Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1937 THE FEATHERHEADS A Man of Action By C. M. PAYNE MESCAL IKE By s. l. huhtlby r mouu vum OOM\KJ* ALOKJS WlTW O lOCE-EPl NJ G Take Your Choice FINNEY OF THE FORCE — 4TBST T'ROW TH' BALL 'ROUND AN' KAPt OUTTA » TRUBBLE LOIKE THIS/ POP— The Hikers By J. MILLAR WATT AIR 12 VJOriPEBFUL 'tiu if (JbTS Too <£iu//4 j AlMLlSS u PE6PUL LEAP A H»T OR MISS IXISHNCE Events in the Lives of Little Men * 0 Out of Tune “Good morning, have you had a nice rest?” the landlady asked her new lodger. “No,” was the reply, “your cat kept me awake.” “Oh,” said the landlady. “I hope you are not going to ask me to have the poor thing destroyed?” “Not exactly,” said the mild little man, “but would you very much mind having it tuned?”—Tit-Bits Magazine. Good Way to Start One Teacher (calling suddenly on Wee Willie)—What’s the shape of the earth? Wee Willie—Round. Teacher—How do you know it’s round? Wee Willie—Well, it’s square then. 1 don’t want any argument about it. Cutting Criticism Customer—Listen, barber. I’ll nev er make the train at the speed you’re shaving me. You hold the razor still and I’ll waggle my face. 0 THE WORLD AT ITS WORST By GLUYAS WILLIAMS ]0 AfreR GFIT1H6 DRESSED UP. FOR A PAR'CV, YOU HAVE To PU1' CHAIM6 ON IN ORDER fO COVER *t'HE -FEN FEEf OF VOOR ICY DRIVEWAY OUf TO THE RARE STREET (Copyright, by Tho B«t1 CyndlctU. fnc ) (Copyright, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) A Mother Speaks “I hold aloft the torch and set it farther on. “I have gone down to the brink of dark waters and from the cold shadows brought back warm and precious life. “I am an inspiration and a vic tim. “I have known reverence and in gratitude, adoration and neglect. “I have drunk of joys that Heaven will not make sweeter, p “I have felt griefs that endless torment could not make moro keen. “I have been borne aloft on wings softer than those of angels. “I have seen in loving eyes the light that never was on sea or land. “I have known the callous cru elty of indifference, the pain of be ing left behind on the path of life, the agony of ‘superiority.’ “I have known the joy of being told that my white hairs are the beauty of undying youth. “I have known the anguish of being told that I was never young. “I have known the gladness of sacrifice and its sweet apprecia tion. “I have known the happiness of remorse for unmeant indifference, of regret that ‘they did not real ize.’ “I have slept on pillows softer than down, in which no unfilial hand had ever placed a thorn. “I have received tributes, no bler than any paid to kings and warriors, from those who testified that what they did and were they owed to me. “I have seen stalwart sons grow into the likeness of him I loved, and sweet daughters become what I longed to be. “I have known the glory of ful fillment, the fame of contented ob scurity, the humble renown of a completed mission, the overflow ing repayment for having given myself. “I AM A MOTHER.”—Frank A. Marshall. And Yonder Lay the Tenth Bairn A divinity professor was asked to preside at the baptism of the latest-arrived infant in the already crowded home of the minister of the parish in Scotland. The professor gave out one of the paraphrases often used on such occasions. “Let us,” he said, “sing from the second verse, ‘As sparks in close succession rise.’ ” To his consternation he observed that the congregation seemed un able to repress a giggle. Afterwards, asking the minis ter’s man what had been wrong, he received the reply, “You see, the minister’s name is Sparks.” Gift of Humor T HAD rather be strong, af- 1 fectionate, loyal, noble minded, than be the best hu morist in the world, yet if the gift of humor be added to these graces, you have a combina tion that is absolutely irresist ible, because you have a per fect sense of proportion that never allows emotion to degen erate into gush or virtue into rigidity. Thus I say that humor is a kind of divine and crowning grace in a character, because it means an artistic sense of proportion, a true and vital tol erance, a power of infinite for giveness.—Arthur Benson. A Late Lesson We learn to walk early in life, but it is not until late in life that most folks learn how to keep their feet on the ground at critical times.—William H. Stuart. cO'&f CO* O* V ,^ tv e si \ Free recipe for TIP-TOP CAKE at your grocer's... where you| buy JEWEL Shortening