Cartoon drawn by Joseph L. Parrish (1905-1989) of the Nashville Tennessean in 1932 showing a goateed man labeled Tennessee with a fly swatter with the words August primary printed on it, leaning out a building window labeled state affairs preparing to swat a swarm of flies emerging from a thrash can with the words Memphis machine politics written on it. One of the flies is named Ed , representing Memphis political boss E.H. Crump, while another is named Roxie for Frank Rice, Crump\u27s second-in-command. At the top of the cartoon the word Swarming is written in pencil. The Tennessean was opposed to Crump\u27s candidate in the Democratic gubernatorial primary in 1932.https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-cartoon1/1...