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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1937 The SUPREME COURT AND HOW IT WORKS How to Get a Hearing Bj ROBERT MERRILL on the Pacific coast an entire continent intervenes. But when it comes to the protection of his Constitutional rights, distance means nothing. His case in a local state or federal court may reach the Supreme court of the United States by steps easily and quickly taken. How can he get his problem be fore our National Umpire for a de cision? Here, step by step, is the method: Suppose, for example, a state should pass a law making a home- owner liable for the cost of repay- . ing the street from curb to curb in front of his house. The home-owner claims that this is a municipal expense, which the city should pay out of its general fluid. Appeals From State Court. • The city ignores his objection, files a lien against his property and threatens to sell him out for non payment. In the local state court the citi- xen's attorney moves to strike off the lien. The court, relying on the state statute, refuses. The home- owner appeals to the Supreme court of the state, which dismisses his ap peal and declares that either the citizen must pay or have his house sold over his head. “Am I through?’* asks the home- owner. “Certainly not,” replies his attor ney. “We’ll find out what the Su preme court of the United States thinks about this.” So the home-owner’s attorney sends to Washington a short printed petition, stating the facts, giving the decision of the state court and ask ing the United States Supreme court to order the state court to send its record for review. State Court Supplies Record, When this petition reaches Wash ington every one of the Supreme court justices separately examines it and also the printed answer of the lawyer for the state. At the jus tices’ conference on the following Saturday morning, if all or a ma jority of them think there is sub stance in the citizen’s claim, they grant the petition—and the record comes up from the state court. The home-owner’s case is then set down on the argument list. Law yers on both sides* file briefs. When the case is about to be reached for argument all parties are notified. The citizen’s own attorney either ap pears for him or entrusts the argu ment to an attorney in Washin jlon. The home-owner doesn’t have to ap pear at alL The case is now argued. The justices go into a huddle over it. After thorough consideration the de cision is announced. The first pav ing of the road, it may find, pecu liarly benefits the citizen’s proper ty, and therefore the cost can be assessed against it. But subsequent repavings of the space between curbs are a community responsibil ity, and must be paid for out of the tax money which all the citizens contribute. State Court Reversed. The judgment of the state Su preme court is therefore reversed, and the record is sent back across the continent with instructions to strike off the lien. If, in such a case, the citizen has been a non-resident of the state in which this property was situated he might have sought relief in the local United States district court instead of in the state court. If he had lost his case both there and in the local United States circuit court of appeals, his subse quent approach to the Supreme court of the United States would have been the same as in the appeal from the state court just described. The great help to the citizen in any such typical case lies in the fact that the final decision is in the hands of an umpire, concerned with constitutional rights. In this imaginary paving case, the mayor and city council could see only community advantage in making the householder go on pay ing for successive repavings. For tunately the Supreme court exists to see both sides of a picture and so to insure the citizen against loss of his property otherwise than by the due process of law guaranteed to him by the Fifth and the Four teenth amendments to the Constitw tion. • Western Newspaper Union. Mineral in Feed for Cows Mineral matter is very important in the feed of a dairy cow. Cal cium and phosphorus make up the major portion of the mineral mat ter of the skeleton. These, to gether with other minerals, are es sential in regulating the vital proc esses of the body. Milk production requires many minerals, the most important of which are calcium and phosphorus. Alfalfa and other le gumes supply the cow with rela tively large quantities of calcium, while the protein concentrates, such as cottonseed meal and wheat bran, are sources of phosphorus. A short age of iodine will cause the calves to be born with goiters. Here’s What to Wear on Summer Day rw* mmwmmwwm IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL By CHERIE NICHOLAS A S TO what to wear on a summer day, simple flattering little gay print frocks, the more unsophisticat ed the smarter, are literally “run ning away with the show.’* To em phasize the summery look comes into the style picture hats that are very wide of brim. These hats are of straw, or felt, or that which is very, very new, they may be of stitched fabric, pique, linen or layer upon layer of stiffened silk chiffon. In the illustration we are showing to the right a most wearable shirt waist-type spectator sports dress in a silk crepe with a neat Paisley pat terning on a blue ground. The panel front in the skirt has pleats on eith er side. The conservative styling of this dress together with the qual ity texture of the silk gives “class’* in the eyes of those who recognize the better fashions. The fabric be ing a sterling pure silk dye can be depended upon as a standby when in critical moments the “what-to- wear’’ problem presents itself. The wide-brimmed hat of burnt straw adds the final touch of distinction. Another token of chic is the fact that this hat is crownless, and hats in fashion’s realm are going crown less at an astonishing rate. Speaking of smart millinery, there is a tendency, whether hats are large or small, to wear them in an off-the-face manner that reveals a smooth brow framed with smartly coiffed hair. The hat pictured in the oval inset is a Jean King crea tion in glistening white toya, a cool papier-mache straw that is just the thing for midsummer wear. A vel vet band in soft blue finishes its graceful line in an artful bow at the nape of the neck. With your most summery frocks a hat of this type will carry a convincing message of chic and charm. Designers have entered into the VIVID FLORALS By CHERIE NICHOLAS Simple daytime frocks neatly tailored of sturdy wash fabrics pat terned with vibrant florals are the call of the hour. One should include several frocks of the type pictured :n the summer wardrobe, especially since they are so easily made, and alluring materials guaranteed not to shrink are so easily available. This well-tailored frock is strewn all over with exotic flowers. It is a dress that will tub any number of times and never shrink a mite. spirit of cottons wholeheartedly this season. It is truly a revelation to see what wonders they are doing with both sturdy and dainty sheer weaves, tuning their fashioning to formal as well as informal wear. Printed cottons especially were nev er more beautiful. A special fea ture is being made of printed cot ton voiles, some of which are simply entrancing both as to their pattern ing and their exquisite sheerness. These voiles are so inexpensive too, women who do their own sewing can have the prettiest sort of frocks at trifling cost. The attractive summer girls standing to the left and canter in the illustration are wearing charming cotton dresses as fresh and sweet as an old-fashioned garden. The cottons that fashion them won’t shrink because they have already been scientifically shrunk. The dress to the left has wee little pleatings on the skirt and is a pretty style to copy if you are making your own. The dress centered offsets its gay print with a dainty lace-and-em- broidered lingerie collar. There nev er was a time in fashion history when accessories counted for as much as they do this season. Not only is the most feminine looking neckwear a necessary luxury but in more ways than can here be enu merated the emphasis is placed on the value of choosing smart tuned- to-the-costume accessories. An in triguing use of bright cotton prints is made in the clever halters which are selling at the neckwear coun ters so briskly. These halter vestees with their long tie-sashes are making a gesture in economy that enables the woman with a most limited budget to look well dressed at all times. © Western Newspaper Union. SHORT DANCE DRESS IS NEWEST FASHION Why not wear the new short dance dresses before anyone else does? Schiaparelli introduced them, Paris immediately began wearing them, and New York is looking them over with great interest. They may be the beginning of the end for long evening gowns, as some stylists say, but the end is a long way off. These short frocks for long eve nings are very spirited and gay and young. Their swirling hemlines are more than five yards around. Col lege girls will take them back to school this fall. The length may be anything that suits you, from six to twelve inches from the dance floor. Tyrolean Influence Is Spreading to Accessories Gay colors cross the border of the Tyrol—that little mountainous district in western Austria—to fash ion circles in all parts of the world. From the shaving brush feather in madame’s sport hat to the embroid ery on the hem of her skirt, the Ty rol influences her wardrobe. The latest and most novel Tyro lean accessory—prong initials for the handbag—were just brought out for Palm Beach wear. They are made up in many colors which ma- dame mixes with gay abandon. Tangerine yellow, followed by red and hunter green is a garish com bination inspired by the peasant girls’ costumes. The largest of the new Tyrolean initials is reminiscent of the bold lettering on children’s blocks. Cut out in metal, this initial is covered over with shiny patent leather, or, a calf grain. Strung across the flap of a white pastel bag, these initials speak a dashing personality. S UNDAY I chool Lesson By REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. Dean of the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. © Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for July 11 LESSON TEXT—Exodus 3:1-12. GOLDEN TEXT—Come now therefore, and I will send thee.—Exodus 3:10. PRIMARY TOPIC—How God Answered His People's Prayer. JUNIOR TOPIC—A Leader in the Making. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC— How to Get Ready to Work for God. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC— How God Provides Leaders Today. God calls men, commissions and uses them to carry out his plans and purposes in the earth. What a great truth that is and how it glori fies the destiny of man to know that it is divinely appointed. As Joseph Parker beautifully points out, the experience of Moses in Midian was a direct dealing with God, whereas we who may not be able to “see the fountain’’ must “be content to drink at the stream,’’ but should always remember that the stream flows from that same fountain. “Every man should put to himself the questions—What is my destiny? What does God mean me to be and to do in the world? . . . It is a most pitiful thing that a man should read of Moses being divinely called ... to a special work” and fail to realize “that God has a special work for every man to do.” Let us have a care that we do not “so pervert and misinterpret circum stances as to press them into a justi fication of self-will,” rather than recognize them as “destiny which is beckoning us to duty.” For our instruction and guidance we consider then the story of the call of this outstanding leader of Israel. It presents him as a true servant of God—one who was I. Personally Equipped. While it is a blessed truth that God will use any man who sur renders himself to his control and guidance no matter how limited that man’s ability and training may be, it is also true that, other things be ing equal, the man with the best equipment will be the most useful servant. God gave Moses a unique prepara tion. He was first of all a Hebrew, bom among the people that he was to lead. He knew the luxury and all the cultural advantages of the Egyptian court (Acts 7:22), with the safeguard of training by his own mother as his nurse. He observed at first hand the oppression of his people and made a self-willed and impulsive effort to deal with the problem. The result was that he had a “postgraduate” course of in struction and discipline in the wil derness where he spent forty years in the school of experience. The leaders of God in our day need training. Some best receive it in schools, in Christian colleges, seminaries, and Bible schools true to the faith. Others prepare in the home, the church, and in the “uni versity of hard knocks”—as some one has called the school of ex perience. Perhaps the best prepara tion is a balanced combination of the two, school and experience. But the important thing is to be prepared for God’s call. II. Spiritually Qualified. Moses was a man who knew God. Had he been a worldly man he would have been but curious of the phe nomenon of the burning bush. But note how alert and reverent he was and how immediately responsive to the instructions and the call of God. All the training and preparation in the world is worge than useless in God’s service apart from that spirit ual qualification that comes from true regeneration and dedication to him. There is no more pathetic sight than a spiritually powerless church worker “going through the motions” of service for Christ. If we are in that condition we may be sure that we deceive no one but ourselves. Let us seek God in confession and in glad acceptance of his provision for both our redemp tion and our sanctification. HI. Divinely Called. Moses was called (v. 4), commis sioned (vv.6-10), and clad with di vine authority (vv. 11-12) for his great task. God calls his servants to different responsibilities and in different ways, but the important thing is that we should know that we are in his will and that we are answer ing his call. No man or woman has any right to choose full-time Christian service simply as a desirable vocation, for it is a divine calling. Quite unscrip- tural was the attitude of the man who said that in a quiet woodland nook he had faced life’s realities and had decided “to bet his life” on the preaching of the gospel. On Giving of Alms In giving of thy alms, inquire not so much irv^o the person, as his necessity. God looks not so much upon the merits of him that re quires, as into the manner of him that relieves; if the man deserve not, thou has given it to humanity. Sense of Humor A sense of humor enables us not so much to laugh at the people who provoke us, as to laugh at our selves for being so easily provoked —Robert Power. Hmart and Comfortable / yOU can stay on the cool side 1 this summer and still bask in the sunshine of flattery if you’ll look to Sew-Your-Own for your in spiration. Witness today’s trio of smart fashions: do they not fair ly take you by the hand? For Sheer Comfort The model portraying the cool poise of a well groomed cosmo politan, above center, can be yours. Milady, with very little ta- doo: Choose a beauteous dark ground sheer for this stylish frock. Personal Item No. 1. This cleverly designed slip is, in a way, like the lovely flower born to blush unseen for it knows its place and keeps it. Because of superb styling, this slip offers new chic to the meticulous wom an. It has a wide shadow proof panel, and smooth fashionable lines that make for a well turned out appearance. Sweet ’n* Tart. As wholesome and becoming as her suntan, is this exciting new dress for Miss Junior Deb or her kid sis. It is young enough to please its youthful client, and pretty enough to satisfy the most fastidious mother. Noteworthy is the button-all-the-way front. This means easy laundering. The Patterns. Pattern 1946 comes in sizes 14 to 20 (32 to 44 bust). Size 16 re quires 3V4 yards of 39 inch ma terial plus 1 yard of ribbon for shoulder straps. Pattern 1325 is designed for sizes 36 to 52. Size 38 requires 4% yards of 39 inch material plus % yard trimming as pictured. Pattern 1301 is designed for sizes 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14 years. Size 8 years requires 2% yards of 35 or 39 inch material plus 5 yards of trimming to finish as pictured. Send your order to TJie Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1020, 211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, 111. Price of patterns, 15 cents (in coins) each. © BeU Syndicate.—WNU Servica. f PE-KO EDGE JAB BOBBERS If your dealer cannot supply you, send 20c and your dealer’s name for a Trial Package of 48 genuine age-resistant, live rubber Pe-Ko rings; sent prepaid. 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