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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1940 WHO'S NEWS THIS WEEK Democratic Nominees Plan Campaign Strategy By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) N EW YORK.—The first World war tipped over 20 reigning princes and dukes, four emperors and seven kings, in addition to a scattering of small-fry roy- EuropeanRoyalty a lty whose la Heading Our names are Way in Drove, * forgotten. Carol of Rumania and George of Greece were the only kings who came back, and they aren’t a good risk for Lloyd’s—and perhaps Lloyd’s isn’t either. If the Mayflower were still afloat, it could book a full passenger list of kings fleeing from commoners, seek ing a haven in a new world—at any rate, kings and their consorts, their courtiers and others of princely rank. It is understood that the Em press Zita of Austria will be in America before long. The word * “former” is omitted here, in def erence to a clever, purposeful woman, who has never admitted that she isn’t still the empress. Of her son. Archduke Otto, now living in a two-room apartment in New York, she once said, 4< If the time ever comes when he has but one servant, that ser vant will call him ‘your majes ty.’ ” In early-day San Francisco a stately old gentleman with a splen did, kingly uniform announced that he was “Emperor Norton,” and was pleased to make San Francisco his royal domain. Nobody knew who he was or where he came from, but he looked and behaved like an emperor, so they took him up on his proposition. He held court, for years, received homage and issued decrees, and when he needed rev enue levied on the stock exchange, finding a handful of $20 gold pieces always ready. He died sitting straight upright in his little cubby hole room, wearing his full dress uni form. The city gave him a grand funeral. San Francisco was proud of her emperor. They never did learn anything about him. This department was never par ticularly partial to kings, but in ad dition to child refugees it might be a nice idea for each city over here to adopt a Cities May Bid king, or a For the Unhappy prince or Royal Refugee, ^ ^ course, would get Zog of Albania— now in London and fixing to sail for America, according to news reports —a “swingtime king” who installed in his Graustarkian palace a 40-piece American jazz band and became one of the best hoofers in his kingdom. Philadelphia probably would put in a bid for the Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxem burg, a thrifty homebody, now in Quebec. The news is that, if England fa#s, she and her six children will come to the U. S.. t -, A. She knits; plays the piano; , is a fluent linguist and rears her children beautifully. There might not be any bidders for old Ferdinand of Bulgaria, the but terfly collector. He has a knack for pageantry, however, which might interest New Orleans. In case the above should appear to be a callous reference to tragic unhappiness, the main idea is that this democracy might well accord a certain respect to fugitive royalty because it appears to have some thing it really brieves in. A T MIAMI, FLA., IN October, 1934, John Dwight Sullivan, then commander of the New York department of the American Legion, urged the Legionnaires to concen trate less on more and bigger bonuses and to center their efforts on understanding and supporting the government in constructive under takings. He emphasized the need for co-operation as citizens rather than activity as a pressure group. His was a scholarly essay on citizen ship. Now Mr. Sullivan has placed before the convention of the New York County Legion a proposal, for a single, unified United States air force, in which all air arms of all services would be under a single command. Mr. Sullivan is chairman of the Legion’s na tional aviation committee. He is a New York lawyer and an alumnus of Princeton university. He has been active in the further ance of civil and military aviation for many years and was appointed a member of the New York state aviation commission by Governor Roosevelt in 1930. He is 47 years of age, scholarly and ascetic in appearance, preaching social re sponsibility in the Legion for more than a decade. He insists that the organization cannot attain its high purpose with out widening activities in political education, and an informed attitude on basic questions of domestic and foreign policy. Unlike Republican presidential and vice presidential nominees Wendell L. Willkie and Sen. Charles L. Mc- Nary who had never met before their selection as the party’s 1940 standard bearers, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace, the Democratic candidates, have been closely associated in the past seven and a half years. President Roosevelt and Secretary of Agriculture Wallace are shown above conferring on strategy for the coming campaign in which the President will seek a third term. When Hitler Returned in Triumph to Berlin VS.yHt , x.' '**■ ■■ Storm troopers with arms linked hold back the crowds as Adolf Hitler, leader of the Reich, returns to Berlin in triumph after the successful military operations of his armies, in France. One of his first acts on his return was to promote a number of his generals to the rank of marshal. Goering was made a “Reich’s Mar shal.” Hitler stands upright in his official car and returns the salutes of thousands of his greeters. Sino-Japanese War Goes Savagely Ahead . . \ v V fj? While the war in Europe has diverted attention away from the Sino- Japanese conflicts, scenes like the one above show that hostilities are still in progress. The Japanese soldier is one of a party wiping out the streets of Ichang, one of the most important strategic points in the defending army of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. A bomb explodes in the background. Young Briton Inaugurates Big Push This young citizen of Southgate, England, is doing his bit for king and country, following a call by the mayor of his city for citizens to turn in their old scrap metal and help make the sinews of war for the defense of Britain. The youngster went from door to door with his homemade cart collecting odds and ends. The campaign in Southgate was duplicated in other English towns with citizens turning in scrap metal. ‘Phonies’ Beware As a means of aiding citizens to detect counterfeit bills and coin, paper match folders such as the young lady above is holding are be ing issued by the U. S. secret serv ice in Washington, D. C. Radio Executive Niles Trammell, newly electee president of the National Broadcast ing company, is shown above. Z pioneer in network broadcasting. Mr. Trammell has been associate.) with radio lor 1.2 years. 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 August 4 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. THE TWO WAYS LESSON TEXT — Psalm 1: Matthew 7:24-27. GOLDEN TEXT—For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.—Psalm 1:6. The most important thing in life is living. That is not an attempt to make a striking statement, but a sincere effort to present a fact which too often escapes our atten tion. We asre so concentrated upon making a living, or making money, or making a name for ourselves, that we often fail to make a life. God is |nore concerned about what we are than what we do. There are only two ways—the right way and the wrong way. We build our life either on the true foundation or the false. There is no middle way, no half-good founda tion. We must choose, and it is either one or the other. I. Two Roads (Ps. 1). Scripture is not at all concerned about mixing figures of speech, so long as the truth is graphically ex pressed and fully understood. Here it speaks of a man walking in the way, a tree planted by a river, the chaff of the threshing floor; and then returns to the figure of walking in the way. All of these present the same truth, for essentially the idea is that of the two ways in which men walk. 1. Choosing the Way (vv. 1, 4, 6). Even the choice of his way of life marks a man as either blessed or wicked. Some seem to think that they can choose or just drift into the wrong way and still have hope that all will be well. Their choice, or their failure to choose, has put them in the one class or the other. Making a choice is a vital and serious matter. Let us do it care fully. Walking in the counsel or philosophy of the wicked soon re sults in a man lingering in the way of sinners, and before he is aware of it he will find himself so at home, that he will sit among them and scoff. 2. Continuing in the Way (w. 2-4). The man who will permit the law of God to control every detail of life night and day will never go astray, but will, prosper in every thing he does. Observe that to pros per does not necessarily mean to have money, position or recognition in this world. It means to be a suc cess in the thing which God has given one to do. Much that this world calls pros perity is nothing but an empty show, while at the same time some lives which the world says have been wasted are prosperous in the sight of God because His will has been done. 3. At the End of the Way (w. 5, 6). Every road of life comes to an end. “It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Heb. 9:27). Ah yes—the judgment —what will it be in your life and in mine? The wicked cannot stand in the presence of the divine Judge. All the bold front and boastful talk which went over so well before men, loses its flavor and the wicked man can only expect judgment. It is a dark and dreadful scene, but man need not go in the way which ends there, but may turn to God in faith and repentance. II. Two Houses (Matt. 7:24-27). Two men build houses evidently much alike, but we find that there is a great difference between them. 1. The Builders (w. 24, 26). “Wise” and “foolish” are the build ers, and what made them so was their choice of a foundation. No matter how brilliant a man may seem to be in the learning of this : world, if he rejects God’s Word he S is foolish and bound to suffer the loss of everything. 2. The Foundations (w. 24, 26). The foundation of life is really everything. Built on the sands of human philosophy or personal de sire and in the rejection of God’s will, man prepares only for disaster. But—and here is a glorious thought —the Son of God says that, if a man will hear His sayings and build on them, no storm can destroy his building. Blessed assurance! 3. The Testing (vv. 25, 27). The time of testing always comes. It may come early in life, or it may be delayed, but be certain that it will come. To the believer in Christ it is only that—a testing, to prove that his house will stand. But to the one who has rejected Christ the testing time brings dreadful de struction. Shining in the Heart God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.—II Corin thians 4:6. There’s the Danger If men make their plan of serv ice and then ask God to help them, they may, by that very assertion of self, quench the Holy Spirit. It’s Easy to Make And Easy to Wear AKE it in a few hours; and •LYJ. wea r it day after day aftei day!. You can see, from the small diagram sketch, how easy this dress is to put together—merely five pieces, including the sleeves, and the only detailing consists of a few simple darts at the waist line. But you can’t really tell until you get it on, how easy it is to wear and work in, how unhamper* ing and becoming. The waistline looks slim but is completely un restraining — nothing about the dress to catch you up short when reaching into the top shelf or dust ing down the stairs. The front fastening makes it easy to get into. This is an eas ily tubbable dress, too. Make up design No. 1966-B in seersucker, linen, percale or gingham. Even this simple pattern includes a de tailed sew chart. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1966-B is designed for sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 and 40. Corresponding bust measurements 30, 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40. Size 14 (32) requires 3% yards of 35-inch material without nap. Send order to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. Room 1324 211 W. 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In that way better perhaps than in any other can the child be taught the great value of penniesand the permanent benefit which cornea from making every penny count.