Dale Carnegie
5-Minute Biographies
Author of "How to Win Frtenrit
and Influence People."
ALEXANDER DUMAS
He Wrote 1200 Volumes, Earned $5,000,000
and Died in Poverty
What is the most popular ad
venture story ever written? Hob
inson Crusoe? Don Quixote?
Treasure Island? Naturally, opin
ions differ; but IH cast my vote
for The Three Musketeers.
The Three Musketeers has been
a "best seller" for almost a cen
tury. Your grandmother prob
ably thrilled to it in the theater
when she was a girl, and hun
dreds of people are reading it
this very minute, in a dozen dif
ferent languages all over the
world.
Alexander Dumas, the man who
wrote The Three Musketeers, was
one of the most astonishing nov
elists that ever dipped a goose
quill into ink. In spite of his fat,
grotesque appearance, he did
have a way with women.
He declared over and over
again that he would never mar
ry. But he boasted once too of
ten and one of his sweethearts
called his bluff. She had her
guardian buy up all of Alexan
der's debts at a bargain price.
In those days, you could be
clamped into jail for debt; so
Dumas, the great lover, was po
litely informed that he could take
his choice —marry or go to the
hoosegow. He married.
Dumas even looked strange.
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I ELKIN, N. C. I
Three-fourths of the blood that
coursed through his arteries was
white; but the other fourth was
negro.
An epicure and a gourmet, he
was nearly as famous for his abil
ity to concoct a sauce or roast a
duck as for his ability to write a
novel.
He would eat a meal that
would have put even Bismarck to
shame; yet, in spite of his glut
tonous appetite, he never drank
coffee or liquor, and he never
smoked.
When he was busy writing, he
didn't even care about food; and
sometimes he even forgot to eat
at all. If a friend dropped in to
see him while he was working, he
simply held out his left hand in
greeting and kept on scribbling
with his right hand.
But he was frightfully temper
amental about the kind of paper
and pens he used.
For example, he could only
write novels on blue paper, and
with a special set of pens. If he
was writing poetry, he used yel
low paper and a different set of
pens.
If he was writing an article for
a magazine, he couldn't possibly
use anything but rose-colored
writing paper; and he never, un-
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der any circumstances, used blue
ink.
Blue ink gave him the jitters.
And he couldn't compose a play
while sitting at his desk. In or
der to write a play, he had to lie
down on a sofa with a good soft
pillow propped under his elbow.
Ridiculous? Yes, but before you
laugh at him, let me tell you
what he accomplished. He wrote
over one hundred plays and so
many novels and histories that
the collected edition of his entire
VO rk today totals one thousand,
two hundred volumes! Think of
it!
He earned over five million
dollars—far, far more than any
other writer of his age.
The characters In Dumas'
books were intensely real to him.
He dreamed about them and gos
siped about them Just as If they
were living people; and he wrote
about them with a sweep and
gusto that holds you spell-bound
now, almost a hundred years
later.
Sometimes he would be carried
away completely with his story
and he would shout with laughter
and Joke with his characters as if
they were actually sitting across
the table from him.
Blessed with the energy of a
Jack Dempsey, he tore all over
Europe by stage coach and
horseback, and he often kept five
novels going all at one time, ap
pearing, day by day, as serials in
the newspapers. He didn't have
time to read his own books; but
He did have time to fight twenty
duels with swords and pistols.
As he grew older, he went in for
wine, women, and song. No. No,
I wrong. He didn't drink and
he didn't sing; but he did go in
for girls in a big way.
When the many gold diggers'
had extracted all his money, they
deserted him, in derision and
contempt, and Dumas spent his
old age in poverty and loneliness-
Shortly before he died, his son
found him reading a eppy of The
Pension Advocates
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WASHINGTON, D. C. ... The
House Ways and Means Commit
tee called advocates of old ago pen
sion plans to testify on their vari
ous pension schemes. Photo shows
Representative Ralph O. Brewster,
of Maine (left), who testified in
support of the Townsend Pension
Plan and Dr. Francis Townsend.
Three Musketeers. "How do you
like It. father?" he asked, and the
old man said, "It'll do. It's good."
SURRY FARMERS
HOLDING MEETS
Are Discussing Flans Con
cerning Cooperative Man
ufacturing of Fertilizer
HAVE HELD 2 MEETINGS
Surry county farmers are hold-
Uis a series of five discussion
meetings during the ensuing ten
j days to discuss plans whereby
I through lUo cooperative manu
| facturing ana distribution of fer
tilizer they cah save themselves
hundreds of dollars during the
spring season.
The meetings are' being spon
sored by the state- Farmers
Cooperative Exchange . a nd all
farmers and their wiveA are in
vited to attend and take part in
the discussion.
At an organization meeting re
cently held leading farmers
all sections of the county planned
the meetings in various com\
munities and have arranged with
at least twenty-five other leading
farmers and their wives to take
part in each community meeting.
Two of the meetings have al
ready been held, the first Feb
j ruary 21 at the Dohson court
house, at which N. J. Martin act
ed as chairman. Number 2 was
held Wednesday at Copeland
school. R. S. Burrey acted as
chairman. The remaining three
meetings will be held as follows:
Today, Franklin school, E. L. Pat
terson, chairman; Friday, Cooke's
school, S. C. Carson, chairman;
Monday, February 27, Shoal's
school, E. E. Marion, chairman.
All meetings will begin at 7:30
pm.
MRS. ANNIE BUXTON
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Mrs. Annie Pearl Buxton. 49,
wife of Ralph Buxton, died Tues
day afternoon at the home four
miles west of Yadkin ville in the
Branch church community. She
was a daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. T. U. Bryant.
Surviving are the husband; one
son, Charles Edwards Bryant,
both of the home; six brothers,
Will Bryant, of California; George
Bryant, of Greensboro; Hobart
Bryant, of High Point; Lonnle
Bryant, of Durham; G. W. Bry
ant, of High Point; and Hugh
Bryant, of Lenior; two sisters,
Mrs. Rosa Yarborough, of High
Point, and Mrs. Mary Reavts, of
Yadkinville.
The funeral will be held this
afternoon at 2 o'clock at Branon
Friends church, of which she was
a member. Mrs. M. A. Cox and
Rev. J. H. Green will conduct the
services. Burial will follow in
the church graveyard.
HONOR ROLL FOR FIFTH
MONTH AT NORTH ELKIN
The following is the honor roll
for the fifth month of the North
Elkin school:
First grade: Melrose Cooper,
Ann Eldridge, Parks A. Roberts.
Second grade: Norma Sue
Hayes, Juanita Steele.
Third grade: Mildred Pruitte,
Roy Smith.
Fourth grade: G. C. Cooper,
Katy Lou Childress, Alex Carter,
Betty Lou Steelman.
Fifth grade: Fred Hemric. Sam
J. Johnson. „
Sixth grade: Helen Carter,
Joyce Royall. Helen Haynes, Mar
etha Ball. Willow Dean Hayes.
Sevehth grade: Bstelle Carter,
Kathleen Cochrane, Maud Huds
ceth Betty Yarborough, ReElla
Vjller, Louise Russell, I/Hiise
Simmons.
The witch-hazel Mpoms after
the leaves have fallen.
[Warlick to Hold
Court at Yadkin
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fession he said John Cooper plan
ned the whole thing. Both haw
been In jail here since the crime.
Alec Rash, charged with enter
ing the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Johnson near Buck
Shoals, and taking upwards of
S4OO from a dresser drawer, con
fessed to officers that he took
the money. His sweetheart, Delia
Prevette, of Wilkes county, is in
dicted with him and has confess
ed her part in the crime.
Conrad Hutchens will be tried
in connection with the death of
Mrs. Thurmond Caudle, who was
killed in an automobile accident
one mile east of Yadkinvllle last
November. Dallas Davis, owner
of the car and who was with
Hutchens, will also be tried. Both
are charged with drunkenness
also.
Many other cases will likely re
sult from grand jury bills after it
meets Monday morning and gets
its charge from Judge War lick.
TO BE AT JONESVILLE
ONLY ON WEDNESDAYS
Dr. James Oliver Crutchfield,
chiropractor, of Jonesville, will be
at Jonesville only on Wednesdays
during the immediate future, he
has announced. He wil! continue
to make his home there, however.
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ELKIN, N.C.
ROILING LIBRARY
NEEDS MORE BOOKS
Mrs. Gentry Expresses Ap
preciation to Those Who
Have Aided Work
4,000 VOLUMES NEEDED
Mrs. Willie Moore Gentry, who
is in charge of Surry county's
community school on wheels, said
Wednesday morning that in or
der to meet the continued de
mands for books that several ad
ditional volumes would be re
quired. She stated that she now
had 2,200 books but the number
should be increased to 4,000 if t*e
needs of the county be adequate
ly met. Mrs. Gentry and her
workers make a complete circuit
of the county twice each week
and reading material is supplied
free of charge to anyone desiring
it. Schools, particularly where
there are no other library facili
ties, are among the best patrons
of the library. The majority of
the books in the traveling library
are state accredited for school
libraries and an average of 750
books are dispensed from the
truck each day. Magazines are
also distributed.
Mrs. Gentry expressed her ap
preciation for the aid given her
by the Elkin KiwanLs Club and
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by Chatham Manufacturing com
pany, each of them having made A
liberal contributions for this *
work. \ 7
In speaking of the type o¥
books needed Mrs. Gentry stress
ed the need of books for children
from the first to the fifth grades.
JUNIOR ORDER TO
HOLD INITIATION
¥ Plans are in readiness for the
district class initiation service of
the Junior Order to be held In
the Jr. O. U. A. M. hall here Fri
day evening, February 24. A
speaker has been engaged for the
meeting and refreshments will be *
served. The event will be in eel- '
ebration of the birthday anniver
sary of George Washington.
All members of the local couji-
cil and other councils of the mat-
trict are invited to attend. )
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