.
The statement follows in part:
"The producers now absolutely control
the production of cotton, so that
the production will be based upon the
result of referendum vote. Of the
thousands of votes tabulated up to
date not a single, solitary vote has
been received in favor of no reduction.
An enormous vote has been received
from every section of the cotton belt
in favor of a total elimination of the
cotton crop by legislation under the
bureau of entomology. Limitation of
production for five consecutive years
as outlined above on votes tabulated to
date, however, is leading by hundreds
of thousands and indications point to
the adoption of this plan.
Railroads Want Rehearing.
Opposition to the state railroad commission's
recent order reducing freight
rates on cotton for short hauls developed
with the receipt by the commission
of a letter from Charles R. Capps.
first vice president of the Seaboard
Air Line railway, petitioning a renearing
on the question.
The commission, Mr. Capps states
in his letter, made "very sweeping reductions
in the rates for short distances
with no compensating increases
for long distances.
Scholarship Recommendations.
Recommendations for the award of
scholarships at Clemson college during
the scholastic year 1921-22 have
just been received by J. E. Swearingen.
state superintendent of education.
These recommendations are
made by the board of trustees of the
college partly upon the findings of
the Clemson faculty who graded the
papers of all competitors and partly
upon the findings of the state board
of public welfare who investigated the
financial status of all applicanis.
Intelligence Officer Named.
Ben M. Sawyer, commander of Richland
post of the American Legion
was appointed intelligence ana pians
and training officer of the First regiment,
South Carolina national guard,
with the rank of first lieutenant.
Percentage in Poulation.
Washington. (Special).?The population
of the state of South Carolina,
as recently announced by the bureau
J' the census, department of commerce,
Is 48.6 per cent white and 51.4
per cent negro. Tn 1910 the percentage
negro was 55.2.
Butler to Address Legion.
Gen. S. D. Butler, fighting marinewho
rose from the ranks and made
an enviable record at Chateau Thierry,.
will be the principal speaker at
the annual convention of the American
Legion to be held at Newberry
September 7 and 8.
Statewide Farmers Meeting.
Carl Williams of Oklahoma City,
jvesident of the American Cotton
Growers' exchange, will address a
statewide meeting of farmers to be
held in Craven hall, this city. Friday,
September 9. at 12 o'clock noon.
Pre?bytery's Laymen Association.
The Laymen's association of the
Congaree presbytery was organized
at an enthusiastic gathering of church
members held at the Smith Memorial
chapel and C. H. Baldwin was elected
chairman of the organization. J. P.
Elliott was elected vice chairman and
H. W. McCreight secretary.
The meeting was presided over by
William Banks and was attended by
about 40 wideawake, energetic men.
representing 12 Presbyterian churches
1n the presbytery.
Open Season for Hunters.
The season for rabbits, racoons,
opossums and squirrels opens September
1 and closes after March 1;
bag limit on squirrels. 15 per day.
The fox season opens September 1 j
and closes after February 15; th* 1
season for partridges (quail) opens
Thanksgiving day and closes March
1. hap limit 15 per day; the dove season
opened August 15 and will close
after February 2* (state law); the
federal law dove season opens October
1C and closes on the 31st of January.
Another State's Quota Filled.
Officials of the South Carolina Cotton
Growers' Cooperative association
have received word that the North
Carolina Cotton Gorwers' Cooperative
association had been successful in se
curing contracts representing 200.000 1
bales of cotton, the minimum set by
that state before the signed contracts
become effective. This makes the
fourth cotton growing state to complete
Its organization.
Oklahoma was the first state to
reach its minimum 400.000 bales having
been signed in that state.
State Gains in Literacy.
Washington. (Special). ? Illiteracy
has show a decrease in South Carolina
in the last ten years, the Census
Bureau announced. There were 220,667
illiterate persons 10 years of age
and over in 1920. That is 18.1 per cent
of the total population, while in 1910
the percentage was 25.7. The laiger
percentage of the illiterates were ne
groes, the number being 181.422, or
29.3 per cent of the negro population,
compared with 38.7 per cent in 1910.
Illiteracy among the white population
is only 6.6 per cent of the total white
population, having decreased from 10.5
per cent in 1910.
Of the 315.069 children of school
age. 7 to 13 years, 274.429. or S7.1 pe?
cent were attending school. In 1910
the percentage was 67.6. Of the white
children 93.0 per cent were attending
school compared with 78.0 per cent
ten years ago. Of the colored children
S2.3 per cent were attending
compared with 60.4 in 1910.
Illiteracy in the various cities was:
Charleston, 9.2 per cent, compared
with 15.3 per cent in 1910.
Columbia 11.4 per cent, compared
with 17.4
Greenville, 9.5 per cent, compared
with 13.7.
Spartanburg, 9.5 per cent, compared
with 15.7.
Anderson, 9.2 per cent, compared
with 14.5.
Funeral of Major Manning.
Washington, (Special). ? Preliminary
funeral services were held at
Hoboken pier. New York. Sunday
over the body of the late Maj. William
Sinkler Manning, which arrived August
25. The services there were attended
by the entire staff of the new
York Times, the deceased having been
a member of the Washington staff of
The Times. The body will reach
Washington about September 2. soon
after which the funeral will take place
at the beautiful Arlington cemetery,
near Washington, with full military
honors.
To Fill Postoffice Vacancies.
Vacancies in the following South
Carolina postofflces are to be filled
by examination, with the specified
salaries and dates of vacancy:
Cross Hill. $1,300, Jan. 1. 1921.
Johnston, $2,000, March 26. 1920.
Kershaw. $2,000. Jan( 29, 1920.
Mt. Plesant $1,700. Oct. 4. 1920.
Landrum, $1,600, July 4, 1917.
Pickens. $1,800, Dec. 16. 1919.
Olanta, $1,200, Jan. 1. 1921.
Simpsonville, $1,700, Jan. 21. 1920.
Swansea $1,400, Jan. 1, 1921.
May Redistrict the State.
The census of 1920 shows increases
in the population of some of the congressional
districts of South Carolina
so Widely disproportionate with the
increases in other districts that it at
once becomes apparent that the gen
erai assemuiy, ai n? ucai ocoaiuu, nm
have to redistrict the state if a fair
and equitable distribution of the representation
of this state in the national
house of representatives is to
be had.
One City Wants Survey.
Bennettsville tfs the lates city writing
to the tax commission for a survey
of the city in the interest of placing
property on the tax books that
has been escaping taxation Tor some
time. A letter from H. J. Riley, city
clerk and treasurer of Bennettsville
was received by the tax commission.
Clerk of Roads Association.
C. M. Meadows of Gaffney has been
elected secretary of the South Carolina
Good Roads association, announcement
to this effect having been made
by L. D. Jennings of Sumter, presi<*ent
of the association. It is expected
that the new secretary will enter upon
his duties at once.
Guardsmen Off to Camp Perry.
National guardsmen and Citadel
cadets, composing the two rifle teams
to participate in the national matches
at Camp Perry. Ohio, left for the
Buckeye state. The men were in tine
condition and expect to make a. flne
showing at the shooting.
Propose State Printing Plant.
A step looking towards the establishment
of a state printing plant to
do all the government printing may
be taken by the next general assembly,
a move in this direction being taken
by the joint legislative committee on
printing at its meeting here.
Separate Building for Women.
An appropriation of $100,000 from
the next session of the South Carolina
general assembly for the erection
of a separate building for women
at the state penitentiary is the
object of a movement of the Columbia
Interdenominational Woman's Missionary
union.
About 2f> women composing a committee
appointed by this organization,
held an enthusiastic meeting for the
purpose of formulating plans for this
work. It was decided to appoint a
steering committee.
Speculative Contract Invalid.
Judce Ernest Moore of Lancas/rf.
In a decree, rendered in Chester county
court handed ' down in the case
of Dr. Sumner of Rock Hill versus J.
W. Bankhead of Lowerville. has refused
to compel Mr. Bankhead to comply
with the conditions of a contract
for the purchase of land from Dr. Sumner
on the ground that the transaction
was speculative. Mr. Bankhead
paid one-tenth down at the time the
trade was made. This ruling is in
line with a recent decision of the su
preme court.
Railroad Will Obey Order.
The Augusta-Aiken Railway & Electric
corporation, operating an interur
ban line between Augusta, fla.. and
Aiken, advised the state railroad * onimission
that the commission's orders,
reduc ing train service on the corporation's
line by one-half would h? complied
with. The railroad company also
filed with the commissior It.c proposed
curtailed schedule, and at the
same time requested that the road he
given an extra week in whicn to make
plans for the change, which request
was refused.
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1?Stutue of Premier Lloyd (
President Harding putting on the
which he won third prize. 3?Mi
men.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENTEVENTS
Federal Government Steps In to
Put Down Insurrection In
West Virginia.
TROOPS TO ENO MINE WAR
Freight Rates for Export Grain Reduced?Germany
In Political Fer.
ment?Revolt In India Suppressed
?Progress of The Irish Negotiations.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Thousands of armed men led by professional
trouble mukers, massed In
the hills of West Virginia determined
to Invade the coal mining counties to
unionize the miners there, and defying
the order of President Harding to disperse
and go home. Thousands of
volunteer troops, deputies and mine
guards gathered to resist the Invasion.
Two regiments of the regular army at
Camp Dlx and one at Camp Sherman
ready to start for the scene of disturbance
to enforce the edicts of the
president. Army airplanes with
bombs and machine puns waiting at
Charleston. Proclamation of martial
law In several counties of West Virginia
signed by President Harding and
about to be Issued.
Such was the status of our own
"war" at the time of writing. The
condition was serious enough to demand
the undivided attention of the
President and his cabinet. Brig. Gen.
H. H. Bandholtz, who had been sent
to West Virginia to report on the
situation, had found that there was
no likelihood thnt the Insurgentswould
disperse until a snow of force
was made by the government nnd
had asked Secretary Weeks to send
federal troops at once. General Bandholtz,
it was understood, would be In
I command. In \Vashlngton Secretary
Weeks said: "I don't want to say
what will be done, but if we are forced
to use troops, It will be a 'plenty.'"
The trouble in West Virginia Is of
j 20 years' standing. In 1001-02 the
miners' union began their attempts
to unionize the coal fields there, and
the Glen Jean strike was onlU>d. Ever
since then the warfare bos been going
on, at times more serious than at
others hut never ceasing entirely.
In recent years the conditions have
been growing worse, for the I. W. W.'s
and Communists and other agents of
disorder nnd violence flocked to the region.
A year ago last May the operators
In Mingo county undertook to
evict a number of union miners who
occupied coinpnny houses, and bloody
fighting resulted. The unions retaliated
by calling a strike in the border
counties, but the operators obtained
plenty of nonunion men. The present
outbreak really began last May, after
federal troops were withdrawn. There
was what amounted almost to on Insurrection.
I'ntll now the miners
have fought only with the state troopers
and the deputies. Early Inst week
Governor Morgan sent to President
Harding and Secretary of War Weeks
a plea for federal troops, saying the
Insurrectionists were beyond the control
of the stnte forces and were seizing
passenger trains to transport their
re-enforcements and cu ting all telegraph
and telephone wires. He declared
the men assembled to resist
the invasion of Logan county would
be utterly unable to repel the attack.
General Bandholtz, who had been sent
to Investigate the situation, reported
to Washington that the state bad
made only feeble efforts to check the
| growth of the insurgent movement,
but nevertheless the President on
1 Tuesday Issued his proclamation
I warning the insurrectionists that if
they did not at once disperse and return
to their homes the army wonld
ho used to suppress thorn.
Although Joint T. Lewis, president
j of the nntfonnl miners' union, asserts
i that all the trouble Is traceable "to
l the continual assaults and outrages
: perpetrated upon Individual mine
[ workers hv the armed Raldwln
Felts guards employed by the
!SMUTS HOPEFUL FOR PEACE
South African Premier Takes Optimistic
View of the Anglo-Irish
Difficulty.
Cape Town. South Africa.?Speaking
at a luncheon In his honor, flen.
Jan C. Smuts, premier of the Fnlon
of South Africa, who has returned
from Kngland. where lie attended the
Imperial conference and also was a
factor In the Anglo-Irish pence pourparlers,
referred to world matters.
Jeorge erected by tiie people ot Wait-. ,.i
eighteenth green In the golf tournament
llion-and-a-half-dollar blaze in lumber yat
coal operntors," he has not gone
so far ns to defend the miners
In their defiance of constituted
authority. Vice President Murray
of the mine workers went tti the scene
of disturbance to try to 4nduce the
Insurgents to return home. Other
union officials had been attempting
this for se\eral weeks without avail.
All the nations invited to take part
in the Washington conference on disarmament
and Far Eastern questions
have agreed to send delegations, the
acceptance of Italy having been reI
ceived Inst week. It will be comforting
to the representatives of those
nations at the meeting to learn that
they will probably be accorded the
snme privileges as extended to duly accredited
foreign diplomats, and that
therefore they will be permitted to
bring alcoholic beverages with them.
Our government will do nothing in the
way of prohibition enforcement that
mlghf embarrass the conference.
President Harding, speaking at the
fall term of the war college on Thursday,
expressed the belief that the time
was coming when the burdens of armament
could be diminished, but de,
clared that "no matter where the best
aspirations of the world lead us. there
never may he a time without the
necessity for armed forces."
Despite the objections of railroad
man tlio ffimniPTOP Com mis
slon authorized western and southwestern
railroads to reduce 5% rents
a hundred pounds the rates on grain
and grain products for export from
Missouri and Mississippi river points
und on grain from the territory between
the rivers and from Illinois to
Gulf ports. Mobile to Galveston, inclusive.
The commission also authorized the
railroads to publish on five days' notice
reductions on grain ranging from
1 cent to ,p>i4 cents a hundred pounds
from the territory west of the Missouri
river In Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado
and Oklahoma to Gulf ports.
The rates from Missouri and Mississippi
river points and territory between
and Illinois mny be puhllshed
by the railroads on less than the
usual 30-days' notice.
American food for the starving children
of Russia is being unloaded at
Riga and Reval in immense quantities
and rushed by rail to Moscow. The
American relief administration has
declined to pool its work with the
general plan of the British, French,
Italians, Belgians and Japanese on
the ground thut the latter plan would
he too much in the control of the
Soviets. The Socialist national executive
committee of America, running
? true to form, has cautioned the members
of the party and other workers
against giving any support to the
Hoover relief organization, whose
agents, the Socialists assert, "under
the guise of assisting the masses of
Hungary, used its machinery for
counter-revolutionary purposes."
The assassination of Herr Erzberger
ut the Instance of his political foes
lias thrown uormuny into a inmi'iu ui
demonstrations and counter-demonstrations,
accompanied sometimes by
rather serious rioting. First the royalists
took the field, at l'otsdam, for
the ostensible purpose of celebrating
the victory of Tannenberg. The communists
nnd independent socialists
from Berlin, some 30,000 strong, enraged
by the Erzberger murder,
marched to the suburb and attacked
the royalists. The police were compelled
to Intervene and killed several
persons. Next day representatives of
11.000.000 organized workers assured
Chancellor YVIrth that they were
ready to go to the front for the republic,
nnd both the majority nnd independent
socialists demanded that
the go\ eminent proceed fearlessly
.against the elements responsible for
the anti-republican demonstrations
and the death of Erzherger. At rlie
same time President Ehert Issued a
proclamation declaring the intention
of the government to suppress with
the "iron hand" and with "unrelenting
severity" all opposition to the rei
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I press with suppressl^ and confiscn(
tion and prohibited meetings, demonstrations
and publications likely to enj
coiirajre seditions inovements. On
I Wednesday, the day the murdered exThe
premier manifested hopefulness
for a conclusion of peace between
Croat Krltain and Ireland. He pointed
out the dangers of the Slleslnn dlfTicult.v
and made casual reference
I to the "naval rivalry of America nnd
j Japan, who are launching new
: problems on the world." He advised
that "in the hurricane now sweeping
the world the motto should he 'jro
slow"*
Con. Smuts said the situation In
Ireland when he arrived In London
{ was Indescribable. "Any idea of such
In Upper Silesln. The treaty of- St.
Germain pave the territory of Burgenlnnd
to Austria, and the Hungarians
were highly displeased. Hejas translated
their feeling into action, organized
bodies of irregular xtroops and
seized considerable parts of the disputed
region. The entente officials
and troops there were powerless to
stop them, but the Austrian government
was given all moral support and
told to establish its rule as best It
might. Thousands of Austrian troops
well equipped were moved into the
territory and at latest reports were
preparing to start operations against
He.las and his forces centered at
Odenburg.
It may be assumed that the Upper
Sllesian row is ended, at least for the
present. The council of the League of
Nations has accepted the task of solving
the problems Involved and already
has begun their discussion. Meanwhile
the British, French and Italian
go\ernments have decided, to send reenforcements
to Upper Silesia and
have called on Germany to arrange
for their transportation.
The victorious progress of the
Greeks in Asia Minor toward Angora
came to a pause after they crossed the
Sakaria river. Their right wing found
itself in the salt desert where water
was scarce and many of the men were
stricken with mnlaria. The Turks attacked
and In three days' fiphtinp the
Greeks were forced hack across the
Sakaria and lost heavily in men and
material. At the same' time they
found their communications threatened
on the extreme left winp by the
capture of Rilejik by the Kemalists.
However, the Greeks speedily rallied,
both on the ripht winp and in the center.
and resumed their advance on
Anpora. At this writinp they are reported
ns in contact with the Turkish
second line of defense at the Ilija
river.
And now we move on east to India?for
each of the relatively small
wars demands some attention. On the
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.Wniannr coasr. wnere uie :ui>i>iau?,
who are Mohammedans of Tartar descent.
have been In revolt, the British
have regained the upper hand and the
fanatics are reported to he fleeing into
the hills, having lost about 700 of their
number. Before they ran away, however,
they massacred many Hindus
and killed a number of British soldiers
and civilians. The Malabar
coast is under martial law and the
home-rule plans of the Mopluhs have
gone glimmering.
This brings us to Great Britain's
greater trouble?the Irish question.
Premier Lloyd George, growing weary
as the rest of the world of the endless
row, told the Sinn Feiners that
they must accept or reject his proposals,
for the constant exchange of
notes was getting them nowhere.
Whereupon the Sinn Feiners dispatched
another note to the premier.
It was drawn up by the Irish republican
cabinet, for Dail Eireann had
adjourned after entrusting the cabinet
with plenary powers. The note was
carried by n courier to Scotland, where
Lloyd George was taking a holiday,
and at this writing its contents are a
secret. If, as is probable, it is only
a further elaboration of the arguments
put forward by Sinn Fein, the
premier is likely to kvse the temper
over which he usually has such complete
control.
In Belfast the truce was broken last
week, and for several days there was
continual and bloody fighting betweeu
the nationalists and the Orangemen,
with a number of fatalities. At first
the military there contented themselves
with patrolling the streets in
armored ears, pleading for pence. But
when the lord mayor protested against
their inaction they adopted more vigorous
methods, with good results.
a state of affairs, if it had existed before
the great war, would hn\e been
coMiitii/I " tin* riPoinior ilnolor^ul
The situation was difficult, hut not
hopeless. The only solution of it was
"dominion home rule."
f!en. Smuts characterized world conditions
as "exceedingly sad to anyone
coining in contact with these
problems." Cheers greeted his declaration
that the withdrawal of the United
States from international affairs left
the Itritish empire is "the only
stabilizing Influence In world affairi."
; Carnarvon and Just unveiled. 2?
of Washington newspaper men. In
"ds In London started by unemployed
chancellor was buried, 3(i0.000 workmen
and employers in all 'parts of
Germany left their work to take part
In meetings "for the republic and
against political murder." There Is
little doubt that the government will
be able to control the situation in
Germany and in general keep the reactionaries
wilhin bounds.
Over In Hungary one Lieutenant
Hejas Is emulating the exploits of
IT Anniinvlrv In T<'inmr> 'nn/1 IvorfnnfV
BOY
SCOUTS
{Conducted by National Council of the Boy
Scouta of America.)
SCOUT LAWS IN CAMP.
Every hoy scout intending the White
Plains Council camp this summer, la
given a little folder on the application
of the scout law In camp.
Here are a few of the paragraphs
discussing the different l$ws:
A Scout Is Trustworthy.?A scout's
honor is trusted In camp as well as
elsewhere. The things you brought
to camp belong to you and what the
other campers brought belong tc
them. Do not take anything that does
not belong to you without asking per
mission of the owner. If he loans yon
anything, you are trusted with it and
are expected to return It In as'good e
condition as when taken to the place
or person from whom borrowed. You
are responsible for any camp tools 01
equipment you may use which are the
property of the camp. Be careful with
them and return them to their proper
place. When on a hike with other
scouts or alone, you are on your honor
and expected to behave as a scout.
A Scout Is Cheerful.?Smile, smile,
smile. No long face In camp. It will
cheer you up and also the other fellow.
Do your work cheerfully and
don't grumble at hardships nor shirk
your duty. There nre duties to be
done In camp; go at them with a smile
and you will work better and quicker,
Time Is snved by doing your task the
best It can be done. Don't consider
It done until it Is done In the very
best way.
A Scout Is Thrifty.?The camp
equipment has cost a great deal ol
money. It belongs to the scouts> How
long it lasts, depends a great deal on
how you use It. A scout does not destroy
any property whether It belongs
to himself or to another. Respect the
rights of others by using their things
in the right way. Make good use of
your time In camp by learning something
that will be of use to you. It
Isn't necessary to spend all your
money because It has been given you
or you have earned It. To save It
from being lost or. recklessly spent
the camp bank Is operated. Deposit It
there.
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Cnter Manabozho (Mohawk) and
Scout Charles Holly (Manhattan) at
Lake Kanohwihke (Boy Scout Camp
Spencer, N .Y.)
BOY SCOUT WORK IN ALBANIA.
The first troop of boy scouts to he
organized In Albania has recently been
started In Tirana by an American Ited
(Toss woman. The boy9 are deeply
Interested, and are quite as eager to
do their dally good turn as their American
brothers. They wear a uniform
similar to our own, but tjtelr cap Is a
picturesque affair of black felt, with
u tartan band of red and bUtck, the
Albanian national colors, around the
edge and hanging down the back.
Most of the boys are Musselmans and
must wear a brlmless hat, so that
their faces may never be concealed
front Allnh.
THE ISLAND BEAUTIFUL.
Dnvennort (In.) bov scouts are de
terinlned to mnke Petersen's Island, a
favorite camping point, the most
beautiful Island on the Mississippi.
Tbej* started out with a general cleanup,
eliminating all cans, bottles and
othei* unsightly rubbish.
NEWS OF SCOUTS IN BRIEF.
Roy scouts had an exhibit of bird
houses at the Oreat Neck Flower
show, which caused much Interest.
Scout Knife, who says there's nothing
In a name, won the prize for the best
house.
Pittsburgh hoy scouts showed that
they were prepared when they rendered
efficient first-aid to a young girl
who had hurt her foot badly, Improi
vised a coat stretcher and carried the
patient half a mile to the nearest
doctor.
The Ruslness Men's league of Aiken
has offered the Augusta (Oa.) boy
scouts a fine new cnmp site.
! The Indianapolis Klwanls club recently
formally presented a fine new
"hut" to the boy scouts of the city.
4 r? t rx OArumnnioc I r?/?1 ml i r\ er tho
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unveiling of thp smut emblem, were
mnde 11 part of the dedication.
The Pennsylvania State college has
once more offered flip hospitality of
Its campus to hoy smuts this summer
for camping purposes. At least a half
dozen troops will take advantage of
the Invitation.
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(MPROVQT PNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SundaySchool
' Lesson'
(By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D..
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(?, 19-1, Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 11
PAUL IN ATHENS.
LESSON TEXT-Acts 17:16-34.
1 GOLDEN TEXT?In him we live, and
i move, and have our being.?Acts 17:2S.
REFERENCE MATERIAL?Luke 4:16- ,
80.
1 PRIMARY TOPIC?Paul Telling the
People about God.
, JUNIOR TOPIC?Paul In Athens.
. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
' ?In a Famous Greek City.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
! ?Paul in a Center of Learning. Being
, Driven front Berea, Paul Fled to Athens.
' I. The Idolatry of the Athenians
, (V. 1G).
I Athens was the intellectual nietrop,
oils of the world at thut time, the
( home of the world's great eloquence
i and philosophy. Paul's spirit was
. stirred within him when he saw the
> city wholly given to idolatry.
II. The Parties Concerned (vv. 17.
21). 1
True to his usual custom Paul went
- into the Jewish synagogue and entered
into enrnes. argument with the Jews.
From them he turned to such as were
; found in the market place. Here he
came into touch with the Epicurean
I and Stoic philosophers. The former
were atheistic materialists. They de- #
nled the dictrlne of Creation. They
pave themselves up to sensual Indulgences
wince they had no Idea of
future Judgment. The latter were
pantheists. When they heard the
preaching of Paul they desired to
know what new doctrine he preached,
l so they Invited him to the Areopagus
1 *_ - - -Li. I. i. kin
i woere ne nugiu speiiK iu uit-iu m ma
new doctrine. They inquired as to
what this "babbler" might say. The
word "babbler" means literally "seedi
picker." They conceived Paul as a
, globe-trotter who had gathered up
, seeds of truth here and there over the
? world, and that he was somewhat like
themselves. Interested In talking about
that which he knew.
lit. Paul's Address on Mars' Hill
(vv. 23-31).
1. The Introduction (vv. 22, 23). He
did not recuse them of "superstition"
as the A. V. would make It. but as In
the Am. R. V. he Introduces his discourse
In a courteous and conciliatory
manner, stating that he perceived that
they were very religious. This he explained
by stating that as he was viewing
their city he heheld an altar with #
an Inscription "To the Unknown God."
This was his point of contact. He
proceeds at once to connect It with
the Idea of the living God, Implying
that this altar had been erected to
ITIm. He was too wise to begin at
once to denounce heathenism and
Idolatry.
2. The body of his discourse (w.
J-i-ii I) .
(1) A declaration concerning Ood
(vv. 24, 25). (a) He created the
material universe (v. 24). This was a
direct blow at the philosophy of both
the Epicureans and the Stoics. He did
not attempt to prove the existence of
(Jod; it needs no proof. The Bible v
everywhere assumes the existence of
a divine heing. (b) His spirituality
and Immensity (vv. 24. 25). He is
not served with "men's hands as
though he needed anything." neither
Is lie confined by any sort of religioustemple.
Being essentially spiritual1
He demands heart-service, and being
transcendent above all He is not confined
to earthly temples, (c) His active
providence (v. 25). He gives exI
Istence. bestows needed gifts, and aa
sovereign directs all things.
(2) Declaration concerning man (vv.
> 20-.'l1). (a) His common origin (v. 2(5).
TiOo u-ns n blow at the foolish Atben
inn pride which supposed that they
were superior to nil other people. This
proposition he proved from their own
, literature (see v. 2S). If men are the
offspring of God and hear His likeness
it Is utter folly to make imapes
as the senseless Idols were, (b) Nations
have their plnce by the sov'
ereipn purpose of God (r. 2(5). The
position and mission of each nation is
of God's appointment, (c) Men should
seek God (v. 2(5). His goodness and
prace In supplyinp all our needs, and
orderlnp even the affairs of the nations
should move man to see and seek
God. for He Is Indeed very near to
every one; so near that our existence
and movements are all under His control
(v. 27). (d) I'ressinp oblipatfon
to repent (vv. 30, 31). This was his
supreme message. Thouph God had
formerly passed over Idolatry He now
calls to all men to repent. The solemn
reason for such action Is the coming
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which is the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead. The judgment
of God of an unbelieving world Is as
sure as this fact. Men will be judged
on the basis of their attitude toward
Jesus Christ.
IV. Result of Paul's Preaching (vv.
32-34).
1. Some mocked (v. 32). Tills is
ever the case. Today men and women
are mocking the preacher who preadies
a judgment to come. The attitude of
the mocker Joes not alter the fact of
Judgment.
2. Some procrastinated (v. 32). This
is the common way of men. They may
not mock, hut they hesitate to accept
and act upon the urgency of the message.
3. Some' believed (v. 34). N'hereever
the gospel is preached there are
some who believe and are saved.
Happiness.
Messed, or happy, is the man whose
transgression is forgiven, whose sin Is
covered. Happiness after all does not
depend on outward circumstances, al- *
, though most people seem to think that
It does. But there are poor people
who are happy, and there are very
! many rich people who are miserable.
, Happiness is a product of the spirit.
, and you will find It only in the lives
, of people of faith, people whose conscience
is at peace with God.