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Thursday, December 7. 1939
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Author 0/ "How to Win Friends
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GETTING A JOB
During the panic of 1891, a
young man in Chicago had to
have a job when no job was to
be had. This is how he got one!
Theodore Dreiser, from War
** saw, Indiana, author of "An
American Tragedy," wanted to
become a newspaper reporter. He
i applied to every paper in Chicago.
Everywhere he was given the
same answer. They were letting
men off, not taking them on. But
Theodore meant to be taken on!
When he arrived at the last paper
—the Chicago Globe, he said:
"Well, I'm going to stay here
until you need a man." The
managing editor shrugged his
shoulders. Ridiculous! But Drei
ser sat down. The next morning
he was there exactly on time. He
went to lunch when the others
did; he came back when they did
—and stayed as late.
Meanwhile he studied the
paper. Plenty of time.for that!
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Vol. 11. No. 10 ELKIN, N. O. PUBLISHED MONTHLY
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He talked to the other reporters,
and learned how they went after
news, how they "handled" it
when they returned. Then he
studied how it was presented by
the rival paper. Day after day
went by. A month passed. And
then it happened! The Globe
needed a man. Of course they
took the one sitting there. They
were convinced of his earnestness
and knew he had been conscien
tiously studying their paper. He
was sent to cover the Democratic
National Convention.
He knew nothing of politics,
nor how to get political news. It
wasn't the kind of assignment he
wanted, but he determined to
make good. He found that the
reporters hung around a certain
bar, met politicians, and got "hot
tips." Dreiser didn't know
enough about politics to dis
tinguish a hot tip from a dog's
nose. .
By chance he fell into conver
sation with a man who turned
out to be Senator McEnty from
South Carolina, a powerful poli
tician. McEnty liked young Drei
ser and invited him to lunch.
They got better acquainted. Then
an incredible thing happened.
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The senator said, "I like yru and
I'm going to give you some news
all those fellows would give their
ears to get. Everybody wants to
know who is going to be nominat
ed for President. Well, I happen
to know. That person is Grover
Cleveland."
Dreiser rushed back. The man
aging editor was flabbergasted.
Had this rawboned, cornfed ; cub
from Indiana been the * first re
porter tc get this sensational
news? Impossible! But the story
was printed. The young man
who couldn't a job, not only
had a job, but a scoop. Dreiser's
career dated from that day.
HONDA
Mrs. F. T. Moore and Mrs. O.
D. - Bentley were business visitors
in North Wilkesboro Monday af
ternoon.
Mrs. C. C. Tharpe and daugh
ter, Susie, and Miss Lorraine
Tharpe visited in Ronda Monday.
Friends of Mr. Elbert Bradley
will regret to learn he is very ill
to Wilkes hospital.
Mrs. W. S. Edwards and Mr.
and Mrs. Roland Jones and chil
dren spent Thanksgiving day
with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ed
wards at their home in Wilkes
boro.
Mr. and Mrs. Blan Martin had
as their guests Thanksgiving day
his mother, Mrs. San ford Martin,
and sisters, Mrs. Eva Martin Ed
wards and four children, of Win
ston-Salem, and Mrs. R. M. Yale,
of North Wilkesboro.
Misses Ruby and Margaret Pop
lin, of Winston-Salem, spent
some time with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Poplin, during
the holiday season.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Martin
had as their guests Thanksgiving
Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Cox and
Mr. and Mrs. Burwell, of Char
lotte.
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Pardue had
as their dinner guests Thanks
giving day, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Walls, Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Moore
and Mrs. Lawrence and niece, of
EJlkin-
Mrs. T. W. Church, of Elkin,
was a 'business visitor here re
cently.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathis
and children, of Winston-Salem,
are spending some time with rel
atives here.
Friends were saddened by the
death of Mr. E. C. Sparks last
Saturday. The funeral was held
at the home Sunday afternoon at
two o'clock by Rev. D. B. Mullis
and interment was in the ceme
tery here.
Rev. and Mrs. D. J. White
spent Thanksgiving with their
son, Mr. Dolly White, and fam
ily, at Cycle.
Much More Painful
Very Old Father: "There is
nothing worse than to be old and
bent."
Very Young Son: "Yes, there
is, dad."
t "What?"
"To be young and broke."
If You Must Know
An intelligent mother is one
who realizes while Christmas
shopping, that she must get the
children something for their
father to play with.
A Christmas
Snowstorm
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By Sarah Jane Clark
'"pHREE hours late, the snow
bound train reached Chicago.
Mary Lou gathered her baggage to
gether and took the bus across to
the other station, to find her con
necting train had left on schedule.
The folks would drive in to town to
meet the train unless she could head
them off.
Her message put through, Mary
Lou sank down on one of the benches
to collect her thoughts and make
her plans until train time. Five
o'clock, and no train until 9:30 the
next morning.
"Going out soon?" a cheery voice
near her asked. She looked up to
find the chief usher standing beside
her. A middle-aged, friendly look
ing fellow. Mary Lou told him of her
missed connections.
"Here, Eddie, look at this!" a red
cap interrupted her story. He was
leading a three-year-old child, a
dear little girl with big blue eyes
and yellow curls.
"What are you doing with the kid?
Is she lost?" Eddie asked sharply,
turning away from Mary Lou.
"Might as well be. She came in
from Denver, in charge of the stew
ardess. They missed the train north,
and the stewardess is celebrating
Christmas by having her appendix
out, emergency case. They told me
to turn the kid over to you," the
boy grinned as he handed her over to
the chief usher.
Eddie took her clumsily. "See
here, what can a bachelor like me
do with a kid like this?" He looked
appealingly at Mary Lou.
Mary Lou's eyes filled with tears.
Then she held out her arms toward
the youngster. "What is your name,
dear?" she asked.
"Annette Pollard. I am three
years old and I am going from Chey
enne to Rio, Wisconsin, to my grand
ma Pollard. My daddy is there." It
was a lessorr she had been taught.
Mary Lou held her close. "I had
a little girl almost as old as Annette
when she died," she said brokenly
to Eddie. "Let me keep the child
T IFE
Mary Lou heard the voice of An
nette's father.
tonight, and take her to her home.
I missed the same train she did."
Eddie studied her face. What he
saw satisfied hitn. Still he hesitated
for a moment. "That sounds good
to me. But I'd better get the con
ductor to authorize it."
IT WAS soon decided that Mary
Lou should keep her. But she
must not leave the station. "It won't
be very comfortable for you, ma'am,
but the kid can curl up on a bench
here and be dead to the world in
no time. There are some rocking
chairs in the far room there. Why,
of course there are some cots there,
and baby beds."
"We ought to telephone the child's
relatives," Mary Lou suggested.
"Of course we should. Here is
the address and telephone number.
You do it for me, will you, please,
ma'am? I've got my last minute
shopping to do. I'm mighty glad
you came in on this train. Eddie'U
take the kid while you telephone to
Rio," and the conductor was off,
after turning over the child's money
to Mary Lou. But not until Mary
Lou had made him promise to send
a big doll back for the child's
Christmas.
"We'll let Annette say hello to
her daddy herself. If she wants to,"
Mary Lou exclaimed. And so it was
done. Mary Lou heard the voice of
Annette's father, tense with concern,
and then joyful as he realized where
his baby was and heard her childish
treble over the phone. "Her moth
er's parents sent her back here to
have Christmas with me. Her moth
er died two years ago," he added.
The sun was shining dazzlingly
bright the next morning when the
train stopped at Rio. The red-haired
man who was waiting expectantly
on the platform had only time to
thank Mary Lou, and get her ad
dress, before the, train pulled out
leaving him holding Annette as she
waved a good-by to Mary Lou.
But the trip home was much eas
ier. Mary Lou forgot the burning
pain at the loss of her own little
daughter, the aching loneliness since
her own husband's death, as she
remembered the soft kiss of the
baby lips of the motherless child
who had been in her charge the
night before. And the look in the
face of Annette's daddy made her
sure she would see Annette soon.
At Abernethy's—lt Is No
MAGICIAN'S TRICK
To Select Christmas Gifts
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In the drug store line you are sure to select
articles that will be appreciated, because your
friends buy them for their very own use.
Surely they will appreciate them as gifts.
And we invite you to come in and shop our
Christmas line today—select leisurely from
complete stocks and avoid last-minute crowds
and depleted stocks.
Abernethy's
A Good Drug Store
PHONE 42 ELKIN, N. C.
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