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McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK. S. C.. THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1937 'gnn&ur By E.dward W. Pickard i © Western Newspaper Union Justice Van Devanter to Quit the Bench W ILLIS VAN DEVANTER, as sociate justice of the Supreme court, informed President Roosevelt that he would retire from active service on that tribunal on June 2. He conveyed the information in a letter sent to the White House shortly before the senate judiciary committee was to vote on the Pres ident's bill for enlargement of the Supreme court. Justice Van Devanter, who is seveiwy-eight years old, has been 'one of the so-called conservative group on the Supreme court bench. Edward and Wallis to Marry on June 3 E DWARD, duke of Windsor and former king of Great Britain, and Mrs. Wallis Warfield are to be married on June 3 at the Chateau de Cande. This was announced in London. In the controversy between the government and the duke, who was backed up by his brother, King George, and their mother, concern ing official recognition of the mar riage, the government seemed to have won. It was understood the wedding would be extremely pri vate and that no member of the royal family would be., present. There will be only a few guests in addition to the witnesses and the servants. Lieutenant Forwood, the duke’s equerry, carried to Bucking ham palace information of the duke’s final plans. He also invited the London Daily Mail and London Daily Express to send reporters to the wedding. These papers have been most friendly to Edward and Mrs. Warfield. President Roosevelt r • President Insistent on His Complete Program IN CONFERENCES with Demo- cratic congressional leaders and department heads. President Roose velt was insistent on the carrying out of his program without any compromises. He made it clear that he stiU demand ed passage of his bill for enlargement of the Supreme court as it was submitted and that he would not be satisfied with fewer than six new associate justices, although his a d - visers told him frankly that the measure in this form faced probable defeat in the senate. Mr. Roosevelt also demanded the following legislative action: A substitute for the outlawed NRA, covering minimum wages and maxi mum hours, child labor, and the regulation of industrial trade prac tices. An appropriation of 1 billion 500 million dollars for work relief in the 1938 fiscal year. • A start on farm tenancy legisla tion, providing federal loans for sharecroppers and other . tenant farmers with which to purchase their own land. The declaration by congress of an integrated, national power, flood con trol, and navigation policy, contem plating the ultimate development of the nation into eight regional TV As. As for economy measures, the President rejected the senate plan calling for a mandatory horizontal slash of 10 per cent in all appropria tion bills and indicated a preference for the house plan, which would give him discretionary power to reduce all appropriations by 15 per cent. The house appropriations commit tee already had yielded in the mat ter of the work relief appropriation, making it a billion and a half. A brigade of fifty women organized by the Workers’ Alliance of America gathered in Washington, to demand that congress appropriate $3,000,000,- 000 for relief in 1938, and will sit in the house gallery during the de bate. Process Tax Refund Case Won by Government N O DECISIONS involving the constitutionality of the social security act were handed down by the Supreme court, but that tribunal did give an opinion that upheld the provisions of the 193£ revenue law restricting refunds of processing and floor stock taxes illegally im posed by the agricultural adjust ment act. The treasury was saved nearly a billion dollars by this deci sion. “While the taxpayer was undoubt edly hurt when he paid the tax, if he has obtained relief through the shifting of its burden he is no longer in a position to claim an actual in jury and the refusal of a refund in such a case cannot be regarded as a denial of constitutional right,” said the opinion. Another decision upheld the chain store tax law enacted by the Louisi ana legislature at the order of the late Huey Long, the court holding that states may tax chain stores on the basis of the number of units in the chain outside as well as in side the state. "Inconsistency” Is Cry of the Economists E CONOMISTS in congress de nounced what they termed the “appalling inconsistency” of the majority, but the spenders went right ahead with their spending plans. The house passed the $115,- 000,000 appropriation bill for the De partment of the Interior, which measure carries $40,000,000 for the reclamation bureau to be used for the building of dams and reservoirs to increase the acreage of tillable land. At the same time the house agriculture committee introduced a new farm bill, the main object of which is the controlling of excessive farm surpluses and which calls for the expenditure of $287,000,000 an nually. This latter bill is based on the recommendations of Secretary Wallace’s farm conference of Feb ruary but it was declared it did not as yet have the full sanction of the administration. Viscount Snowden, British Labor Leader, Is Dead D HILIP SNOWDEN, who in his * active days was regarded as the brainiest man in the Labor party of Great Britain, died of heart disease at the age of sev enty-two. Twice he served as chancellor of the exchequer, and then was elevat ed to the peerage as Viscount Snowden of Ickomshaw. Lord Snowden had been crippled since h e was twenty - seven, when he was knocked from a bi cycle. He was a pacifist, an atheist and a Marxian Socialist, and he had a vitriolic tongue that made him feared in parliamentary debates. Though he had disagreed violently with Ramsay MacDonald when the latter was Laborite prime minister, MacDonald said when Snowden died: “A great man of our age has passed by.” Heart disease also carried off a picturesque figure in American poli tics, Percy L. Gassoway, former cowpuncher who served one term as congressman from Oklahoma after being a judge in that state. In Washington he always wore exag gerated cowboy garments. Viscount Snowden A1 Smith Sails for His First Visit to Ireland N otwithstanding his certain ty that he would be seasick, Alfred E. Smith sailed on the steam ship Conte di Savoia for his first ocean voyage and first trip to the old country. As he departed, A1 said: “This is a regular pleasure trip. I’ve never been to the other side and I’m going now, and I want to have a good time. Ireland? Yes, I’m going to Ireland. A priest wrote me that he knew where my grandmoth er’s house was in Westmeath, and I’m going there and look it over. I have no relatives there, but I want to look over Ireland.” Steel Industry Tackled by Lewis’ C. I. O. P hilip Murray, chairman oi the steel workers’ organizing committee of the C. I. O., called the first major strike in the campaign of Lewis and his as sociates to unionize the steel industry. On his order the em ployees of Jones & Laughlin Steel cor poration plants in Pittsburgh and Ali- quippa walked out after Murray had failed to get from the company a signed collective bargaining contract. philip Murray The strike call af fected 27,000 men. Thousands of pickets surrounded the Jones & Laughlin mills and kept non-union workers from entering. Next day the strike spread to the plants of the Pittsburgh Steel com pany at Monessen and Allenport, Pa., where 5,900 men went out. Mur ray said it was inevitable that the Republic, Youngstown, Bethlehem aMd Crucible steel concerns would be involved very soon. The Jones 8c Laughlin corporation agreed to sign a contract if the union won a majority vote in a gov ernment-supervised election. Treasury’s Silver to Be Stored Near West Point A NNOUNCEMENT was made by the Treasury department that approval had been obtained from the secretary of war for the use of a four acre tract near West Point, N. Y., for a depository to store silver. The treasury’s 1936 building plan contemplated the expenditure of $600,000 on the depository. It will be similar in some respects to the gold depository at Fort Knox, Ky., except that the silver will not be stored in vaults. Irvin S. Cobb in ioM> 'ZLkumhA about The Gabble of Tourists. G rand canyon, ariz.— It gets on your nerves to stand on the rim of this scenic wonder and hear each succes sive tourist say, “Well, if any artist painted it just as it is no body would believe it!” After I heard 174 separate and distinct tourists repeat the above it got on my nerves and I sought sur cease far from the maddening round- tripper, hoping to escape the common place babbling of eastern sight-seers and revel in the salty humor of the unspoiled West. And I ran into a native who said, with the cute air of having just thought it up, “Yes, sir, I never felt better or had less.” And I encountered a gentleman who in parting called out, “Say, kid, don’t take in any wooden nickels.” And then, speaking of someone else, remarked, “If I never see that guy again it’ll be too soon.” • • • Renaming Hors d’Oeuvres. T HE controversy over giving a more American name to hors d’oeuvres—which some cannot pro nounce and none can digest— rages up and down the land. What Sam Blythe, that sterling eater, calls these alleged appetizers you couldn’t print in a family news paper, Sam’s idea of a before-din ner nicknack being a baked him. A sturdy Texas congressman calls them doo-dabs. But if I were living abroad again, I know what I’d call them. When you behold the array of this . and that, as served at the beginning of luncheon in the average table d’hote restaurant over there, and especial ly in France, you are gazing upen what discriminating customers left on their plates at supper the night before. N • • • Scrambled Cooking. ■p^ OWN below Flagstaff, Ariz., but somewhat to the eastward, in a picturesque city which saddles the international boundary, I found a unique condition. The best American food available is across the Mexican line at a restaurant owned by a Greek gen tleman with a Chinese cook in the kitchen. But the best Mexican cook ery is done well over on the Ameri can side by a German woman whose husband is an Italian. So our own native-born citizens, when hungry for the typical dishes of New England or Dixie, journey beyond the border patrols, passing on their way many of their Span ish-speaking neighbors bound four miles northward for a bit of su perior tamales and the more in flammatory brands of chili. • • * Dueling a la Europe T J NTIL Dr. Franz Sarga, the duel- ^ ing husband of Budapest, really serves one of his enemies en bro chette, as it were, instead of just trimming off hangnails and side whiskers, I decline to get worked up. You remember the Doc? Hte set out to carve everybody in Hun gary who’d snooted his lady wife and found himself booked to take on quite a large club membership. But so far he hasn’t done'much more damage than a careless chiropodist could. Once, in Paris, I was invited to a duel. I couldn’t go, having a prior engagement to attend the World war, which was going on at that time, so I sent a substitute. He reported that after the prin cipals exchanged shots without per il, except to some sparrows passing overhead, all hands rushed togeth er, entwining in a sort of true-love knot. • • • The Forgotten Man. * I' HOSE whose memories stretch that far bacx into political an tiquity may recall the ancient days that seem so whimsically old-fash ioned now, when our present Prey- dent was running the first time on a platform which, by general con sent, was laughed off immediately following election. He promised then to do something for the forgot ten man. Remarks were also passed about balancing the budget right away. We needn’t go imo that. But the forgotten man figured ex tensively in the campaign. Then, for awhile, popular interest in him seemed to languish. So many new issues came up suddenly, some, like dyspepsia symptoms, being but tem porary annoyances, and some which lingered on and abide with us yet, including Mr. John L. Lewis the well-known settee. And now, after these five change ful, crowded years, we have solved tfte mystery—we know who the for gotten man is. The name is Tug- well, spelled as spoken, but you can pronounce it “Landon” and get practically the same general re sults- IRVIN S. COBB. ©--WNU Scrvic*. UNCOMMON AMERICANS ’ • • « By Elmo © Western Scott Watson Ne SSr r June Bridal Party in Summer Velvet By CHERIE NICHOLAS CUMMER velvet is Important ^ fashion news for the bride-to-be who is seeking a radiantly beautiful and out of the ordinary material for the making of her own gown as well as those for her attendants. No word picturing can do justice to this enchanting fabric, for the loveliness of summer velvet cannot be visualized by the mere telling. Unless you have seen summer vel vet you are due for a surprise for it is not all-velvet by any means. Imagine, if you can, a sheer filmy mousseline de soie or chiffon or dainty organza background strewn with exquisitely delicate interwoven velvet designs or motifs, well that’s summer velvet. The idea of costuming the bride and her attendants in summer vel vet becomes the more intriguing in that a most fascinating play on color is made possible for the velvet mo tifs can be any color you choose. The scheme is worked out in this manner for the gowns pictured. White mousseline de soie patterned with tiny winged metifs of white velvet is used for the youthful wed ding gown as here shown. The bride wears pearls and a diamond clip at the low V-shape decolletage. Her bouquet is the new idea—pale lav ender orchids carried in a handle of carved prystal, forming a fan ef fect. The matron of honor to the right in the picture also wears summer velvet—white mousseline de soie with green velvet motifs posed over a SHORT DANCE FROCK By CHERIE NICHOLAS When the new short-length dance frock first made its appearance it created quite a sensation. However, it did not take lodg for it to become a general favorite. The dress pic tured is of lovely printed silk chif fon. It accents the slender waist line such as fashion demands—a re turn to the silhouettes of the long ago. The gown was worn by a prominent society debutante at “The Silk Parade to Waltz Time,” a benefit affair recently taking place in New York. Lanvin Jackets Are Made of Silver or Gold Kid Silver or gold kid is used over and ever’ again for evening at Lanvin’s where flowing robes are trimmed with oriental applications of leather. At the same house are separate jackets entirely of stitched kid which is so soft and fine that it locks like lacquered satin. matching green slip. The sash is of bands of matching green velvet and pale yellow. The hat, a new version of the poke bonnet, is in the same green shade with a huge bow and long streamers of ^ide green vel vet ribbon. The matron of honor’s bouquet is of palest yellow and white freesias. Her Aris gloves are wdiite glace kid with delicate em broidery in gold thread. Emeralds are set in necklace and clip. White and yellow are worn by each of the other bridesmaids with jewelry tuned to correspond. These frocks can be worn all summer. Completing the scheme for this summer wedding the bride’s moth er, pictured to the left, veears the same summer velvet fabric but in a patterning of delphinium blue bow- knots on a silk sheer with tiny flow ers of delphinium, with a velvet sash of matching color. When the jacket is removed the dress has a low formal neckline. Her hat is a smart new tricorne of navy straw with tiny flowers of delphinium. The dainty corsage is of lilies of the valley in the center of which are a few delphinium blossoms. For that “something different” look that brides covet for their wed ding pageantry here are a few sug gestions. If the bridesmaids have long streamers to their hats a clever touch is to snap one of the streamers about the right wrist under a brace let bouquet. Then there is the idea of veils for the bridesmaids. These are of tulle in colors related to each costume. They are waist depth and fall gracefully about the shoulders. © Western Newspaper Union. LACE FOR SUMMER BRIDE NEW STYLE By CHERIE NICHOLAS The June bride will be fashion ably attired this season when she chooses lace for her gowns. With the present vogue for lace for day time wear, for evening gowns, and for the highly popular house coats and delicate negligees, the roman tic appeal of this material makes it a favorite for wedding gowns and bridesmaids’ dresses. Cut on classic lines, the beautiful lace patterns of this season allow for exquisite details of workman ship for the bridal gown. One love ly gown seen recently is perfectly simple in line but has fine details of appliqued seamings at the point below the hips where the slight full ness starts. The very full train, and the skirt and neck edges like wise, have an appliqued scalloped edge of lace. This intricate treat ment shows to advantage particu larly as the veil is quite short and does not fall to the train. In gen eral these lace wedding gowns have shorter veils so that their deli cate patterns are not obscured. Wedding Parties Dressed All in Lace Is Fashion Wedding parties dressed entirely in lace are in the fashion picture this year. One of the best we have seen is of all-white peau d’ange in a Chantilly pattern for the bride. There were no seams to the dress, avoiding any unnecessary line that might interfere with the beautiful pattern of the lace, and the edges throughout were entirely hand-ap- phqued. A matching mantilla head dress was worn with this wedding gown. The wedding party, all in lace, made a charming and appropriate setting for the bride. The brides maids’ dresses were of novelty all- over lace, in pastel shades. The headdresses, in contrast with the mantilla of the bride, were formed like a hood, from the collar at the back. Hints on Tints Capucine colors will be among the new color accents during the com ing season. They have their origin in the various shades of the popular nasturtium Early-Day Dictator ONG before Mussolini or Hitler were born, an American gave a demonstration of “how dictators get that way.” His name was Adol phus Frederick Hubbard and he was lieutenant-governor of the state of Illinois at the time. . In 1825 Gov. Edward Coles notified the lieutenant - governor that he would leave the state the next month and that Hubbard would be responsi ble for the executive duties during his absence which would not exceed three months. But Coles came back sooner than he had expected. The lieutenant-governor, however, was so well pleased with the job that he decided he would like to go on governing. So he announced that Coles, by his absence, had “abdi cated” and that as lieutenant-gov ernor, the le£al successor to the governor, he, Hubbard, was now the governor. Coles paid no atten tion to this but returned to his duties and was recognized by all the ex ecutive officers as governor. 'Undiscouraged by this fact, Hub bard issued a commission as pay master general to W. L. D. Ewing and when the secretary of state refused to sign it, Ewing, prompted thereto by Hubbard, appealed to the Supreme court to Issue e mandamus forcing the secretary to sign the commission. The court'refused so Hubbard next appealed to the legis lature to support him in his claim to the governorship. When it came to a vote, only two legislators came out openly for the “pretender” and after a while Hubbard decided to abandon his plan of becoming “governor by usurpation.” Later he decided to win that hon or by more legal methods and dur ing the campaign he made a speech which has become a classic in Am erican political history. He said: “Fellow-citizens, I offer myself as a candidate before you for the office of governor. I do not pretend to be a man of extraordinary talents; nor do I claim to be equal to Julius Caesar or Napoleon Bonaparte, nor yet to be as great a man as my opponent. Governor Edwards. Nev ertheless I think I can govern you pretty well. I do not think it will require a very extraordinarily smart man to govern you; for to tell the truth, fellow-citizens, I do not think you will be very hard to govern, nohow!” P. S. He wasn’t elected. Yankee Saint NE hundred years ago they looked upon John Humphrey Noyes as a madman, a crank, a heretic and an immorfilist. But to day the historians speak of him as “a Yankee saint,” a “true genius” and “one of the noblest pioneers America has ever pro duced.” Born in Vermont, Noyes was edu cated at Dartmouth and prepared himself for a career in law. But the religious fervor which swept the country in the early 1830’s seized him and he entered Andover theo logical seminary to prepare himself for the ministry. However, after ob taining his license to preach, Noyes began to rebel against dogmatic and professional religion. Becoming known for his heresies, his license was taken away from him. Then he announced he was going to es tablish a kingdom of God on earth and he founded the Putney com munity in Vermont. There he put into practice his phil osophy of Christian Communism which included the most intimate relationships of living. Because of these daring experiments, Noyes was repeatedly persecuted b y groups of reformers and more than once he narrowly escaped imprison ment. Finally, he moved his colony to Oneida, N. Y., where it became famous for the successful industries it started. In 1869 Noyes inaugurated anoth er experiment which brought down upon him a fresh storm of protest from the exponents of traditional morality. He called it “stirpicul- ture” which was nothing more than a program of scientific breeding for the human race long before the word “eugenics” had been coined. The results of these experiments are said by actuarial experts to be unparalleled in the records of modern vital statistics. In 1881 his Oneida community was changed to a corporation and by the time of his death five years later there was little left of the original idea of the community but its name. During the next half cen tury the name of John Humphrey* Noyes sank into obscurity. Then his biography was written oy a modern scholar who has declared: “How ever obvious his defects remain, John Noyes possessed the attributes of genius . . . Such a life has seemed far more worthy of com memoration than many of those more celebrated, more honored by the nation and the world, yet who never dared, as Noyes did, to translate ideals into the reality of living.”