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^^ Obild Marriage! Would Be Banned Death Sentence Also .^ouldl. Be 6ivei» Kidnapers For Ransom In This State. Big Pageant Here Friday Night Nobodsr’s Bu^ess By.GfieJi^6de I Colximbiay Feb. 16.—The bouse ju- Tbt^AmeiWn Legion auiriliaiy will present an hour and a half ^ fast- moving entertainment in three big contests at the Florida Street school Ker-choo-oo-ker-choo-ey! I am now sei:^ “Utd possessed of bad cold No. 85,657. 1 contracted H, ' ' /■ Glass Opposes Court Proposal auditorium on Friday, night at fallowing the A number of .biwmeas bouses <m thej^yj^_«jj^ ^ c^^tching a diciary committee took favorable ac- city are sponsoring lovely girls in a, Cold"—fald down Tn a popular maga- lild,style sKow, and you can’t afford tion today <m bftls to prevent child, _ marriage's and to impose - the death'miss the Shirley Temple contest. All I.'J mm aWt.>lAtr Vlr^nia Senator Says Attp^y General Is **Evasiye and' Mis leading** Op the Matter. and west 'of the! repulsed at Arganda oridge. Ven back and forcedHeavy casualties 'were reported, Hst counter-attack; particularly in* the PSibama sector where dead and dying day strewn around the bridge. lines at the' city but were to fight off . At 10:30 p. m. the defense junta announced that'the rebels ‘had been Washington, Feb. 15.—TTie strenu ous fighting over President Roose velt’s proposal to revamp the judici ary found Senator Mintwi, Democrat, t; sentence on ransom kidnapers Chairman Calhoun Thomas said the group prepared a majority favorable report on a bill by Representative Pace, of Spartanburg, and others to impose a heavy penalty on persons performing the marriagre of youths, below 16 yeara of age. ^ Committee members said the pres ent South Carolina statutes do not prevent the marriage of young boys ami girls. "The present law is that if minors co-habit together after mar riage, the marriage cannot be annul- lel, they pointed out. Representative Pace read newspa per articles to the' committee con- ceTTiing the marriage of Eunice Win- ftead, nine-year-old Tennessee girl, to 22-year-old .Charlie Johns, as he A contribution of 21*77 for the Red Cross flood relief fund was turned appealed for favomble action on the j over to Treasurer W. H. Simpson yes [of Indiana, defending Mr. Roosevelt I avoided crowds and congestions.; ^fie sei-vant of the masses and Sen- i measure. / The kidnaping bill, combining chief points of several measures referred to the committee,,would permit juries to recommend mercy and thereby place the sentence at life imprison ment. It would apply to kidnapings j the lovely little misses aa Shirley; Temple and the winner receive ai Shirley Temple df^ ing, masic and comedy i^iven the enterUinmelrt. JitHan ‘ .“f‘I* Colenwn will appear as a blaelcface. '"as painted red). .t<> name s.i new ju^ices to the so- ' ♦ fpreme court. The senator declared it I stayed away from picture shows,.would atrip “five men’’ of “an ahsb- preaching, chamber ^of commerfee j veto power over leg^lative poli-i maetingSp funerals, night clubs, dayjcies of the people'^ chosen represen-1 clidwr, bridge parties, and <^keh aup-jtatives.’’ } pers. I slept all night every night. Ij Senator Glass, making direct issue tooik A bath every Saturday night. I j with Attorney General Cummings’ cbverel witTi eiderdown kivvers, and:speech defending the I kept my head cool and my feet j court reorganization charging Cum-' warm. ^ ^ ! mings with “evasive, disingenious and ^ , ■ misleading statements and said the I ate well-cooked, evenly-'balanced rations. I drank lots of water, plenty coffee, some tea and a right smart of soda water. -I wore lightweight wool en socks (just like the magazine said) and I did not expose my bald head or bare chest or weak back to the whistling winds or the tender breezes. A big night of ..entertainment by outr standing home talent is in store for the large audience that is expect^ to attend. Popular admiaatona of Ite and 25c will prevail. im Colored People Give To Red Cross terday by J. T. W. Mims, chairman of this division. The gift was made by a number of colored people of the community, Mims stated, who had ex pressed a desire to have a part in donating to Clinton’s quota. Of the amount, pupils and teachers of Bell ^or ransom. The bill would set a life sentencc'in cares where the kidnaped person is returned alive before trial of the kid naper was begun. 'I he committee drafted a favorable ijIK>rt on a bill by Representatives Long of Union, and May of Aiken, to provide a referendum to retire su preme court justices and circuit judg es at the age of 70 with pay. Long said the measure was similar to the federal law affecting district judges. Street school gave $16.79, F’riendship A. M.. E. church $2.08, and others $2.90. The contribution of the Negroes brings the 'CJinton-Goldville total to $1,621.77, which has been forwarded to national hearquarters by Treasur er Simpson, I 3id not worry: I have nothing to worry about. I never got excited;'nev- er saw or heard anything that was exciting. I have not over-worked; as a 'matter of fact, business has been on the bum. (I blame that on weather country seemed more in need, of an attorney generiir than of' additionifl supreme court members. (The president proposec^ that he be given power to name one new judge for each judge past 70 who failed to retire). * At the White House Mrs. Roosevelt entered the fray with a statement that opposition to the program ap parently arose from, upper middle class persons opposed to social legis lation. — From what they say,” she said, CASINO THEATRE MONDAY AND TUESDAY, February 22 and 23 Polo Joe With JOE E. BROWN. CAROL HUGHES, and SKEETS GALLA- <;hek. He’s a one-man team when he gets up steam !Let the Crown I’rince of I’olo knock you for a goal in 65 min utes of the maddest,'merriest chuckle- filled chukkers every played! Hear Joe, the Shanghai Songbird, sing love MongH to his awoetiieart—in honest* to-goodness Chinese! “Vitaphone Pictorial.” Walt Dis ney’s colored ^illy Symphony, “The Country Cousin.” “Land of Ghengis Kahn.” “Paramount’s Silver Jubilee.” Fathe News. 10 A. M; Showr-MONDAY. 10c and 25c Garrison Offers Declaimers’ Prize Charfes W. Gairison, editor of rht “Caught on the Wing” in the Green ville Daily Piedmont, ba« offered a WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24 Craig’s Wife With JOHN BOLES, ROSALIND RUSSELL. BILLIE BURKE and JANE HARWELL. The Pulitzer prize play becomes the greatest woman pic ture of the year. Behintf hef- locked door she' lived a life of sham! The play that electrified Broadway now hares the heart of all womankind in a screen triumph no wife or sweet heart — husband or lover — darea to miss! C^omedy. “Horse Play.’V’Salty Mc- Guire.’J Morning Show At 10 O’clock. 10c To AH has ( medal for the best dedaimer this year among the high school boys of Laurens county, it was announce the past week by County Supt. of Educa tion J. Leroy Bums. Mr, Garrison, who is a native of this county and a giraduate of the Gray Gourt-Owings high .school, is novr wearing a de- clairqer’s medal which he won as a student in his high school days. * , n J * 1 i they havo.something materiaUthey conditions: from January 2n(l to ^o loee ” uary 26th, todaj^ I l«ve .e«n the .un ^ exchwigee, only one time ,nnd then I thought « „pp„,iti„n elmp in congree. of- was the moon). Therefore, be it known by these present-s: That I do hereby certify that there is no way on earth, under! while influential senate Democrats fered a compromise constitutional amendment requiring the retirement of federal judges at the age of 75, the earth, or up in the air'to avojd catching or contracting or taking a bad cold,/and furthermore: regardless of whay anybody “rites or foams,” says or does, there'-is no ,medicine, remedy, treatment or quack-doses thpt ^11 cure a cold in a day or 2 daysybr 3 days, or at all—till the said cold/gets thru with you. puslied a house approved bill permit ting retirement at full pay at 70. “ J. GRIFFITH IS NOW IMPROVING he Smithers Clan Stages a Big Reunion in Flat Rock a big supprise re-union of the john ob smithers familey was hell last Mr. Burns expressed his appreci-/suralay :at, the home of grandpaw ation for Mr. Garrison’s generosit)yj *mithers who did not know what was and said that he wanted to thank hiiy(!fi^>ing on till he was invited into his publicly for the interest he has shb\ in the boys of his native county. spacious dining room where a large meal of all kinds of vittles was spread befoar bis smiling face. Bro$dw; Theatri anc ;day, 2,3 'ders JIONDAY AND TU February 22 Without With SALLY EIL^S. ROBERT ARMSTRONG. FRAI^’ES SAGE and CHARLEY GRAPEWIN. Heart-stopping * Mrils! Hurricine thrills! Live thesy breaUdess hours with the heroes m the air! Peter B. Kyne’s tremendpus romance of the skyways. Comedy, “A /Horse’s Tail. Rogues Widfe Kahn. 10 A. M. ^how—TUESDAY. 10c and 20c - nadrly ever one of his ancoators was pressent except his 2 sons who could not get out for the oecasion, hut they will be able to attend the next one that comos up provided it is 4 months off from this riling, nearly ever kind of meat and vegertable known to cullinerry art- was on the screeching table. The many friends of J. Griffith will be glad to know that he was able toi sit up yesterday for the first-time af-! ter being ill at his home ort West' Main street fhr the past ten days. Mr. Griffith is one of the most pop ular citizens of Clinton with all class es. Especially with boys and girls is he a favorite because of his interest in them, and the many kindnesses he constantly shows his “little friendar” - In the cHy and on the orphanage campus he is loved by children and for years it has been a familiar sight to sec his car loaded with little girls to give them a plaaaute outing. Many have regretted to kno# of Mr. Grif fith’s illneas and will learn 'with in terest that he is now somewhat im proved. /' a nice long ble^ing was asked by grandpaw ami then everhoddy .set in to eat what they saw before them: within thirty-minnets all food had Fascist Forces Hurled Back Thousands of Rebels Assault lAiyalist Lines in “Biff Push” Behn devoured, plates .sopped out andi To Seize Capital. / coffee drunk up. it was m hungrier ♦ crowd than the contributors had' Madrid, Feb. 13 Thousands counted on. of fESDAY, FEB. 24 ianiel Boone THURSDAY, FEB. 25 Valiant b the Word For Carrie Starring GLADYS GEORGE, AR/ vk UNE JUIKIE, JOHN HOWARD HARRY CAREY* With GEORGE O’BRIEN. HEATH ER ANGEL and RALPH FORBES. A/ great adventure star portrays thy greatest of America’s trail bias e. How To-Vote,’’ “Swing Banditry,” ’Popular Science.” Mmming Show At 10 O'clock. 10c To All the As human as laughter and tei a picture you’ll hever ^get. (ieorge, fresK from triumphs rtager-caakaa-Jier acreea picture of a woman whose hCarf was opened. by the friendly ti^l'tlitar of children. You31 chuckle sad wipe your eyes, in turn, ’as the rtmry unfolds, but you’ll go home witir a firmer be' flef in humanity! “iiinless W ind er, Morning Show ’clock. THURSDAY, FEB. 25 Seven Sinners sevveral nice and costly pressents were fetched to the honor guess, griSidpaw, tn<^|ding 4 cob pipes, 2 briar pipes, 3 plugs of tobacker and a mustash cup. (p. s. he has not Shav ed since the bank broke in 1920). af ter the crowd was sattisfide that everthing was et up, they repaired to the parlor room where musick was* sung, played and danced. grandpaw smithers hyd decended from a long line of smithers which reached into the camp at valley forge where his great, great uncle kept the powder dry for george Washington and gen. lee who camped there wait ing for the snow to melt ao’s they could attack the yankees at gAtys- burg. FRIDAY Fel SATURDAY, 26 and 27 To Dance Starring / ELEANOR POWELL. JAMES ^TEWART, VIRGINIA BKUCE,/UNA MERKEL nad BUD DY E^EN. Getywt for filmdom’a biggeat show! Tbe yneen’s mightiest muaieal aensa- is the talk of the entertainment rid! Because it’s got Eleanor Pow- dancing darling of ’ “Brondway lelody of 1186"—seven grand imw Cole Porter anng hita—a galaxy of lahgh ntnra~« swell ramance — and girb, girls, girls! ’THANTOM RIDER” Nol 9, with BUCK JONES. Fox Newa 16 A. M. Shear—FRIDAY, lie and 2Sc WHAT A WEEK OF NATURAL HITS—THEY .CAN’T M|8SH ; NEXT WBBK^ — v «itSWAWAT,“ -W WEST," \ nuTRBRfr \ With EDMUND LOWE and CON STANCE CUMMINGS. East moving, attention • gripping, filled with auapense right to the end. Smne very realistic train wreck- “ahota” lift yea out of your seat. A genuinely fine mystery. “Going Places,” "Mnsic by Mor gan.” “Ice Man.” Morning Show At 10 O’clock. 10c To All FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, February 26 and 27 Courageous Avmigar With JOHNNY MACK BROWN, sevveral metiers of the' original familey whichrmigmit^ from virgin* ny enduring the early iOi have pass ed on^befoar, but their pitchers were all hanging on the wall, four or five 13 ;ebeks threw themselves against Madrid’s defenses tonight in what appeared to be the start of, a su preme effort to seize the city but wdre htrown back acros.s battle- were thWwn back across battle- Loyalist leaders asked immediate conscription of all Madrid re.sidents ■between the ages of twenty and forty-five to beat off the anticipat ed “big rush” of the rebels, to which tonight’s aosault was believed to be a “curtain raiser.” General Francisco Franco, the reb el dictator, drove the main force of his attack against the Jarama river se<:^r_near Arganda bridge, aibout tv^elve 'nfHes southeast of the capital. A few minutes later he at tacked in the Usera and C^rabanchel regions. i Bearded Morrocan cavalrymen, sa bres flashing and savage war cries piercing the roar of cannon, drove their horses across the river under a curtain of mortar and machipg gun fhe. of these disseased rellativbs andTt good time was enjoyed by all. i remain— yore conry spOndent, mike Clark, rfd. tunes wie dedder-cated to each oiwr' bridge SPECIAL FREE PICTURE FOR FARMERS MONDAY “Nature’s Magic,” an educational film, showing the origin, mining and processing of the ot& from which ChHean nitrate is obtained and fea- utring “Uncle Natchel and Sonny," WARNER RICHMOND, and characters, will ^ shown at ERICKSON.- - timntaa,<1kftaQ, ttsn- Here ia a melodrama that enthralls February 22, at 11 am., by the you with iU furious, colorful action, faadnateo yon with its emotional ans- ponse, ita vigoroua narrative of old frontier days when the range wti rided by men who were quick on the trigger and shot to kill! Comedy, “Jail Bait.” “Gifts From the Air.” “VIGILANTES ARE COMING” No. 2. f0 A BL Show—SATURDAY. 19e and Me NEXT WEK— „ L. AST,” “WHITE HUNTER.* L ON THE FRONT PAGE,” RIBBR GUNBACX” (Oilcan Nitrate Eklucation bureau «f Columbia. A^l farmers, agricultural woricers, fertilizer dealers and others interested are invited to see the pie- turo. / ^ -The audience will also see ootton, tobacco, tomato and other plants growiiv nnd unfolding before their very in another picture wMeh will be shown. This picture, which was taken at the .Now Jersey-experi ment station, shows Ihe ^oct of minor {dent food elemonts on the der ve)<Hnn^ and growth of plants.- Tl^ talkkig pkiuro is very inter- ostinar and Hxmtn of thss oee* ti<^ wr eoedia^ invfta^. to see It Without oharga. “— head—strategic “key” Valencia highway upon whi^ Madrid is de pendent for food and supplies—met the charge arith hand krenades. Overhead a score of loyalist and rebel planes fought a "^dog fight,” zooming low over the batUe% along the river banke. ^ The defense junta said three reb el pursuit planes were brought down. One of the enemy.- ships crashed in flames and 4ts pilot burned to death in the. wreckage. Loyalists identified him as an Italian from papers found on tike body. Ckmer to Bfmdtid, in the Uoera and Carabanchel sectors,at the foot hills of the Goadarrama, the reb els attempted to‘pierce the loyaliit ENGRAVED YISITING CARDS ING C_ Jaat what ovary lady ae^ Saaiphi for laspoetioB. CHRONICLE PUEUSHING Ca 74 . Now iM ^ale—The Moel m- ble refr^eiator in RoUator hia- arranffcmenU are flexll^' to snit the needs of ev> ery -Soy Scouts Adopt jamboree Imignia ^TSSO^ . H In connection with the 27th annual Boy Scout Week. Feh. 7 to 13. the Boy Scuufa of America haa rr'.caaed the deaizn of the official inaignia more than 25,U00 l>oya hIII near at the National ScoCit JamlH>ree at W’aahinptun, D. C., whore they will camp together from June 30 to July 9.-* The compaaa ia uacd in the dcr.Iirn because the Scouts wMI come from ’’every nook and crenny ’* of the nation in reapoiise to I’reaident Roosevelt'a iiivitalit>ii. To fMake NEW friends AND THE OLD ’ Yonr t^ephone ie a meant of quick personal con^t with those friends*and relatives whom you do not visit as often as you would like, especially those who live in other cities. ’ More and niore jpeople who are separated by distances are using “long distance” telephone lervice to keep friendshipa alive and to maintain family ties. The relief ^ from anxiety and tha pleasura of hearing a friendly, cheerful voice, gives satisfaction and value which are almoet priceless. Yet the cost of a telephone conversation between friends or relatives who are miles apart is surprisin|^ low. You can get an idea of the low cost of “long dis tance". from the lists of cities and rates which you will 6nd in the front section of your telephone directory. 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