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THURSDAY, JULY 2S/19S6
Casino Theatre
MONDAY AND ’RJESDAY,
July 27 and 28
“Ev«yb6dy*8^01d
f9
GIRUS MURDER
' STILL MYSTERY
With IRVIN S. COBB, ROCHELLE
HUDSON and JOHNNY DOWNS.
A comedy'romance of today^own
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room as tl)e/‘mo3t significant clu4.”
“Do you have any explana1;ion of
the 12th k^?” he was asked, tonight.
“Have you checked the key shops
in the city?^’ • ‘
“Yes.” ‘ ~ ^ —
“Did you find anything?”
“No.” \ ^
Is there any question in your mind
R. D. NANCE IS
SHOT IN FRAY
Mrs, E. Mood Smith spent a fear
days last week in C61umbia with rel*
Eldest Son of Laurens County
Senator Given Chance To Re* i*tives.
cover. Mrs. Nance Released. I 'Tisdale and son are
grandpai^^, Mr. and Mrs. B. L.
King, and^l^and Mni. W. G. King.
Billy Mill^ of Whitmire spent
) Tuesday/with his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs^ D. B. Bobo.
Mis.s Mary Guy of • Salemburg. N.
Cl, has returned to her home, after
visiting Rev. and Mrs. Edward Long.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Johnson and
j spending several days in Asheville daughter, Clara, and Misses Narvis
. T IV <09 H Kar* FI i^lativcs. They were accom-! and Ruth Sanford of Newberry, spent
^ Qo I Cm It n Margaret Robinson,! the week-end in Greenville.
XT , , na or rro jjwho has been visiting here. . ' Miss Hulda Mae Bowers has re^
“holding his own” in his fight for^ Miss Frances Simpson in »Pending burned to her l^ome in Kinards after
Columbia,’ July '22.-r-.Robert D.
Nance, son
Sinunons Quits
Race
to-eulh — np-td-the-miiiate — .incdithat the skeleton key found in thejjjfg having been critically’daya^t Lake Junalua^. jvisiting her sister, Miss Ruby Bow-
at all ages and kinds of movie'goera!.'lock was used by the killer?”
It reveals with rare hnmor aad sen-' “None at^all.” *
tSment the human aide of a self*' “Is the report true thit Gaddy's
made millionaire who is lonesome and skeleton key found on his keyring is
loveless for all his snceeas. He Ukes|too badly broken to Work in a lock.”
in hand two spoiled youngsters and * “Yes,”, the sheriff replied
finds a new thrill in life fighting for
their future happiness.
“I'm a Big Shot Now.” "
MGM News.
10-A. M. Show—MONDAY.
\10c and 25c
WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY,
July ^9 und 30
“G^tle Julia”
With JANE WITHERS, TOM
BROWN and MARSHA HUNT.
“Ginger” puts new spice in Booth
Tarkington'a funniest yam! Your fa*
Torite ltttte“ scream sCat wTIT lie you
in knots of laughter as she tries to
tie the love knot for her young and
• pretty aunt!
Comedy, “Swing It.” “The Sailor's
Home.”
10 A. M.,Show—WEDNESDAY.
10c To All
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,
July 31 and August .1
“White Fang”
With MICHAEL WHALEN, JEAN
MCIK and SLIM SUMMERVILLE.
From JACK LONDON’S story,
“Sequel to Call of the Wild.” In a
primitive land ... a strange primi
tive triangle! A man, half hero, half
savage! A woman bent on vengeance!
A wolf-dog monarch of the pack!
Shorts, “You’re Not Built That
Way.” “.Musical Fashions.” Mickey
I Mouse—“Mickey's Redo Team.”
' FRANK MERRIWeLL No. 4.
10c and 25c
To Keep Cool and Comfortable—
Come to The Casino, W'here You Can
"Enjoy a (iood Show.
NEXT WEEK—
""‘UNDER TWO FLAGS”
“WITNESS CHAIR”
“ROBIN HOOD OF EL DORADO’^
Broadway
Theatre
‘MONDAY AND TUESDAY,
July 27 and 28
“The Golden
Arrow”
With BETTE DAVIS and GEORGE
BRENT.
Here She Is! The 19.t.> Academy
Award Winner—in her first picture
-since winning filmdom's highest hon
or. The story oL that famous “rich
est girl in the world” from Michael
Arlen's daring tale of Florida's fren-
'zied socialites!
Comedy, “Song of a Nation."
"Pardon My Grip." - ,,
10 A. M. Show—TUESDAY.
—140c and 20c ■
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY,
July 29 and 30
“Champagne
Charlie”
With PAUL CAVANAUGH,” HEL
EN WOOD. MINNA GOMBELL.
HERBERT MUNDIN.
Top Hat — Dinner Coat . . . and
Empty Pockets. He had ,a million dol
lar personality—and she had the mil
lions to go with it! When the goldeil
wine flowsr-nrlifels a gamble] Love is
a game! , y
“Stranger Than Fiction.” “Vita-
phone Entertainers.” “When Groo
"Hoo.”
10 A. M. Show-^T^RSDAY.
10c To All
“Did you confront Wollner with
any contradiction of his original
statement?” he asked.
('fhe sheriff haa said he has eight
witnesses who disputed the violinist's
alibi).
*‘No,”. he said^-- T
“What happened, then?”
“I got another statementil/
“Was it the same statement you
got before.” ?
“Not exactly the same. He changed^
the statement some, but he did not
change the timb.”
“Can you tell us why you took the
Ivro Negnr hotel employey’ hito cus
tody last night?”
“No—that would be telling.”
The sheriff said, however, that
when deputies went to get Roddy, the
elevator operator, last night, the Ne
gro fled out of the back door of the
field, W^ Va., are.the guests this
week of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Leake.
Miss Elizabeth Nelson left last
week for* Greenville wUere she is at-
wounded in the abdomen Monday! Mrs. R(rf)€rt P. Jeanes of ^ , m _
night at his wife’s apartment at 1800 Upent yesterday here with Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Posey Nead of Blue-
iPendleton street. j Mrs. P. S. Jeanes. \ ,
The bullet, 41 calibre lead slug, R- E. Ferguson' Jr., and Uwrence
from a Derringer pistol, was, under-j Ferguson are spending several weeks
stood to have pierced Mr. Nance’s in-j Camp Elliot^ Old Fort, N. C. ,! I ^idence you have in me and cannot
. — t- . 1 Mrs. Letha Gilmore has returned tending summer schoql at Furman . .. r
.J'H. W. SimmonsJ announced by his
frieners a few weeks ago w * candi
date for magistrate of Hunter town
ship at Clinton, stated Tuesday that
for business reasons he had with
drawn from the Tace. He furnished
The Chronicle theX following state
ment: V
“1 Wish to thajnk ^ my friends for
inserting and paying rof my an
nouncement as a candidatOv for mag
istrate. Due to the mill goi^ on
thr^ shifts and the increase in my
bi»inesS^ 1 am unable to make the
race. "But will strive to hold the con-
testines in eight places. The" large,
intestine was punctured twice and i • *>* weeks' visit with relatives
it I in Spartanburg and Landrum.
-Mifa Marjorie- Best- Blatty of
catar, Ala<, ia visiting her grand-
the small' intestine in six pjaces,
was aaid.
Earle Ashmore*
who shot Mr.
Nance after Mr. Naace had opened |ni«>tber, Mrs. R. J. McCrary.,
fire on him while the two were seat-1, John Moorhead of Durham, N. C.,
ed in Mrs. Nance'iujapartment with i Hunter Kevil of Kentucky, and Ro-
Mrs. Nance, was still being heid-4»U«nd B- Parker, member of the facul-
the city jail pending outcome'of Mr.'ty of Darlington School for Boys, in
Nance's injuries: Chief W. H. Rawl-1 Rome, Ga., spent the week-end with
inson of the police department said I Moorhead in (Joldville.
that there were two bullet holes in! Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Johnson and
Ashmore’s trousers, one in the flap son, Billy, accompanied by Miss Eliz-
pf the right side pocket and the plJteL
in the lower part of the left leg of
the garment. Neither bullet injured
Mr. Ashmore. —
John Nance, younger brother of the
yesterday for a tour including New
university.
Miss Ruth Sanford of Newberry,
is spending several days with her
sistar, Mrs. Aadresa Jolmson.
Mrs. M. E. Tompkinson is spending
tell you how much I appreciate your
interest in me.”
Wiqr-Mt kMp>^r««r iianar «t kMM
by giving your aabacfipUoiia—cither
seireral days in Ciusrlot;te with rein- new- er rewewnl—to
tives.
Beatty To Spealc
To Kiwanians
The regular meeting of the Ki-
wants club will be held this evening
JAMES W. CALDWELL
The Magazine Mgn
^ J®, seized him, the | charge.s had been lodged against the
sheriff added, when he returned at 3
a. m. " '
Brown said no move had been made
injured man, was rtieased yesterday I where she is the guest of
morning on $1,000 bond signed by his Miss Bertie Heidt. -
father. Chief Rawlinson said that no Buddje Ch^man of Columbia,
Orleans, Dallas, Hfuston and points at 7:30 at Hotel Clinton,
of intere.st in Mexico. j The club will have as its guest
Miss Agatha Jones left Sunday for speaker, Capt. George S. Beatty, a,
younger Nance but that b^d had
member of the R.O.T.C. staff at Pres,
byterian college for the past year.
Capt. Beatty has been transferred by
spent the week-end with his brother, the war department for the coming!
John Chapman, at Presbyterian col-
been posted tor assure his appearance
through a wriVof habeas corpus.
There is no charge against any of
them. They are^ merely detained “for
year to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
and will report there next month for!
Miss Lucile Wilson has returned to duty. The committee in charge of. to*:
Six bullets were fired in all duringhpme in Spartanburg, after j night’s meeting is asking a full at-
'sil
, ... - , , ,when needed for further questioning
by friends ot any of the five jiersons, gj^ bullets were fired in all during, ,
now detained to have them rel®a.sed j Robert D. Nance fired «ip«nding several weeks with her. sjs
twice at Ashmore and after Ashmore, X®*: brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
who fired only once, had injured Rob-|^- E...i^ichols. ' .
ert D., John took the gun from his! Mrs. Carl Floyd apd son of Olanta,
• • • >» Vn.- — J ■ c' Iuuiiii tuun lilt? guu xiuiii Ilia I '-n — — ,
investigation. T^is procedure IS jj^other ,and fired three morel**'® visiting her parents, Mr. and
quently used in investigation of crim
inal cases in this state.
Meanwhile Police Chief W. J^ Ev
erett said he had checked up on the
.statements from the per.sonii Sheriff
Brown said,had reported .seeing VVoll-
ner Wednesday night and Thursday
morning. \
“1 am convinced,” he said, “that
only two of the eight persons saw
Wollner between 9:30 p. m. and 6:30
tendance to hear' the distinguished^
army officer who is soon, to leave the
city.
BUS FOR CAMP TRIP
On Monday morning at 8:45 a bus
will be at North Broad Street Metho
dist church to carry delegates to the.
summer camp at Rocky • Bottp|Tr.i
shots at Ashmore. l^Mrs. Guy L. Copeland and other rela-
Robert D. Nance was quoted byj'^'ves. • /
Chief Rawlinson as saying that he I Misses Ma/tha Davidson, Polly El-
“carried the gun there with him”'}*'^^ Ina Curry ^returned Sunday
when the chief* asked Nance for a! * vacation at Myrtle Beach.
statement. Nance was attempting a I Misses Helen Brownlee ^apd. Edna Round trip transportation
Reconciliation with^ his wife, from' Laurens, were guests of j $2.00, with a cost of $6.00
whom he had been estranged for| Miss Patricia Ghles on- Monday andi week s stay at the camp. Those in-
Xere.sted in going from here are ask
ed to assemble at the church at this
time.
about three week.s. -jTuesday.
Senator Nance who rushed to Co-1 Guynelle Milam of Laurens,
tumbia after the shooting, went back f several days with Mr. and
IS
Uurens after having po.Ued bond ■'I™. W. H. Roberts.
confused• Thursday pight With Wed-i for his son John. ' Yera Bailey Bray, Roberta and
nesday night.” I Louise Bray of Griffin, Ga., are visit-
Shooting Occurred Monday Night j ‘**8^ their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Columbia, Jul/ 20.—R. D. Nance, jR’ Bailey. ,
eldest son of State Senator Carroll _ Mrs. Russell C. King and son of
For- the first time since Sunday
morning, when, photographers were
permitted to make picture's of the
BOARD TO MEET
/
. The county board of registration
will be in session in Laurens from
the first Monday in August until the
defiant, sportily dre.ssed violinist,j Nance of Laurens, was critically X"®**'**^®"*. **'* visiting her brotherf I5th. Persons without registration;
! word came from the jail on the l^^th tonight in what ir tone wit- ***,‘^ ***^*''‘*'*^**v» Mr. and Mrs. B. F.|certificates and desiring same, may!
floor of the courthouse of his con- -described as ,a triple shooting:^ |obtain them'at thisutime, Or by com-
Mary Lee Phillips of Spartanburg, j municating with J. (X McMillan ofi
‘lition. • 'fray-—
LeoffreyTiglv thv jader Sven byj. j,„ K. D. Nance/estranged wiW
«hose apanmaut the firing pc
curred, told police that her husband
shot at Earl Ashmore, in turn was
, , ^ , /n, ,, , shot by Ashmore, and that John H.
In contrast he saui, Gaddy was
very pa e, and - nervous and Jitten-J opened fire on Ashnlore, with the
Asked about a reporMhat the d8-,5.,„e pi,lol, .
year-old watchman had eaten noth- (’hief W' H
is spending some time with^ trer; tliis city, a member of the'boSrdT
sible time, told them W’ollner was in
“good spirits,” .and* had “an excel
lent appetite.”
ing since his incarceralixm Saturday,
Ingle said:
“He n\^y have eaten one or two
sandwiches sent him by his wife, but
outside of those^^ I am .sure he has
not eaten.” f
The jailer attributed Gaddy’s re
ported failure to eat to ner\'0U3nes3,
rather than to a deliberate hunger-
strike.
No report was received about Miss
W'ard, Who has been held since Mon
day. An exception to the iron-clad
rule against~visitors had been made
in her case to permit her to receive
attention from a physician. She is
described as tubercular;
So far as could be learned, none
Rawlinson said, “Ash-!
more, unscathed, was held without!
charge' in connection with the shoot-j'
ing, along with the younger Na«ce.
Mrs. Nance was detained for further
questioning.
Surgeons struggled for more than
an hour over Nance, who was wound
ed in the abdomen by a slug from a
.41 calibre Derringer pistol, to save
his life by an emergency operation.
The shooting occurred about 8 p.m.
at a small apartment where Mrs.
Nance and’her two children had lived
since she and her husband establish
ed separate homes about three weeks
ago. - i
Investigators said Nance apparent
ly called Ashmore to accompany him
of thft. persons bald incommunicado i
, J J J J to the apartment to make some state
has demanded an attorney or made| i._ , ...
any other move to obtain release. j
W.. H. Rymer, piano dealer, ati
whose home Wollner was arrested
TRIDAY AND SATURDAY,
July 31 and August 1 -
“Alias John Law”
With BOB STEELE, ROBERTA
XIALE and BUCK CONNORS
“Alias John Law”! A dynamic,
split-second setion thrill^ of the Old
“West. There was s "price, dead or
alive, on the head of the Kootney
Xid, but the West’s most formidable
fighters failed to collect—until Bob
Steele hit the trail of the murderous
outlaw!
Cpmedy, “Marine of the FoUiee^” •
“Screen Snapshot.”
“REX AND RINTY” Na tl.
' 10c and 20c '
and who tried in vain to see the vio
linist yesterday, said today he did not
intend' to engage a laWj’er at pres
ent, although he reiterated he would
gladly
friend.
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his
said, repeating that he was confi
dent Wollner would establish his in
nocence.
ments he felt would lead to a recon
ciliation with his wife.
—Mrs. Nance said John Nance and a
companion entered but left to sit in
their car outside while she talked
with her husband and Ashmore.
She was quoted as saying that
, . -on nnn j / u- Nance threatened Ashmore and open-
gladly put up J20,000 bund for hi, bullet, took «f-
"‘Tm VtaW it might tend to harm I
is case if I hired a lawyer now ”'he 1 started back ^oward them.
IS case II I nirea a lawyer now, hej Ashmore th#n iii»4 once, she said.
The bullet took effect, and Ashmore
placed his gun on the mantle piece.
Mrs. Nance was quoted as raying
that John Nance then picked qp his
brother’s gun and fired at Afhmore,
but missed.
> A. R- Heyward, city sheriff, and a
visitor were said to-have stepped in
and disarmed -the parties to t
Culbertson Heads
S. 5. Association
Laurens, July 19.—W*. P. Culbert- quarrel.
NEXT WEEK—
'MESSAGE TO GARCIA”
“SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR”
“RED RIVER VALLEY'
spn was reelected president of "the
Laurens Sunday School association at
the 20th annual convention at Trinity
Ridge “school Thursday. J. LeRoy
Burns was reelected secretary, and
Mountville was selected" for next
year’s meeting place. „
Chestnut Ridge Baptist church was
host» church, but the gathering was
held in the school because the church
The officers quoted the
Nance as admitting he shoty4t Ash
more after Ashmore wounded his
brother, but said he' djd" not witness
the first shooting. X
Ashmore, a youthful furniture com
pany coliector,^a8 considered a good
friend of the Nances and often at
tended entertainments with them.
R. ^Nance is an employe of tl
stati^-^n
To the Depositors of the jfrst
National Bank and the Public
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^ In liquidating the affairs of the First National Bank
of Clinton, S. C*, I have acquired considerable real es
tate. A large part of this h^ o^n sold but there re
mains several good farii\s, a^welling, and the bankim
house belonging to this trust In order to convert tms
real estate into cash ^dl distribute as dividends^iCnas
been deemed advis^Ie to sell all of the remaiping real
estate owned by tms trust at public auctioi
The Comptooller of the Currency has rpdehed the con
clusion thaVwell 4$dvettised public am^on of the real
estate h^ by Insolvent National Bdnks furnishes the
best method of eliminating thes^^ion-liquid assets and
has dhtained the services of ap^xperienced auctioneer
in the person of Mr. Bntt Bavis, of Columbia, tenn.,
with his efficient corps qf^ssistants to conduct these
auctions for the n
The Comptroller's arranged for Mr. Britt Davis to
hold ^n auction pfThe real estate owned by this trust qm
iiipB'iiM* r'"
,2:30 P.M.
8«v«r4l i^ths ago. Istati^^me departmant, sad J„
‘Consecrated Efficiency” was the > Naiice Jr is connected with
general theme of the discussions, with^tate insurance department.
J. L. Corzine, state leader; the R^vTj
W. D. Spinx, the Rev. E. J. Tp^le,
L. L. Langston, the Rev. H. L: Fer
guson, the Rev. John. L, Bqb^ P. W.
Bums, C. B. Bobo, ^T. GT Wharton,
the Rev. B. L. Wood fhd others tak
ing part on the pr
the
OUTDOOR MEET FOR
LIONS ON FRIDAY
ram.
JotaL:
TO CLEAN CEMETERY
Notice has bben given by _W. E.
Neighbors that the Hurricane grave
yard will be cleaned on Thursday,
July 30th. All who are interested in
J preserving this burial, .ground are
aaked to come'oh “this dale or send
help. -><
The Lions club will have an out
door meeting Friday evening at 7:30
at the city^ater plant on Duncan's
creek, near he^. The plant may be
reached by going out dJorth Broad
!Street.
A "Special committee is making ar
rangements for the meeting, to which
wives of members and their friends
are invited as special gueats.
Sabaeribe Te THE CHRONICUT
"The Paper Everybody Reoda”
IS real estate belongs to the creditors of the First
itional Bank and each of these creditors is' vitally in-
"terested in using his or her best efforts to see that each
property sold shall bring the highest possible price. I
earnestly hope that all will cooperate with us in our
efforts to make this sale a big success, and with tt^t in
view attend the sale.
As Receiver of this bank L wjsh to state to the de-'
positors and creditors^ .as well as the general public,
that THIS REAL ESTATE WILL BE SOLD TO THE
Richest bidder as advertised. For informa
tion about the various properties see me at my office—
First National Bank Building.
W. SCOTT FARLEY,
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