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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1936
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
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One Big Shot Convicted
The Many Laugh
Roman Triumph, New Style
Storms, Floods, Twisters
The kind of “justice” supposed to
•‘terrify” crime In this country is very
amusing justice:
confined to the na
tional government.
Murderers, kidnap
ers and other rack
eteers are jailed,
not for their crimes
against society, but
for failure to pay
income tax. The
felon is Jailed for
failure to divide his
criminal earnings
With his govern
ment.
A change from
. this program is due
Arth.r Brisbane tQ SpecIal p rosecu _
tor Dewey, who, before Supreme Court
Justice McCook, in New York city, has
convicted a “topnotch racketeer,” as
Mr. Dewey calls him—Charles (“Lucky”)
Luciano. He and eight vice-ring asso
ciates are convicted on 62 counts, that
may entail prison sentences of 1,240
years for “Lucky” and each associate.
This is an actual conviction for
crime, not for taxdodglng.
In this world, many laugh and a few
do things. Fulton said he would run
a boat ftp the Hudson river by steam;
crowds gathered to laugh.
When it was suggested early in this
century that men would soon fly, suc
cessfully, millions laughed.
Had it been suggested that an army
officer would cross the continent “flying
blind” in a hooded cabin, seeing noth
ing, guided by a scientific “radio beam,”
the laughs would have been louder; but
- that is what Major Eaker, of the army
- air corps, has just done. If you should
say now that giant ships will fly around
this earth, up in the stratosphere,
“above clouds and storms, carrying thou
sands of passengers, dropping them at
; their various destinations in smaller
?ships, “around the world in 48.hours
or less,” there would be more latigh-
n ter but it would be foolish laughter.
What men can Imagine they can do, and
more.
General Badoglio, who was sent by
Mussolini to take pver Ethiopia, find
did so, celebrated his triumph in Rome,
Mussolini and the Italian king, now
emperor of Ethiopia, assisting.
The triumphant general, named vice
roy of Ethiopia by Mussolini, who sur
prised the world with the swiftness of
Ms conquest, led his troops, burned by
the tropical sun, under the victory arch
>f Constantine to the tomb of the un
known soldier of the big war.
••Storms kill nine in Oklahoma and
Kansas; tornadoes, floods and lightning
ause havoc,” so runs the headline, and
•o other headlines have been running
for months past Hail ruins crops;
lightning bolts kill three; “twisters,”
those powerful, revolving windstorms,
lift op and knock down little houses.
The sultan of Sulu is dead on the Is-
land of Jolo, now only sultan in name.
ice, as spiritual aud temporal head,
bfl»iiled all the Mohammedans of the
irchlpelago.
death of this former ruler, Ja-
ilul Kiram, recalls an Interesting in
cident following the ^Spanish war. Ja-
malul, good Mohammedan, did not
think he should deal with this nation,
on account of^its religion. He was
soothed by an official statement that
the United States "b**J»o official re
ligion whatever. ^
The Blbck Legion, latest secret mur
der organization, tells candidates:
“You cannot Join unless you are a na
tive-born, white, Protestant gentile;
willing to proceed against negroes.
Catholics and Jews.” To “proceed
against" means to murder.
The Federal Council of the Churches
of Christ in America, a Protestant or
ganization, says It is shameful for the
Black I^e^lon to use the word “Pro
testant,” and blasphemous to use the
name “God Almighty."
Sir Samuel Hoare had to leave the
British cabinet because he opposed the
foolishness of sending a great British
Beet into the Mediterranean to protect
Halle Selassie, not protecting him in
the least
Now, Sir Samuel Hoare is back In
.he British cabinet, “the king pleased
to appoint him.” This means, prob-
tbly, that the futile League of Nations’
“sanctions” effort to coerce Mussolini
will be dropped. Many things are eas-
.er than coercing Mussolini.
TALL TALES
As Told to:
FRANK E. HAGAN and
ELMO SCOTT WATSON
The Trolling Frog Tragedy
B ECAUSE he’s so desperately fond
of frog’s legs, Albert Mackey of
Detroit once owned the biggest bull
frog that ever croaked a love song.
Albert landed the Goliath near Grass
Lake Mich., and it measured 28%
inches and weighed precisely three
pounds, four ounces.
Albert kept the giant alive simply
because it spurred his appetite just to
look at his pet. He named It Frenchy.
When Albert owned Frenchy 28 days
t* the hour he permitted the frog a
dally swim In the lake.- When he gave
a certain peculiar whistle, here 7 the
frog would come, plowing the water
like a destroyer.
An adventurously hungry fish fol
lowed Frenchy home from his swim
one day, nipping at his aft propellers
and spurring Al’s pet. leviathan to
strenuous efforts. That gave A1 an
Idea and it wasn’t long until a little
harness was fitted on the frog’s body.
Then A1 attached two short lengths
of fishing line and a couple of good-
sized hooks with spinners gnd sent
Frenchy out trolling.
The very first trial, a two-pound
bass struck. A1 whistled and Frenchy,
churning the water desperately,
beached his prize. It was easy then.
Frenchy learned to troll the most like
ly places, edges of weed beds, around
lily pads and windfalls—he’d even dive
into deep holes where bass lurked.
Course, nothing’s permanent. Un
known to all, a fierce muskellunge^ in
habited Grass lake. A1 had sent
Frenchy forgoing when he saw the
muskie dive at the frog, gulp mightily
and vanish with him, not to reappear.
“I’d a-whlstled him home,” said Al
bert sadly. “But we’d put some per
simmons on ice and I was testing them.
Darn it all, my lips pgckered on me.”
And it’s well known in Detroit that
out of respect for his frog, Albert
Mackey hasn’t eaten another persim
mon since that dreadful day.
M
Saved by a Sonnet
G RANDPAP MORGAN was a fron
tier publisher in Texas, but he
had his most thrilling adventure be
fore he ever reached the Lone Star
state,” says Frank Morgan, printer
and proofreader in many a shop
throughout the Middle West. This is
his story of that adventure:
The wagon train which Grandpap
Morgan had Joined with his old Army
press, his cases of type and other
equipment, got safely through the In
dian country until it came Vo the cross
ing of the Cimarron river. There a
big war party Jumped them.
For more than'three hours the emi
grants kept the redskins at bay. Then
a whisper of fear ran among the de
fenders . . . their bullets were almost
exhausted! As their fire slackened
and died down, the savages began
massing for a final charge.
Just as the emigrants were getting
ready to throw down their useless
rifles and draw their Bowie knives,
Grandpap Morgan shouted: “Wait!
Wait! . . . Quick, one of you fellers
. . . help me get the type locked up in
this form . . . It’s all ready to print
when 1 get to Texas, but it won’t get
printed anyway if the Injuns kill me
now. Here, men, fill your guns I”
As they rammed home the pieces
of lead type, a ringing war-whoop and
the drumming of swift pony hoofs on
the hard prairie told of the savage
charge that was coming
“Now!” shouted Grandpap Morgan.
A btdst of fire from fifty rifles, and
the racing ponies were Jerked to a
halt A moment later the redskins,
screeching with rage, were racing
away in mad retreat over ti»3 hills.
Grandpap Morgan grinned. “I knew
that would turn the trick,” he said. “A
column and a half of spring poetry
. . . they Just couldn’t stand it!”
Why do Americans swallow eagerly
anything in the way of foreign made
goods, especially If they come from the
friendly British Islands?
British merchants advert'ae proudly
‘•Made in Great Britain.” Every Eng
lishman urges “Buy British.” Amerl
cans seem proud If they can advertise
•Made In England” or “Made in
France." Perhaps our goods are In
ferior but every American makes his
money here—why not back our own
people?
More killing, bombing, shooing In
Palestine. Arabs refusing to discontin
ue strikes and killings, even at the re
quest of their own leaders.
C Kin* Feature* Syndicate, Ina.
VVNU Service.
Ever Meet a High-Behind?
M ANY a tenderfoot has protected
the camp from a high-behind, but
not one of them bas seen this fab
ulous beast.
The hlgh-behlnd, as all Westerners
know, is equipped with a stiff
tail, the end of which was fashioned
like a posthole digger.
The chief delight of the high-behind
was to turn on its back, balance on the
tail and spin madly in circles. Of
course you understand the rotary ac
tion of this indulgence bored a hole
in the ground into which the high-be-
hind invariably disappeared.
Night duties of a tenderfoot fre
quently included replenishment of con
densed milk cans around the camp.
This was the favorite food of the high-
behind. The beast opened the cans
with his metal tall and after Ihiee
drinks was lulled into such abiding
peace that the camp was safe for the
night from ills attacks.
• Western Newspaper TTnlon.
Forest Air Pure
Forest air is pure because the leaves
of the trees act as a filter, catching
most of the dust and bacteria that
would otherwise pollute It. Moreover,
a forest has a definite hygienic Influ
ence on the land around It. a fact that
has been confirmed hy a number of
villages in India which have never
been attacked during cholera epldem
les In their district due to their being
surrounded by dense, protecting woeds
—Collier s.
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ALF M. LANDON
COL. FRANK KNOX
Landon and Knox Nominated
by Republican Convention
All Rivals Withdraw From Race—Platform Strengthened
by Kansan’s Interpretation—Great Ovation Is
Tendered to Herbert Hoover.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
© Western Newspaper Union.
For President — Alfred Mossman
Landon.
For Vice President—Frank Knox.
Convention Hall, Cleveland, Ohio.—
Alf M. Landon of Kansas, forty-eight-
year-old governor of that “typical
prairie state” as Postmaster General
Farley termed it, is the standard bear
er of the Republican party, unanimous
ly nominated by the convention, visu
ally by acclamation.
"Oh, Susannah” becomes the party
song and “Three Long Years” its
chant, and sunflowers are blossoming
all over the land.
Landon’s several rivals for the high
honor all withdrew from the race be
fore the call for nominations, and all
votes pledged for otbers than the
Kansan were released.
Second place on the ticket went to
Col. Frank Knox, publisher of the Chi
cago Daily News. This, too, was a
unanimous choice, made after three
others who had been put in nomination
withdrew and urged the selection of
Knox.
Landon’s victory signalized the su
premacy in the convention of the
younger element in the party—men and
wotnen not necessarily young in years
but those who are young in profession
al politics. The members of the Old
Guard, mostly conservative to a de
gree, were either absent from the roll
of delegates or were so far in the
minority that they were compelled to
let the more liberal element do as It
pleased. It was an unbossed conven
tion and the decision as to the candi
dates was not reached in any “smoke-
filled hotel room.”
What the Platform Promise*.
“America is in peril” are the opening
words of the preamble to the platform
on which Landon and his running mate
stand, and they are followed by the
reasons for the statement found in the
doings of the Roosevelt administration.
The most vital planks were those deal
ing with farm problems, the tariff, for
eign relations and especially money,
and it required a lot of discussion and
tinkering to put these in shape. Sum
marized, they are:
Agriculture: We propose to facilitate
economical production and increase
consumption on a basis of abundance
instead of scarcity ... A national
land-use program . . . protection and
restoration of the land resources . . .
payment of reasonable benefits upon
the domestically consumed portion of
such crops (with exportable surpluses)
. . . government assistance in dispos
ing of surpluses.
Tariff: We will repeal the present
reciprocal trade agreement law. We
will restore the principle of the flexible
tariff. We will adjust tariffs with a
view to promoting international trade,
the stabilization of currencies, and the
attainment of a proper balance be
tween agriculture and Industry.
Foreign affairs: We pledge that
America shall not become a member
of the League of Nations or of the
World Court nor shall America take
on any entangling alliances in foreign
affairs. We shall promote the great
cause of international arbitration
through the establishment of free, in
dependent tribunals.
Money: We advocate a sound cur
rency to be preserved at alj hazards
. . . We oppose further devaluation of
the dollar . . . We will restore to the
congress the authority lodged therein
by the Constitution to coin money and
regulate the value thereof hy repealing
all the laws delegating this authority
to the Executive.
Strengthened by Landon.
If the truth be told, the platform
was not the strong, forthright dec
laration of principles and intentions
that a vast number of Republicans
had hoped It would be. The resolu
tions committee, dominated by the
Landon men, thought it necessary to
make many compromises, and In espe
cial they sought hy every means to
gain the approval of Senator Borah.
Indeed, his suggestions for the planks
concerning foreign affairs, monopolies.
money and labor were incorporated In
the platform. But, before putting Lan
don in nomination, his manager, John
Hamilton, read to the convention a tel
egram from the governor that really
put teeth in the platform.
The governor said-that the resolu
tions had been communicated to lim,.
and that if nominated he would ac®pt
them unqualifiedly. But he though^ it
only honest to give his interpretatbn
of certain planks. He continued: \
“Under the title of labor, the plik*
form commits the Republican party #
follows: .. , • \
“‘Support the adoption of state lar®
and interstate compacts to abolih-
sweatshops and child labor, and to pr-
tect women and children with respec
to maximum hours, minimum wages, , . XT
a„ d working conditions. We be.lere e gra^ng s flag T^ a'
that this can be done within the Con- P bIe blonde lad y* S r a bbIn g a fl ag, led a
sary but uninteresting, with National
Chairman Henry P. Fletcher presiding.
This included the selection of Senator
Frederick C. Steiwer, as temporary
chairman. The evening session, enliv
ened at its start by some fine singing
by Mr. Werrenrath, was notable for
the keynote speech. The Oregon sen
ator had been given the job of deliv
ering a lot of hard hits at the Demo
cratic administration, and he lived up
to expectations. There was not, per
haps, a lot of statesmanship in his
speech, but it was full of pungent
phrases. Read a few of them:
“The New Deal depends on book
worms for practical experience and on
hookworms for energy.”
“New Deal extravagance is bend
ing the backs of the people with an
unfair burden and has condemned all
the babies of the entire nation to be
rocked in cradles decorated by debt.”
“Fixing of prices by monopolies and
combines picks the pocket of the buy
ing public.” ’
“There are no party lines when hu
man liberty is at stake.”
“For three long years we have had
a government without political moral
ity.”
The senator reiterated with great ef
fect that “three long years” until the
convention and the galleries roared it
In unison and the quick-witted band
leader had the brasses playing It in
three notes. By the next day the catch
phrase had been made into a Repub-
ican song to the tune of “Three Blipd
Mice.”
Rules Committee Plan Upset.
During the Wednesday morning ses
sion, devoted to business, the conven
tion demonstrated its independence by
upsetting the plan of the rules com
mittee to increase the representation
of Alaska, Hawaii and the District of
Columbia from three to six votes each.
A minority report against this was
adopted.
Next came the induction of Bertrand
Snell of New York as permanent chair
man. This veteran of many conventions
spoke at length, and his denunciation
of the New Deal was a better job than
was Senator Steiwer’s. He termed the
Republican campaigb a new crusade—
a crusade to rested* to the American
people their Constltn^on ap<J their lib
erties, am’ ib prophetic mood, he sftitrV-
“Whei the victory is won we shall
give America a government high above
the plane of party politics. We shall
need in executive positions the serv
ices of constitutional Democrats and
Republicans alike.”
The second evening session was the
Hoover session, told of above. It might
Ibe well to add the Incident of Queenie
<U
Ad astra. (L.) To the stars
exalted place or state).
A fortiorL (L.) By a stronger rea
son; all the more.
Cogito, ergo sum. (L.) I think,
therefore I am.
Egalite. (F.) Equality.
In totidem verbis. (L.) In so many
words.
Quien sabe? (Sp.) Who kna^s?
That is, I do not know, or do not
care to say.
Siste, viator. (L.) Stop, traveler.
, Tiers etat. (F.) Third estate, the
'common people.
Veni, vide, vici. (L.^ I came, I
saw, I conquered.
Sic semper tyrannis. (L.) Thus
ever to tyrants.
Vade mecum. (L.) Go with me;
constant companion.
stltution as it now stands.’
“I hope the opinion of the conven
tion is correct that the alms which
you have in mind may be attained
within the Constitution as it now
stands. But, if that opinion should
prove to be erroneous, I want you to
know that, if nominated and elected,
I shall favor a constitutional amend
ment permitting the states to adopt
such legislation as may be necessary
adequately to protect women and chil
dren in the matter of maximum hours,
minimum wages and working condi-.
tions. This obligation we cannot es
cape.
Landon’s Gold Policy.
“The convention advocates: ‘A
sound currency to be preserved at all
hazards”
“I agree that The first requisite to
a sound and stable currency is a bal
anced budget.’ The second requisite,
as I view it, is a currency expressed
in terms of gold and convertible into
gold. I recognize, however, that the
second requisite must not be made ef
fective until and unless It can be done
without penalizing our domestic econ
omy and without -injury to our produc
ers of agricultural products and other
raw materials.
“The convention pledges the party to
the merit system and to its restoration,
improvement, and extension. In carry
ing out this pledge, I believe that there
should be Included within the merit
system every position in the adminis
trative service below the rank of as
sistant secretaries of major depart
ments and agencies, and that this in
clusion should cover the entire Post
Office department”
Though Senator Borah, leaving
Cleveland just before the Dominations,
said the platform in general met with
his approval, Landon’s enlargement of
the labor and money planks certainly
was not what the Idahoan had favored.
Ovations for Herbert Hoover.
If anyone thought former President
Hoover had become something of a
uoflentity In the Republican party’s
councils and In the esteem of the rank
and file of Republicans, the reception
given that distinguished guest of the
convention must have disabused him
of the idea. Mr. Hoover, on his arriv
al Wednesday, was greeted by an im
mense and enthusiastic throng, and
throughout the day, though closeted
in his room, he was consulted by many
party leaders. The session that eve
ning was given over almost wholly to
listening to his address, and it was
well worth hearing. During half an
hour of tumultuous demonstration he
was forced to stand bowing and smil
ing before he could utter a word; and
when he did begin to talk he was fol
lowed with deep Interest and his many
telling phrases were cheered to the
echo. He was serious throughout, and
seriously called on his fellow Ameri
cans to pledge themselves to a crusade
for human freedom.
Diary of the Convention.
Assembling Tuesday noon In the
great Public Auditorium where Calvin
Coolidge was nominated for the Pres
idency twelve years ago, the conven
tion was welcomed hy Mayor Harold
‘H. Burton of Cleveland and proceeded
tc do a lot of routine business, neces-
irolonged demonstration after Mr.
foover had left the platform and the
kll, screaming “Hoover for President.”
Sve enlisted the aid of a good many
dogates and gallery spectators, but
th* uproar, besides being a tribute to
thihigh esteem in which the former
Present is held, was kept up mainly
bectjse the crowd wanted to let off
stea\. .
Thursday the Big Day.
Bemuse the platform committee was
still efuggling with its task, the con-
ventio. met Thursday morning and
again \ the afternoon only to recess.
For thlthird time it was called to or
der at ijght in the evening, and the
platfornwas read, rather perfunctorily
cheered Q spots, and adopted without
contest.
Then Carman Snell hushed the hall
and utterq the long waited order for
a roll callv or nominations for Presi
dent. Alabina passed. Arizona yield
ed to Kansl t and a yell arose as the
chairman rtoguized John Hamilton.
That alert nd handsome gentleman
strode up th platform, his chin dec
orated with i big plaster. He hadn’t
been biffed—iwas just the result of a
slipping razor When quiet could be
restored. Mr. iamilton plunged into
his speech wit vigor and evident en
joyment Loud heers came for almost
every phrase aq ( e described the man
whom he was put in nomination,
and when he na e d Landon the pent
up excitement arj enthusiasm broke
all bounds. Bant blared, flags were
waved wildly and t he delegates fol
lowed their state ijmdards in proces
sion about the hall
Half a dozen dogates, several of
them women, secon^ the nomination
of Landon. and th^ those who had
been his chief rlva. f or t he honor
came forward one iter another and
eloquently and hearjy indorsed the
evident choice of the invention, pledg
ing their full supportror his election.
These gentlemen weres enat or Arthur
Vandenherg of Michig^ c 0 | Frank
Knox of Illinois, Sen> or Lester J.
Dickinson of Iowa. Gov.Vi arr y Nj ce 0 f
Maryland and Robert Ajp a ft of Ohio.
Balloting for the nomU t » was a nec
essary formality. The re,i t W as: For
Landon, 984; for Borah, a Eighteen
of the Borah votes came om Wiscon
sin, which delegation ^mediately
moved that the nominate be made
unanimous. The other Boi^ vote wa8
that of Carl Bachmann olyvegt Vir
ginia, who had been manaa r 0 f the
Borah campaign.
Knox for Vice Pre*id, t
Selection of a Vice Presid^^j can .
didate at the closing session resented
some difficulties. The lAndfl people
wanted Vandenherg, but the i c hig a n
senator refused repeatedly an !firmly.
Colonel Knox. Governor Nlcejjp a i t e r
Edge of New Jersey and Col. mhur
Little of New York were put \ noni _
(nation, and it soon became evhlt the
choice of the convention wo^j ^
Knox as state after state second ^
nomination. Edge, Nice and v ttti e
withdrew their names, and the C vago
publisher became the unanimous «pj ce
for the second place on the ticket^
Cleveland and the local comrL ee
deserve a word of praise for the , av
In which the convention and the cr<^j s
it attracted were cared for.
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