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Found at Last-Average American Citizen Man You've Heard So Much About Lives in Indiana Town HEIGHT 5 FT 6 IN. AGE 26 HAIIJ BROWN EYES BROWN-BLUE INCOME $ 2I50 VCIFES AGE 25 RENTS HOME OCCUPATION MECHANIC CHILDREN 3 JOHNSON HOME CECIL Alfred viOHMSON Above are ahown the I*. S. OnatiH Ilurcau't* requirement* for the Average American, anil Cecil Al- ' fred JuhiiHOD, who m eel? nearly every one of thein. Ills home Is n eur the exact center of population of the United State*. Ry HOY 4. CjltlltONtt (C?*yrtflkl I Vit U? TK? AiiaurO Whitehall, Intl., Jain. 21. ? At last?that Average American C'lt lsen you hare hear?! mo much ubout has been found. He lives In this remote villuge of 60 Inhabitants, eight miles from ? railroad line. He pay $* u month.rent for his home. He In married and has four children. He believes in Cod and ssys thin country Is the heat In the world. Hla name In Cecil Alfred John son. Besides being the closest res ident to t ho national center of population, Johnson qualifies closely in all the characteristics the O. s. Census Ruresu says the Average American Citizen must bs re. The center of population of the United Slates In a biff tree 1.9 miles west of Wliltohall. Mathe maticians have flKur?'d It out to s hair's breadth. It shifts from year to year. Johnson lives little more than a mile from the exact center. What He Should Kara The Average American should earn |21&0. Johnson earns $2100. The Average American should be about 2G years old und weigh 148 1-2 pounds. His complexion should be "Intermediate." He should be a mechanic. John Is 28 and has four chil dren Instead of the required three, but the rest of the data filK bin like a Rlovo. Even his complex Ion and that of bis wife lit the census requirements exactly. Mrs. Average American Is sup posed to be u few months under 2f?. Mrs. Johnson U 25. Her , height, weight and complexion ar??' almost identical with those arrived at by the census bureau ? stat in itios that were arrived at after ex amination of 2,000 subjects whose forefather!? had been Americans for three generations. Farming ranks second to me- i Ichanicnl trades In the bureau's I list of gainful occupations. John Rucker & Sheely Company s January Clearance Sale Continues Youth For Sale -At The ALKRAMA TODAY ?For? 10c & 30c ?on hns boon a furmer. too, ninl right now occasionally pitches in ALL THE YEAH HOUND WEAR Men's! Y011114; Men'? Two Pants Suits vulurti lu S 10.00 Now $26.50 All aizm; ull models. T.T. Turner & Co. 505 Muiti St. I when a neighbor needs a hand. The chief aim of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson is to roar their children to useful citizenship. Neither haw any use for rouge, powder or short skirts. "The girls ought to rub some of 'the paiut off so a fellow can see what he's getting." sayn Johnson. ' Drfi'min Prohibition Johnson upholds the dry law and does not believe in its modi fication in the slightest degree. "I've taken a drink or two." he , ways, "but liquor does no good. 1 guess we can get along without . II. Resides there's too many auto mobiles nowadays." Johnson, while he fails to gel a kick out of politics, thinks I'res Idem Coolidge i* making good. al though Johnson in u Democrat at heart. "I only want money enough ?? net along on. What's money any- j how? I Just want to lay away a little for a rainy day. "I want the children to have a ? chance. That's why I live in this ?mall town. 1 could make more money in a city. "Succegn in not money. Success la having friends. I'd rather have for my friends the CO people who live in Whitehall than go to a city and Klave for riches or fame. "If you have friends and they love you and you love them, why, man, thut'K liviug." ' ITNKIIAI. MIIS. RKXTOV Columbia. Jan. 21.?The fuu eral of Mr* Kdmund Sexton who died Monday morning, was con ducted at the home here Tuesday I morninsr by Rer. A. B. Crumpler. Mrs. Sexton wan 7 8 years old aud in survived by her husband, who Is 88 years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Sex ton had been married more than ?-60 years. Benides her husband, j she leaves two sons. Ellis and Co lumbus Sexton of New Bern. Fresh RAGRANT LOWERS For every occasion "Place Your Order Direct." Ryan Floral CoInc. 8 South Road St. Phone 842 F ertilizers The time has arrived for the planting of Peas and Potatoes. See us before buying your Ferti lizers. Our prices are to be depended upon. ?? We are in the market for Soy Beans at all times. Brock & Scott Produce Co. Burgess St. Phone 184. Now Going On Manhattan Shirts Included See Window Display WEEKS & SAWYER "Where the Best Clothes Come From" DOROTHY DARNIT By Charles McManus This is Sanitary Wail Finish Month Beautify your walls ivith Reflecto Flat MAKE \our wall covering? permanent, unitary and beautiful with Ketlecto Flat. The Color 3 Card, which you are going to aak for, will tell you of the simple process. Reflect? Flat is obtainable in all color* and tints? ^ will match any furnishing ?chcmc?and give a beau* tiful. toft mural finish. i J Reflecto Flat is superior in sanitation and attrac- 1 tiveness to any other form of wall covering?can b? washed clean with soap and water and lasta indefinitely. Have your dealer show you the Titfanv. stippled and mottled effects. Easily applied by anyone. Buy from PHONK 970 Garrett Hdw. Co Tli K V|.\l(|>\VAItF: f]lll'STLKI(S Megahan Farm Better Known As Addison Whedbee Farm For SALE Am Ideal Trucking Farm Near Church and School With Ex cellent Road Frontage We are now offering the entire Megahun farm for ?ale. Il is one of tlie hest Iruek farms in l'aKi|iiiil:iiil> County, located ill one of the moat progressive rural communities. This |iro|M*rly is loeuled oil the road from Simonds ('reek to Nivonlon. Il ronlains ahout 700 acre*, 100 of which i* eleared land. The oilier .'{00 acres of tvnodland contains several pine thicket*. The road frontage is ideal. A contract ha* heen let for paving the road from Week? ville to Siinonds Creek and this road will run up to the aide of I he farm. The farm ix bor dered hy the County highway 011 one side and at the end which makes il easy for suhdivi- ^ ?ion should any one nrtinire it for that pur- | pose. One good sel of I111 i hI i use* are situated 011 the property and several small tenant house*. It can he Ixiiifchl for immediate possession. Good IcrniH can lie made with proper se curities. Gallop&Sawyer Phone 6.'l.> Savings Rank Building
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