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ZANE GREY
He Dreamed of Punching 1 Cows While
» Yanking Teeth
Zane Grey battled his way up
from discouragement and pover
ty to the position of being one of
the most widely read novelists on
this planet. And he did it while
living in the little village of
lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, on the
banks of the Delaware River.
Editors have frequently paid
Zane Grey $75,000 for only the
magazine rights to a story, even
before the story was written; yet
he couldn't sell his first few
books for seventy-five cents. His
publishers tell me that they have
sold more than a million copies
of Zane Grey's books each year,
for three successive years; but
when he started writing, he was
such a failure that he went cold
and hungry.
His father insisted that he
study dentistry. Zane Grey had
no more desire to be a dentist
than he had to be a coal miner.
But orders were orders; so this
man, who was destined to become
world-famous as a story teller of
two-gun men and cattle thieves,
studied dentistry, opened an of
fice in New York, and spent years
of his life filling people's teeth.
But his heart wasn't in his work.
So, determining to become a
writer, he abandoned his profes
sion, and moved to Lackawaxen,
where he could live economically
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and hunt-and fish while he was
learning to write.
He devoted all his time, for five
long years, to writing stories —
and his income during those five
years was absolutely zero. He
made a little money occasionally
by playing professional baseball
in the summer time, but he made
nothing from his writing.
One day, when he was in New
York, trying to sell a story, he
met Colonel Buffalo Jones. Col
onel Jones wanted someone with
a flair for words to go out west
with him and write about the
trip. It was the first encourage
ment Zane Grey had had. He
jumped at the chance, his heart
thrilling at the prospect of real
adventure.
After spending six months
among the cowboys and wild
horses of the west, he came home
and wrote a novel entitled "The
Last of the Plainsmen." This
time he was positive he had a
winner. So he sent his manu
script to the publishing house of
Harper—and waited two weeks.
Unable to endure the suspense
any longer, he hurried to New
York and called on the publish
ers.
They handed him his manu
script and said, "We are sorry;
but there is nothing in this story
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to convince us that you can ever
write fiction." He was absolute
ly crushed. He was dazed. This
was the fifth book they had re
jected. He couldn't have been
more stunned if someone had hit
him over the head with a club.
Reeling down the stairs, he grab
bed a lamp post to keep from
falling; and with his manuscript
under his arm, he leaned against
that lamp post, and wept.
He returned home, beaten and
crushed. He had been living on
a little money his wife had. They
were desperate. But his wife en
couraged him to write still an
other novel. It was in the dead
of winter. The tiny stove wasn't
large enough to heat the room,
and his fingers grew numb with
cold as he wrote.
All through that winter, and
far into the next summer, he toil
ed over that story; and when it
was finished, the publishing
house of Harper again turned
thumbs down. Frantic with de
spair, Zane Grey pleaded with
the editor to take the manuscript
home and read it himself. Two
days later, Zane Grey returned,
and the editor was all smiles. He
said, "My wife sat up last night
until almost daybreak reading
your story. She thinks it's great.
And so we're going to publish it."
The title of the book was
"Heritage of the Desert." It was
an immediate and immense suc-
I cess.
At last, after years of poverty
and failure, Zane Grey was on
his way to become one of the big
gest money-making writers, and
one of the most popular novelists
in America. For, since that time,
he has published fifty-four books,
and more than fifteen million
copies have been sold in the
United States alone.
NBMS ROM THE
Rev. Richard L. West, of Yad
kinville, was a visitor in town
Sunday afternoon and filled his
appointment at the Baptist
church Sunday evening.
Rev. C. W. Russell and Henry
Hampton attended the bacca
laureate sermon at the Mountain
Park high school auditorium
Sunday evening, preached by Rev.
J. M. Hayes, of Winston-Salem.
Supt. and Mrs. John W. Comer
attended a luncheon Wednesday
in the lunch room of White
Plains high school, honoring sen
iors, school board, and others.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kesee
and little daughter, Louise, arriv
ed Saturday. Mrs. JCesee and
baby will spend a month here
with her father and other rela
tives. Mr. Kesee returned to
Bluefield Sunday afternoon.
The graduating exercises of
Dobson high school were held last
Wednesday evening. Thad White
was salutatorian and Miss Irene
Freeman was valedictorian of the
class. The awards were delivered
to Miss Irene Freeman by Attor
ney Frank Freeman. Dr. Frank
P. Graham, president of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, deliv
ered the address. Dr. Graham
spoke with profound knowledge
on the growth of education in the
South, as compared with other
sections of America. He called
upon the members of the grad
uating class to answer the. chal
lenge of the present day prob
lems which they must face. He
was introduced by Hon. J. H.
Folger.
Dr. and Mrs. Graham were
honor guests at a dinner given in
the home economics building un
der the supervision of Mrs. Frank
Freeman. Other guests were U.
N. C. Alumpi of Dobson, Hon. J.
11. Folger, hie school board, and
Mr. and Mrs. John Comer.
Misses Julia and Mazie Comer,
and Wilson Comer were week
end guests of the Comer family.
Mr .and Mrs. John Comer had
as dinner guests Saturday even
ing all the members of the W. S.
Comer family.
Mr. A. H. Wolfe and family
have moved to their home near
Thurmond, where they intend
spending the summer.
The Bible Study class of the
Methodist church met after
prayer meeting Wednesday even
ing.
Dr. and Mrs. Joe Folger spent
the week-end at Farmville, Va.,
where Mrs. Folger's sister, Miss
Fredna Armfield, is a student in
college
Miss Thelma Comer has re
turned home after teaching dur
ing the winter in the eastern part
of the state.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Davis, of
Winston-Salem, spent Sunday
afternoon visiting Mrs. Davis*
brother, Attorney W. L. Reece,
who has been on the sick list for
a few weeks.
Miss Beatrice Holbrook left for
her home at Traphill today after
spending the school year here, a
member of the Dobson faculty.
Miss Vera Sawyers spent Sun
day with her sister, Mrs. Colon
Spoon.
Little Linda Kancock, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hancock,
returned to Dobson Sunday after
spending a month with her aunt,
Mrs. Bennett Cornelius, in Win
ston-Salem. She was accom
panied home by Miss Price Cor
nelius, who will visit Mrs. Han
cock and Miss Eva Hancock for
a few days.
Mrs. Evelyn Bowles, who re
cently,had an operation in the
Elkin hospital, is improving sat
isfactorily.
Miss Ada B. Snow, of Win
ston-Salem, spent two weeks in
Dobson as court stenographer.
Jim Dan Hemmings, of the
State College, in Raleigh, spent
Saturday and Sunday with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. W.
Hemmings.
HONOR ROLL OF THE
NORTH ELKIN SCHOOL
The following is the honor roll
for the seventh and eighth
months of North pkin school:
First grade: Loretha Dula.
Second grade: Kathleen Rose,
Juanita Steele, Helen Simmons,
Ervin Guyer, Norma Sue Hayes.
Third grade: Martha Hayes,
Peggy Walters, Amelia Carter,
Roy Smith.
Fourth grade: G. C. Cooper,
Alex Carter, Betty Steelman,
Katie Lou Childress.
Fifth grade: Fred Hemric, Sam
J. Johnson.
Sixth grade: Stella Collins,
Maretha Ball, Mattie Lee John
son.
Seventh grade: Kathleen Coch
rane, Lucille Combs, Louise Sim
mons, ReElla Miller.
First grade: Bobby Nance,
Roger Maines, Anne Eldridge,
Melrose Cooper, Loretha Dula.
Second grade: Kathleen Rose,
Juanita Steele, Ervin Guyer, Nor
ma Sue Hayes.
Third grade: Mildred Pruitt,
Peggy Walters, Amelia Carter.
Fourth grade: G. C. Cooper,
Alex Carter, Katie Lou Childress,
Marvarine Nance, Betty Lou
Steelman. .
Fifth grade: Sylvia Ball, Fred
Hemric, Sam J. Johnson.
Sixth grade: Willow Dean
Hayes, Ruth Weatherman, Mare
tha Ball, Ella Cpllins, Stella Col
lins.
Seventh grade: Kathleen Coch
rane, Lucille Combs, Louise Sim
mons, ReElla Miller.
GRADUATING EXERCISES
NORTH ELKIN SCHOOL
The seventh grade graduating
exercises Thursday, May 4, mark
ed the close of a successful year
at the North Elkin school. Thirty
seventh grade students received
their diplomas. Supt. John W.
Comer and F. T. Lewellyn were
the speakers of the evening. Rev.
D. B. Mullis, of Jonesville, assist
ed in the program. Paul G.
Lewis, principal of the school,
presented diplomas to the fol
lowing:
Louise Adams, Estelle Carter,
Kathleen Cochrane, Margie Lee
Cockerham, Lucille Combs, Eva
Haynes, Maud Hudspeth, Loreta
Jenkins, Lorene Johnson, Reba
Johnson, Dorothy Miller, ReElla
Miller, Leona Rose, Louise Rus
sell, Louise Simmons, Emmaleen
Sloop, Emma Sue Steele, Velma
White, Betty Yarborough, Vernon
Ball, Fred Collins, Joseph Collins,
Coie Isenhour, David Lawrence,
Herman Layne, Edsel Johnson,
James Mickle, Virgcl Leroy Sal-
ley, Homer Thompson, and Nel
son Weatherman.
Respect
Mother (helping daughter to
dress for wedding): "It seems to
me, dear, that Harry is most ex
acting."
Daughter: "Never mind, moth
er; we must respect his last
wishes."
Uninjured
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"We are happy to state that he
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evening in three pieces."
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family during the sudden loss of
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