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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1938 . OUR COMIC SECTION m i P o p •y J. Millar Waft ewNU THAT'S HORACE./ PHOEBE DIDN'T ENCOURAGE GOT RED HAIR.' THAT'S RUPERT ! PHOEBE DIDN'T BOTHER ABOUT HIM--HE >*/AS ALWAYS SHOWING OFF ! THAT'S DICK! PHOEBE LIKED HIM BUT HE WAS TOO SLOUCHY — THAT'S BILL? HE WAS TOO HARD^ vorkingl 50 SHE ISN'T NO ! MARRYING NONEOF'EM ANY OF HAS ASKED # 'EM /T^HER / Bell SywHcaU.—WNU Service. J ■> PICKED WRONG GIRL “Say, how’d yer sheik git de black eye?” “Fell down on his promise t’ take me out—-an* got hurtr* Plenty Tbankfnl Jennie didn’t like spinach, but she ' ate it anyhow. Then when she asked to leave the table, mother told her she’d have to say her grace first. “Got nothin’ to be thankful for,” grumbled Jennie. “Then stay where you are until you have!” Silence. Then a small voice— “Thank the Lord I wasn’t sick from that spinach. Now kin I leave?”— Washington Post. DOWN ON THE FARM Farmer Bug—My, what a large bulb. I wouldn’t like to dig a hole to plant that in. Bruchart'a Washington MHqest Three Times in Row President’s ‘Purge’ Attempts Prove Futile Roosevelt Unable to Transmit Personal Popularity to His Followers; Political Prestige Suffers Irreparable Dam age; Forced Realignment Seen Complete Flop. By WILLIAM BRUCKART WNU Service, National Press Bldg., Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON.—There was quite a sermon, for me, in the telegram of congratulations that Virginia’s great leader, Sen. Carter Glass, sent to Senator George upon the occa sion of Senator George’s victory in the attempted New Deal “purge” in Georgia. I don’t know why that telegram was not more widely print ed, but it was typically like Carter Glass, so cryptic, so full of mean ing, that I am going to reprint it here: “Senator Walter F. George, At lanta, Ga. “God bless you, Walter. Like wise, the sovereign State of Geor gia. “Signed. Carter Glass.” To get its true meaning, one has to recall that Senator George was the third Democratic sena tor, in a row, who was openly opposed by President Roosevelt; the third marked to be “purged” from the Democratic party and the third in a row to be victorious over the President’s ill-advised attempt to dominate voters of a state, and, in due course, the con gress of the United States, by personally picking the Democratic party nominees. Next, Mr. George had been sub jected to perhaps the strongest New Deal slap by the President, of any of the nine senators whom the Pres ident originally described as men behind the times. It will be re called how Mr. Roosevelt, with Sen ator George on the platform, spoke his blessing of United States Attor ney Camp at Barnesville, Ga., and announced his conclusion that Mr. George represented the past, not the future. It was on that occasion, too', that Mr. Roosevelt uttered the now famous: “God bless you, Walter; I hope we will always be friends.” The third feature to be remem bered is that Mr. George won, that former Governor Talmadge was second and that the New Deal can didate was third in the race, and that Mr. George’s victory was so overwhelming that there was no need for a run-off primary—the method in the solid Democratic states of choosing between the two highest candidates from the prima ry vote. This means that a ma jority of the voters—more than 50 per cent—voted for Mr. George. President 9 * Prestige Has Suffered Heavy Damage Couple these facts with Senator Tydings’ victory over Rep. David J. Lewis for the Democratic senatorial nomination in Maryland, and Sen. “Cotton ’Ed” Smith’s substantial margin over Governor Johnston in South Carolina, and it appears to me that several conclusions are proper and justifiable. Mr. Roosevelt went into South Carolina in behalf of Gov ernor Johnston and he went into Maryland to promise construction of several huge Chesapeake bay bridges and to point to the good qualities of Representative Lewis. Yet, the President’s wishes were well ignored. The conclusions I have reached— and I believe they will stand the most critical test—are: 1. Mr. Roosevelt is unable to transmit to his followers the same personal popularity that he has en- i joyed since entering the White House. 2. His prestige as a political lead er, which undoubtedly was slipping to some extent before, has now suf fered irreparable damage. 3. The congress that will be elect ed in November will be the most independent, indeed, probably the most obstreperous, that the Presi dent has faced, and that spells trou ble in a big way. 4. There can be no discounting the influence that victories for the con servatives, like those won by Tyd ings, Smith and George, will have on the rest of the country in the November elections. It is dn hon est statement, I believe, that there are numerous voters who have been wavering between the New Deal and the conservative school of thought, and a large percentage of them will turn to conservative candidate when they have a chance. They will be influenced strongly, and that fact worries the New Deal thinkers at the moment. ‘Purge 9 but Step In Plan Of Political Realignment But there is yet another thought in this connection. I refer to the President’s program for a realign ment Of political groups in this coun try. He has called for it; of that there is no obvious doubt. The “purge” of the senators marked for political destruction was one of the early steps. So, it is significant that Mr. Roosevelt’s early maneuver in the direction of a forced realign ment has succeeded to the extent of a complete flop. The thing that started out to be a beautiful swan like dive became a belly-buster, much to the chagrin of the great thinkers who surround the Presi dent and give him such poor politi cal advice. There will be a condition in the next congress that will be worthy of watching. Surely, no one will ex pect Tydings and Smith and George and Clark of Missouri and six or eight other senators to go out of their way to support a Roosevelt program in which they may not believe. There is the nucleus. There were already 20 or more senators of that mind. With those re-elected after overcoming the “purge,” it seems reasonable to suppose that as little political credit as possible will be given to the President. House members nearly always keep in close touch with the sena tors of their respective states, par ticularly if they are of the same po litical faith. They will take encour agement from the forthrightness of their seniors and, quite naturally, will be bolder and more outspoken. It will be much more difficult for Democratic Leader Rayburn to hold his majority together in the house of representatives because of this new-found courage and, in some cases, resentment. All of which leads into a third phase. Few Presidents have been able to withstand bushwhacking from Capitol Hill. It confronts Mr. Roosevelt to an unparalleled degree because of the “purge.” Thus, a fur ther analysis seems to offer evi dence, at least a hint, that Mr. Roosevelt’s control of the Demo cratic party may be broken. If it is not now an accomplished fact, I see no reason to expect that the President can control the Democrat ic national convention of 1940. That, after all, is one of the things at stake in the President’s ill-starred ‘.‘purge” attempts. Some Heads May Fall; New Spokesmen Appear In consequence of these things, I have an idea that there will be many, many moves made during the next session and in the session just before the 1940 convention de signed to take the Democratic party out of the hands of the Roosevelt advisers. I think you will see dele gates being groomed here and there, 18 months before they are to be formally chosen. I believe also that state political bosses will be come quite active next summer as they watch which way the wind blows. Some will guess wrong, some right. Some political heads will fall and new spokesmen will appear on the scene; All of these things, I predict, will happen, barring one thing. That one thing is war. If there is a gen eral European war on the horizon, then we may expect a different course of political events in the United States. What I am about to say, now, is not said in discredit of the Presi dent. It is merely voicing a fact in politics. If there be a general war abroad, and, more particularly, if American relations become involved in it, then Mr. Roosevelt unquestion ably will appeal for solidarity of public opinion, for unanimous sup port for the government of the na tion. His spokesmen and henchmen will be busy as bees showing him to be the only man for the job, the only man capable of saving the na tion. That happened in Woodrow Wilson’s time and it has happened in every other war, and it will hap pen again. Political Destruction Of Roosevelt Threatened I know that Mr. Roosevelt is no more anxious to have the United States become involved in war than you or I. He realizes its cost in blood, as well as the disarrange ment of world economics that fol lows. And if war comes, he natural ly will want a united nation back of him. But, coldly and abstractly, I repeat that war conditions are the only set of circumstances that I see now which may prevent a thorough going movement on Capitol Hill for the political destruction of Mr. Roosevelt. When I say, political de struction, I do not mean to imply, or to hint that opponents of the Pres ident within his own party want to send him to oblivion. They will seek—they are seeking, now—to de throne him in every way except as titular head of the party. They want the guidance to come from old Democratic leaders and they want adherence to old Democratic princi ples. That is to say, the long-time oracles of the Democratic party have witnessed stupidity, sheer dumbness, on the part of the young squirts who have crowded close to the President, and they want to send those quacks back to the oblivi on from which they came. Further, the old line Democrats want to avoid a wide-open split in their party. Un less that can be done in 1940, there will be a Republican victory fol lowed by exactly the same condi tions that wrecked the Republicans after the “purge” that the voters gave the G. O. P. in 1932 and 1936. £> Western Newspaper Union. Jlsk Me ^Another 0 A General Quiz 1. What congress was oncfe held in a Baltimore tavern? 2. Is there a town that has no chimneys? 3. From where do we get th« word “money”? 4. What city in Colorado owns a glacier? 5. Why is the card game called fargo? 6. What is the weight of the bronze entrance doors of the Su preme Court building in Washing ton, D. C.? 7. Who invented the ice cream freezer? 8. Which English queen had 17 children? 9. Is Radio City a single build ing or a group of buildings? 10. Why is a section of the Ten nessee river called Musclo Shoals? The Answers 1. The Continental congress of 1776-77. 2. Mason City, Wash., with a population of 3,000, is heated with electricity and has no chimneys. 3. From the Latin “moneta,” me of the surnames of Juno. The first mint was attached to her temple. 4. Boulder, Colo.,. owns Arapa hoe glacier, which is the source of the city’s water supply. 5. It is from Pharaoh, a picture Df the Egyptian king originally appearing on a card of the old French pack. 6. The doors weigh 3,000 pounds each and are rolled out of sight when the building is open. 7. It was invented by George Washington. 8. Queen Anne, who reigned jver England from 1702 to 1714. 9. Radio City is the name given to the four buildings on the Sixth avenue side of Rockefeller Center. These are the 70-story RCA build ing, the RKO office building, the Music hall and the RKO theater. 10. The muscular demands on the Indians and early settlers in zanoes bound upstream is sup posed to have suggested the name. Malaria Can KILL Don’t get the idea that Malaria is not important. In 1936, for in stance, 3,700 people died from Malaria in our 12 Southern states alone! Wintersmith’s is a doctor’s com pound for Malaria. It contains world-famous medicines for treat ing the disease—known by every doctor, and prescribed in millions of cases every year! Your druggist has Wintersmith’s —or he will gladly get it for you. See him TODAY, and ask for Wintersmith’s—the Tonic that your parents and your grandparents took to relieve Malaria—the Tome PROVEN by 70 years’ nse. Worthy Spark Our humanity were a poor thing were it not for the divinity which stirs within us.—Bacon. How Women in Their 40’s Can Attract Men [ere’s good advice for^a woman durin^her iange (usually from 38 to 62), who —_— le’U lose her appeal to men, who warriea bout hot flashes, loss of pep, dizzy spells, pset nerves and moody spells. Get more fresh air, 8 hr*. uet more iresn a»r, o azu. sleep and if you ed a good general system tonic take Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, made teeiallv for women. It helps Nature build i physical resistance, thus helps give more vacity to enjoy life and. assist canning terv nerves and disturbing symptoms that Unattained Success is counted sweetest by those who ne’er succeed.—Emil Dickinson. GS BUCK LEAF 40" Keeps Dogs Away from Evergreens, Shrubs etc. ^ 1936 Use 1 Vi Teaspoonful par Gallon of Spray. And All Is Well today is the tomorrow you wor- d about yesterday. i WNU—7 39—38 ruined eyes by neglect; they get red and sore and you let them go. Don’t do it. Leonardi’s Golden Eye Lotion cures soreness without pain in one day. Cools, heals and strengthens. 7 LEONARDI’S GOLDEN EYE LOTION MAKES WEAK EYES STRONG 3So •* M druggist* New Large Site with Dropper—SO cent* t. B. Leonard! It Co M New Rochelle, N. T.