* !• deoranstrate t* young college women iome of the prooeaseo of nattfe on a farm and to supply mil-
wMity cafeterias with fruit and vegeUblea, a program of general farming tft being carried on by students of
' Iton Wne Mather ooUege of Western Beaerve university, Cleveland, Ohio. Bwe the coDege coeds store farm
which supply the university’s five cafeterias. The girls milk cows, care for horses, pitch hay and
: perform many other farm chores.
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5’Mimite BioOTaphies
JOHN LAW
He Made Thousands of Millionaires And
Died With Holes in His Shoes
Two hundred years aRO. a for
eigner in France. a Stcotsman
sailed "Handsome John." Law.
same to Paris—friendless and un-
kanwn and made hlmwelf finan-
^ai dictator of FVanco and the
mset powerful man in ESurope.
Twelve years later, he fled In dis-
prace with an infuriated mob
howling for his blood and longing
to tear htm limb from limb.
A.t the age of twelve, John Law
wi^ a precocious and brilliant
auSthematician who astonished
tiie profeBBors of EJdlalmrg, At
! seventeen, he was a dandy and
I a fop.
I At twenty, he was a notorious
j gambler, addicted to the shuffle
of cards and the rattle of dice. At
twenty-six, he fell in love with
an old man’s darling; and the old
man, consumed with jealous rage,
challenged the young Scotsman to
a duel. They fought in a thick
London fog and John Law killed
his adversary with a sword.
Law was arrested, tried for
j murder, and sentenced to be
hanged. Rut two days before he
Last month, 2,4d2 North Caro-
762 in November, 1937, while
as against 6,423 the correepdnd-
of Health last month totaled 81,
while thA total In Novehibef,
1987, was 96.
Fiheen people died of Ibums In
NovmnSber, this year, against 28
last yeW, while hbmlftldeB dfoptK
ed 87 to 23, 'bdf thibre vrab
one more suicide, the 1938 Nh-
vemhOr totiil bolhg 27, a* eoth-
pared with 26 last year. A drfip
of 24 occurred In cander deaths,
while pneumonia deaths were uh
only 2, but 42' died of influenza,
as compared with only 27 in No-_
vemtier, 1937. There were no oth
er outstanding increases or de
creases, Di. Stlmpeon's figures
show.
JdY AND GOOD
ORTUNE
AND, WE YVANT YOU TO KNOW,
TOO, THAT WE APPRECIATE
YOUR BUSINESS DURING THE
year just coming TO A
CLOSE.
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It was a happy day for Lnise Kain-
er, aim actress, when sbe became
an American citizen recently. After
naturalization proceedings In Los
Angeles she wrapped the flag around
her and exclaimed, “Thli is tbe
happiest moment of my life.”
1939
Is Just Around
the Corner
and with it comes our desire to
wish all our friends a
Happy and Prosperous
NEW YEAR
And to each one of you who has
so generously patronized us
during 1938, we want to say, in
the most sincere way,
THANK YOU
THE
GOODWILL
North Wilkesboro, N. C.
X
was to mount the gallows, he
drugged his guards, slipped out
of his chains, scaled the prison
walls, and escaped to France.
These were terrible times.
French mobs, driven to despera
tion by hate and hunger, boiled
through the streets of Paris,
smashing statues of their dead
king, Ix)uls the Fourteenth, and
demanding that tho new govern
ment do something at once to
save tho country from starvation
and disaster.
And presto! John Law appear
ed with his glib tongue and his
radical ideas. He per.suaded the
Government t.v print a little pap
er money. Prices rose. Business
hummed. Happy days wore there
again and "Handsome .John”
Law was regarded as a miracle
man. So he started doing a bit of
promoting. He organized a great
monopoly, an industrial octopus
which had the exclusive rights to
trade with China, India, the
South Seas, Canada, and all the
Frencin colonies in America.
John Law .ballyhooed his new
project I n. glamarous terms.
Louisiana was a modern Eldora
do, rich with gold and sparkling
with emeralds. With a lordly
touch of magnificence, John Law
guaranteed to pay dividends of
one hundred and twenty per cent
a yearl on ibis .project. Prices
leaped and skyrocketed, and the
pulblic went mad.
Dukes and dishwashers, counts
and cut-throats, all fought with
one another in a desperate effort
to get Inside Law’s house and
buy more stock.
The Government kept the print
ing presses busy turning out more
money, and John Law kept Issu
ing more stock. The boom swept
over Prance like a tornado. Eve
rybody was getting rich. Servants
and stable boys speculated in the
stocks and woke up in the morn
ing to find themselres million
aires.
The streets of Paris resembled
a Mardi Gras. Side shows and re
freshment booths crowded the
highways; ronlbtte wiheels whirl
ed and clicked, and pickpockets
from the gutters of Europe fat
tened on the Infatuated mobs.
Then came the first, faint ram
ble of Impending disaster. The
powerful Prince of Conti, In a
moment of anger, filled three
wagons with paper money, and
driving to the bank, spitefully de
manded gold.
The Mississippi Bubble burst.
Oonfidehce was gone—gone as
quickly and dramatically as it
I had come. *I%e bank stopped pay
ment. John Law was dismissed
In disgrace. The crowd that had
I once Showed uid j:oa|(M wiift aiii>
I other la a '
latock, sow ;'(r£lliple3'
...
Johnston county terraces that
were sown to lespedeza or lespe-
deza and grass held well against ji
the heavy rains this past season,
but where row crops were grow--
ing, and the terraces did not have.
proper outlets, some of them ov-1
erflowed in. the heaviest rains. |
to get Its money hack.
Law, trembling in terror, fled
from Prancer leaving all his treas
ures behind. Hh, gorgeous estates,
worth millions of dollars, were
confiscated. His books and furni
ture and silverware were sold.
His wife and daughters became
paupers. And nine yeare later,
“Handsome John” Law, the man
who had once been mightier and
richer than kings, died In Venice,
without friends and without mon
ey.
Ads. get attenUoB—and results!
Redmonds
CLEANING AND PRESSING WORKS
NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C.
TELEPHONE NO. 361
FROM...
BELK’S
the store that always appreci
ates your patronage, comes...
GREEllN
To Customers and Friends
EACH ONE CONNECTED WITH OUR STORE WISHES EACH ONE
OF YOU—OUR PATRONS AND FRIENDS—THE BEST OF LUCK
and THE BEST OF HEALTH DURING THE NEW YEAR 1:439. I f
IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SERVE THOSE PAYING OUR STORE
A VISIT, AND IT WILL BE OUR FOREMOST AIM TO PLEASE YOU
THROUGHOUT THE COMING YEARS. AGAIN ALL OF US WISH
all of you a happy and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!
W. G. GABRIEL, Manager
Belk’s DeptM Store
“North WiBcesboro’sShopi^Cailar” -
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