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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. S. C, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1940 umn is tops. Ray Ather ton, scored thus after 24 WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON . (Consolidated Features—WNTJ Service.) N EW YORK.—Adm. Sir Charles M. Forbes, commander-in-chief of the British home fleet, may be taking his current naval battles b u- l aj • t rather per- Bntiah Admiral, sonally. He Jutland Veteran, has a charm- Heade Home Fleet ing Swedish wife, who was Marie Louise Bemdtson, daughter of Axel Bemdtson of Stockholm. Their home has been a salon of mingling British and Scandinavian culture. Sir Charles has not been particu larly conspicuous in Britain’s high command of the navy, but, by all accounts, he “has what it takes.” Sixty ^years old, in the navy, for 46 years, he has been in command of ithe home fleet since 1938. He fought in the Battle of Jutland, winning the ,D. S. C. From 1925 to 1928, he was director of naval ordnance. He commanded the destroyer flotilla Mediterranean fleet in 1930 and 1931 and was sea lord and controller of the navy from 1932 to 1934. He was second in command of the Mediter ranean fleet from 1934 to 1936. A British friend who arrived here recently tells me Sir Charles is re garded as perhaps the best naval strategist and tactician of England, of the esteemed “bulldog” type who, unless spurred by higher com mand, would attempt no too-hhzard- ous exploits, but may be depended to go all the way through. RUNS, no hits, no errors is a good score for a diplomat. The runs and the hits aren’t expect ed in diplomacy and goose-egg in V. S. Diplomat’s the error co1 - Batting A verage Rated at IflOOtyo years in the state department, is America’s fully adequate minister to Denmark ^at a critical hour. He assumes charge of French and Brit ish interests. He emerged against the backdrop of the Boston Beacon street aris tocracy, and was known as the “beau of the beaux arts,” when he was studying architecture in Paris. After short turns in architecture and banking, he entered the diplo matic service as a career man, serving in various posts at Tokyo, the Philippines and London, until his appointment as minister to Bul garia in 1937. He became minister to Denmark last August. He is a cautious, “message to Garcia” diplomat who has learned never to get out on a limb—No. 1 in the diplomat's rubric. This in spite of an occasional frolicsome mood, as when he named his infant daughter Helen Maria, in honor of General Dawes, his former chief at London. IT WAS just a year ago that lean, * grim, Calvinistic old Premier Hendryk Colijn warned Holland of big, bad trouble ahead in which in- e . . rs ... nocentby- Stateeman Colijn standers cer- Wamed Holland tainly would To Be Prepared f et h ur * un * less they pre pared to defend themselves. His urging had much to do with his country’s diligent war preparations of the last twelve-month and today, Mr. Colijn, no longer premier, but an influential elder statesman, says Holland is ready to make things extremely unpleasant for trespass ers. In the World war, the astute Queen Wilhelmina managed to save her country by a miracle of adroit maneuvering. She might be able to do it again, but just in case, they have re-rigged their dykes for web footed warfare, if necessary, greatly enlarged their fighting forces and co-ordinated their defenses for the best possible showing a bantam weight country could possibly make against the big sluggers. Mr. Colijn, 70 years old next July, is an amiable, cultured gentleman, . not giveri to fighting talk, but not inexperienced in real fighting. His political and financial fortunes were advanced by his showing in some catch-as-catch-can milling against the savage Sassaks on the Island of Lombok, east of Java, when he was a young lieutenant in the Nether lands army. His service in the Far East brought him in touch with Sir Henry Deterding and he moved along with Sir Henry to wealth and eminence in the world expansion of the Royal Dutch Shell Oil company. He is a financier with a strongly liberal political orientation. In his public activities, he has been a vig orous foe of both the Nazis and Communists. In November, 1938, he denounced the Nazi anti-Semitic pogroms as “the most tragic epi sode of modern times.” He is calmly assured that civili-, zation has staying power, air bombs or no air bombs. He has been leader of Holland’s Calvinist party. He was a farm boy who knocked off milking one night and told his father he was off to military school. U. S. Army Plane Makes First Totally ‘Blind’ Flight • ^ St s V, IMtffog field r/ -v: True*: Tru&K ■: • The first totally “blind” flight in the history of aviation was completed recently by a United States army air corps 2214-ton bomber as it landed at Langley Field, Va., from Mitchell Field, N. Y. Pilots W. A. Matheny and Carl McDaniel, shut off from outside.vision by a canvas, relied solely upon instruments. Left: Crew of the huge Boeing fortress preparing for the historic flight. Top right: Diagram shows how radio signals sent out from two special trucks guides plane to a landing. Bottom right: The plane in which the experiment was i^ade. Instead of following a radio beam, the plane was “on instruments” from take-off to destination, land ed by signal broadcasts from the two radio trucks. As Swedish Soldiers Man Frontier Defense Posts imW m While neighboring Norway battles against the powerful German war machine, Sweden has increased mili tary preparedness facilities at'all vulnerable points. Sweden’s oft-reiterated policy of neutrality is backed up by the small but well-equipped Swedish army. Left: Army machine gunners are shown in position at a border post somewhere near Stockholm. Right: Swedish infantrymen check over thejr ammunition at a vulnerable point near the same city. As Nazi Battleship Invaded Norse Waters HIS* /■ ■:'/■■ •• !• V . •/••y.v'.vv;-. V'V/iv’.'V. Y -'' /•' Made from the bridge of a Nazi warship as she shelled and set fire to m British destroyer, this is the first picture to reach America via radio of actual battle between ships of the English and Nazi fleets in Norwegian waters. The picture was made during fighting in the Skager- rak. The white plume is where a shell fell short. Note the swastika on the foredeck of the German ship—recognition mark for Nazi bombers. They Plan July Republican Convention ‘Harpo’ Galento This may be a preview of coming events. “Two-Ton” Tony Galento, challenger to Joe Louis’ heavy weight crown, spied this $2,000 harp in an Omaha, Neb., radio station, and promptly went to work on it. His Biggest Day Pictured in Philadelphia, Pa., making plans for the Republican na tional convention in July are (left to right) James F. Torrance, Pitts burgh, chairman of the Pennsylvania committee; John D. M. Hamilton, national committee chairman, and Harold W. Mason of Brattleboro, Vt., national committee secretary. Oscar Vitt, Cleveland Indian base ball club manager, embraces Pitch er Bob Feller after the latter pitched a no-hit, no-run game against the Chicago White Sox in the opening tilt of the season at Chicago. IMPROVED*’*””* UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D. Dean of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for May 5 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. ISAIAH GIVES GOD’S INVITATION LESSON TEXT—Isaiah 55:1-11. GOLDEN TEXT—Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.—Isaiah 55:6. Thirsty? A thousand signboards will tell you what to drink to refresh yourself. Most of the suggestions are there only to get your money, and often their proffered lift is a push downward and their refresh ment is only a prelude to destruc tion. But they do declare that thirst is universally present. Throughout the Bible thirst is used to express man’s need of and longing for God. He is a spiritual being made in the likeness and image of God and in tended for fellowship with Him. Never will he be fully satisfied until he comes to God and meets his hun ger and thirst with that “which is good.” The invitation of Isaiah is present ed under the figure of a purchase, “Come ye, buy.” In carrying out that thought we suggest that there are four steps in buying and using anything. I. Listen (v. 1).' “Ho, everyone that tnirsteth.” This is as Spurgeon says “the cry of a salesman at a fair.” Amid the confusing sounds and disturbing sights surrounding his customer the salesman must make himself known and catch the interest of his cus tomer. The latter must listen to the offer and the recommendation of the things for sale. This is an unusual offer. Isaiah invites the buyer to make his pur chase “without money and without price.” Does that mean that the thing for sale is cheap or worthless? Far from it, for it is priceless. Sal vation is free for the sinner, but it cost God the price of His only begot ten Son. It is because Jesus paid the price of redemption that we may have it freely without cost. II. Compare (vv. 2-5). A good shopper compares values lest he make a bad bargain or buy that for which he has no real need. What is the situation of the one who is invited to buy what God offers? He is a sinner who has been fool ishly seeking to satisfy himself with what the world has to offer. With money he has tried to buy happi ness, contentment, recognition. The bread of this world will never satisfy and the water of this world only in creases one’s thirst. (See John 4: 13, 14.) Compare what God has to offer, “that which is good,” that which delights the soul (v. 2). Here is life (v. 3) assured by the promise of One who made an “everlasting covenant” with David, assuring him of His “sure mercies.” It results in ultimate glory (v. 5). The one who honestly makes suen a comparison is quickly satisfied that the time has come to III. Buy (w. 6-9). Penniless, the sinner may “buy” without money. He may call upon God, for God has already called him. He may seek God, because He like the good shepherd has been out seek ing the lost sheep (Matt. 18:12). While man can certainly not save himself, there are things which God expects the sinner to do. First, he is to “seek the Lord.” Where? Right at your side, sinner, for “he is near” (v. 6). Then when the sin ner meets the Lord he is at once conscious of his sin. What shall he do with it? Forsake it in both thought and deed (v. 7) and God will “abundantly pardon.” Observe that men may by their sinful rejec tion of Him bring themselves to the place where they not only do not listen to God’s call, but actually do not want to hear it. “Seek ye the Lord while he may be found” (v. 6). IV. Enjoy (w. 10, 11). Some foolish folk buy things and put them away where neither they nor anyone else can enjoy them. Some worry so much about the price they paid or are so concerned about the preciousness of the thing pur chased that they find no pleasure in using it. Salvation is not a thing to be hidden or put on a shelf. In fact, it is not a thing at all, but a life. It is to grow, to bud, to blossom and to bear fruit. How? By being ready to receive God’s Word which comes down like the rain from the heavens, refreshing, encouraging, and fructi fying the life of the believer. God’s Word never returns to Him void. He prospers it to accomplish His own purpose. But pray tell me, if we never study it or even read it, how can it help our lives? We “grow in grace’’ only as we grow “in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ” (II Pet. 3:18). We grow in knowledge as we study God’s Word. Thus we come to enjoy our Christian life. Healing Powers There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jeru salem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spir its and they were healed every one. —Acts 5:16. Popular Apron for Beginner to Make I_J ERE’S one to begin on, if you’ve never done any sew ing. Pattern No. 1927-B consists of just three pieces that go to gether to become the most practi cal and comfortable of pinafore aprons—and it is a pretty thing to look at, too, slim-waisted and bright with braid. It buttons on the shoulders and slips on over your head. And then it stays put! Three or four aprons like this, in percale, calico or gingham, will y 1 make your home life much easier and happier. It’s a nice sugges tion for occasional gifts, too, and a sell-out at club or church sales, be cause it’s the type every woman wants! Send for the pattern right this minute, and you’ll be as en thusiastic as is everybody who has tried it! Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1927-B is designed for sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48. Size 36 requires 2% yards of 35-inch material with out nap; 10 yards of ricrac. Send order to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. Room 1324 211 W. Wacker Dr. Chicago Enclose 15 cents In coins for Pattern No Size Name Address Isn’t This Why Yon Are Constipated? What do you eat for breakfast? Coffee, toast, maybe some eggs? What do you eat for lunch and dinner? White bread, meat, pota toes? It's little wonder you’re con stipated. You probably don’t eat enough ‘'bulk.” And ‘‘bulk” doesn’t mean the amount you eat. It’s a kind of food that forms a soft “bulky” mass In the Intes tines and helps a movement. If this is your trouble, may we sug gest a crunchy toasted cereal— Kellogg’s All-Bran—ior breakfast. All-Bran Is a natural food, not a medicine — but It’s particularly rich la “bulk.” Being so, it can help you not only to get regular but to keep regular. Eat All-Bran regularly, and drink plenty of water. Made by Kellogg’s in Battle Creek. If your condition is chron ic, it is wise to consult a physician. V A Working Day Life is a short day; but it is a working day. Activity may lead to evil; but inactivity cannot be led to good.—Hannah Moore. HOT SPRINGS MAY BE GREAT FOR RHEUMATIC PAIN But this famous Prescription has helped thousands, too Not everyone has got the money to visit “The Springs.” But it doesn’t punish your pocketbook to buy Prescription C-2223. This famous remedy brings you real grateful help for rheumatism’s pain, muscular aches, or rheumatic fever. It does its work as an effective analgesic—thousands enjoy its pain- relieving action. Sold on money-back guarantee, 60c or $1. Demand Pre scription C-2223 by its full name. mODERHIZE Whether you’re planning a party or remodeling a room you should Jollow the advertisements... to learn what's new ... and cheaper... and better. And the place to find out about new things is right here in this newspaper. 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