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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1941
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Vermont Has a Birthday
'HIS year marks the 150th birth
day of the state of Vermont
which shares with Texas the dis
tinction of having been an independ
ent republic before she entered the
sisterhood of states. But Vermont
i has another distinction. Although
she is listed as the “fourteenth
state” she can claim a “first”—that
of being the first admitted to the
federal Union when the “Thirteen
Original States” came into existence
through the adoption of the Consti
tution in 1787. '
The history of Vermont goes back
250 years—to the English settlement
at Vernon in 1690. At that time this
region was known as the “New
Hampshire Grants” and was a part
of the colony of New Hampshire,
which, had been separated from the
colony of Massachusetts by royal
charter 10 years previously.
Stamp issued this year to com
memorate the 150th anniversary of
Vermont’s admission to the Union.
About the middle of the Eight
eenth century, after the wars with
the French and Indians were over,
groups of sturdy young rfien set out
from Connecticut and Massachusetts
with their families to make their
homes in the frontier country be
tween the “New Hampshire Grants”
and the colony of New York. It
was not long, however, until these
settlers learned to their dismay that
the British colonial courts had de
clared their land titles invalid and
that “York State lawyers” were ob
taining writs from the courts to dis
possess them. But these freedom-
loving pioneers had no intention of
giving up the little farms which they
had cleared in the wilderness with
out fighting for them. The climax
came in July, 1771.
Visit the town of Westminster, Vt.,
today and you will see there a gran
ite monument bearing a bronze tab
let which tells you that here is the
“Birthplace of Vermont.” It says:
“Near this site stood the homestead
of Lieut. James Breakenridge. After
years of peaceable possession, his
farm was claimed by New York
speculators. A sheriff and over 300
men came from Albany to evict him
from his home. Aided by men from
Bennington, a brave defense was
made without bloodshed, proving to
be a Declaration of Independence of
the State of Vermont, July 19, 1771.”
During this time, too, a group
of determined frontiersmen, who
called themselves the “Green Moun
tain Boys,” organized to resist the
aggression of their neighbors and
chose Ethan Allen as their leader.
The spirit that animated James
Breakenridge and Ethan Allen and
the other “Green Mountain Boys”
still burned brightly in the hearts of
Vermonters when the quarrel with
England came to a crisis in 1775.
So in May of that year the re
doubtable Ethan and 80 of his men
made a dash against Fort Ticonde-
roga, broke in upon the astonished
British commander and demanded
that he surrender “in the name of
the Great Jehovah and the Conti
nental Congress.”
This spectacular feat did not
mean, however, that the Vermonters
were going to link their fortunes
with the other colonists in the fight
lor freedom. They didn’t join them
in the historic session at Philadel
phia on July 4, 1776. But a year
later they did some independence-
declaring of their own.
On July 2, 1777, they held a con
vention at Windsor, in a house which
is known today as the “Old Consti
tution House,” to draw up a consti
tution for a state that would be inde
pendent, not only of Great Britain
but of all other American colonies
also. The delegates were in session
there on July 8 when news came
that Burgoyne’s army had recap
tured Ticonderoga.
So great was their alarm at this
news that they were on the point of
adjourning the convention when a
terrific thunderstorm came up. It
held them indoors and they quickly
finished up the business at hand.
Incidentally, the constitution which
they adopted at that time was the
first on this continent to prohibit hu
man slavery. Thus Vermont began
its career as an independent repub
lic and it continued as such until
March 1, 1791, when it was admit
ted to file new United States of
America as our fourteenth state.
Vermont’s nickname of the
“Green Mountain state” dates from
1763 when the Rev. Samuel Peters,
standing on the summit of Mt. Pis-
gah, christened the country “Verd
Mont” (Green Mountain). So Ethan
Allen called his frontiersmen “green
mountain boys.” They had worthy
successors in the Vermonters under
the command of Gen. John Stark,
who defended the freedom that had
been declared on July 8, 1777, by
winning a great victory over a de
tachment from Burgoyne’s army at
the Battle of Bennington less than a
i month later.
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Memos of a
Girl Friday:
Dear W. W.: Quentin Reynolds
has arrived safely via convoy. He
made it that way to do an article
for Collier’s on convoys . . . FDR
and John L. Lewis haven’t exactly
buried the hatchet, but the things
they say of each other privately
aren’t as nasty as they were.
Mrs. T. Roosevelt Jr. resigned
from that “Women United for
Peace” outfit. She was a speaker
along with Senators Reynolds and
Bennett Clark at Carnegie Hall. She
said in her talk that America had
no room for intolerance. The com
ment met stony silence—so she re
signed. Hurray for her.
You wanted me to remind you to
say something about the Ism gang
sters who pin themselves onto
Americans who are popular. Will-
kie sure was brave when he threw
away the votes of many by publicly
announcing that he didn’t want
Fronters, Bundists et al on his side
. . . Dare the Dept, of Commerce
to deny this . . . That our oil ex
ports to Japan are still averaging
about 400,000 barrels weekly and
have been as high as 600,000 per
week!
The spending by the visiting Brit
ish tars has saved many a joint
ready to fold up . . . Eliot Jane way
has a honey of a piece in the new
Life called “Hitler vs. Roosevelt”
. . . Soandso’s just phoned. Said
that FDR’s jaw is “longer than
ever” and that his knuckles are a
little whiter when he clenches his
fist—and that his policy henceforth
will be “action or dismissal!”—
Four Girl Friday.
Notes of an
Innocent Bystander:
The Story Tellers: Edmond Tay
lor’s Fortune piece is a must for
Americans who don’t think Hitler
is a menace here . . . Pic runs a
warning that homely gals are the
safest, and gives examples of beau
ties who got into trouble with their
looks. A few pages later it shows
what a grand time Hope Carroll,
the blue book’s glamour mascot, has
because “she’s got everything.”
Make up your mind! . . . Merely
Cassidy shows, in Coronet, how a
legacy caused a crime wave and a
gold rush in Philly. He reports
25,563 persons claimed a $17,000,000
legacy. Already it has inspired
such crimes as forgery, perjury,
wife desertion and two murders . . .
John Cudahy is easy on King Leo
pold, of the Belgians for surrender
ing under fire. The former U. S.
Ambassador, writing in World
Digest, recalls that the French were
blundering all over the front, and
Leopold had a choice of giving up
or facing revolt of his troops . . .
Ann Sheridan confides in Liberty
that the word “oomph” was parent-
ed by a wheeze in here. Any
chance to buy back that unfortunate
sentence? . . . Reader’s Digest ob
serves: “The reason a lot of people
do not recognize an opportunity
when they meet it is that it usually
goes around wearing overalls and
looking like hard work.”
The Front Pages: The Times of
fered two and a half columns of good
sense in an editorial picture of a
possible Hitler victory. The Nazis
needn’t even make war on us to
ruin our liberty, said the editorial.
Chesty after a win over Britain, Ger
many’s threat would make us live
in an armed camp—where liberty
can’t live . . . The H-Trib rebuked
FDR editoriallly for his “intensely
personal” remarks about Lindbergh.
Why not personal? Lindbergh takes
bows for the malcontents he heads,
so why not the raps, too? Mr. Roose
velt takes them for the New Deal—
and the H-Trib knows that well. The
last campaign was so personal it
didn’t even stop with the President.
It took in his wife, his children, and,
if you remember the campaign but
tons, even his grandchildren . . .
Who is France for? Three Vichy
papers were suspended for giving
prominence to the speeches of Cor
dell Hull and Sec. Knox. Another
paper, published by Jacques Doriot,
the agitator assaulted Roosevelt.
His sheet wasn’t molested.
Typewriter Ribbons: C. V. R.
Thompson: Washington is the only
place where sound travels faster
than light . . . Clyde Fitch: A flat
with rooms like a string of buttons
. . Jack Warwick: Love of coun
try: Eighty-five per cent sweat and
15 per cent Star-Spangled Banner
. . . Daniel Webster: God grants
liberty only to those who love it
and are always ready to guard and
defend it.
This from H. L. Mencken: We
must be willing to pay a price for
freedom, for no price that is ever
asked for it is half the cost of doing
without it . . . Steele: Etiquette is
the invention of wise men to keep
fools at a distance . . . H. W. Shaw:
Error will slip through a crack,
while truth will stick in a doorway
. . . Ray Thompson: A free coun
try should mean one in which those
who don’t like the way things are
run are free to live elsewhere . . .
Anon: Sincere kicks-in-the-pants
are better than phony pats-on-the-
back.
WNU S«n4c« United reatand
by
pleanor Roosevelt
Through the West
In Los Angeles, we listened in a
pleasant living room to Mr. Winston
Churchill speak, so many thousand
miles away. One must admire a
man who can trust the people of his
country so completely that he can
tell them stark naked, cruel truths
unafraid. That quality of courage is
a kind of challenge which calls to
the very depth of other human souls.
Mr. Churchill can use the English
language so that it rings and pounds
the emotion behind the words into
your brain. He knows the value of
contrast. Though it is years since I
have read the poem which he quot
ed, I can think of none better to fit
the occasion. When all is said and
done, however, what remains with
me is his stark sincerity and indom
itable courage.
At 12:30 we hurried down to the
NYA center to see a colossal and
fine statue of the President.
Miss Thompson and I lunched with
Mrs. Jerome Schneider and my
daughter-in-law, Romelle. In the
afternoon many people came to the
Melvyn Douglas’ house for tea. The
patio buzzed with conversation and
for me it was most exciting. To
meet and talk with people whose
work one has long admired is al
ways a thrilling experience.
Meeting James Hilton, Burgess
Meredith, Mary McCall, Dorothy
Parker and many others actually in
the flesh, was an experience which
I had never hoped to have. To
know that many of the people who
were here had worked in the last
campaign for the President and that
most of them believe in what he
stands for, was most inspiring.
FRIENDSHIPS
So often you have to be glad be
cause of your friends. I kept say
ing to myself, even if some pro
grams are wrong, the ideas in back
of them must be right or the people
wouldn’t be with us in the fight for
democracy.
It was particularly nice also to
see again some familiar faces. Mrs.
Marc Connelly, who was so patient
in the broadcast which I had the
fun of presiding over in the last cam
paign; Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Mann,
whose short time with us in the
White House was such a pleasure;
and our old friend, Mr. Eddie Dow
ling, who is here acting in the play,
“Time of Your Life,” which we en
joyed so much last year in New
York.
After dinner, we went over to Mr.
Walt Disney’s studio and he was
kind enough to show us some of the
work he is doing for defense. I
liked particularly the drawings be
fore they reach the color stage, and
was very glad to find one artist at
work in the studio and to see what
the process of making these draw
ings really means. These cute little
figures may teach us many lessons
in the future, as *well as provide
the entertainment on which we have
come to count.
One day we lunched with Mr. Her
man Lissauer and the board mem
bers of the Modern Forum. I had
an opportunity to talk for a few min
utes with a representative of the
Y. M. C. A. who is considering
some youth broadcasts.
In the afternoon, the members of
the National Youth administration
advisory committee met here and
the NYA Symphony orchestra
played for us on the patio in back
of the house. It was a wonderful
setting and I very much enjoyed the
picture spread out before me as well
as the music. The way in which the
young musicians coped with a way
ward wind, which came up and blew
their music around, inspired every
one’s admiration.
GOVERNOR OLSON
Governor Olson of California spent
a little while with us, so the young
people had a chance to meet him.
I was particularly touched at his
taking the time to come during such
a busy period. He remarked that
the state of California is a big state
and its affairs could keep one on the
go every minute.
I was glad of an opportunity to
talk with several people quietly at
the end of the afternoon. Then we
had an early and very peaceful
family dinner and a drive down the
hills into the city for the lecture. I
was amused by all the precautions
taken because of one threatening let
ter. After all, even if anyone should
be foolish enough to try to create any
excitement, so little would be ac
complished.
Los Angeles is a friendly city and
it was nice to have a word with so
many people as I went in and out
for my lecture. I shook hands with
as many people as I could in pass
ing by. The mere expression on
their faces showed that they felt
kindly toward me, and many sent
messages to the President.
In Los Angeles, I visited Judge
Shontz’s court. It is a court of the
little people who have claims for
sums of money under $50. I found it
very interesting sitting beside her
listening for a few minutes to their
problems.
We went back to Mrs. Douglas’ in
time to see a really remarkable col
lection of craftwork done by the
Mexican - American youngsters in
NYA groups. Though weaving and
ceramics have only been taught for
three months, they would be a credit
to workers of much longer experi
ence.
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I chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
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S. S. Lesson for May 18
’ Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
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Council of Religious Education; used by
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BROADENING CHRISTIAN HORI
ZONS: SAUL’S CONVERSION
LESSON TEXT—Acts 9:1-18.
GOLDEN TEXT—I was not disobedient
onto the heavenly vision.—Acts 26:19.
The conversion of Saul is recog
nized as one of the outstanding
events in Bible history. When two
brilliant English lawyers, Lord Lyt-
tleton and Sir Gilbert West, set out
to disprove the truth of Christianity,
they selected the resurrection of
Christ and the story of Paul’s con
version as the focal points of their
proof. Working independently, they
then came together to compare
notes, and found that they had both
become Christians as they had be
come convinced of the truth of the
Scriptures.
The two events may well stand
together as mighty evidence for
Christianity, for only on the ground
of regeneration can the change in
Saul be accounted for, and only on
the assurance that he met the risen
Christ on the Damascus road can
we account for his conversion. This
is a great lesson, let us make the
very most of it.
I. Saul, a Bold Persecutor (w.
1, 2).
As our lesson opens we find the
brilliant and zealous young Jew,
Saul, “yet breathing out threaten-
ings and slaughter against the dis
ciples of the Lord.” The persecu
tions in Jerusalem had practically
wiped out the church in that city,
but had scattered the disciples
abroad, and thus the witness had
been spread. The death of the godly
Stephen, to which Saul had' given
his approval, had only increased his
determination to destroy those who
were “of the way” of Jesus. Looking
for new fields to conquer, he car
ried with him to Damascus letters
from the high priest at Jerusalem,
giving him authority to imprison the
followers of Christ. But on the way
he met Christ Himself, and was
stricken to the earth.
II. Saul, a Convicted Sinner (w.
3-9).
Stricken down by a brilliant heav
enly light, he finds himself talking
to the Lord Jesus. He hears from
His holy lips the solemn indictment
of those who persecute God’s peo
ple—“Why persecutest thou me?”
He who lays unkind hands upon, or
brings untrue accusation against,
God’s children had best beware, for
so closely is our Lord identified with
His people that when they suffer, it
is He who bears the hurt.
In a single sentence the Lord dis
poses of the persecuting zeal and
the sinful skepticism of this proud
young Pharisee, and Saul enters into
Damascus not as the haughty per
secutor, but as a man trembling and
astonished. He spends three days
shut in with his own soul and God,
not seeing, not caring to eat, but
entering into communion with God.
By God’s grace the old life is pulled
up by the roots as it is displaced
by the new life in Christ Jesus.
III. Ananias, an Obedient Disci
ple (w. 10-12).
Ananias was the “I am here,
Lord” type of Christian to whom the
Lord could confidently commit His
important business. All we know of
*hlm is what is contained in this
’Chapter, but it is a very beautiful
and* enviable record. God is able
to work directly on any human soul
and accomplish His end (as He did
with Saul on the Damascus road),
but His usual manner of working is
through faithful human agencies.
One wonders how much would be
accomplished for God if every Chris
tian were as willing and ready as
was Ananias to do the Lord’s bid
ding in seeking out and helping a
struggling soul.
The greatest of all Christian lead
ers, the apostle Paul, was led out
into his life of loyalty and service
to Christ by a humble layman. Re-,
peatedly God’s Word by precept and
example stresses the vital impor
tance of personal work on the part
of laymen and women. The lead
ers of Christian work during the com
ing generation are now in the Sun
day school classes of our churches,
perhaps in a little wayside chapel in
the country, in the village church,
in the mission or settlement house,
or in the great city church.
IV. Saul, a Chosen Witness (w.
15, 16).
The fears of Ananias that Saul
might still be a worker of evil (v.
13) were soon overcome by God’s
assurance that in the praying Saul
He had prepared for Himself “a
chosen vessel” (v. 15) to bear the
gospel to the Gentiles and to kings,
as well as to Israel.
The great witness of Saul was to
be accompanied by great suffering.
How often the two go together, and
both may be (as they were in Paul’s
life) for God’s glory. Saul knew
nothing of that subtle hypocrisy
known as being “a secret believer,”
for at once he made open confes
sion of his faith in baptism, and
“straightway he preached Christ in
the synagogues that he is the Son
of God” (v. 20).
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