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UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D D.
I Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union I
Lesson for August 20
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used b v
permission,
BEVERAGE ALCOHOL AND
THE COMMUNITY
LESSON TEXT—JoeI 1:5-7; Daniel 5:1-5,
17, 25-28.
GOLDEN TEXT—Woe unto him that giv
cth his neighbor drink.—Habakkuk 2:13.
I “None of us liveth to himself”
(Rom. 14:7).
What concerns the individual con
cerns the community, for the com
munity is made up of individuals.
The man who uses alcohol has no
right to claim that it is a personal
matter, for alcohol is a poisonous
drug which not only injures the in
dividual, but makes him a danger
and a liability to his community.
Before going into our lesson let us
look at only a few of the many facts
available.
In the five years since repeal,
it is estimated that $30,000,000,000
has been spent for intoxicants with
a profit to the industry of $13,250,-
000,000. But what has it cost the
people?
“In 1937, an entire city the size
of Detroit was maimed and injured,
and an entire city the size of Omaha
was permanently injured, by the
automobile. Sixty per cent of auto
fatalities are due to alcohol” (Chief
Justice of Municipal Court, Evans
ton, III,).
1 “Rape has increased 13 per cent
and the more atrocious forms 40
jper cent in the last eight months”
[(Police Commissioner, Boston,
Mass.).
“Criminals are for the return of
.liquor, wet propaganda to the con
trary notwithstanding, and with the
coming of repeal will come the
'greatest era of wholesale crime this
country has ever known. The crim
inal world is tensely expectant and
is prepared to launch immediate
ly into its millennium of crime. The
return of the saloon inevitably will
bring open prostitution and gam
bling” (Statement by a criminal in
prison before repeal became effec
tive).
“America is on the worst gam
bling spree in its history. A gross
population, not including all rural
districts, of 80,000,000 persons is
dallying with $8,000,000,000 in win
nings and losings, of which all but
about $1,000,000,000 passes through
the hands of the underworld, where
imuch of it remains” (Courtney R.
Cooper).
i The American Business Men’s
foundation, Chicago, reports that
jiiquor was responsible for the rejec
tion of more than 93,000 applications
for insurance last year, and that
as a result widows and orphans will
ultimately be deprived of over
$200,000,000 of insurance, making
some of them public charges.
Three words which are altogether
appropriate for the liquor problem
will serve to summarize our lesson.
I. Devastation (Joel 1:5-7).
Drunkards are called on to awake
from their stupor and weep and the
drinkers of wine (note that!) to wail
over the loss of their drink because
of the devastation wrought by the
locusts. Tliis plague had come be
cause of the sins of the people, and
may well serve to exemplify the
devastation which will follow the
use of alcohol as a beverage. The
nations of our day need not think
that they will escape if they con
tinue on their present road of reck
less indulgence.
11. Debauchery (Dan. 5:1-4).
The familiar story of Belshazzar's
feast should be made to live again
as we point out that we here “have
vividly manifested three of the
great characteristics of the day in
which we live—a coming together
of great multitudes for a riotous night
of drinking, which must of course
end for many in disgusting drunk
enness; provision for acts of dark
est sensuality in the fact that all
the wives and concubines were
invited to this feast . . . and a con
temptuous, deliberate insulting of
the name of God” (Dr. Wilbur M.
Smith).
111. Death (vv. 5, 17, 25-28).
Dramatically swift was God's
judgment upon Belshazzar’s pre
sumptuous sin. Magnificently bold
and direct was the condemnation by
Daniel, the prophet of God. Re
lentless was the immediate judg
ment of physical death (see v. 30),
and equally sure is the ultimate
judgment when the drunken king
stands before his Maker to answer
for the deeds done in the flesh.
The fact that God does not write
in our day in flaming letters on the
saloon wall before the bleary eyes
of the drinker does not mean that
His judgment is any less certain,
nor does it make it less dreadful.
.
Cost of Happiness
God has ordained that happiness,
like every other good thing, should
cost us something; He has willed
that it should be a moral achieve
ment, and not an accident.—Dr.
Gasparin.
Walk In Uie Light
Walk in the light and thou shalt
see thy path, though thorny, bright;
for God, by grace, shall dwell in
thee, and God himself is light.—
Barton.
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KNOW YOUR TIMBER
By EMILY WOODWARD
Almost a century ago, in 1841, i
to be exact, Charles Dickens vis-.
ited the United States and among |
the observations he set down in i
his American Notes, is a well-1
founded indictment of the wan
ton destruction of forest resourc-[
es that marked our early history.
The prodigal waste of the na
tion’s forest resources was fla
grant enough at that time to
move one who had no stake in
this country, to this melancholy
reflection:
“The eye was pained to see
the stumps of great trees thickly
strewn in every field of wheat,
and seldom to lose the eternal
swamp and dull morass with
hundreds of rotten trunks and
twisted branches steeped in its
unwholesome waters. It was
quite sad and oppressive to come
upon great tracts where settlers
had been burning down the
trees, and where their wounded
bodies lay about; like those of
murdered creatures, while here
and there some charred and
blackened giant reared aloft to
withered arme, and seemed to
call down curses on his foes.”
Sadly enough, if Mr. Dickens
had been a recent visitor to this
country, his observations could
have been accurately recorded in
the same picturesque words that
are found in the century-old doc
ument.
For the most part the stumps
have been removed from the
wheat fields, however, they still
abound in the land in sufficient
numbers to stir the imagination
of a Dickens. Row on row over
vast areas today, they stand like
markers in the field of the dead,
mute testimonials to the ruthless
ness of the economic warfare
waged by man against nature.
In the battle which has been
steadily in progress, through the
centuries in the United States,
the forests have managed to sur
vive only because Nature is a
great ally.
Today, in the South, it is more
important than ever before for
men to rally to the protection of
the trees. The Forests provide
man with many materials that
are essential to his welfare; they
give employment to thousands;
as soil conservationists, they are
on the job 24 hours a day; they
are faithful guardians of our
water resources; they provide
refuge for birds and .other wild
creatures.
Those who have a stake in the
South have far more reason than
Dickens had to see the tragedy
and menace of “thickly strewn
stumps and withered arms of
charred and blackened giants,”
scattered over the land.
Considerable progress has been
made in conservation in Georgia
in the past ten years. It is only
a beginning.
Louisiana is reputed to have
the best law's governing forest
conservation and the best pro
gram for reforestation of any
state in the South. Louisiana
came t;o this only after destruc
tion of the state’s forest re
sources had brought them to vir
tually complete depletion.
Must Georgia wait’till the for-
TRUTH about ADVERTISIM6
By CHARLES B. ROTH
FLY BY NIGHTS
WHENEVER Jeff Peters, the en
gaging hero in the book of 0.
Henry stories called “The Gentle
Grafter,” went into a new town and
spread his samples of corn cure, ink
remover, etc., out in front of him, he
always took one precaution. He
made note of how soon the next train
left.
He had to. Jeff never knew what
minute he’d have to fold up his kit
and hot-foot it for the station, with
policemen and angry customers in
close pursuit.
He was that kind of business man.
We call them “fly by nights.” They
still infest our cities
and towns, but you
never saw one of
them advertise or |P|f
build a lasting sue- M
The man who ad-
vertises for your pat- ||»
ronage shows that he ffi
has foresight and
courage. He wants PigT
to establish goodwill |
and to remain in bus- ~ , J IT
iness, and the best
way for him to do Charles Roth
these things is to send down roots
and advertise so that you may come
to him whenever you need what he
sells.
Jeff Peters stands for the furtive
parasite, hanging around the fringe
of respectable society, dashing in
and taking whatever he can, giving
nothing in return, ready to flee at
COLORED 4-H CLUB MEMBERS
ATTEND TWO SHORT COURSES
i
l Nineteen 4-H club officers and
| members representing eleven
[communities in Peach and Hous
-1 ton counties attended the state
} 4-H Short Course held at the
Ga. State & Ind. College. Savan
nah, July 31 through Aug. 5.
These boys and girls along with
465 other club boys and girls
from 72 counties in the state took
part in all of the activities out
lined in the state 4-H Short
Course Program.
Friday, Aug. 5, was Achieve
ment Day, and awards were
made for outstanding work done
by club members. Awards were
made to Houston and Peach
counties 4-H club boys and girls
as follows: M. B. Lattimore,
Peach county, received 4-H
Achievement Medal for outstand
ing club work Jdone during the
past ten years. Dorothy Banis
ter, Houston county, won 2nd
place in the oratorical contest;
Lillian Clark and Ruth Davis,
Peach, won 2nd place in the ta
ble setting contest; Anna Light
foot, Peach; Elnora Latimore,
Houston, Ist place in the biscuit
making contest; Ruth Davis,
Peach; Mary Davis, Houston,
won Ist place in the muffin con
test. 3 girls from Peach and 3
from Houston received certifi
cates for completion of 6 yrs. of
club work. 4 girls and 4 boys of
Houston; 7 boys and 4 girls,
Peach, attended the state 4-H
Short Course.
139 4-H club boys and girls,
representing 16 community clubs
in Peach and Houston counties
attended the 25th annual short
course held at the Fort Valley
State Teachers’ College, July
23-27.
These boys and girls were
given lessons and demonstrations
in the better methods and prac
tices in agriculture, farm car
pentry, selection and saving of
seeds, insect control, farm man
agement, proper harnessing
of team, care,selection and judg
ing of livestock, culling of poul
try, home economics, canning of
fruits and vegetables, cooking,
sewing, table setting, home im
provement, games, health and
sanitation, etc.
Thursday, July 24, was
Achievement Day and a display
of products made and put up
during the week were put on
display.
Communities w T ere represented
as follows: Mt. Zion 14th 12;
Kings Chapel 7; Elberta 7; Laid
ler Spring 6; Mt. Zion 10th 2;
Davis Hill 1; Henderson 1; Mc-
Innis 3; Myrtle 6; Live Oak 2;
Powersville 4; Byron 3; Allen
Chapel 1; Mathews 1; Oak Ridge
2; Piny Grove 2; Gano 55.
Amanita Mushr.cn Fatal
Mushrooms of the ienanita group
cause more deaths than all other
poisonous mushrooms combined. No
antidote is known for their poison,
ests are gone to enact tax and
conservation laws necessary to
the protection and development
of this valuable economic asset?
any minute, always expecting to
have to flee.
The manufacturer or merchant
who advertises, however, serves
notice that he has become a member
of the community and society. He
announces that he intends to be your
business friend and to warrant your
patronage.
And you buy from such a man with
perfect assurance that you will al
ways get your money’s worth. And
you do.
It’s possible for you to go into some
stores and find merchandise which
glib salesmen assure you is “just as
good.”
The fact that even they use adver
tised items as the standard of com
parison, is proof enough that they
recognize the permanent power of
the force we call advertising.
You as a consumer get more for
your money if, in all your buying,
you avoid the Jeff Peterses of busi
ness and select whatever you need
from the stores of merchants who ;
advertise and who sell advertised
goods.
A business organization which
wants to get the most for the money
sets up standards by which to judge
what is offered to it, and in Wash
ington the government has an elab
orate Bureau of Standards.
You can have your own Bureau of j
Standards, too. Just consult the ad
vertising columns of your newspa- |
per. They safeguard your purchas
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We have just completed a new industry for Perry
and Houston County. We have built a modern
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and will be in the market at highest prices for all
the Corn that may be for sale in this territory.
A new building and elevator have been built and
the latest electric machinery installed. We have
storage for 4,000 bu. Corn.
We will also as usual be in the market for
Peanuts, Velvet Beans, Peas, Cotton Seed,
Soy Beans, and other farm produce.
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Tractors, as originally conceived and developed,
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