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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1940
Willkie’s Home Town Prepares for Big Gala Day
Citizens of Elwood, Ind., are sprucing up the town in preparation for an invasion of 300,000 visitors when
Wendell L. Willkie formally accepts the Republican nomination for President, on August 17. Willkie will
make two speeches, one from the steps of the Elwood high school and the other at the park. Above, left, is
shown the house in which Willkie was born, below, Mr. and Mrs. Willkie and right, the high school.
‘liquorless Night Club’ ,at W.C.T.U. Convention
Members of Youth’s Temperance council will attend a “liquorless night club” as one of the attractions
of the annual convention of the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union which opened at Chicago, Au
gust 7, to continue for the rest of the week. Milk and soft drinks will be served as evidence of the increasing
trend among young people toward temperance. In inset at left is shown Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith, national pres
ident of the W. C. T. U. and at right is pictured Frances Willard, its founder.
Trotters Get Ready for Race Classic
Outstanding harness horses of America will run in the historic Ham-
bletonian Stake at Goshen, N. Y., on August 14. Biggest race of its kind
in the United States, the event annually attracts thousands of lovers of
trotting races. Above is pictured a typical scene at the famous track.
Scores of champions have been crowned here.
66th Milestone
Congratulations on his sixty-sixth
birthday will be in order for former
Pesident Herbert Hoover on August
10. Mr. Hoover will observe the
milestone at his home at Palo Alto,
Calif. He was born at Long Branch,
Iowa.
Hot Competition in Soap Box Derby
Piloting homemade cars costing not more than $10, hundreds of boys
from the ages of 11 to 15 will compete for prizes at the All American and
International Soap Box Derby at Akron, Ohio, August 11. The grand prize
is a four-year college scholarship to one of America’s leading universi
ties for the lad who com**' in first at the finals.
Eagles’ Conclave
Charles McCann of Newark, N. J.,
is expected to be elected Grand
Worthy President of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles at its three-day
convention at Chicago, which opens
August 15.
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fresh-looking as a spray 'of ap
ple blossoms, this frock (8680) will
be lovely in silk print or flat crepe,
with airy white frills. Notice how
cleverly the frills are used to ac
centuate the torso which is not
only the newest news in silhou
ettes, but potent to give you the
long, limber look for which we’re
all striving. The full skirt, little
pairs of buttons down the front
and sash bow add to the youthful
charm of this frock.
With your big hat and patent
shoes, it will make you look as if
Strange Facts
!
Unstable Pound
Odd Chicken Coops
All Sworn In
!
C. In some parts of China, weight
instead of price of food fluctuates
with market conditions. For ex
ample, a housewife always pays
the same price for rice, but she
gets a “big pound” when it is
plentiful and “a little pound” when
it is scarce.
C. Such places as old city ware
houses, factories, breweries, ho
tels and churches provide housing
for more than 40,000,000 egg-lay
ing chickens in tiers of individual
cages equipped with feed, water
and egg-transportation troughs.
For instance, a $1,000,000 Florida
hotel that failed a short time ago
is now a “chicken coop” with 60,-
000 caged hens.
C. Horses have been known to die
from seasickness, female apes
have grieved themselves to death
over the loss of a baby and human
beings have developed such in
tense melancholia from homesick
ness that it has proved fatal.
C. When witnesses are sworn in
the law courts of Germany, all
other persons in the room, includ
ing the judges, likewise rise and
raise their right hand.—Collier’s.
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Reveller Had Had Enough
To Do With the Stranger '
The reveller came home with a
wicked-looking eye.
His wife was perturbed.
“Oh, dear!” she exclaimed.
“How did you get that awful
black eye?”
The man parked himself in’ a
chair. . “It’s an odd story,” he
sighed. “I was standing on a
street corner, minding my own
business, when a perfect stranger
walked up and clipped me right on
the eye.”
“That’s ridiculous,” frowned his
wife. “A perfect stranger walk
ing up and giving you a black
eye! Did you ask him why he
did it?”
The husband shook his head.
“Of course not,” he returned.
“Why should I butt into a stran
ger’s business?”
Vague Happiness
In vain do they talk of happi
ness who never subdued an im
pulse in obedience to a principle.
He who never sacrificed a present
to a future good, or a personal to
a general one, can speak of happi
ness only as the blind do of col
ors.—Horace Mann.
Gems of Thought
T VALUE my garden more for
* being full of blackbirds than
of cherries, and very frankly
give them fruit for their songs.
—Addison.
Classical quotation is the pa
role of literary men all over
the world.—Johnson.
Good breeding is the blossom
of good sense.—Young.
The conscious utterance of thought,
by speech or action, to any end, is
art.—Emerson.
What you do not want is dear
at a farthing.—Cato.
The man that blushes is not quite
a brute.—Young.
Whispered Secrets
As everyone is pleased with im
agining that he knows something
not yet commonly divulged, se
cret history easily gains credit;
but it is for the most part be
lieved only while it circulates in
whispers, and when once it is
openly told, is openly refuted.—Dr.
Johnson.
Corrupted in Time
There was never anything by
the wit of man so well devised, or
so sure established, which in con
tinuance of time hath not been
corrupted.—Archbishop Crammer.
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Food for the Soul
Had I a loaf of bread I would
sell half and buy hyacinths to feed
my soul.—Confucius.
Honest in Plenty
Nothing can make a man hon
est like plenty to eat and plenty
to wear.
Little Affectations
Affections naturally counterfeits
those excellencies which are far
thest from our attainment, be
cause knowing our defects we ea
gerly endeavor to supply them
with artificial excellence.—John*
son.
NO FAST-BURNING SMOKES
FOR ME. I SMOKE S10W-
BURNING CAMELS FOR
EXTRA MILDNESS
IT'S THE EXTRA
FLAVOR I LIKE
ABOUT CAMELS.
AND CAMELS
SMOKE SO MUCH
COOLER
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EXTRA coolness
EXTRA flavor
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