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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1937
“Tide of Death"
By FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter
W HEN Hubert C. Fuller of Brooklyn was eighteen, his dad
moved from Missouri to a spot in Oklahoma on the banks
of the Canadian river. The nearest town was Konawa, but in
the section the Fullers moved to, they and the R. F. D. post
master were the only settlers within a radius of about fifteen
miles. The Fullers’ farm was on one side of the river and the
postmaster’s was on the other.
Hube says the river bed was three quarters of a mile wide, but in the
summer of 1913, when they moved there, hot weather and a drouth had
just about dried the river up. There was nothing but a little stream of
water about six feet wide and three feet deep, running zig-zag from one
bank to the other.
There was treachery in that sluggish river, too. Its head
waters were up in the Colorado mountains, and sometimes water
from melting snow would sweep down the dry river bed in a tor
rential avalanche, taking everything before it and filling the river
bed from bank to bank. “The natives,’* says Hube, “call these
frequent occurrences ’head rises.’ ”
Couldn’t Understand His Alarm.
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And though Hube knows all about those “head rises’’ now, he didn’t
know a thing about them at the time this story opens.
Hube’s dad had gone across the river a few days before to help the
postmaster cut some wood on his farm, and he had asked Hube to hitch
up the team to the wagon and drive over and get a load. It was a hot day,
with thunder clouds up the river to the northwest. Hube drove the
horses—Sis and Ned—down into the river bed. He forded what little
Vater there was in the bottom and then let the horses pick their way
while he lay down in the wagon with his hat over his eyes.
Several times, he thought he heard strange rumblings up river,
but he paid no attention to them. “I must have dozed off to sleep,’’ he
says, “for the next thing I knew I heard someone shout my name. I sat
He Caught a Branch of the Old Sycamore Tree.
bolt upright. On the other side of the river I saw the postmaster and
his wife, frantically waving to me and shouting ‘Hurry!’ ’’
They were shouting at the top of their voices, but Hube could
barely hear them, for the booming and rumbling up the river had
suddenly increased to a roar. “I was just about in the middle of
the river bed,’’ he says, “going cat-a-corner downstream to where
an old sycamore marked the wagon road. I gave the horses the
line and they started to trot. I was puzzled. What was wrong
with the postmaster?’*
Thirty-Foot Wall of Water.
But as Hube watched the postmaster he pointed upstream. Hube
looked. “I could see the bed for about a mile, up to where it made a
sharp turn,” he says. “There was nothing but wind-swept sand. But as
I looked, cold terror struck to the marrow of my bones. Around the bend,
like a black nightmare, whirled a thirty-foot wall of water. As it turned
the bend, the sandy banks on either side caved in with a great splash.”
Hube was panic-stricken. He jumped between the horses, unhooked
the traces, and riding Ned and leading Sis, he started to ride for his
life. Sis wasn’t used to being led by the halter and she held back. “I
hated to do it,” says Hube, “but I let her go. The river bank ahead was
too steep for the horse. .1 had to run him downstream toward the wagoq
trail. It was a terrible race!”
The roar of the water was fairly deafening now. Hube’s horse
sensed the danger and ran like mad. Hube says he didn’t dare
look back, but he could hear that water getting closer and
closer as they raced on. He was almost to the bank fifteen feet—
ten feet away—when he felt spray on his cheek. And then an
other fear seized him.
The
SUPREME
COURT
AND HOW
IT WORKS
“Shield of Protection**
By ROBERT MERRILL
Cf'T'HE Constitution of the
A United States is a law for
rulers and people, equally in
war and in peace, and covers
with the shield of its protection
all classes of men, at all times,
and under all circumstances.”
That quotation is from an opinion
rendered by the Supreme court of
the United States in one of its most
famous decisions. The facts in the
case are these:
In October, 1864, Lambdin P. Mil
ligan was sentenced to death on the
gallows.
The sentence was declared void.
Why? Because he had been denied
his constitutional right of trial by
jury in a civil court.
The Supreme court of the United
States, to which he appealed, made
that ruling.
Tried in Military Court.
Milligan, a citizen of the state of
Indiana, was arrested on charges
of disloyalty to the Union cause. Al
though not a member of the army,
he was tried and sentenced before
a military commission, despite the
fact that in the city of Indianapolis,
where the trial was held, the civil
courts were open.
Citing these circumstances and
the fact that no indictment had been
found against him, Milligan filed a
petition to be discharged. The case
eventually reached the Supreme
court at Washington.
Learned and eloquent argument
was heard on both sides. But the
court based the decision on the Con
stitution, and held that one of its
guarantees was broken when Milli
gan was denied a trial by jury.
“The great minds of the country,”
explained the formal opinion of the
court, “have differed on the correct
interpretation to be given to various
provisions of the Federal Constitu
tion; and judicial decision has been
often invoked to settle their true
meaning; but until recently no one
ever doubted that the right of trial
by fury was fortified in the organic
law against the power of attack.
Calls It Grave Question.
“It is now assailed; but if ideas
can be expressed in words, and lan
guage has any meaning, this right—
one of the most valuable in a free
country—is preserved to every one
accused of crime who is not at
tached to the army, or navy, or
militia in actual service.”
The opinion pointed out that Mil
ligan when arrested and convicted
by a military commission was not
a resident of a rebellious state, or a
prisoner of war, but a citizen of
Indiana, who had never been in the
military or naval service.
“No graver question,” it contin
ued, “was ever considered by this
court, nor one which more nearly
concerns the rights of the whole
people; for it is the birthright of
every American Citizen when
charged with crime, to be tried and
punished according to law . .
“By the protection of the law
human rights are secured; withdraw
that protection, and they are at the
mercy of wicked rulers, or the clam
or of an excited people.
“If there was law to justify this
military trial, it is not our province
to interfere; if there was not, it is
our duty to declare the nullity of the
whole proceedings.”
Again the opinion cited the con
stitutional rights established for the
American citizen and declared;
Constitution Is Yardstick.
Safe in the Sycamore Tree.
“Ned was doing his best,” he says, “but after all, he was just a
big, heavy plow horse. The path up the bank was steep, and he could
never make the grade at the speed he was going. We were at the foot
of the incline when Ned hit the rise with his knees, stumbled and went
down. Then, with a last heroic effort, he lurched straight up on his
haunches.”
And that lurch saved Hube’s life. As the horse rose in the air, Hube
grabbed wildly for support, and as luck would have it he caught a branch
of the old sycamore tree hanging over the bank. Says he: “I scurried
like a possum for the highest branch—just in the nick of time. The
avalanche was on us. Old Ned bellowed a high, shrill scream. Then
he was crushed under the terrific force of the water. I never saw him,
Sis or the wagon again. The postmaster and his wife had turned their
backs on the awful scene. When I shouted, they stared at me as if they
were seeing a ghost. The muddy water was churning and boiling
about my feet. The old sycamore tree was all but covered with it.”
The postmaster got a rope and threw it to Hube. “I walked
hand over hand, up to my waist in water,” he says, “until I
reached solid ground. I had no more reached safety than I heard
a splash. The old sycamore tree had toppled into the muddy
Hube says that since that day he has lived an uneventful life. “But
man,” says he, “I’m satisfied.”
©—WNU Service.
Display of the Flag
The flag should be displayed only
from sunrise to sunset; it should be
displayed on national and state holi
days and on historic and special
occasions; it should be hoisted brisk
ly and lowered slowly and cere
moniously. In raising and lowering
the flag it should never be allowed
to touch the ground. When the flags
of states or cities or pennants of
societies are flown on the same
halyard with the flag of the United
States, the American flag is always
at the peak. When flown from ad
jacent staffs one flag of the United
States should be hoisted first. No
flag or pennant should be placed
above or to the right of the flag
of the United States, except where
a number of flags are grouped or
displayed from staffs, when the flag
of the United States should be in
the center.
Longest and Shortest Days
The longest and shortest days ot
the year are determined by the
summer and winter solstices, the
exact time being determined by
mathematical calculation. The sol
stices are the times of the year
when the sun is at its greatest dec
lination, either north or south. For
instance, the summer solstice is the
time when the sun reaches its farth
est point in its swing northward
from the equator, which, according
ly, marks the longest day of the
year. The year consists of approx
imately 365^4 days, and it is this
fractional day of each year which
causes the solstices to fluctuate.
This is adjusted by the leap years
However, the longest and shortest
days differ in length from the days
immediately preceding and follow
ing them by only a fraction of a
minute.
“The decision of this question does
not depend on argument or judicial
precedents, numerous and highly il
lustrative as they are. These prec
edents inform us of the extent of
the struggle to preserve liberty and
to relieve those in civil life from
military trials. The founders of our
Government were familiar with the
history of that struggle; and secured
in a written Constitution every right
which the people had wrested from
power during a contest of ages.
“By that Constitution and laws
authorized by it this question must
be determined.”
This was not the only death sen
tence set aside by the Supreme
court because it found that consti
tutional rights had been violated.
It had also ruled against the
“Third Degree” as a method of ob
taining evidence on which convic
tions were based.
“The rack and torture chamber,”
it pronounced, “may not be sub
stituted for the witness stand.”
® Western Newspaper Union.
Man, 127, Weds Wife No. 7
To celebrate his one hundred
twenty-seventh birtnday Hassan, a
peasant living nfar Bigha, in the
Dardanelles Straits, married for the
seventh time. His bride is only
thirty-seven. Hassan declares that
a man is never too old to marry.
Enjoying perfect health, a good ap
petite and the use of a new set of
natural teeth, which first started
to grow 10 years ago, he does not
look older than seventy. He walks
several times a week from his vil
lage to the neighboring town of
Bigha to buy his groceries. Has
san hopes to live at least another
20 years and attributes his fitness
to his life in the open and his total
abstentation from liquor and lobao
IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
S UNDAY I
chool Lesson
By REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST.
Dean of the Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
© Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for June 6
JOSEPH’S READINESS FOR
SERVICE
LESSON TEXT—Genesis 41:33-44.
GOLDEN TEXT—Seest thou a man dili
gent in his business? he shall stand before
kings. Proverbs 22:29.
PRIMARY TOPIC—Joseph’s Errand.
JUNIOR TOPIC—Joseph Goes Before the
King.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—
Ready to Serve.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC—
Preparation for Public Service.
Public service—that position of
opportunity and responsibility—
merits far better treatment than is
commonly accorded to it, for we
know only too well how often it is
nothing but a political football car
ried hither and yon as the dictates
of partisan purposes may indicate.
Scripture holds a very exalted
view of the public servant. Paul
tells us to “be subject unto the high
er powers. For there is no power
but of God: the powers that be are
ordained of God” (Rom. 13:1). The
Bible clearly teaches that every
governmental agency and every
public servant from the policeman
on the beat to the President in the
White House, is only permitted to
exercise authority over his fellow-
men because God has ordained that
there should be such government.
Clear it is that every right-thinking
official of state and nation should
be humble, teachable, discreet, and
wise in the exercise of his power,
and God-fearing in the discharge of
his responsibility.
Joseph, the one in the procession
of the patriarchs of Genesis who
passes before us in the lesson to
day is interesting from many angles
His personal history is charmingly
written and a model of appealing
biography. He is a marvelous type
of Christ, and one could devote
hours to such a study of his life.
But our lesson subject presents him
as one ready for public service, and
we may well profit by the lesson.
He is an example of what men
who serve their country should be.
I. Before God—Humble and
Teachable (w. 33-36).
The background of our lesson is
found in the four preceding chap
ters. Joseph, the boy with dreams
and aspirations, has learned obe
dience, humility, purity, and many
other useful lessons in the hard
school of experience. It has well
been said that the tuition of that
school is high, but the lessons are
well learned.
Now he stands before the king to
interpret a double dream, sent as a
warning to the nation. The wise
men who knew not the true God
had vainly sought to answer the
king’s questions. Joseph sets them
and us an example—he receives in
structions and guidance from God,
and speaks wise words because
taught of him. Would that all those
who stand as counsellors before
kings and presidents in our day
would listen for the voice of God be
fore they speak.
II. Before Men—Spiritual, Dis
creet, and Wise (w. 37-39).
Pharaoh recognized that the Spir
it of God was in Joseph. That is a
great testimony for Joseph, and at
the same time it reflects credit upon
the king. Who can say what would
be the result if our government of
ficials were chosen for their spir
ituality?
Spirituality is not the only quali
fication, however, for such service.
The Christian who expects men to
favor him because he is a Christian,
even though he be careless and in
competent, finds no comfort in the
study of Joseph. He was discreet
and wise. The follower of Christ
should distinguish himself by dili
gent and intelligent application of
all his powers to his work. Then
men will honor both him and his
God.
HI. In Service—Responsible and
Powerful (w. 40-44).
He who had humbled himself un
der the mighty hand of God was ex
alted in due time. (See I Peter 5:6.)
Joseph was willing to abide God’s
time, and did not run ahead of him
as did his father, Jacob.
The record shows that he used his
place of honor and privilege to per
form a difficult and arduous task
and to do it well. Right-spirited
men do not glory in position or pow
er, but use the opportunity to give
themselves in sacrificial service to
God and their fellow-men. Some
one has aptly said that a politician
is one who has his eye on the next
election while a statesman has his
eye on the next generation and its
welfare. God give us more states
men!
Never Despair
Let no man despair of himself. We
may be sepulchres full of dead
powers; but Christ is the resurrec
tion and the life, to make us shrines
full of living, seeing, soaring, re
joicing thoughts and passions.—Dr.
W. L. Watkinson.
Advantage of Tact
Without tact you can learn noth
ing. Tact teaches you when to be
silent. Inquirers who are always in
quiring never learn anything.—Dis
raeli.
Dressed for the Occasion
«UI THERE, Mrs. Astorbilt,
where are you going in that
lovely summer gown?”
“Not very far, Miss Junior Deb,
just down to the store to buy ma
terial for a play suit like yours.”
“Well, Ma-mah, if you must copy
my style, you couldn’t find a bet
ter model because these shorts
really fit, and the whole thing is
a tailored job.”
A Stylist Speaks.
“May I as Susie Sew-Your-Own
interrupt you two with the latest
word from my class in dress de
sign? You, Sis, are a pre-vue
of Miss America in proper sports
wear while Ma-mah is modem to
the minute with her raised waist
line and fulled bodice. I, in this
morning frock, have what the
book calls classic simplicity. Be
that as it may, I couldn’t get
along without it, because it’s so
cool and comfortable.”
Everybody’s Happy.
“Thanks for the approval, Su
sie. Your clever dress would be
a bright spot in anybody’s kitchen,
and now that you’ve got the swing
of this sewing business there will
be no stopping you. But even so, I
must admit I’m a proud mother.
You can go just as far as you
like with this new hobby.”
“Gee, Ma-mah, isn’t it swell to
be on such friendly terms with
Fashion? I think good old Sew-
Your-Own deserves most of the
credit for arranging the introduc
tion. Spring means so much more
when one’s clothes look the part.”
“You’re quite right, dear, but
now let’s run along. We have work
to do.”
The Patterns.
Pattern 1270 comes in sizes 14
to 20 (32 to 42 bust.) Size 16 re
quires 5% yards of 39 inch ma
terial.
Pattern 1272 is designed for
sizes 14 to 20 (32 to 42 bust). Size
16 requires 4% yards of 39 inch
material. 2% yards of ribbon are
required for the tie belt.
Pattern 1304 is for sizes 34 to
46. Size 36 requires 3% yards of
35 inch material plus % yard con
trasting.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1020,
211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, 111.
Price of patterns, 15 cents (in
coins) each.
© Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
The Best Serves
Choose that which is best and
custom will make it most agree
able.—Scott.
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DOUBLE-FRUIT
SHORTCAKE
Mrs. L A. Norwood, Chase City, Va.
Mix and sift 2 cups flour, 4 tsps.
baking powder, K tsp. salt, 1 tbsp.
sugar together. Cut in # cup Jewel
Special-Blend Shortening. Add 1
egg, beaten, and K cup milk and
mix until soft dough is formed. Bake
in hot oven (450°F.) in two layers.
Fill and top with 3 cups strawber
ries, 1 cup crushed pineapple (or
sliced bananas), 1 cup sugar. Top
with whipped cream. Adv.
Ibicle J^hiL
Beyond Their Power—
Our ancestors wrote wise rules
for posterity, but could not pro
vide a posterity wise enough to
heed them.
A beautiful theory in govern
ment goes down before the onset
of human nature. Study men first,
then make the laws for them.
Good society generally is good.
Don’t let the sneering outsiders
fool you.
In the School ot Experience—
Every day is the pupil of the
day that has gone before it.
Some people we like, some we
don’t; but the most joyous tri
umph in life is to find that we like
those we thought we didn’t.
Any friend of yours “who is
worth his weight in gold,” as you
express it, is worth more than
that.
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Heart’s Silence
Not all the lip can speak is
worth the silence of the heart.-—
Adams.
for WOMEN only
CARDUI is a special medicine for
the relief of some of the suffering
which results from a woman’s weak
ened condition. It has been found
to make monthly periods less dis
agreeable, and, when Its use has been
kept up awhile, has helped many
poorly nourished women to get more
strength from their food. This medi
cine (pronounced “Card-mi”) has
been used and recommended by
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