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n > / \ McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1936 k ir it ir if "A Cwwynt IN REVIEW 1 (yu&ntA by ddjjju/ub [D. Pi Western Newspaper Union.' President Returns From His Western Tour P RESIDENT ROOSEVELT returned to Washington from his tour through six western states and, though he was rather tired, he hoped to run up to New London, Conn., for the Yale-Harvnrd boat race. That de pended on the congres sional situation. He had to deal with the lawmakers who were all tangled up in the controversy over the tax bill, and also to sag complete his speech l||i of acceptance to be de ck t.4 / livered at Philadel- President phJa on June 27> Roosevelt The flna , g peech of Mr. Roosevelt’s trip was delivered at Vincennes, Ind., where he dedicated the handsome memorial to George Rogers Clark. He paid eloquent tribute to that conqueror of the Northwest, and found occasion to appeal for support of his own program. Said he: “In his (Clark's) day among the pi oneers there were jumpers of land claims and those who sought to swin dle their neighbors though they were poor In this world’s goods and lived In sparsely settled communities. Today among our teeming millions there still are those who by dishonorable means seek to obtain the possessions of their unwary neighbors. “Our modern civilization must con stantly protect Itself against moral de fectives whose objectives are the same but whose methods are more subtle than their prototypes of a century and ' a half ago. We do not change our form of free government when aaur ourselves with new/weapons against new devices of crpme land cupidity.” In a series of rhetorical questions the President^efended the* AAA sub sidies to faptaers, soil conservation, re forestation, and preservation of wild life. / From Vincennes Mr. Roosevelt went tfv'Hodgenville, Ky., for a brief visit to incoln’s birthplace, and then hls train carried him back to Washington. Senator Norris Again Will Support Roosevelt F OUR years ago Senator George Nor ris of Nebraska, Independent Re publican, warmly supported Franklin D. Roosevelt for the Presidency, and he now announces that he will again back the Democratic ticket. He urges his countrymen “to forget partisanship and come to the support of the man who more than any other man in re cent years has stood for the welfare of the common people.” The senator said the Cleveland con vention “nominated a man for President whose greatest asset is that nobody knows him and nobody knows what he stands for. It does not necessarily fol low from this that the nominee is not a good man. But it does mean that if he will not take orders from the un disclosed bosses who made him, then these eminent gentlemen have been de ceived.” Gov. Landon Uandon and Knox Are Named by Republicans I N ONE of the greatest demonstra tions of popular acclaim in the his tory of American politics. Gov. Alfred M. Landon was nominated for Presi dent of the United States by the Repub lican national conven tion meeting in Cleve land. Nominated on the first ballot, Governor Landon received the unprecedented number of 984 out of a possible 1,003 votes. The nom- 1 n a 11 o n was made unanimous. Although his name had not been placed in nomination, Senator William E. Borah of Idaho received 19 votes, Including 18 from the Wisconsin dele gation and one from West Virginia. Col. Frank Knox of Chicago, pub lisher of the Chicago Daily News, was nominated unanimously for Vice Pres ident on the ticket. Party unity and harmony were the watchwords of the delegates. The ac tion of the three other leading candi dates for the Presidential nomination— Col. Frank Knox of Chicago, Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan and Senator Borah—in withdrawing in Lan- don’s favor paved the way for a mili tant and unitqd front in the coming campaign by the Republican party. T#ie convention adopted a platform of “Americanism,” pledging a broad farm relief program, repeal of recip- tocal tariff bargaining, the elimination of monopolies and opposition to Amer- fcan entry into the League of Nations and the World court Governor Landon in a telegram read to the convention by his campaign manager, John Hamilton, placed his own interpretation on certain planks in the platform. Under the title of labor he advocated a Constitutional amend ment permitting the states to adopt legislation necessary to protect women and children in the matter of maximum hours, minimum wages and working conditions, provided it Is not possible to do so under the Constitution as it now stands. He likewise advocated a currency ex pressed in terms *f gold and convert ible into gold, adding: “I recognize, however, that this requisite must not be made until and unless it can be done without penalizing our domestic economy and without injury to our pro ducers of agricultural products and other raw materials." Concerning the merit system in civil service, he suggested that it should include every position in the adminis trative service below the rank of as sistant secretaries , of major depart ments and should cover the entire Post Office department. Russia to Become Only “Real Democracy” R USSIA proposes to establish what Its rulers assert will be the only real democracy in the world. A new constitution, to be promulgated next fall, has been drawn up under the di rection of Josef Stalin, the dictator, afid will be acted on by the all-union congress of soviets on November 25. This document guarantees protection for private property, suffrage for all citizens more than dghteen years old, regardless of race, sex, religious be lief, and previous activities or ( prop- erty ownership. The communist party will be retained as the only recognized political organization. There are to be two legislative bod ies, the council of the union, elected by the peopl?, and the cotincil of na tionalities, selected by the present in direct system. These two bodies will elect a noard <yf 31 officials to run the government. The chairman of this hnurCi win W eqUrraient to the presi dent of a republic. The official press in Moscow say; bourgeois democracy is a “diciatorshi of capitalism,” whereas the So^jpt d mocracy will grant the widest to all working people, the “old, e plotting classes” having disappea over there. Eastman Offers Program o£ Railway Reform J UST as his office was about pire, Joseph B. Eastman, federa/ ordinator of transportation, subicted a report In which he proposed ayt of reforms by whk the railroads migh win back the busin have lost t and the Among his are lower fais, light er weight, afl speed ier cars, usqbf busses and trucks f the rail roads to n£t compe tition and/consolida tion of teninals and J. B.Eastman 0 tij er faeries. He also advised the deflopment of a nation-wide “container service in the movement of freighf by'railway, highway and water, pfdicting that this would save million|of dollars in the handling of preset freight and would create much netfbusiness. The containers are now usfi in a limited manner in some locates and indus tries. f Eastman recommenrd a “searching examination and th/ough overhaul ing” of railroad puljian service, and a plan of operation^nder which the Pullman company wuld own and op erate the cars andrailroads, leasing them and retainlnglie entire revenue from the sleeping ^d parlor car serv ice. Pershing Says/utlook for Peace Is Not fight G EN. JOHN - PERSHING is not optimistic (Ocerning world peace. Addressing the raduating class at the United States Jlitary academy on the fiftieth annive*ry of his own gradua tion, the gened said “no one can tell when we shaligain need our armies.” He continued 1 “The situation in the world today # far from reassuring. None can foiee the effect upon uc of another worjf catastrophe. Loyal citi zens cannot Jut their eyes to the pos sibility of #. They owe It to all that is sacred fmake ample preparation against anvil day.” The 27®idets of the 1936 class go on three fnths’ leave before report ing to tlf first stations as second lieutenant Death dG. K. Chesterton, Noted Jbglish Author O NElEngland’s most distinguished an/interestlng authors and crit ics palp from the scene in the death of GilH Keith Chesterton, generally knowfcs “G. K.” He was sixty-two yeara^d. Chesterton was converted to CathClsro in 1922 and thereafter muc$f his writing was devoted to impionshlp of that church. For ^years his writings were very and in 1926 he established his reekly magazine. He was the of about 50/ books and innu- jle articles. ‘sterton loved to write something ifl^gruous and was called “prince of loxes.” Combative, unconvention- Ind dogmatic, his was a distinctive His outspoken criticisms in ad- »s and writings frequently led to troversies. ‘his mai Irvin S. Cobb m oM> ^Jhj/wkd about Self-Annointed Leaders. S ANTA MONICA, CALIF.— Only eight years ago Bishop Cannon sat in high state at Hous ton, wringing the last drop of moisture out of a bone-dry plank in the Democratic doctrine so A1 Smith, the wettest of the wets, would have something congenial and appropriate to run on. In the opposition camp the politico- financial high god, to whose lightest word all present re sponded with hails ami hallelujahs, was Bank er Charles Mitchell. Today, if either of these gentlemen in serted himself into a national convention of his party, he’d be ar rested for trespass. Four years ago Mr. H e a r s t was moving heaven and earth and Jack Garner to nomi nate F. D. Roosevelt, in whom he reposed everlasting faith. And the Republican Old Guard was ex plaining that when its candidate had promised two cars in every garage he dida*t figure that for either car there’d be i deputy sheriff with a writ. All of which proves our anointed leaders are not only courageous but consistent Well, let’s see what the beys will promise us this year in those fictional whimsicalities called plat forms. • • * First American Families. E’VE been skirting the sun-baked domains of one sizable group of early American families who don’t care “who’s been nominated at Cleveland or who’ll be nominated at Philadelphia. No matter which side wins, these folks still will furnish the raw material up on which blithe amateurs .of the In dian bureau work weird experiments in the name of civilization. Nothing worse can happen to them than already has been wrought bv well-meaning meddlers and earnest muddlers under this administration or that. For instance, trying to make farmers out of Apaches, a task akin to twining caged henhawks to imitate cuckoo clocks. Of course, should their reservations by some miracle prove productive, the white man will crowd them over into a remoter thirst-blasted area, 1 where a horned toad would have to go on relief or else starve to death. The vanishing American can’t com plain that we’ve ever failed to expe dite his vanishing act for him. • ♦ * Beating the Welkin. T HE poor old welkin certainly took an awful beating at Cleveland, didn’t It? And just about the time the new skin forms, they’ll rip it all over again at Philadelphia. Language is to a national convention what yelping is to a coon dog trailing. It’s a fine personal advertisement for the dog and doesn’t Kean anything either way to the coon. The old superstition that the Repub licans always pick their candidate at 2 a. m. “in a smoke-filled room” didn’t come true. You’d think the bosses would emerge from the session looking like so many hickory-cured hams when you hear people tell of the old times. I’ll bet the G. O. P. boys kept a win dow open to clear the air. It might also have come in handy for chucking Senator Borah out of. But when the credentials committee sat to hear the contesting delegations from the deep, d^*k South—that’s when you’d see what properly might be called a smoke-filled room. * • * Defying the Congress. T HREE years ago Bishop Cannon, the famous Virginia smooth-bore, invited a senatorial Investigation committee to go jump off the Washington monument. Perhaps they didn’t jump off the mon- umeat, which caused regret to some, but it was the best offer they had all season. This year Doctor Townsend, who hasn’t lost a cent by being the head of the Townsend plan, tells an investi gating committee of the house to kiss his foot. They never punished the bishop for contempt, although they sputtered like a bunch of damp fire-crackers. Here’s laying a little eight-to-five they’ll never punish the Doc, either. He’ll go mer rily on with the ever-popular idea that, if there isn’t a pot of gold at the foot of the rainbow, the government should supply same without any more of this shilly-shallying. Next to the League of Nations, noth ing seems to make so much noiso and accomplish so little as a defied con gress—unless it is some fellow playing a slide trombone into an empty barrel. IRVIN S. COBB. ©—WNU Service. 9og> in America Million Yeara Dogs, or at least animals of the dog family, have been numerous In Amer ica since the Oligocene period, which ended some 1,225,(XX) years ago. Bitterroot Forest Larga The Bitterroot national forest In Idaho and Montana has the greatest net area of the nation's timber re serves. # .smiled * Knight Life Teacher—Why were the early days called the Dark ages? Student—Because of all the kmghts. Discretion Mistress (to new maid)—Now, Norah, when you wait on the guests at dinner, please don’t spill any thing. Norah—No, ma’am, I won’t say a word. Tough Grubbing Alice—My dear, those cakes of Mrs. Smith’s at tea were as hard as iron. Alicia—Yes, I know. I suppose that is why she said, “Take your pick,” when she handed them around. Blame Placed Mrs. NuBryde—I don’t want any more flour like that you gave me last week. Groceryman—What was the matter with it? Mrs. NuBryde—It was so tough my husband couldn’t eat the biscuits I made from it THOSE WHO DANCE T ^ WAV' “Mary says she would rather danc* than eat.” “Well, she’ll find plenty of me* who would rather sign a dance pro gram than a dinner check.” SAYS COLONEL* ALBANUS PHILLIPS: “I like to think of American boys and girls— and grown-ups, too—enjoying the rich nour ishment of our country-made soups. The vege tables we use taste the way vegetables ought to because they’ve ripened fully, in Nature’s good time, under our friendly Southern sun. “We keep our kitchens as neat as a pin. And we cook our soups /ov£ng/y—with patient simmering and just-right seasoning. For a starter, try Phillips Delicious Southern Tomato Soup today. You pay neighborly prices for these country-made soups . . . and each can makes four servings. That’s why they’re called AMERICA’S GREATEST FOOD VALUES!” PHILLIPS; TRY THIS RECIPE A FRIEND GAVE ME 1 veal or beef kidney 2)4 cups left-over meat, diced 1 can (2 cups) PHILLIPS ’ DELICIOUS MIXED VEGETABLES 1 can PHILLIPS DELICIOUS TOMATO SOUP Trim and dice kidney. Cook 10 minutes In boiling salted water. Drain, saving H cup water. Fill a bak ing dish (1H quart) with left-over meat, kidney and Phillips Mixed Vegetables (no vege tables to peel or cook in this fine as-, sortment of lima beans, carrots, peas, string beans, potatoes and other vegetables). Season with salt and pepper. Add Phillips Tomato Soup (with a sweet-ripe flavor) and the }>$ cup liquid. Cover top with pie crust or biscuit dough. Bake in hot oven (425° F.) 30 minutes. SOUPS 16 DELICIOUS KINDS Hi » A: a -I E GETS A CURTAIN CALL/ JEANNE/ m. 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