(My Favorite Stories . I CAM C.OERCII y \ pars I've been hear tell stories and anec it Dean Mordeeai o f / College. It is very ?t there was a strong ?en him and his former Here's a story Banks Id me several years ago e always thought was good. in wasn't particularly uk agents. Not that he rteous to them, but he nents of all kinds, par ith strangers. And he disliked the smart of salesman who tried n into buying whatever had to sell. The soon id of them the better, particular day?it was 11?Dean Mordeeai was yard of his home rak e leaves. He had on an f pants, a well-worn iter and a dilapidated hat. His rit< dog. Pompy-Ducklegs, was Bin the sun watching his lan came walking no the lk. A dapper-looking man. pveral books under his right rhe Dean immediately and llv sized him up as being a igent. However, he appeared notice him and kept right ing up leaves, agent stopped. "My good he said, "can you tell me n Mordeeai lives somewhere i neighborhood?" n stopped his work and | on his rake. He regarded ?ent carefully from head to \nd then he said. "He lives here in this house." uld you inform me whether in at this particular mom asked the agent. Dean regarded him again answering: "What do you 0 see him for?" he demand robably was on the tip of the s tongue to tell Mr. Morde was none of his business, ckily he didn't do it and de (o humor the old man in "I merely want to see him buying some books," he Dean shook his head. Then, g around as though to make le wouldn't be overheard, he 1 a bit closer to the agent aid in a low and confidential "If 1 were you. I wouldn't ir about seeing him." hv not?" asked the agent a hat surprised, teause you won't gain any by seeing him I know be 1've been working for him for the last three months and Id scoundrel hasn't paid me iny for my work. Every Sat ' he promises to settle up. but time he gives some excuse. I If he doesn't pay me something on account next Saturday, I'm going to quit and see my lawyer about | the matter." i "You don't sayl" "Yes, 1 do say! And that ain't all. He owes money to practically everybody in Durham. Why, it's got so that none of the stores will give him any credit. They wouldn't trust him for a pair of shoe-laces. And something else. There's no telling how many sets of books he has in his house right now. and all he ever did was to make the first payment on them. He knows all the tricks of law, and once he got hold of your books, you wouldn't get any money and you wouldn't get your books back either." "Well, my friend," said the a gent. "I'm certainly glad that you told me these things. I had no ' idea that he was that kind of a man and I don't believe I want to 1 see Mr. Mordecai after all." "You sure don't: not if you i know what's good for you and your company. I'm glad you spoke to me about the matter, because I I believe I've saved you a lot of i trouble." "Thank you very much for tell ing me. Well, I'll be moving along now." The agent walked on up the street to make his next call and the Dean, with an expression of amiable contentment and satisfac tion upon his countenance, went back to raking leaves, and Pompy Dueklegs resumed his tobacco j chewing. Cranberry Pie Served A La Laboratory Just before the Health Depart ment closed its offices for the New Year's holiday, medical technolo gist Rebekkah Murray served cranberry pie to several members of the department The pie was served in Petrie i dishes lused in laboratory to I grow bacteriological cultures) and was eaten with wooden tongue de pressors. Conn. Smokes Most HARTFORD. Conn. (API?State tax records show Connecticut to have had the nation's highest per capita cigarette consumption dur ing 1952. Taxable sales for the ! year amounted to 3.775 cigarettes, or a fraction more than 188 pack ages. for every person over 15 ! years old. If your family enjoys unusually tender fried chicken, cut the bird into serving portions and then steam it until tender. Now dip it I into any preferred batter and fry I in deep fat until golden-brown. AI.L EVES ON THE HAM..?All eves start- at thr ball as a Duke shot sinks through thr basket in the championship game with Navy in the Dixie Classic basketball tournament at Raleigh. Duke dumpetl Navy from the unbeaten ranks 9K-X3 to win the fifth an nual tourney. Players for Navy are E. J. Ilogan (11), Donald I.ange (13), Kenneth McCally (21), and Lawrence Wigley (12), on floor. Duke players are Ronnie Mayer (35). Bernie Jaliicki (20), and Alarty Doherty (23). (AP-Wirephoto), Stock Mart Bounces Back After Slump In September By SAM DAWSON AP Newsfeatures NEW YORK?Consumers are sit ting pretty as they enter the New [year. Theres' plenty of almost everything to choose from?mean ing the buyer is the top dog now, and the seller will be courting him. The worst of inflation seems over. Incomes hold near the peak. Consumers reportedly have hefty ? savings totals on which to draw. Credit is easier again, too. if you need it to buy gadgets. True, prices are high by prewar standards. Add in everything that goes to make up the average Am erican's standard of living, and costs tot up to an all-time high. Prices of goods, where labor and transportation costs play a major part, continue high and some still I creep upward. But prices of most basic com modities are well down from their peak, bespeaking a buyer's mar ket with surpluses replacing shortages. And American industry has the - capacity to produce more goods than it is turning out at present ?whenever the consumer indicates he wants, or can afford, more. The coming year is likely to see two other developments that will benefit the consumer: 1. New products at e being read ied by companies out to capture his fancy and increase their share of his spending dollar. 2, Business managements are working hard on ways to cut their costs Their aim is to get into a better competitive position in the fight for sales. The consumer will likely profit b\ lower prices and various types of trade concessions and discounts. That all adds up to: consumers will have new or better products to choose front, and the main pull will, be toward lower prices or at least better quality. Food, the industry pays, has a trend toward a levelling off of prices after the very slight de cline in 1953, Hefty meat supplies in 1953 led to less painful butch er biLls. but that industry thinks iii !?.??? iess> mvai win go 10 mar ket and prices, will hold pretty firm. Clothing prices are down from the Korean War inflation peak. They were expected to rise a lit tle. but the long Indian summer deflated sales hopes and lite stores may have holdover stocks. Cloth ing manufacturers have higher' labor costs now than a year ago, and some are beginning to worry about the chances of passing all of these higher costs along t,. the consumer. Shoemakers are in much ' the same .boat. Hight now they're predicting that, shoe prices won't change much next year. Auto makers exude confidence, : hoth on the number of cars they can sell in 1954 and on the chances of prices beieng maintained. But ! dealers aren't s() sure, Some are puffing as they try to move hold over stocks to make room for the i oncoming 1954 models. Competi, tion is going to be sharper than ever ! next year, especially in the lower priced field Bus ers w ho shopped around in 1953 and picked up at tractive bargains in trade-in or other allowances will likely find the pickings as good or bptter in ! 1954 New homes may cost a little more to build Labor costs plas an important role, offsetting lower material costs in some instances But older homes, which began to ease in price during 1953. are like ly to be slower selling in 1954. | Bargains should begin to show up here. Fuel costs have been going up because operating costs were high er. But hig supplies, and growing competition among coal, oil and gas should give the consumer a, break in his fuel bill. Home appliance* are in good supply In fact, production in sev eral lines was cut bhek in 1953. j and competing companies are go ing to try every sales angle to catch customers in 1954. I>? alers may he tempting you with bargains before long. Furniture sales and prices are down from the peak. Manufactur ers are working their designers overtime to think up new lines to capture your fancy Costs are hard to lower, but easier credit terms may he offered. Carpet makers fret at slow sales and price weakness They've been in a buyer's market for some time. And consumers may add still another string to their bow; more money to spend, due to the cut back in income tax rates as the i new year starts. If you can Just Ikeep your In come as high as ever. 1954 will I be a good year for you as a shop per and consumer. ? New TV Station In Greenville Seen Well Here On January 1, W'KHC-TV, most powerful station in the Western Carolinas. began operations on Channel 4. from its transmitter atop Paris Mountain near Green ville. An NBC afiliaate, WFBC-TV will serve more lhan 60 counties, with a population in excess of 3 million people in South Carolina. North Carolina. Georgia and Ten nessee, with VHF television. Be ginning operations with 100.000 watts power, maximum permitted hv the Federal Communications Commission, the new station also has the highest antenna in the Western Carolinas ? 1204 feet a bove surrounding terrain, and more than 2200 feet above sea level equal to that of stations which operate from the Kmpire State building, tallest in the ' world. WFBC-TV offers its audience I top-tUght NBC and other televis ion shows and laaiuiep. including Howdy Doody", " Ford Theatre", Kate Smith", ' Camel New: Cara van". "Ciroueho Marx", Bol Cou sidine", "Colgate Comedy Hour", "Original Amateur Hour", In ner Sanctum", "Cavalcade of Sports", and a score of other pro : grams that are national favorites. With the initial transmission of ! its Channel 4 t?.' pattern on De cember 26, WFBC-TV was swarpp 1 ed with telephone r^lls. telegrams, and letters complimenting Gencr al Manager B. T. Whitmire and the station's staff on the strength and clarity of the signal. 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