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5-Minute Biographies
Author of "How to Win Friends
and Influence People
JACK LONDON'
The "Tough Guy" Who Went Through High School In
Three Months And Wrote Fifty-One Books
In Eighteen Years
A little over forty years ago.
hobo rode the rods of a freight i
train into Buffalo and began to
beg for food from door to door. A j
policeman arrested him for vagr
ancy, and a judge sentenced him!
to thirty-days at hard labor in
the penitentiary.
Yet six years later this hobo
was the most sought-after man on 1
the Western coast.
He was Jack London, author of j
The Call of the Wild.
When 'Jack London wrote The,
Call of the Wild back in 1903. hej
became famous overnight. Editors:
clamored for his work. But he^
made very little money from his
first big hit. The publishers? and
later the movie producers in Hol
lywood ? made a million dollars
out of it; but he himself sold all
his rights to The Call of the Wild
for only two thousand dollars.
If you wanti to "write a book, I
the very first requisite is to have(
something to write* about. That i
was one of the secrets of Jack j-'
London's astonishing success. He
packed ten thousand colorful ex-;
periences into his short and fever
ish life.
Jack London's childhood was
seared with poverty and hard
ships. He laughed at schools and j
played hookey most of the time. '
Yet one day he wandered into al
public library ^nd began reading
Koblnson Crusoe. He was fascinat
ed. The next day he rushed backi
to the library to read other books.
From that time on he had an un
quenchable passion for books. He
often read ten and fifteen, hours
a day. He devoured everything
rhe Judge Said: "Thirty Days!"
and Six Yaart Later Society
Wai Begging for His *
Autograph
from Nick. Carter to Shakespeare
? everything from Herbert Spenc
er to Karl Marx. When he was
nineteen, he decided to stop sell-,
ing his muscles and sell his brain
instead.
So, at the age of nineteen, hei
entered high school in Oakland, !
California. He studied nighti and ?
day, took hardly any time at alljj
for sleep and did a phenomenal
thing. He actually crammed four ?
years of work into three months, ?
passed his examinations, and then '
entered the University of Califor- ,
nia. I
Obsessed with a driving ambi
tion to become a great writer, he
studied Treasure Island, The i
Count of Monte Cristo, and the 1
Tale ot Two Cities, studied them
over and over and then wrote
feverishly. He wrote five thous- <
and words a day, ttoat means a '
full length novel in twenty days.
He sometimes had thirty stories
out in the hands of editors at the
same time. But t'hey all came
back. He was merely learning his
trade.
Then one day one of his stories J
entitled Typhoon Off the Coast of
Japan won first prize in a contest
sponsored by the San Francisco
Call. He got only twenty dollars! J
for the story. He was broke, andj
couldn't pay even his room rent.
That was 1896 ? a year of dra-|
ma and excitement. Gold was dis- <
covered In the Klondike. The
gold-diggers were on the move.
The locust swarm of humanity ,
took wings and headed for the <
golden land under the northern
lights.
And Jack London was with ,
them. He spent a hectic year hunt- 4
ing for gold In the Klondike. He ?
? ndurod Incredible hardships.
Eggs were worth twenty-five
cents apiece and butter sold for '
three dollars a pound. He slept on |
the ground wlt>h the thermometer
?t 74 degrees below sera Finally
be drifted back to the States with- |
out a penny in bis pocket: He did
whatever odd jobs he could find
He washed dishes in restaurants.
He scrubbed floors. He worked on
the docks and In factories.
Then one day. with only two
dollars between himself and hung
er. he decided to give up manual
labor forever and devote all of
his time to literature. That was in
1898. Five years later, in 1908,
he had published six books, and
one hundred an'd twenty-five short
stories, and was one of the most
t?lked-of men in literary Ameri
ca.
Jack London di?i in 191S, at
the ag3 of forty, only eighteen
years after he really started to
write, and during that Mme he
wrote an average of about three
books a year besides countless
stories.
Air-conditioning is still an in-|
fant science and it is regarded as
one of the coming features of our
civilization, with its possibilities
for mastering the weather and im
proving conditions for human ef
ficiency and comfort.
In an hour's ordiuary reading
the average good reader makes
over 100,000 adjustments of eye
muscles, an optical company stat
es. and poor readers require near- 1
ly twice that many adjustments, j
Business girls are losiug inter
est in reducing diets, according to
a life insurance company that
made a survey of about 2,500
"white collar" workers.
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Year
is the wish of our firm for all its
customers and friends. We thank
you for your past patronage and
hope to merit a continuance of it.
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? Christmas Eve ? and remain 1
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POULTRY STUFFINGS
Have you decided on the stu^
fing you will use for your Christ
mas fowl? Because after all the
stuffing means almost^ as much as
the bird itself and must be just
right to bring out the finest flavor
of the turkey or duck or whatever
you choose for the annual feast.
While old-fashioned bread stuf
fing is good wloh most all kinds of
fowl, certain varieties are special
ly suited to duck and goose. For
example, onion stuffing with a
potato foundation is a favorite for
goose but too savory for the more
delicately flavored meat of chicken
and turkey. Piquant) fruit stuf
fings are delicious for duck but
not suitable for chicken and
turkey.
Bread stuffing forms the basis
for any number of other good fill
ings. By the addition of oysters,
sausage1, celery, chestnuts, onions,
mushrooms and apples and prunes
you can change the plain stuffing
to suitt your needs.
When it comes to seasoning you
must remember likes and dislikes.
Onions may ruin the stuffing for
some but sage may spoil it for
others. A mixture of sweet herbs
used sagaciously makes for sav
oriness without Imparting a pro
nounced flavor that will overpow
er tihe meat:
As to quantity ? It will take at
least a loaf of brea<J for a. medium I
sized fowl and up to two loaves
for an eight pound turkey. Order
the bread a day or two before
you plan to use it because you
can't make a light*, fluffy stuffing
with fresh bread.
? ? ?
Plain Bread Stuffing
One loaf stale bread, 1 teaspoon
salt, V* teaspoon white pepper, 3-4
cup melted butter, 2 eggs, hot
water or hot milk.
The eggs can be omitted butt if
the stuffing will be served cold as
well as hot, you will find the
eggs an improvement.
Crumb bread coarsely, discard
ing crust. Sprinkle with salt and
pepper. Add melted bulter, tossing
crumbs lightly with a fork to mix
thoroughly. Thorough mixing at
this point Insures a light fluffy
dressing. Add eggs well beaten
and mix lightly with fork. Add
not more than one-half cup boil
ing water or hot milk and mix
lightly. Cover and let stand ten
minutes. The dressing should be
as moist as wanted for serving, so
if it isn't as moist as you like It,
add a few more tablespoonfuls of
hot liquid. Fill cavity of bird with
stuffing and sew up the opening j
wtth a large darning needle Mivea- |
ded with a strong soft cord. Be !
careful not to pack the stuffing
to firmly in any bird because it
will expand during the roasting
process.
To make celery stuffing add
one and one-half- cups minced
celery. The leaves may be used
too.
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Oyster stuffing uses one pint
oysters with oyster liquor for
liquid and nutmeg, lemon juice
and parsley for seasoning.
Add one cup chopped and saut
ed mushrooms to make mushroom
stuffing.
CO-OPERATE ? Remember the
banana; every time iO leaves the
bunch it gets skinned.
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AND '
CARDS TO Si
ACCOMPANY Si
are being handled by us this year for all
School Commencements.
"We have a complete line of the best quality 1
samples and also at the most reasonable prices.
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Students are invited to drop in and let us
show them our line.
Arrangements for visitations to schools will
be made and announced in the near future.
THE FRANKLIN TIMES
215 Court Street Louisburg, N. C. (
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ESSENTIALS OK HEALTH
A writer in the Loudon Times
states, "It is generally agreed
nowa-days that bodily health de
pends on two essential elements
? nutrition and exercise." This
ignorant opinion he describes as
a "principle" and says that it was
early recognized by the British
Broadcastiing Corporation. So
much the worse (or the British
radio public.
A sufficient dose of tubercle
bacilli will result in tuberculosis
however well nourished you may'
be. Violent exercise can save us
from syphilis or cancer or even a
cold in the head. Neither careful
formulas nor much kicking of his
legs will keep your baby from get
ting dysentery, ? although the
dysentery will certainly play havoc
with his nutrition.
What, then, are the essent-ials
of good health? First I should
put good breeding. No nation that
neglects the problems of inherit
ance will ever attain physical or
intellectual perfection. Secondly
I should place control of our en
vironment, and this means proper
disposal of sewage, protection of
water supplies, pasteurization of
milk, adequate housing, elimina
tion of disease carriers in the
auimal world such as rats, (lies. |
and mosquitoes. All 'of these are
I functions of government and for
j tbis reason It is dangerous to mis
lead a democracy into believing
I it can achieve health by physical
' jerks and the drinking of milk.
; We shall admit, of course, that '
good food and recreation have
! their place. And so also have fresh
air, and sleep, and equanimity.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced open
competitive examinations as fol
lows:
Naval architect, $3,800 a year,
U. S. Maritime Commission.
Assistant marketing Specialist
(meat grader), $2.60Q a year.
Bureau of Agricultural - Econom
ics. |
Physiologist (poultry), and sen
ior, associate, and assistant phy
siologist (poultry), $2,600 to
$2,600 a year, Children's Bureau,
Industry.
Principal consultant in child
welfare srvices, $5,600 a year,
and principal consultant in medi
! cal social work for children,
$g,600 a year, Children's Bureau,
Departmenti of Labor.
Junior tabulating machine oper
ator, $1,440 a year; alphabetic ac
ELECTRIC
WELDING
We have just installed an Electric Welding
Outfit and are now equipped to do both electric
and acetylene welding of all kinds. Bring us
your work, prices reasonable, expert service.
We still have a few GOOD BUYS in USED
CARS. Come and see them.
We have just received a new supply of Ever
ready Frestone, the anti-freeze compound that
saves your car in winter. _
Griffin-Tharrington Motor Co.
FORD DEALERS
Louisburg, N. Carolina
NOTICE!
A new shipment of Chatham all wool comfort
batts 72 by 90, $1.10. Wool and part wool
blankets and blanket rolls, unusually good
quality, Hundreds of yards new silks, heavy
quality and lovely colors suitable for comfort
tops, cushions, etc.
t MRS. H. G. PERRY
804 N. Main St. Next door to Baptist Church
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have your comfortable old shoes repaired and
resoled. Our modern equipment enables us to
rebuild your worn shoes to give you genuine
savings in added use and oomfort.
GANTT'S SHOE SHOP
Kaat Naah Street LouiaWg, N. 0.
counting machine operator, $1,
440 a year.
Inspector of railway signaling
and train control, $3,800 a year,
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Mathematical statistical .analyst
and senior, associate, and assis
tant mathematical statistical ana
lysts, $2,600 to $4,600 a year,
Soil Conservation Service.
Full Information may be ob
tained from J. A. Wheless,, Secre
tary of the U. S. Civil Service
Board of Examiners, at the post
office in this city.
Government experiments indi
cate thati clothes moths, are not
disturbed by air scented with ce
dar, dried lavendar, tobacco, tar,
pine oil, cedar oil or camphor.
In 39 years of. American sover
eignty in Puerto Rico, the popu
lation has doubled, and is now at
about 1,800,000.
In the last hog sale at Fayette
ville, Cumberland farmers sold
293 animals weighing 59,455
pounds for $4,9Q0.83.
WE WISH TO EXPRESS OUR WISHES TO
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YOU FOR A
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY
NEW YEAR
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KIN&TON, N. C.
Edwards Barbers Shop
BUNN, N. 0.
OUR SERVICE IS
ALWAYS IN SEASON
For we're always ready to help you when
you visit us. So when we say 'Merry
Christmas', we are expressing what we
wish for you every day !
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Louisburg's Oldest Oarage and Radio Dealer
1917?1937 ? , Phone 311-1
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their stockings for Santa Claus is coming! . . .
A good1 Christmas present is to start savings accounts
for your children. This Reaches them thrift and prepares
for their future.
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