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Dale Carrie^ 5-Minute Biographies Author of "How to Win Friends and Influence People." CHARLES DICKENS He Went To School For Only Four Year^? Yet He Wrote Seventeen Immortal Novels Ninety years ago a little book was published in London ? a story to become immortal. Many people have called It "the greatest little book in the world." When It first appeared, friends meeting each other on the Strand or Pall Mall asked. "Have you read it?" and the answer invariably was. "Yes God Bless him. I have." The day u< was published a thousand copies were sold. Within ;t fortnight, the presses had dash ed off fifteen thousand copies Since then, it has been whirled into countless editions and has been translated into almost every : rh? Idol of the Eogliih Spcak^j World; Yet His Own Homo Was Filled With Heart break language under heaven. A few years ago, J. P. Morgan purchased the original manuscript) for a fabulolus price; and it now re poses among his order priceless treasures in that magnificent art yallery in New York City which he calls his library. What is this world-famous book? Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol. He wasn't vfaul ? cent for that story. And /is next eight' stories netted liini ?how much do you suppose?" Nothing Absolutely zero. When he finally did get paid real money for a story, he receiv ed a check for the royal sum of five dollars. Yes his first story brought him only five dollars; but his last manuscript brought his estate fifteen dollars a word ? the highest price ever paid to an author since the beginning of time! Fifteen dollars a word! Why that is precisely fifteen times as much as Calvin Coolidge and Theodore Roosevelt were ever paid. Most authors are ignored and forgotten within five years after their death. But sixty-three years after Dickens' death, publishers paid his estate more than a fifth of a million dollars for the story of our Lord ? a little book t-hat Dickens had written for his own children. Charles Dickens' childhood was sordid and pathetic. It was more than that ? it was tragic. He was only ten years old when his fath er was thrown into prison for debt and the family had nothing to eat: I so every morning, Charles went to the few remaining piece.-) of household furniture. He even had to sell his dearly beloved books ? ten of them ? the only compan ions he had really ever known. In later years he said, "when I sold my books, I thought my heart would break." In later years, Dickens, the writer, avenged his own childhood by creating the unforgettable por traH of Oliver Twist holding oyt his empty porridge bowl and ask ing for more. Dickens wrote vivid scenes of perfect domestic bliss. Vet his own ? marriage was a failure ? a dismal, tragic failure. He lived for twenty-three years with a wife he didn't love. She bore him t>en children. But year by year liis misery deepened. He had the whole world fawning at his feet; but his own home was filled with heartbreak. Finally the misery be came so sharp, so poignant, that he could no longer endure it. So he did an unheard-of thing in those Victorian days ? he publish ed an announcement in his own magazine declaring t>hat he and his wife had separated. Did he shoulder the blame himself? He did not He tried to throw it all on her. Dickens was the best-loved and most idolized man of his day. On his second visit to America, peo ple stood in line for' hours, shiv eriug in the wind, while waiting to buy tickets. In Brooklyn, peo ple lighted bonfires and lay all night on mattresses in the street, risking frostbite and pneumonia for the privilege of paying three dollars apiece 'o hesr him talk. "And when the tickets were sold oud and hundred? had to be turn ed away, his admirers actually started a riot. INTERROGATOR. A justice of the peace who asks prisoners such foolish questions as :"Are you guilty or not guilty?" When you pass the word along that you are ready for a fight, be sure you have on your boxing gloves. It is estimated that farmers of j Gaston County will plant between 125.000 and 15o.'.'00 seeding trees this season. More than. 12.- 1 000 pounds of '.espedezn seed was 1 saved by 800 farmers * DEPRESSION, (now known ar a Recession) A periud that oc- ? curs every seven years' in the; Liiited State*, dumm which time! no one but the government has any money and they usfe it to keep constituents alive until the next election so they can vote for the i party who is supposed ttr have brought about their recovery. j ? Georgia Tries Again # . H WMBKS&ll LOS ANGELES . , . Pretty Geor gia Coleman, former Olympic and World's diving champion, who practically lost the use of her legs following an Infantile, paralysis attack, hgain takes to the water for her first workout since her illness. She predicts that it won't be long before she regains her old form. SPECIAL PRICES *' ? ' ? ON ? USED CARS ? FOE ? National Used Car Week ENDING MAECH 12TH One 1935 Ford Delux Fordor Two 1929 Model A Fords The three Cars above have 1038 license. One 1934 Chevrolet Pick-up These bargain prices are made in cooperation With National Used Car Week and is your oppor tunity to get a good Car Cheap. Grififin-Tharrington Motor Co. FOED DEALERS gales and Servioe Louisburg, N. 0. mm school LESSON by HEV. CHARI.KS K. Ill XN j ' Feeding the Hungry I.esson for Sunday. March 13. Mark 6:30-44, Golden Text: Mark 6:37. ^he feeding of the five thousand is the only miracle to be found in all four of the gospels. St. Mark's accoutit is t'he fullest, and is also noteworthy for its graphic touches. Take such phrases as . these: "Come ye yourselves apart:'' "no leisure so much as to eat;" "as sheep not having a shepherd;" "the giveu grass." The. miracle easily lends itself to a rational explanation. It has been argued that the generosity . i of Jesus and his disciples in shar-| ing their few loaves and fishes ' with others persuaded many! mor^. who had brought some food > with them, and %ere inclined to keep it fc>r themselves, to di^tri- ' bute what' they had until all were, well fed. While this interpreta tion by no means disposes" of all) of the difficulties in the parrative. i tt has much to commend it. I It is significant that this fami liar incident' marks a crisis in the 1 ministry of Jesus. His popularity i was then at Its peak. The people i were not ouly convinced that he was the Messiah but wanted to crown him as th?lr king. 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PAINT that spreads far and lasts long ONE gallon o( our Hirshbcrg paint* trill cover lOO square feet for two coats . . . a paint that spreads far and wears long In all colors, of con roe, and selling at reason able prices. For paints, enam els or supplies of any kind, see us. FARM MACHINERY AUR fa mi machinery and equipment are properly designed and field tested to deliv er the goods under all conditions. No matter what crops you are planning you wtH want good equipment to break the land. This is the first essential to good crops.. . . . We are now offering some outstanding values. They include cultivator (two row) planters, disc plows, bedding plows, breaking plows, sulkies and middle busters. , . . We handle John Deers, McKay and Avery farm equipment, and Oliver Chilled plows and castings. PLANT BED CLOTH A BIG LOT OF BEST GRADE PLANT BED CLOTri? COME AND GET YOUR REQUIREMENTS WHILE THE SUP PLY LASTS. : ?- : : : FREEMAN & HARRIS Numa F. Freeman H. Grady Harris * i the Orient, but there are many j underprivileged (oik in America;, whose diet i? far from norinaj^-j LIQUOR. A high powered bev erage often referred to as a food ? Usually put up in bottles and sold ! to those who cannot tell when ! they are chewing or swallowing 1 Mr aud Mrs. Robert S<iiiU>ey, f>fl Wilkes County, have ten <Aiild ren. each of 4hose miner end with the letter "o". Th^ name* are: Atto, Rosco. Alphonso, Plato. Tedro, Brigco, Wiaco, Gen io, Easco, and Leo. -Carolina Co operator. WHAT! AN ARRAY OF SENSATIONAL VALUES IN EVERY DEPARTMENT OF OUR STORE. Farm Supplies Horse Collars . . . $1.25 Bridles . 90c Axes $1.50 Steel Shovels 89c One Horse Wagons ....... $57.50 PLOWS AND CAST ING OF ALL KINDS, LYNCHBURG, CHAT TANOOGA, S. R., WHITE'S, ETC. COLE'S PLANTERS, DISTRIBUTORS AND REPAIRS FOR RENT Electric Floor Sander and Polisher Stoves, Etc. Cooking 3^1 .95 Raxures *. Cook $n.75 Stoves Ready Mixed Paint Per SI .39 Gallon . . sgi T TERRA COTTA WELL PIPE HARNESS ETC. ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS FOR ANY JOB Furniture 3 Pc. Living S^Uj.OO Room Suite . . . 9 x 12 Lino- $ J.95 lieum Bugs ... " 3 Pc. Walnut Finish Bed SOC.OO Boom Suite , . . H. C. TAYLOR HARDWARE STORK PHONE 438-1 IiOUISBURU. N. O. SEE HOW MUCH MORE a Dollar How Buys in a Hew Gt Rtnu&moRf So little money bun m much G-B Refriger ator that practically every horn* can now afford one. America bought more G-E Refrigerator* last year than ever before, and thii year G-B ii even a bigger buy. Now Popularly Priced / V New, faster freezing General Electric Quick Trayi provide in stant ice cube reieaae . . . two or a trayful in teconda. Six-tray model* can freeze 481bs.oficelo 24 hoars and average current cost it lest than the price of ice. MAY WE SERVE YOU ! ? THE ? BROWN FURNITURE HOUSE J. L. BROWN. YOUNGS VILLI, 0. -
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