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The "King Of Kokomo" Out To Break Broaday's Back By MAWVKIJi IIYDK NKA Nrniw Staff Writer New York. May 17 ? King Ken nedy i.as fomc from Kokomo to break Broadway's back! lit- has un dertaken Ihe world's biggest jcb. a task that h: s shattered thouviud* before him. Ever bIiw e Broadway li t - !? " Broadway tTi?? hundred* of eite-s and townx In ;Ul-> country have reluc tantly given up in .ny ??f their youth that the latter might enmo to the Gay White Way ;o m:tke good. They want to be .n producers, writers, singer*. A few make Rood. The othen are smashed, never to rise again. And Into this malcHtrom of swirl ing lights and painted faces has come King Kennedy of Kokomo, a youth of 20. On his face is a xinilo of confidence. Whether the smile will be there on Dec. 1 next remains a question, for? Young Kennedy gives himself but until that day to make good. Success in the theatrical world must come quickly, or It may forev er remain behind. On Dec. 1 he will be of age. He has promised the folk back home that he will entertain se rious aspirations for the stage only until his 21st birthday. If it hasn't come then, he will go back and his dabbling In the theater will hence forth assume the form of a hobby. King Kennedy does not have to make good on Broadway. lie comes of a family in Kokomo that is ex tremely wealthy. It is one of the old and substantial failles of the In diana city. The Kennedy estate in Kokomo Is a big one and it Is to manage this estate that his mother and friends want him to return for good. "It's all tommyrot, you're want ing to be a great actor," they told him. "Just give me until Dec. 1," he pleaded. "If I haven't made good then, if I don't see success close by, I'll quit Broadway without a word and I'll come back willingly." It isn't that he doesn't like Koko mo. It has always been that way. 'fetck home Fh.e!l ?. boY he *oul4 build toy atages IS 2 kct paris. Tiiefl, &t he grew older, he would partici pate in school dramas. The ambi tion to succeed on the stage is burn ing more brightly now than ever. "I have boen told of the young people who came to Broadway be fore to make good," he says. "Some of them make good. And of these a few have been ruined by their good 1 fortune. Mostly it was because they didn't know how to handle money? had never had it before. "That would never happen to me. I've traveled extensively, been In practically every country in Europe. We've always had money In the fam ily and the only reason I mention It is to show that the same thing that happened to the other young peo ple who made good would not hap pen to me." * Kennedy has chosen an apart ment in one of the expensive sec tions of New York. It overlooks KING KENNEDY PROM KOKOM O. 1<N THE BACKGROUND YOU SEE HIM STROLLING DOWN BROADWAY WITH PEGGY SHANNON. STACK BEAUTY WHO HAS ACHIEVED SOME MEASURE OF THE FAME KINO SEEKS FOR HIMSELF. Central Park. But one block away la ColumbuM Circle and Broadway. He can see the sign of the Century Theater from his window. Two blocks away is the famous New York Athletic Club. The Plaza Hotel is just down the street. On every side of him is wealth and success. Probably if he sur rounds himself with wealth he will so steel himself for the terrible grind, the grind of "breaking in," that lies before all who would make Broad way bow before them. Most young people who come here, creep in through the back door, timid, afraid, unknown. And they leave the same way. But King Kennedy Is admired by Broadway because he comes in smil ing through the front door. And Broadway is ever willing to extend a hand of welcome to the chap who isn't afraid of it. Theatrical man agers haven't formed a line before, his door, but? They are betting even money hore King Kennedy makes good! TowSm y After all Is said and done the trouble In Washington right now is more is being said than done. Electricity travels 11.600.000 miles a minute, arriving Just 59 seconds Lvliind bad news. ? ? ? Wmcn want the last word in talk ing at. J in cloth* *. ? ? ? The crazy stunts pulled in circus rin^s arc not a* funny os some of the a\ nits pulled In political rings. ? ? ? In the annual spring drive of mo tor;- *. against trains no train casual* tie* have been reported so far. ? ? ? It never has occurred to Germany that the could settle the reparation proMcms by paying. ? ? ? It Onco they married in haste and re pented at leisure; now they marry in spring and repent in summer. ? ? ? A rrood rain helps to llquidato the farmer's debts. ? ? ? Concrete facts and concrete hcodi don't always mix. ? ? ? ? Up to now the war veterans await Ing a bonus from . Congress hav4 found every hour zero hour. Sl'GAR DEMAND KIA)W New Orleans, May 17?(Special)! *?The demand for refined sugar is: the poorest ever known here. The i trade is unwilling to buy except J for Immediate needs on account of 1 price cutting hy Eastern refiners.! Loral refiners have cut prices a { cent a pound in two weeks without I stimulating business. FIFTY YEAR OLD WAGON FACTORY CLOSES DOWN Richmond, Va., May 17?(Spec ial)?Doors of the Courad Cross carriage and wagon factory, which has been making vehicles since 1873, today are closed. Gottfried Gross, the 82 year old proprietor, stated that the automobiles has robbed him of bis busioees. "If she worth while, she's worth WHITMAN'S The Good Candy THE APOTHECARY SHOP NORTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE OP AGRICULTURE AND ENGINEERING. Slate College Station. Raleigh, N. C. SUMMER SCHOOL, June 10 to July 22, 1024. College Credit Courses will be offered In General Agriculture, Science, Economics, Education, English, Geography, History, and modern languages. Professional Courses for High School Principals and Teachers, Teachers of Agriculture, Science, Industrial Education and Manual Arts. Special Courses for Home and Farm Extension Agents, Specialists and Experiment Station Workers. Emphasis will be placed upon Methods of Teaching Science In High Schools, Trade and Industrial Education, and Methods of Teaching Manual Arts. For catalog and other Information, write T. E. BROWNE, Director.. THIS BANK IS THE FARMER'S BEST FRIENB We back this claim by prompt and cheerful assistance when the farmer needs money. Therefore, it is to the farmer's advantage to do his banking business at this strong, friendly Bank. ANNOUNCEMENT In the interest of the farmers of this entire section we are pleased to an nounce that we have been able to co-operate with the American Cotton As sociation in their effort to control the boll weevil menace and as explained in an article in today's issue of this newspaper, we have financed and ar ranged to have conducted a practical and scientific demonstration under expert supervision on the farm of W. A. Brock and C. O. Robinson near Elizabeth City. 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