The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 35, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 28, 1934 Page: 3 of 8
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THE CASS COUNTY SUN
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Sultan ot Sulu I* a Modern Ruler.
Prepared hy National Qeonraphlo Society.
Washington, D. C.—WNU Service.
TlllC sultaii of Sulu, the only
orlentnl potentate ruling under
the protection of the United
States, has recently been bereft
of all political power, although he
still exercises religious authority over
tils Moro subjects In a little group of
Islands which are part of the Philip-
pines. The new governor of the Philip-
pities, Frank Murphy, decided not to
appoint the sultan to the Philippine
senate. Although the suit .n seldom
took his seat, the bonor had been ac-
corded him since the time of Gov. Gen.
Dwlght F. Davis.
"In real life the sultan of Sulu Is
not the amusing semi-savage that
George Ade put into comic opera three
decades ago, but a decidedly modern
ruler of the Sulu archipelago, which
forms a series of oceanU stepping
stones from the Philippine group to
British North Borneo," writes George
M. Hanson, former United States con
Bill at Sandakan, British North Bor
ne< .
"Purely religious, his title connotes
nothing more than leadership of the
Mohammedan church within the lim-
its of his sultanate. The sultan of
Brunei, British Borneo, the recognized
'royal highness' in the greater part
of the territory. Is Inclined to regard
him as a poor relatlor who pays trib-
ute to Brunei; hut nevertheless he Is
a full-fledged sultan and has author-
ity of a sort over perhaps "00 small
islands and that part of British North
Borneo with administrative headquar-
ters at Sandakan.
Many Wives but No Children.
"The sultan prides himself on being
an American, though his domestic ar-
rangements have hardly been of a
kind sanctioned in the United Slates,
Under the Koran he may have four
wives at one time; and, since he has
power to dismiss a wife or divorce
tier by waving his royal hand, the
limitation of number has not been
Irksome. It is said that In his day
lie espoused many wives, lie lias no
children, however, and I he Bnjumuda,
or heir apparent (mtida is a Malay
word meaning 'unripe'), is his young
er brother.
"Matrimony is somewhat casual
among the Stilus, and it is not un
usual for girls of thirteen, twelve, or
even eleven to lie ch.imed as brides.
When I was United States consul at
Sandakan, I had an amusing experi-
ence which Impressed upon me the
peculiarity of native marriage cus-
toms.
"Shortly before the sultan's visit
to Borneo that year, a German land-
Iwilder whom the British had ordered
out of the country for the duration of
the World war requested me to take
charge of his rubber plantation near
Sandakan. I agreed, since It was then
my duty to take over representation
of German Interests, to go there on
each pay day and check the accounts,
but 1 declined to assume official con-
trol of the plantation. Thus I became
for a short time 'master' of the Malay
laborers.
"Upon my arrival on the first pay
day, the accountant, a Singhalese from
Ceylon, brought to my attention a plea
from Alus, the house boy, who needed
nn advance of $10. Singapore currency,
for wedding expenses Altts' prospec-
tive bride, the Intermediary explained
was Canapa, daughter of Samat. the
chief tapper.
Canapa Was Too Young.
"Canapa was rather a little girl
and, it seemed to me when her moth
er presented tier for Inspection, much
too young to be thinking of uiatrl
uiony. I decided a little delay would
do no harm. Although the mother,
herself only twenty-lour, argued that
Canapa was 'long past eleven and
ready to marry'. ! announced kindly
but firmly that no girl under twelve
could be married without my special
consent.
"The mother asUed If the wedding
could take place when the girl was
twelve. Not wishing to seem over
harsh, 1 assented. I even offered to
take ■ photograph of the supplicants
and to give them a print as balm for
their disappointment. They eagerly
posed for the picture and went away
seemingly well pleased.
"On my next visit to the planta-
tion, 1 sent for Canapa and her moth-
er and gave them a print of the pho-
tograph I had taken of them two
weeks earlier. They seemed very hap-
py, and the mother asked again if
Canapa could be married when she
was twelve. Again I said yes, and told
her to go ahead and prepare for the
wedding. Alus also a.jked the same
question, and I repeated my assur-
ance to him. Canapa would be twelve
at the full moon, which would occur,
so he had learned from the account-
ant, on Sunday of the next week.
Entertaining the Sultan.
"A week after this episode the sul-
tan arrived and received official en-
tertainment at government house. I
could not let the British outdo me in
showing him the courtesy due his posi-
tion and influence, and accordingly 1
invited him nnd his party to the con-
sulate to tea The guests Included the
sultana, the rajamuda, the sultan's
minister, and several datus, or chiefs.
"I offered them cigarettes and hand-
ed the sultan a package labeled 'Egyp-
tian Cigarettes, Turkish Tobacco.' He
examined the package critically, and
when he saw the hieroglyphics lie was
delighted. Egyptian cigarettes, he said,
were made by the 'followers of the
Faithful and not by Christian infidels.'
1 did not distu-b his sublime faith,
though I could have told him that
those cigarettes were machine made in
North Carolina from tobacco grown
in Asia Minor.
And So Yhey Were Married.
"While 1 was enterta! ting the sul-
tan at the consulate. It occurred to
me that It would be a fine tiling to
have him perform the wedding cere-
mony. Tills would fie an unexpected
honor to Alus and Canapa and no
doubt would prove highly gratifying
to all concerned. The more I thought
of the Idea the better I liked it. I
would have the young couple come
hack with me to Sandakan on Satur-
day, and invite the sultan to anoth-
er tea, where he could smoke his till
of Turkish cigarettes made by the
'Faithful' in North Carolina. The wed-
ding of Alus the Bajao and the twelve-
year-old Malay beauty, Canapa, would
follow. The Incident was all but closed.
"When I went to the plantation the
following Saturday, the full moon that
regulated Malay birthdays for the
month had waned perceptibly. The
accountant met me as usual, but no
smiling Alus stood in the doorway to
greet me.
'"Where Is Alus?" I asked.
" 'lie is here no more. He and Ca-
napa live in the tittle house behind
the rubber factory with Surinlm, the
knhoon (gardener), and they went to
Sandakan today In the hope of get-
ting to see the sultan.'
" 'Living with Canapa?' I muttered.
'What do you mean?'
"'They were married at the full
moon, a week ago. as the titan had
said, and he Is at this house no
more.'
" 'Married a week ago? Who married
then*?'
•"Why you. Tuan; you married
them.'
" '1 married them 1 What nre you
driving at?'
" li was the full moon, Tuan, and
Canapa was twelve And so they were
married, as the tuan had said. They
sleep In the .louse of the kaboon who
Is Canapa's uncle. Is not the tuan
pleased?'
"Then the whole thing suddenly
dawned. The accountant was right,
and all my paternalistic plans for
giving the lioust boj and his child-
ish fiancee a wedding of regal pomp
and circumstance had time to naught
"1 had married them, however, unin-
tentionally but none-the-less certain
|y. Because of my Inexperience with
native customs in affairs of the heart
I had spoken fi.tefnl words too casn
ally The tuan had signified his con
sent and had lixed .he time,
was enough."
LONG LIST OF
LEGEND VICTIMS
Beliefs Have Done, and Still
Do, Much Harm.
Legends, It would seem, are of the
very warp and woof of human life.
Earth's children are governed by
what they believe, and the romances
they conjure up In their minds
dictate their conduct. For example,
a man, awakened by a tapping noise
in the night and seeing his bedroom
door opening, seized a convenient re-
volver, tired and narrowly missed
killing his little son. Each thought
that he hud heard a burglar, and the
child had sought the protection of
his parent. Actually, the sound was
caused by a small branch of a tree
being blow against a first-floor win-
dow. The housebreaker legend, uni-
versally entertained by nervous citi-
zens, very nearly added another in-
nocent victim to a roster already
tragically lengthy.
Social legends, more or less natur-
ally, are not only legion In number,
but enjoy exorbitant credit In the
public mind. For generations Euro-
peans entertained the conviction
that if a ship were to sail westward
over the Atlantic far enough, It
would fall oft the edge of the world.
The witchcraft legend worked real
havoc, and scores of harmless old
women were sacrificed to the super-
stition. Even today there are surviv-
ing remnants of heathen doctrine
which popular education has been
unable to eliminate—the baleful ca-
pacity of a broken mirror to Injure
human life being an obvious citation.
The Scots have been pilloried as
penurious, the French as greedy, the
Germans are egotistic, the Turks as
cruel, the Chinese as untruthful. Yet
Edmund Burke knew that it Is im-
practicable to attempt to indict an
entire nation. The difficulty Is that
millions do not reason such matters
to their logical conclusions aa Burke
did. It Is so much easier to follow
the line of least resistance, to re-
member and to repeat the sophistries
current at the moment
In America there has been a tedi-
ous procession of negative legends.
Thousands hold that ministers' sons
and daughters are bound to go
astray, I hut actors are improvident
and unreliable, that writers are in-
temperate, that sailors have sweet-
hearts in every port, and that cow-
boys Invariably are addicted to sen-
timental songs. The facts are quite
otherwise, but It Is utterly vain to
argue In the circumstances.
However, it certainly would be de-
sirable If there were at least a few
legends of a constructive and help-
ful character, Hope, for instance,
would be such an aid. And, as a wise
philosopher once declared, It should
be possible even on the saddest oc-
casions to hope for hope.—Washing-
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NOW IT COMES OUT
Probably the secret Is, the Jap •*-
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cemetery was trying to get away
from the next door neighbor's loo*
Rpeaker with a Chinese hillbilly
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Mr. Coffee -Nerves ...
he gets bounced from the store
p p m
NOW TELL HER YOU PlTy
HER HUSBAND...THAT ONE
ALWAYS DRIVES 'EM WILO.
TELL HIM YOU JUST WORK
HERS! He CAN'T TALK TO
YOU THAT WAY-YOU'RE
HOT HIS WIFE!
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME A CUSTOMER
HAS COMPLAINED ABOUT YOU, MISS
JACKSON1. WE CAWT AFFORD TO l£T
OUR CLERKS BE RUDE,VOU KNOW
mm.
I'VE TOLD you THREE TIMES
WE CANT MATCH THAT SAMPLE.
DO YOU THINK I'M LYING.OR
WHAT?
** kmmm
WHY-I NEVER
f HEARD OF SUCH
impertinence!
i didn't mean to be
rude.mr.simpson!
but this constant
headache makes
me irrita3le
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your case has all the SYMPTOMS ] / CURSES? i'm licked! why
of COFFEE-NERVES. i suggest you ! > couldn't that store
, cutout coffee...and drink j > manager look after
i POSTUM instead for 30 days, ( his needles and
and leave my
[ business alone l
TELL HIM WHEN YOU NEEDJ
i oidn't sleep well last night
... and my indigestion is so bah
That i have no appetite, all i
had for breakfast was two
cups of coffee!
MEDICAL ADVICE YOU'LL
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OR A CLINIC?
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IF YOU SAY MUST1
1 _ Sf
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CASE SOUNOS LIKE
N COFFGE-NERVESTOME'
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THIS IS THE THIRD TIME CUSTOMERS HAVE
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AND SUNNY DISPOSITION ARE MAKING
SUCH A HIT, WE'LL SOON HAVE TO FIND
YOU A BETTER JOB AROUND ACRE !
Til 111
THANK YOU, MR.SIMPSON...OUT
YOU DESERVE ALL THE CREDIT. IF
YOU HAONT SENT ME TO THE OOCTOR
I MIGHT NEVER HAVE SWITCHED
TO POSTUM !
30 DAYS LATER
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Banger, J. E. A. & Erwin, W. L. The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 35, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 28, 1934, newspaper, August 28, 1934; Linden, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth341648/m1/3/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Atlanta Public Library.