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McCORMICK MESSENGER McGORMICK. S. C.. THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1940 the Whole Fami BIG TOP By ED WHEELAN STRAW WAG LAID IM FROMT OF TWE “ B>L\JES" OR GCMCRAU ADMISGION SEATS,TOTAKE CAREOFTHEOVERFLOW ■ T 3: that's rr,Boys and girls, $>tT RIGHT DOWN ON THE STRAW AND PLEASE STAV OOWH WHIL^ THE SHOW IS OAl •'! ME>V.M\sTcr. Make her,. , Mcwe cncR*. I UiWoopeE.’ ^buRINO THE SHOW'DAD" STErLINGt^FLIP/ AND "BUTCM^TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE GREAT CROWD OF YOUNGSTERS ID STAGE THEIR OLD COMEDV BOXING ©OUT t^THE ACT WAS A RIOT WITH THE KlDS MJOTTA ^OCK H rr.mk Jay Mark,; gyilrtU. he. ■ED W#/E*ZA*S'. LALA PALOOZA —It Takes Dynamite to Wake Up Vincent By RUBE GOLDBERG VINCENT IS ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL AND THE CAR IS RUNNING wiLq- VINCENT CRASHES INTO A TRUCKLOAD OF EXPLOSIVES- CAR WRECKED - VINCENT TAKEN TO NFBANDAGE HOSPITAL WHERE FATHER NOW, PROFESSOR, vl I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW I [*^Si FEEL L *->n ABOUT NANCY- THANKS, VINCENT, FOR ALL YOU AND LALA DID FOR ME - BUT l‘M SORRY TO , TELL YOU NANCY IS ENGAGED TO A SHIPPING^ CLERK IN NEWARK \S X Frank Jay Markey Syndicate, Inc. S’MATTER POP—Sure! Cake, Always, for Birthday* By C. M. PAYNE OaK^^al-lIv woulDnV Some "TBts e aT> And tsut'T T*> £ ^ ooTO EMOUG»|~l=bT2. t^e tteantp. /Lm VE.£,'M a. frbvT •+}£ £>AV$ |T6 -YfiS r 7Sii2r+4'DAV ? ^ s 'VS>> Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. MESCAL IKE By a l. huntley That’s One Way of Looking at It UCNJ'S *TUET?\i OADGUMMED. ;)U»v-vABMistr^ r NUW ORTA BE ASHAMED OF NOUSELFi 5UPPOSeV4 0/UH WAS DEAF. HOW 0 would you luce wrrr HE. 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Thr B* II Svrwlirnt*. Inc.—WNU Service END BEFORE BEGINNING Two old settlers, confirmed bache lors, sat in the backwoods. The con versation drifted from politics and finally got r round to cooking. “I got one of them cookery books once, but I could do nothing with it.” “Too much fancy work in it, eh?” “You’ve said it! Every one o’ them recipes began the same way: ‘Take a clean dish . . .’ and that settled me.” said five Time to Quit “You want to stop now?” the golfer. “Why, we’ve played only holes!” It was her first day at golf, and she said: “Well, the pro told me that the par for the round is 76— and I’ve played that number al ready!” Seeing Is Believing Boogy—Do you believe in that old saying about “seeing is believing’’? Woogy—Certainly not. For in stance, I see you every day. Cheerful News FIVE- WILED AT RAIL WAV CROSSING in Auto speeder crashes INTO tree. DIES on WAV TO HOSPITAL (WNU SERVICE) A6ED MAN RUN D0WN AT STREET* CROSSING wwv tvERveopy is it^F SUCH A CONFOUNDED H0ERV> is a mystery TO ME.r- Y HIT ANDRUN DRIVER CAU6HT AfTEP- CHASEl XotA DROWN SAID me. Rrewep a check ft>p 2 POLLARS LOANED TO A FRIEND AO VEARS A60 <L Since 1492, the chapel of John the Baptist in the Cathedral of St. Lorenzo in Genoa, Italy, has been closed to women, including nuns, because a woman, Salome, was the cause of his death. =SSiF= C. The only states that have never had a recorded lynching are Con necticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine and Vermont. 5=ssSy== C. Only 15 of the 70-odd countries that border on the sea have either a government or a voluntary life saving service. =5SS= <L Black eyes and other bruises are norw being removed within 24 hours through an electrical injec tion of histamine, which dilates the capillaries, stimulates the cir culation and hastens absorption of the effused blood.—Collier’s. 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