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‘Gin Mating' Will be
Cut Short Under New
Think-it-over Law
7 By RAYMOND BROOKS
AUSTirty May 2*. j—'Gin mating" marriages will show a startling de- j
. f!ine in Te tas. if the state has the tame extxrience as California when its
?w law rt quiring three days notice of intention to marry goes into effect
^er midnight June 12.
^liforry.a's hot-shot matrimony dwindled away overnight when they
nru to i it it • time iu uuiiK
it c^Blefore saying “yes." Com
part^Mfe Texas of before and aft
er maro.ftge rates is expected to dis
close Aether charges are true that
many marriages are thought up un
der the promptings of hooch and
» consummated on the spur of the
moment.
This *4as one of the claims made
by sponsors who put the revolu
tionary law over in Terra1;.
The house members oJ the law
makine body tacked on an amend
ment Cat a man who proposes to
marry must present a certificate
from & physician that he is free
from social disease. Governor Moody
promri/y approved the law.
Now county clerks arc armed with
* new blank books, and are required
to kergi on docket for at least three
days, and not over 30 days, signed
and rri.orn declaration cf intention
to mclrrv. before license can be is
sued.
I Goo tors likely will charge pros
pect vjc bridegrooms the nominal fee
of ti or $3 for the examination, it
was;said here. County clerks were
authorized to increase the charge
for i/he license from $1.50 to $2.
TM? law is brief and pointed. It
barred the ‘emergency clause." but
was Sot enacted by a sufficient vote
fo msike it effective back in March
rvhcki it was enacted. This law de
clares; itself with much less legal
verbiage than many statutes, as fol
It enacted by the legislature
of tfce state of Texas:
•'flee. 1. That Art. 4604 of the
revised civil statutes of the state of
Trias, adopted at the regular ses
sion of the 38th legislature. 1925.
be and the same is hereby amended
80 «s to read as follows:
Hlrt. 4804. License. Persons who
desire to marry shall procure from
the’county clerk a license directed
to all persons authorized by law
to celebrate the rites of matrimony.
(“Art. 4604-A. For the purpose of
ascertaining all the facts required
tnidrr the statutes, the county clerk,
i at the time the license is applied
[ for^ shall examine the applicant or
applicants for the license under
oath as to age and residence, which
shall be reduced to writing by the
county clerk and subscribed to by
the applicant or applicants. In case
of either party is absent when the
application is made, an affidavit
shall be made by a person other
i than the contracting party as to
and residence of the absent
Said affidavit to be filed
hPVc ounty clerks office.
i 4604-B. Application for li
cense shall be made, at least three
i and not more than 30 days before
: the license shall be issued. Imme
diately upon receipt of an applica
tion for a license the county clerk
ahall have recorded in a book kept
. for that purpose and marked ‘No
tice of intentions to marry.’ and
after the expiration of three and not
more than 30 days after the sign
i ing the notice of intention to marry,
I the county clerk may issue said li
cense.
“Art. 4604-C. Before the county
clerk shall issue any marriage li
cense the man shall produce a cer
tificate from a reputable licensed
physician to show that he is free
L from all venereal diseases.
B “Section 2. The fact that this
iflact creates an emergency and an
m San Antonio Man
r Gained 15 Pounds
•'For fifteen years I had serious
trouble with my stomach. It sim
ply revolted at food and after eat
ing I would have sharp pams, fol
lowed by terrible headaches and
I dizziness. My kidneys also both
i ered me and caused severe back
aches. I also suffered with consti
pation. I became very anxious and
nervous when every kind of treat
ment failed to help me. I lost
(• weight and strength until I was ut
terly discouraged.
MACK M HANIGAN.
•The results from Sargon ifi my
case were remarkable. My stomach
is soothed and I can enjoy my meals
arlthou* a sign of Indigestiin. head
aches or dizziness afterwards. I
have no more trouble with my kid
neys and the backaches are gone.
My es are steady. I sleep better
and^fcake feeling refreshed and
fit for my daily work. My old time
strength and energy returned and I
feel better in every way.
“Sargon Soft Mass Pills is the
only medicine that ever gave me
permanent relief from constipation.
T will be glad to tell anyone who
asks me more about the wonderful i
Breceived from this wonderful '
int.”
ibove statement was made by
if. Hanigan. 106 Toole Place.
>. 1, San Antonio,
in may be obtained in
ville from Cisneros Drug
In La Feria from Malone
icy; in Sar. Benito from Pal
irmacv; in Los Fresnos from
Drug Co. and in Rio Hondo
io Hondo Drug Store.—Adv.
ft
impressive public necessity, demand
ing that the const.tutional rule that
all bills be read on three several
days in each house, be suspended,
and that said rule is hereby sus
pended, and that this act shall take
effect and be in force from and aft
er date of its passage, and it is so
enacted.”
The notice of intention forms in
dicate that though the wording of
the law apparently requires at least
i one of the contracting parties to be
present when the notice of inten
tion to marry is given, that the no
tice may be filed by a third party
on behalf of the contracting couple,
or by one of the contracting pair
and another person, or by both the
contracting parties appearing to
■ gether.
When a youth without parent or
guardian seeks a marriage license,
he is required to secure‘a certificate
, from his county judge authorizing
him to receive the license.
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r Flashes of Life I
(Ey The Associated Press.) j
iBy the Associated Press)
EDINBURGH. — The original
I Gretna Green is threatened. The
| general assembly of the Church ot
j Scotland nas lormally asked the
government that a commission in
| vestigate irregular marriages. The
j Duke ci Montrose told the assembly
i there were 9.000 irregular marriages
j in Scotland last year. For hundreds
I of years the village of Gretna
; Green, just this side of the Scottish
border, has been the mecca of
elopers. All that is necessary is for
I a couple to declare In tne presence
I of witnesses their intention to
j marry.
NEW YORK—For taking a pig
| for a taxi ride Stephan Dunstan is
out one fish. He did it to oblige
his butcher friend. Leon Weil, who
owns the porker and wanted him to
I have an iring. Such a crowd gath
j ered around Steve's taxi and his
I passenger on Riverside Drive that
I a policeman took action. Steve was
1 fined $1 for disorderly conduct.
BUCHAREST. — Three hundred
Rumanian-Americans visiting here
have decided to undertake to erect
a hospital bearing Woodrow Wil
son’s name in acknowledgment of
his share in uniting Rumanians
into cnc kingdom.
LONDON—In the opinion of the
Rev. C. H. Blois Bisshop, vicar of
a church in Hertfordshire, it is just
as bad for a woman to enter church
with her head uncovered as it
would be for a man to enter with
his hat on. Therefore he has ruled
that wreaths of flow’ers worn by
bridesmaids are insufficient; they
must have veils or hats.
Day In Congress
(By the Associated Press)
Tuesday:
House concludes consideration of
tariff bill.
Senate continues ccnsus-reappor
tionmcnt debate.
Negotiations for adjustment of
farm relief conference deadlock
continue.
Senate rules committee considers
amendments to open sessions for
discussion of presidential nomina
tions.
Counsel for William S. Vare pre
sents final arguments in contest
for senate seat by William B. Wil
son.
Senate Interstate Commerce
Commission committee continues
hearing on federal communications
commission proposal.
House ways and means committee
select final list of amendments to
tariff bill provisions.
Monday:
House adopted tariff bill antend
ments.
Senate continued cefcus-reappor
tionment debate.
Paul Mallon. United Press cor
respondent refused to divulge
source of Lenroot roll call "leak" to
senate rules committee.
Congressional leaders attempted
to negotiate adjustment of differ
ence over debentures between sen
ate and house farm bill conferees.
Senate confirmed appointments
of Charles Evans Hughes. Jr., as
solicitor general, and Dwight F.
Davis as Philippine governor gen
eral.
Senate Interstate Commerce
Committee heard charges "radio
trust” was engaged in “patent rack
eteering” to create monopoly.
Senate manufacturers committee,
reversing position, voted to conduct
textile labor investigation Itself In
stead of trade commission
Sen. Heflin, democrat. Alabama,
read a letter saying assassins were
enroute to Washington to kill him.
Masonic Services
Held For Bullock
Monday Afternoon
Masonic funeral services were
conducted here Monday afternoon
for C. H Bullock who died sud
denly Sunday after an illness of a
week. Bullock was well known al
though he had resided in this SPC* I
'ion only a ye?-. The decedent
came here from Pittsburgh. Pa.
He is survived by his wife, a small
daughter. Margaret, his mother.
Mrs. Suzan M Bullock, and a bro
ther. Alfred, all of whom reside in
Brownsville.
The services were entirely Ma
sonic.
The last rites were held from the
W. A. Darling undertaking estab
lishment and interment was In the
Buena Vista cemetery.
VALLEY SHOULD ]
RECORD BIRTHS
Census Bureau Man Says
Mortality Rate Would
Be Reduced
(Special to The Herald.)
SAN BENITO. May 28 —The Low
er Rio Grande Valley is going to
show a much higher mortality rate
than it deserves in the coming fed
eral census as a result of failure to
register births, according to Jesse
T. Nicholas, special agent cf the
United States census bureau.
Nicholas was in San Eenito to
day. after spending several days in
Hidalgo county, and will be in the
Valley a few days yet. working in
the interest of better registration.
He is working in cooperation with
the state health department, and is
being assisted in his campaign in
this section by the county and city
health officers.
‘This section has even poorer
birth registration than other sec-!
I
tlons of the state, and Texas is be
hind most other states of the union
in this respect, Nicholas said. ‘ Since
most of the deaths are recorded, the
fact that a large number of births
are not recorded will give the Val
ley an undeser ed morttality rate,
and particularly a high infant mor
tality rate.
“It is of importance ,in view of
this, that the Valley become inter
ested in tills matter, and see that
ail births are registered.”
Nicholas said birth registration
also is of importance to the child,
giving it opportunities that could
never be secured otherwise,
TYPHOON KILLS TEN IN
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
MANILA, May 28——A mes
sage to the executive bureau here to
day frem the governor of Leyte
province said ten persons were killed
and 33 missing in a typhoon which
struck the southern part of the
province last Friday.
The message said continuous rain
had inundated six villages washed
15 houses away and damaged crops.
Loes of life occurred at Socod and
Antigua
%
CHINESE REDS
TAKE MISSION
—
Americans Flee As Soldiers
Take Dcctors-Missicn
ary Prisoner
AMOY. FUKIEN. China. May 28.
—r.F—American missionary refu
gees, attired in Chinese clothing as
disguises, arrived here today from
Luneyenchow where one of their
| number. Dr. C. H. Holleman. was
, made captive by communists May
23.
The refugees said 2 000 commun
ist soldiers attacked the missionary
compound of the American reform
ed Presbvtorian mission, shouting:
*’Th? Russians are furnishing us
with money and we are giving our
lives. You foreigners are imperial
ists.’
Provincial soldiers numbering 200
offered a futile defense, being final
ly overpowered by the communists
who razed the mission, and forced
Dr. Holleman to come with them
with the excuse they needed him
to 'treat their wounded.
The refugees said the attack was
purely antl-foreign since no Chin
ese houses were molested at alL
SAN BENITO WOMEN TO
VISIT AT HARLINGEN
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, May 27 —Scores of
San Benito women are expected to
be here Wednesday of this week
for a joint meeting with women of
Harlingen, the banquet having been
arranged by the Harlingen Woman’s
chamber of commerce.
Problems of joint progress will be
discussed.
FORMER RESIDENTS OF
BELL COUNTY IN MEET
fSpeclal to The Herald)
SAN BENITO. May 28— Former!
residents of Bell county assembled:
on the resaca near the San Benito
pumping plant Sunday from all
pa’ts of the Valley, for the annual
c. *' cf the Bell county club. 1
First Services In
New McAllen Church
Planned For Sunday
(Special to The Herald) I
M’ALLEN, May 28 —First services
in McAllen’s new $80,000 Methodist
church building will be held Sun
day morning, according to the Rev.
W. N. Rader, pastor. Arrangements
have been made for the Rev. Grady
Timmons of San Angelo to preach
the opening services in the new edi
fice. The Rev. Timmons was pas
tor of the church when construction
on the new building was begun.
Flemish oak pews that will give
the main auditorium a seating ca
pacity of 768 on the lower floor and
1£0 in the balcony are now being
installed. Forty individual seats
will be installed in the spacious
choir loft. There are five similar
auditoriums in the large building
which will be used in various acti
vities of the chureh members.
An Installation crew will arrive
about June 10 to Install the $7,000
3’lcher organ, the Rev. R?der stat
ed, and special services will be held
when that work is completed.
RAIN IS AID TO
EDINBURG CROPS
especial to The Herald*
EDINBURG. May H-Ore«lBf
crops and other vegetation near Ed
inburg and throughout Hidalgo
county were greatly benefited by
the heavy rainfall Sunday morning,
according to reports hrnwjhf to gg.
inburgh by farmers and others dur
ing Sunday
Rain started falling at Eclnhurs
apd in this vicinity at ahorjt 1 11
a. m Sunday and continued *»«*«**
without intermission until amass i
a. m. The downpour was extremely
heavy and the streets end gutters
of Edinburg Elsa. Bdoourh. Pharr
McAllen. Hidalgo. San Juan. Alamo,
Hargtll and other Hktalra county
cities and tillages were gutcfcjy
flooded. The rain was accompanied
by a strong brecse. which, however,
did no damage to crops, so far as
could be learned.
NEW YORK OPENING
NEW YORK May M.—-Cot
ton opened steady. July 1*10: Ott.
18 37: Dec. 18 51: JtB. 1*33. March
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