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McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK. S. C.. THURSDAY. MAY 13, 1937 THE FEATHERHEADS • w. By Osborne The Lid’ —There gobs , "rtXJR OL£? HAT/ NOW vou cam Get A Mew OKIE. THINK I CAM Be BUVlNCs MEW HATS’ EMERY T>AY2 t'p LIKE To SEE -SOMETHlNGr CHEAP IM A LKSHT.HAT WES ^IR — PUT This om— THERE'S The MIRROR. / JS? % A h V hey/— ViSAT IS TSIS? A G^AME 2 i didn’t LIKE THAT HAT/ ANYWAY HAVE YOU ANY TkSHT- FlTTiNC- CAP5? TiS AM ill WiMD THAT doesmT (sNE HATTERS SOME BUSINESS S’MATTER POP—Look! Keep Your Withes Down By C. M. PAYNE MESCAL IKE l UEAQ. 'apte« KUL-Anese MOKrrws we s «iveisi op ■rav»M<sTO A OA-TTEtUm-l HER. VJMAT smuocHtH OFftSLCCEWl By S. L. HUNTLEY Local Sassiety FINNEY OF THE FORCE ByTed OToucUin C By WMC*ni N’wspaper Unioa Write Is Right Ol'LL NAFTA <&»ME YfeZ., TICKET PER 3PEEDIM' SPEED LIMIT BE TWiNTY MQlLES HERE*. BUT l WASN’T <§OlN<i THAT FAST- I BET I WASN'T CsOlNCs 12. MILES A Si HOUR- IN FACT |T TOOK ME At LEAST IO MINUTES To <SO 3 BLOCKS— oh/ THAT^ COOD— You’re- tearincs- up the ticket Si s- Cotta MAKE OUT •NUTHER. f /A WHAT/ why, I WAS BARELY CRAWLINS — HARDLY THAT— IM THAT CASE- Ol'LL BE Csimin' Ye-z A TICKET PER, PARKIM’/. / VHcolPSSiff/? x f/MNE/ CATCHiM* AUTOISTS violatin' TH* LAW BE FOJ*)& BUSINESS 1r—^ BRONC PEELER — Pete’s Puzzled By FRED HARMAN Bronc Peeler's -r UESTtRH W FACTS VJH£n CU^-TlNt C/muE LSt-PA«AT>N<i> ONE- OR MORE fTZof'X A VlERO — A well trained cow lIorse" Needs rJo Guiding or movei-ienT OF TviE REINS Ffeor^ TNf Gio£R. IT HkovJS iOST WHAT -C& oo AMO Oo£s IT OuicklY’— Keeping AFTER. THE ANIMAL AHO IORNiNG IT IN WMAY-EVER ChRCcTioN Necessary to SEPARATE ifFRots -CHer hero • % Unusual Guest (about to spend the night in a haunted chamber)—Has any thing—er—unusual ever happened in connection with this room? Sinister Retainer—Not for over 50 years, sir. Guest (relieved)—And what hap pened then? Sinister Retainer—A gentleman who spent the night here, sir, ap peared at breakfast the next morn ing.—Stray Stories Magazine. Tommy Preferred the Dog Tommy—Mummy, has Aunt Betty got a little baby? Mother—Yes, dear. Tommy—Has Aunt May? Mother—No, she has a little dog instead. Tommy—O, I suppose she had first pick!—Portland Express. No Worry About Gas Herman—Jasper used to have a «^ar that cosi $3,000. Jerry—What kind ot a car does he use now? Herman—A street car. THE REBEL By GLUYAS WILLIAMS 15 SENf PROM -<»« 1*Bl£ 1b 60 UPSTWW MV WASH HI5 HAMS STOPS IN HHU fO SUR VEY' HANDS, ftm lUAf rnOlfcH A UffiE ON frit MURKEV 5lPr, NO ONE CAH C«U 1iifM RDUlV DIRY DECIDES HE’S THE VK> ■fiM OF iNOOSflCE AND ThM SOMCtHtMS MUSt BE DOHEABOtff ff STS DOWN fb WAIT IRAMPS HEAVILY' A6MN WALKS |NfO DlNjrtfc AN APPROPRIATC Tb SIMULATE FOOTSTEPS ROOM, KEEPING HANDS LEN61H Of Time COMING DOWNSTAIRS BEHIND HIM (Oopyrlf ht, 1937. by Th# B.H SyndleiU. ln« TRAMPS HEAVW Tb simulate Footsteps GOING UPSTAIRS LEAVES HASTILY FOR, WASH BOWL UPSTAIRS, WONDERING HOW PARENTS KNEW ■r Ask Me Another O General Quiz © Bell Syndicate.—WNU Serrice. 1. How many languages and systems of writing are there? 2. What state has contributed the most Supreme court justices? 3. In what year was a perform ance of “Aidr” given at the foot of the Pyramids in Egypt? 4. Who guards the White House? 5. Who wrote the “Comedie Hu- maine”? 6. What was a bireme? 7. Of what musical instrument was the clavichord a forerunner? 8. Who were the Jacobites? 9. Of what country was Cather ine de Medici queen? 10. In what country is Mecca? 11. In what war was James Clin ton a noted American general? 12. How many sovereigns have been crowned in Westminster Ab bey? Answers 1. Dr. Frank H. Vizetelly says that there are six thousand seven hundred and sixty named tongues and systems ci writing in the world. 2. New York has contributed the most United States Supreme court i justices, 10. 3. In 1912 an impressive open- air production of the opera w r as given there. 4. The White House has its awn police force of 48 men. This in cludes a captain, a lieutenant, three sergeants and 43 policemen. There are also 10 Secret Service men. 5. This is the title of an uncom pleted series of nearly a hundred novels by Balzac, designed to give a panoramic picture of the man ners and morals of the time. He began th* work in 1829, adopting the general title in 1842. 6. 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