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125th Year Of American Sunday School Union In U.S. Brief Outline Of Great Influence Of Work In Rural Places (Editor's Note. This brief out line of tiie work of the American Sunday School Uniotn in the United States has been prejuared by K. H. Hull, who with Mrs. Hull, have been workers in this section for five years and have established many Sunday Schools in isolated communities wher<e no church min istered to the jneed of the children. Their J work is done quietly and with devotion which is helping build strong Christian bulwarks this county). This is the jubilee year of the American Sunday-School Union, the i25th Viniversary. Founded in 1K17; by 1KW, 70, f'M teachers, and 700, (XX) pupils had orwne into its membership. Empha >izing Bible study, in the early days it was <necessarv tr> teach reading in most of its schools and the reading l*>ok was the Bible. Th,e inthiepce of the movement was strong in the establishment of public school systems in many states Ys time went on, its liter ature went into countless homes all uver the land, primers, hel^s, texts, tracts, commentaries, dic t: niari,es. and nine periodicals with a circulation of eight million cop ies Memorization or Scripture has always had an important place in its scheme, of instruction. The Un irm has ever been evangelical and non- sectarian. Many have been the churches of every denomina tion to grow out of the small Union Sunday Schools. The tremendous energy of th<e early movement -was illustrated in the Mississippi Valley Project. In May, 1830, the Urn ion resolved in convention to establish within two years a Sunday school in every destitute place throughout the Mis sissippi Valley, "wherever practi cable". important personalities in American life interested in making possible this expansion were Dan iel Webster, Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, Attorney General Wirt, and Francis Scott Key, au thor of our national anthem. Some ninety missionaries were set to work, and nearly 5,000 small com munities were brought under the beneficial influence of the Sunday School. The Bible was thus built into the very foundations of the great Middle West. The success which attended the Mississippi Valley enterprise brought forth a call for similar effort in the Southen states. Many leaders in these states were called together at various centers to dis cuss plans am! arouse a wide popular interest im the needs of the people of the rural sections of the South and in -the work which was to be done for them through the ministry of the Am erican Sunday School Union. The representatives of the Am erican Sunday School Union tackle the tough problems of the church. Last y,t?ar 160 men maintained 3, 500 Sunday Schools in forty states, with over 144,000 enrollment. More than 400 new schools were es tablished. These untiring Sunday school men are the largest distributors of the American Bible Society Scriptures. They work on lines indicated by Morris K. Jessup, notable Christian laymen of an earlier day, who said, "If we want to save this country amd have it an example for the nations of the earth, we have got to care fbr the children. For they will soon take our place. The destinies of our great kand depend on them, and their life depends on the love of God *1 their hearts." The pres ent management is true to Mr. Jessup's words. They emphasize mot merely "religious education" *ajid moral precept, but "tl\e need of the new birth in Christ." Chief Justice Burr, of the Sup reme Court of North Dakota, de clared the work of th,e American Sunday School Union "the only Christian service rendered in hun dreds of neglected fields." It is indeed little known outside Chris tian circles, but mightily useful in strengthening the -Church of | Christ and in forming those Chris tian ideals that have built up the ideal America. EXECUTRIX NOTICE Having qualified as executrix of J. C. West, deceased, late of Ma con county, N. C., this is to noti fy all persons having claims ?gainst the estate of said de ceased to exhibit them to the un dersigned on or before the 20th day of February, 1<M4, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. AH persons in debted to said estate will please make immediate settlement. Tliis 20th d?y of February, 1943, ELLA WEST, Executrix. Parenthood After Dec. 8 1941 Not Entitled To Deferment Registrants whose wives have become pregnant since December 7, 1<W1, are mo longer .entitled to deferment on the grounds of de pendency, it was announced today by the Statue Director of Selec tive Service. He stated that this revised policy has been made nec essary because present regulations provide that no status which was acquired on or after December 8, 1941, may be considered when de ciding questions of dependency. The Director further announced |hat all local boards in the State have been directed to reopen and reconsider for classification the classes of all registrants heretofore ?deferred on the grounds of depend ency because t-hjeir wives have be come pregnant since December 7, 1941. The fact that a registrant is a parent shall not be considered in determining the class in which he should be placed unless the child was conceived prior to Dec ember 1941, the iDirector said. He further stated that this ruling applies to all cases, regardless of the date of marriage, and is to be applied both in considering the classification of a registrant and in determining his category. JOIN Bryant Mutual Burial As?ociation ? OkUit and Strongest in the County EXECUTRIX NOTICE Having qualified at execu trix of J. E. Perry, deceas ed, bte of Macon county, X. C, this is to notify all persons lav ing claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before* the 23rd <U*y of February, 1944, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons in debted to said estate will pleas,c make immediate settlement. This 23rd day of February, 1943. EFFIE H. PERRY, Executrix. F25 ? ftfc ? A1 AT FIRST 5 ION OF A OVB f use 646 Official Tire Inspectors Expert Recapping and V ulcanizing WALLACE TIRE RETREADING CO. CuUcwhM Road PKon* 1S3 Sylva, N. C NOTICE The Board of County Commissioners of Macon County will sit as the Board of Equalization and Review on March 15, 16 and 17, 1943. All taxpayers desiring to appear be fore said Board will arrange to appear on said dates. Lake V. Shope, Clerk to Board of County Commissioners. J. M. Keener Lived Long Life; 206 Descendants i ? l* : ' Hi? Son, W. A. Keener Writes Brief Sketch Am] Tribute By W. A. Keener. James Morrison Keener died at the home of his son, W. A. Kee ner, at Gneiss, February 22, 1943, and was buried at Walnut Creek cemetery, February 23. The Rev. Frank Holland and the Rev. C. W. Modder, officiating. The pall bearers, Emory Keevcr, George Keener Jim Page, Emory McCoy Bfhd J.%). McCoy, grandsons, neph ews and son-in-law. His wife fhed 15 years ago. 'He is survived by six living children; two son, W. A. and U. P. ^eener ; and four daughteers, MrsAS. C. Woods and Mrs. Fanny Mosses of Gneiss; Mrs. Ella Jones of El lijay and Mrs. Jim Page of Way nesvillt ; 38 grandchildren, 128 great grandchildren and 34 great, great grandchildren and an immense number of friends and a good niany .enemies and one lone sister, Aunt Mary Jennings, of Otto. He was the son of Ulrich and Sophronia Ledford Keener. His father was a native of Sevier county, Tennessee. H,e was born February 19, 1850, in a little one room log" cabin near the place where Pritchard Russell's house now stands, on the J. H. Ledford farm. He was 93 years and three days old when he died. He was a retired minister. He practiced several different religions, bnt was finally converted and prac i tised Christianity i,n his last days; hence his enemies. In his young days he taught several schools, (armed, drank whiskey and fought sonve and was twice elected for County Com missioner of Macon county. He was the average citizen, taking him lall the way around. He had his faults as all of us have, and also his good qualities. He was a man of splendid nerve and con stitution. He was ill about three weeks but bore up well and was but very little trouble. We sur.c miss him very much in our home. ' If it's MORE BUSINESS that you acek . . . Try a PRESS ad. EVERY WEEK! .9 On THAT day when you fell into the hands of the enemy, a curtain dropped, shutting out the world you had known and loved. You crossed off the days one by one. Time blurred into a gray and miserable monotony. You wondered dismally whether you had been forgotten ? whether you would ever again sec familiar facts, ...forgotten? near vuiccs you iiaa uw.c lovea. Then one day, the curtain lifted, for a thrilling moment, wh?a a parcel from hbmexvith the Red Cross on it was placed in your h??4 You opened it with trembling fingers. Out poured things y?u had not seen 01 tasted for Months. American foods you had dreamed about all those hungry nights. American tobacco such as .you had never hoped to enjoy again, and other thoughtful coa forts to malftt life a litde easier. Thank God,"^ou were not forgotten! Back home, your people cared . Thinking of you, feeling for yeu, ! .and striving to reach you through every available meanc. Thank God for the Red Cross! From that day on, you resolved to live through this. In the aew Strength of knowing that you were not forgotten, whatever hap pened, you would endurel MS BMnaSk Helping our War Prisoners is one .ol the most precious privileges of those who support the Red Cross Not only to out prisoners but to war's victims wherever they can be reached, the Red Cross is carrying food, clothing, mcdicines. The Second War Fund is greatci than the First, but no greater than the increased needs. Give more this year ? give double if you can. Your Dollars help AMERICAN1 make possible the RED CROSS" Ray Grocery and Feed Company Burrell Motor Company t Franklin Hardware Company The Franklin PreM i "*?
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