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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1937
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By FLOYD GIBBONS
T HROW anothtr log on the fire, Uncle Mike, call all the neig r
borhood adventurers in, light the old pipe, settle back and I’ll
tell you the story of the doggondest adventure I’ve heard in many
a moon. A
A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon
when out of the darkness and into the light there stepped—a blond.
Oh! Oh! I’m getting ahead of myself. Allan J. McDonald
now lives in Chicago. But a couple of years ago he was a reporter
for a paper in El Paso, Tex. That’s right across the Rio Grande
from Juarez, Mexico.
Well, sir, it was Al’s night off and he and a bunch of the boys went
across the Rio Grande to Juarez. They went into a couple of bars, had a
few drinks and along about midnight decided it was time to start back
to El Paso.
Out Ran the Blond Girl.
As they stepped out of a bar onto the dimly lit street a tall blond Amer
ican girl went running past them. Close at her heels and cursing in
Spanish was a swarthy Mexican. The girl was screaming and it didn’t
take A1 and his friends long to realize that the girl was in trouble.
With a yell they were off in hot pursuit.
Up unpaved alleys they dashed, slid around dusty corners
onto dark streets, shouted and yelled. No one paid any attention
to them nor did anybody else join the chase. Suddenly they came
to the banks of the Rio Grande and then the girl and the Mexican
disappeared into thin air.
A1 and his pals looked around a bit but couldn’t find a trace of the
girl or the Mexican. So the boys started back toward the center of the
town. They hadn’t gone half a block when from behind them came fif
teen Mexicans on the run waving all kinds of weapons in the air and
shouting at the top of their lungs.
A1 tells me that in the glance he gave over his shoulder before he
started to beat it he saw, lead pipes, old boards, knives and razors
strapped to hammer handles.
Great Battle in the River.
Well, sir, A1 and his two buddies started. They started right for the
Rio Grande and the good old U. S. A. The river at that time of the year
The Mexicans Were on Top of Them.
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was practically dried up. There was only about twelve inches of water
in it so it was possible to wade across. They hit the river a few feet in front
of the Mexicans but the mud slowed them up and one of the party fell. The
Mexicans were on top of them and the fun began.
Boy, oh boy, what a battle royal! Three against fifteen. A1
and his friends had no arms. They were trapped properly.
It was darn tough to defend yourself in that slippery, muddy river
bottom. Evei^y time you took a swipe at a guy your foot would slip and
five Mexicans would be on top of you. It was easy then to slice an ear or
klonk you over the head with an iron pipe.
A1 wrestled with one Mexican and succeeded in getting a lead pipe
away from him. Then A1 swung that lead pipe left and right. Every
head he saw that didn’t look like his own he brought that lead pipe down
on it with gusto and then it was a case of cracko.
Pat Was Mortally Wounded.'
There was one Irishman with A1 of the name of Pat Stacy. Pat
knocked three of them thar gents down before somebody shoved an old-
fashioned hat pin clean through him. Pat died three weeks later from
lobar pneumonia.
The other friend of A1 was knocked out early in the fight
and fell into the water. Why he didn’t drown A1 doesn’t know.
For twenty minutes they fought in the > Rio Grande that night before
help came. But to Al, those twenty minutes felt more like twenty
years. The border patrol finally heard the commotion and broke up the
affair. Al was minus part of an ear, his head and chin were slashed up
and both his lapels were cut completely off.
The fellow that was knocked out and fell in the river didn’t have a
scratch on him. Was he lucky? And were you lucky, Al? Believe me,
I’ve been in Juarez and I know they used to get pretty rough over there.
All right. Uncle Mike, I’ll tell you about the blond. She was the come-
on for the Mexicans. They pulled the same stunt often and it is said that
it was a profitable business, although Al never could figure out how it
could be so good when the take had to be split fifteen ways.
©—WNU Service.
Judge Extols Dog From
Bench in Damage Suit
In rendering an opinion in a dam
age suit in which a man lost his
life trying to rescue a drowning dog,
a Georgia supreme justice devoted
a half hour to extolling the virtues
of dogs and two or three sentences
to his decision, states a writer in
the Chicago Tribune. Part of the
justice’s remarks were as follows:
“From the dawn of primal his
tory the dog has loomed large in
the art and literature of the world.
In metal and in stone his noble
image has been perpetuated, but
the dog’s chief monument is in the
heart of his friend, man. As a house
pet, a watchdog, a herder of sheep
and cattle, in the field cf sport, and
as the motive power of transporta
tion, especially in the ice fields of
the far north, the dog has over been
a faithful companion and helper of
man. In the trackless forests of
the new world he was on the firing
line of civilization in the task of
subduing all enemies, whether sav
age man or wild beast.
“Literature is enriched by the
story of Ulysses’ dog, Argos. After
twenty years of war and wander
ing this king of Ithaca returned, un
recognized in his beggar rags, but
as he entered the courtyard his
hound raised up his head and
pricked his ears.
“Among many of the most beau
tiful of nature’s plants and trees
we have the dogwood, dog daisy,
dog laurel, dog rose, dog violet, and
the like.
“Baron Cuvier considered the dog
‘the most complete, the most sin
gular, and the most useful conquest
man has gained in the animal
world.’
“Alexander H. Stephens wrote for
his sagacious poodle, Rio: ‘Here
rest the remains of what in life was
a satire on the human race and an
honor to his own—a faithful dog.’
“Tributes might be multiplied al
most without number. Like man,
not all dogs are good dogs. They
have left behind them records
showing every degree of good and
bad.’’
Best Seller 400 Years Agi
Four hundred years ago the most
popular book of the age was the
“Colloquies” of Eramus, the great
Dutch scholar, who endeavored to
make men familiar with the wisdom
of the ancients by a collection of
1,451 adages selected from their
works. Written in Latin, the
universal language of the educated
of Europe, the book sold 24,000
copies.
The
SUPREME
COURT
AND HOW
IT WORKS
Difficult Decisions
By ROBERT MERRILL
V IRTUALLY all cases
brought before a court for
decision represent strong dif
ferences of opinion.
This is also true of cases which
come before the Supreme court of
the United States — particularly
those in which a citizen differs with
congressional opinion on the grave
question of whether or not his con
stitutional rights have been violated
by a congressional act.
And, since the members of the
Supreme court are not supermen
but simply citizens trained in the
law, they too differ on occasion.
More frequently, however, than
many persons realize, they are
unanimous in their decisions.
16 Unanimous Decisions.
%
On January 4, of the present year,
for example, the Supreme court
handed down 16 decisions. All were
unanimous.
Or. February 1, it handed down 24
decision. Of these, 23 were unani
mous.
In cases where private citizens
differ with congress on the constitu
tionality of a law, and the Supreme
court is asked to act as umpire, the
cjiances for unanimity of opinion
among the justices are, of course,
smaller.
Students of government have re
cently computed (as this is written)
that, during its century and a half of
history, the Supreme court declared
laws unconstitutional in approxi
mately 73 such cases. In thirty of
those cases the justices reached
unanimous decisions. In 23 of them
there were either one or two dis
senting votes.
Contrary, perhaps, to general
opinion, the much-discussed 5-4
decisions were rarer. They occurred
in about a dozen of those opinions.
Other decisions have run 6-3, 5-3,
etc., varying, sometimes, according
to the number of justices on the
court.
Deny Powers to Court.
Many of the unanimous decisions
finding congressional acts unconsti
tutional involved rights of citizens
as well as fundamental principles of
American government.
Several of them declared unconsti
tutional certain powers which legis
lation would have conferred upon
the court itself.
Others upheld the right of trial
by jury, the right of a citizen to
refuse to testify against himself,
the right to just compensation for
property taken for public purposes,
and the like.
One declared that even an alien
in United States territory cannot be
denied the right to indictment and
trial by jury when charged with a
criminal offense.
Even when the decisions were
unanimous, however, the court, un
der its own rulings, could not sug
gest legislation. It could only say
that the legislation as enac.ed did
not conform with the Constitution
and, in the case of the citizen who
made the particular appeal, inter
fered with constitutional guarantees.
Cou^t Can’t Overrule Congress.
* This point was recently expressed
in one opinion of the court which
read in part as follows:
“It is sometimes said that the
court assumes a power to overrule
or control the action of the people’s
representatives. This is a miscon
ception.
“The Constitution is the supreme
law of the land ordained and es
tablished by the people. All legisla
tion must conform to the principles
it lays down. When an act of con
gress is appropriately challenged in
the courts as not conforming to the
Constitutional mandate, the Judicial
branch of the Government has only
one duty—to lay the Article of the
Constitution which is invoked beside
the statute which is challenged and
to decide whether the latter squares
with the former.
“All the court does or can do, is
to announce its considered judg
ment upon the question. The only
power it has, if such it may be
called, is the power of judgment.
“This court neither approves nor
condemns any legislative Policy. Its
delicate and difficult office is to as
certain and declare whether the
legislation is in accordance with, or
in contravention of, the provisions
of the Constitution; and, having done
that, its duty ends.”
© Western Newspaper Union.
Storks’ Nests in Poland
In the cities and on the farms ot
Poland great white hillocks swell
from the eaves of the hut, cottage/
palace and hotel. They are the nests
of the stork which bring luck and
prosperity to the households they
favor, observes a writer in the
Boston Globe. Poland, perhaps more
than any other country of Europe,
is the summer home of the stork.
For centuries he has been the faith
ful harbinger of spring and, with
his nest, the herald of good fortune.
F or equal centuries therefore he has
been protected, coaxed and spoiled.
In the nesting days peasants often
build round solid platforms on the
ridges of their roofs. These are lures
inviting the lanky birds to weave
homes there for their babies. Once
such a nest is built it becomes the
enduring talisman for a household’s
prosperity and peace.
SOLID ENOUGH
Explorer—You stick to home
pretty close all winter, don't you?
Eskimo—Yes, igloo myself there
till spring comes.
UP TO DATE
“Do you remember that young
lady who was rescued by that hand
some young man last summer?’’
“Yes; it was quite a romance.
And what was the sequel?”
“Oh, they were married, and she
just sued him for non-support.”
THE QUESTION
4
Officer Rednose (proudly)—I’ve
disposed of many a case in my
time!
Hearer (innocently) — Case of
what, may I ask?
AND HOW
“That scientist 4s trying to find
out if monkeys laugh.”
“He could be sure if he would let
one get a good look a' him.”
THE DIFFERENCE
He—In the spring a young man’s
fancy lightly turns to thoughts of
love.
She—And a young women's turns
seriously to the same thing.
IN LUCK
Mr. Rooster—Heavens what a
horrible fate I escaped!
ALL IN THE FAMILY
“Do you object to your husband
staying out late at night?”
“Not if I’m with him.”
NO MISTAKE
“What are the marks of a jail
bird?”
“They're always spotted and
striped.”
LJERE’S spring tonic for you,
Miss America, done up in fine
formula by Sew-Your-Own! The
ingredients are bracing and
please the taste.
The model at the left is the type
to take right away before spring
advances further. It is especially
beneficial to the willowy figure
with its alluring swing and grace,
its delicate waistline, becoming
collar and stylishly cuffed sleeves.
Any of the lovely sheers will do
well here.
Miss Athletic Girl.
The center package is labeled
Miss Athletic Girl. She goes for
it because without fuss and fur
belows it still is feminine. And,
too, she knows that the smart
lines down the front and back are
not gores but tucks which give
the same stylish effect, and neces
sitate half the effort, thanks to the
clever designing of Sew-Your-
Own.
A Builder-Up.
Upper right is the Builder-Up
for the younger Lady of Fashion.
This two-piecer has style-plus
unmistakable in its absolute sim
plicity of line, round collar so tiny
as to be a mere suggestion, and
in the perfect balance of its flared
sleeves, peplum, and skirt.
The Patterns
, Pattern 1257 is designed for
sizes 12 to 20 (30 to 40 bust). Size
14 requires 4% yards of 39-inch
material plus 11 yards of bias
binding for trimming as pictured.
Pattern 1288 is designed for
sizes 14 to 20 (32 to 42 bust). Size
16 requires 3^ yards of 39-inch
material plus 3% yards of ribbon
for trimming as pictured.
Pattern 1294 is designed for
Naming the Baby
OULES for euphony in nam-
ing the new baby:
If the surname has one sylla
ble, avoid a one-syllable first
name. Example: Montgomery
Smith rather than John Smith.
With a two - syllable last
name, use either a one-syllable
or three - syllable Christian
name. John Hinton or Christo
pher Hinton rather than Fred
erick Hinton.
When the last name has
three syllables, use either a one
or two-syllable name. George
Dougherty, but not Alexander
Dougherty. Avoid overlapping
consonants such as James
Stephens.—Literary Digest.
sizes 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 years. Sizu
10 requires 2% yards of 39-inch
material.
Send your_ order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1020,
211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, 111.
Price of patterns, 15 cents (ia
coins) each.
© Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
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The Victims
The humble suffer when the
powerful disagree.—Phaedrus.
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f MOTHS
FLIES
INSECTS
Genuine O-Cedar spray is quick, cer
tain death to moths, flies and insects.
Guards your health, protects your
clothing, rids home of annoying house
hold pests. Has a clean, fresh odor, will
not stain. Full satisfaction guaranteed
—it’s an O-Cedar product.
Deep Water
Smooth runs the water whert
the brook is deep.—Henry.
Remember This When
You Need a Laxative
It is better for you If your bodf
keeps working as Nature Intended.
Food wastes after digestion should
be eliminated every day. When you
get constipated, take a dose or two
of purely vegetable Black-Draught
for prompt, refreshing relief.
Thousands and thousands of men and
women like Black-Draught and keep It
always on hand, for use at the first sign
of constipation. Have you tried it?
BLACK-DRAUGHT
A GOOD LAXATIVE
LIFE’S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher
BUSftUEg
“Solitary, me eye • • • I gotta roommate!!!”