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8 Pages This Week
Red Cross Drive Workers
Begin Hillsboro Canvass
,The local Red Cross campaign
will get under way with the ob
servance of March 10 as Red Cross
Sunday. On March 11, volunteer
solicitors will begin their canvass
and it is hoped they will meet with
ready and generous responses.
Accordihg to local representa
tion, Red 'Cross budget estimates
are pared to a minimum consis
tent with adequate service so that
goals must be met if the work is
to be carried on. The goal for Or
ange county is $2,000.
As the canvassers are busy peo
ple, giving generously of their time
to this work, it is suggested that
contributors plan ahead what they
are able to give and have their
contributions ready when the
worker calls, thus avoiding the
necessity of a second or third visit.
Local school children have, been
active in helping to prepare ma
terials for advertising purposes,
and the local triip of Boy Scouts
is lending its aid in carrying on
a publicity campaign. Preparations
are complete for a successful cam
paign, and workers are confidently
expecting an over-subscribed quota
this year.
jC-Ray Unit
To Move
To Village
The Orange -..Chatham - Person
Health department x-ray unit will
start operating in Chapel Hill at
the health department March 13,
continuing through March 20. Any
resident. of Orange county may
have his chest x-Tayed free of
charge, and Dr. O. David Garvin,
health officer, is urging that the
people of Orange county take ad
vantage of this service.
On March 13, the department
will be open for x-rays from 9
until 12 in the morning and from
3 until 6 in the afternoon. From
March 14 through March 20, the
hours will be 9 until 12 in the
morning and 1 until 4 in the af
ternoons. The operation takes only
a few minutes, it being possible
to make 100 x-rays an hour. In
dividuals being x-rayed will nof
have to remove clothing, fill out
long records, or wait in line.
In 1944 there were eleven deaths
from tuberculosis in Orange coun
ty, according to Dr. Garvin. He
| estimates that th^re are 88 active
cases of the disease in the county
at the present time. There are only
27 active cases on the health de
partment record now. It is hoped
that through htis survey the ac
tive cases can be discovered and
the diseased people placed under
treatment. The earlier the disease
is discovered the better the chan
ces for recovery.
The x-ray program is being car
ried out in cooperation with the
Tuberculosis Committee of Hills
boro and Chapel Hill.
Two Orange
Farm Men
HoldParties
By R. L. Mohler
Ben Tripp of Mt. Carmel com
munity, and Mrs. Sam Ray of
White Cross community, invited
their neighbors to their homes one
evening last week for the purpose
of discussing ways and means of
conserving and improving their
farms. Slides were shown on ero
sion and soil conservation by R.
L. Mohler and Clyde V. Fergu
son of the Soil Conservation Serv
ice located at Hillsboro.
A number of farmers, of the
Cedar Grove community are mak
ing plans to build fish ponds. Mr.
Johnni^ Phelps and Mr. Garland
Phelps have made improvements
on their ponds, and Idr. Jeta Rob
erts and Mr. Jule Allen are con
structing new ponds. By properly
stocking and fertilizing these ponds,
these farmers .plan to have good
fishing right in the backyard.
The Soil Conservation Service
is furnishing kudzu crowns and
pine trees to several of the co
operating farmers of the county,
and the,personnel of the Orange
County work unit'is assisting with
setting these out in the fields.
Kudzu is being set on the farms
of Dr. Foy Roberson, J. C. Taylor,
on the Chapel Hill-Durham road,
St. Pierre DuBose on the Chapel
PiU-Raleigh road, and' Claud
Lynch of-Lynch’s store community.
Bright Ray of the Carrboro com
munity is setting some pines on
his farm, which is in the watershed
°f the Chipel Hill lake. , * •
BUs,.nm« .meeting
, “• Joyner, manager , of the
o^al REA office, and Z. C. Burton
*«t Friday of last week to attend
* meeting of the National Electri
“cation Cooperatives Association
10 Buffalo, N. Y,
1946 Plans
Discussed
At FSA Meet
Orange'County families who are
purchasing their farms and homes
through the facilities of the Bank
head-Jones Tenant Purchase sec
tion of the Farm Security Adminis
tration recently held their annual
meeting in the local FSA office
to review the progress made in
1945, discuss individual, collective
problems, and to plan for 1946.
This meeting was held in the
form of a round-table discussion
led by B.-E. Strickland, County
FSA Supervisor and Mrs. Julia C.
Davis, Associate FSA Supervisor,
and brought out some rather inter
esting facts. The average family
applied 24 per cent of its gross in
come toward retirement of its land
debt. This amounted to four annual
installments or approximately
$700.00, a very good figure, accord
ing to Mr. Strickland. Had the fam
ily not been an owner, this amount
would have been paid as rent. One
family applied 55 per cent of its
gross income to land payment. Su ch
payments were made possible by
the families carrying out good
farm and home practices, as reco
mmended by the Extension Ser
vice, Soil Conservation, FSA, AAA,
and other agricultural agencies.
By continuing these practices, all
families present pledged themsel
ves to further reduce the amount
of food and feed purchased and
thereby absorb any apparent in
creased of living. Already the val
ue of food produced on their farms
is more than five and one-half
times greater than -the amount
spent in buying food.
Sam and Julia Graves of Rt. 3,
Mebane, N. C., reached their first
major goal when Mr. Strickland
presented them their cancelled
deed of trust, which was held by
the government as security for a
loan received in 1939 to purchase^
and improve ti farm. By repaying
the full amount in such a short
time, they saved $2,737.45 in in
i Merest over what would have been
necessary to retire the loan in the
40 years allowable by the terms
of their contract, which carried a
three per cent interest rate* At
the same time, they have main
tained very comfortable standards
of living. *
Mr. John P. Ballard, formerly
connected with FSA, in Orange
County, spoke a word of praise to
the group and stressed soil conser
vation and improvement upon the
farms to which they now “have
a legal right that can be passed on
to the children,” .»
—Mrr^-Ri-BamesFAssistant Fanp:
Agent, presented plans for a coun
ty-wide corn growing contest dur
ing 1946, With prizes offered to
the growers making the largest
yield on onfe acre. Mr. Barnes
stated that the ultimate goal was
to ■ produce.twice the_ampunt of
corn on the same number of acres
now planted in Orange County.
According to - Mr. Strickland,
Tenant Purchase loans can now
be made to veterans of World
War II, who are otherwise quali
fied, in excess of the limit imposed ,
in each county by the Tarver j
Amendment. The limiting factors |
applying to veterans are appraisal I
value and earning capacity of the
farm, but in no case to exceed
$12,000.
County Council
Meets In Trifle
The County Council of Home
Demonstration Clubs met in Hills
boro Wednesday afternoon of last
week with Mrs. Clarence Cole of
Chapel Hilf and the Smith-Level
Home Demonstration Club, presid
ing. A regular business session was
held. Twenty-three county home
demonstration representatives were
present.
Members present were: Carr
boro: Mrs. B. M. Upchurch and
Mrs. H. C. Riggsbee; Calvander:
Mrs.-' Lemuel Cheek, Mrs. Bur
roughs Hogan and Mrs. John H.
Cates; Efland: Mrs. John Efland,
Mrs. M. P. Efland; Fairfield: Mrs.
Victor Walters and Mrs. J. L. Scot
ton; Gravely Hill: Mrs. T. O. Pen'
der; New Hope: Mrs. Alexander
Freeland and Miss Elizabeth Kirk
land; Mt. Carmel: Mrs. S. C. Hund
ley Schley: Mrs. C. F. Wilkerson
and Mrs. W. W. Wilson; Smith
Level: Mrs Clarence Cole, Mrs.
Paul Long; Stroud Hill: Mrs, W.
Id. Crook; Mrs. W. O. Rayi Tram
Road: Mrs. T. H.'Yates, Mrs. E.
A.Brady
Following is the. schedule of
county home'demonstration club
meetings for March 12-15:
Tuesday, 2:30 pm., Orange Grove,
(Continued on page 2)
Schools To
Closed By
Next June 5
The county Board of Education
in its regular meeting here Mon
day of this week discussed routine
matters. They announced that Sat
urday classes would continue for
the rest of this school year, and
the school term would last one
week to 10 days longer this year
in an effort to make up the time
lost during the bad-road period
this winter. The schools will all
close between June 1 and June 5,
board members announced.
Negro Breaks
Into mBasement
Of Dr. Forrest
fEaster Williams, young Negro
man of Efland, who broke into the
home of Dr. Efland Forrest Sun
day morning, is being held in the
local jail on a charge of first de
gree burglary, according to Sher
iff S. T. Latta.
Williams, who has worked for
a number of years for Carl For
rest of Efland, both at his home and
at the store, is reported to have
lifted out the screen and, with a
brick, knocked out the pane of one
of the basement windows of Dr.
Forrest’s home, entered the base
ment and to have eaten portions of
a jar of sauerkraut stored there.
Deputy Sheriff Odell Clayton
made the arrest when he and Sam
Allison found the Negro in the
basement after answering Dr. For
rest’s call at 2 a.m. Williams is
scheduled to appear at the March
18 term of superior court.
West Hill News
Mrs. Robert Brigdon pf Savan
nah, Ga., is visiting her mother,
Mrs. J. S. Mangum, this week.
Mrs. Grey Neighbors gave a
shower for Mrs. Oscar Neighbors
at her home Saturday night..
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Carruthers
of Burlington were weekend guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Shue.
MiSs Vrian Squires spent the
weekend in Danville.
“Grandpa” Allen is roported to
be seriously ill at his home in West
Hillsboro.
Miss Betty Sue Stutts is visit
ing with friends in Burlington this
week.
*Mr. and Mrs. Alex Taylor are
haw making their home in Bur
lington.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones of Jackson
ville spent last weekend with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W-. Ken
nedy of West Hillsboro.
Three Fires
In Week Make
For Busy Time
Volunteer firemen, according to
chief George Gilmore, were kept
on, the go Monday and Tuesday.
Calls to three fires were answered.
The first fire occurred at 4 p.m.
Monday when the woods around
Brodie Carr’s store caught fire and
burned some nearby sheds and
woods. Considerable damage is re
ported to have been done.
The Richmond Motor Car Com
pany was the scene of the second
fire Monday. Firemen answered a
call there at 8 p.m. The fire is said
to have broken out between the
filling station and garage, but no
damage was reported.
Last and most destructive of the
three fires occurred Tuesday at 6
a.m. when Fred Cates’ bam burn
ed, .killing one calf. Mr. Cates es
timated that $1,000 worth of dam
age was caused. As yet there are
no clues as to the origin of this
fire.
In line with these calls, a fire
prevention demonstration was put
on at Hillsboro high school Tues
day by Chief Frank Bennett of the
Durham department. Present at
this meeting were Mr. Gilmore,
and volunteer firemen Chandler
Cates, Marshall Cates, Jr., Carl
Davis and Leonard Rosamond. The
program was sponsored by Mrs.
Latta, a teacher fn the school.
THE NEWS WANTS A
PRINTER WITH THE
ORANGE FLAVOR
If there Is an jex-serviceman
In Orange count#, or one who
was born here* interested In
learning the printing trade and
linotype operating, THE NEWS'
can use him; In fact, the paper
I is seeking such a person.
Good wages paid while learn
ing and permanent position is
awaiting the learnee who wants
to stick out the apprenticeship
period.
Don’t get excited about this
offer unless you intend making
Hillsboro your home.
. ' -.i .
Lions Cooferate
In Health Drive
Members of the Lions Club of
Hillsboro voted 100 per cent co
operation in the local health drive
this week at a meeting last Thurs
day afternoon.
Dr. O. David Garvin of the
Chapel Hill district health office,
spoke to the group stressing the
importance of the x-ray in de
tecting tuberculosis in the early
stages and in singling out other ab
normalities. • At the conclusion of
his talk, Lions club members vot
ed to have x-rays made this week
while the survey is being conduct
ed at the Agriculture building
across the street from the high
school.""
Commissioners Postpone
Action On Sunday Beer
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Judge Whitfield Hears Negro
Driver On Three Charges Here
Chapel Hill.—Prayer for judg
ment was continued for two years
in the case of Alton Patterson, lo
cal Negro, charged with reckless
driving, assault, and injury to two
persons in the Tuesday session of
recorder’s court. Judge Henry
Whitfield, in continuing the judg
ment, ordered a cash bond of $300
held for payment of doctor bills
in the case. '
The charges grew out of an ac
cident in Carrboro on December
15 when' Patterson’s automobile
struck two Negroes, James Nor
wood and Daniel Austin, breaking
both men’s legs.
Attending court on, crutches,
they testified they were walking
west on West Franklin street in
the Vicinity of the Negro theatre
when the defendant left the street
and struck them with his auto
mobile, sending them to the hos
pital.
The defendant testified another
automobile, parked along that sec
tion of the street, had darted in
front of him, causing him to swerve
to the left of the highway. He tes
tified, however, that the two ne
groes were walking in the street.
Other cases were disposed of as
follows:
Tommie Alderman, Negro,
drunkenness, costs. '
George Baldwin, Negro, drunk
enness, 30 days on roads suspend
ed, for 12 months upon condiiton
of good behavior and costs.
Percy Baker, Negro, drunken
ness, one-half costs.
Charlie Forester, N&gro, drunk
enness, costs.
Myrtle Caldwell, Negress, drunk
enness, 30 days on roads, sus
pended for one year on condition
of good behavior, and costs.
Sam Maynard, drunkenness, $-0
and costs. ' ' v.
Fernando Tucker, student,
drunkenness, $5 and costs.
William MpCauley, speeding, one
month on roads, suspended one
year, not to operate a motor ve
hicle for three months, and costs.
Junior Brown, Negro, abandon
ment and non-support. Ordered to
pay $5 a week for support of child
and pay hospital bill.
Lonnie Terry, speeding, costs.
WORLD DAY PRAYER SERVICE
TO BE HALF"; HOUR EARLIER
Last week it Was reported to
THE NEWS that the World . Day
Prayer service will be held at
the Hillsboro Presbyterian church
Friday, March 8, at 4 p.m. It has
has been announced this week that
the starting time of the service
will be 3:30 p.m. instead of four
Needless to say, housing remains
one of the nations most critical,
problems. Everyday the':news is
filled with reports of Wilson Wy
att’s plan for 2,700,000 new low
cost homes, with Henry J. Kaiser’s
plan for building pre-fabricated
houses. It is a problem that is con
stantly brought to the attention
of the public, the Orange County
public included. With the influx
of veterans on the University cam
pus, the problem in Chapel Hill
becomes more and" more pressing.
Some local residents have been
kind in sharing their homes; oth
ers ...
The wife of one veteran has ag
reed to hold up the mirror, so that
Chapel Hillians may see them
selves as others see them. The
young lady, who for obvious rea
sons wishes to remain anonymous,
was living in a cozy little apart
ment here last ,June when her hus
band returned from overseas un
expectedly. Unfortunately, her
lease expired on July 1. Between
classes and cooking for her hus
band, she telephoned, she insists,
200 people in Chapel Hill. She can
vassed the streets, house by house.
She found a room just in time,
after many interesting and har
rowing experiences.
One elderly woman, she con
fided, wanted four months rent in
advance for a lovely little house in
a secluded spot. The rent was over
$60 a month! Furthermore, the
tenants must keep the yard in ex
cellent condition, and pay for it in
addition to the rent. Most of the
closet space would he filled with
the owner’s belongings. And, al
though the lease was for four
months, she might return before
that time. * *
Another local resident with a
room for rent asked first If the
prospective lodger belonged to the
DAR or any similar organization,
and could present references. The
rent was $40 a month for a room
without a private bath. The young
lady wastold that- she y-ouki have
to clean her room and wash the
windows and that she would y>e
required to make her bed every
day. Furthermore,, no late hours,
as the owner objected. Without
batting an eye, she added. “Of
course, you realize that this is an
exceptionally nice place, and with
living space at a premium, we
who have places to rent are in a
position to charge just what we
please.”
Quite a few worthy citizens ob
jected to having married people in
their homes. One said, “Husbands
and wives always want to cook
in their rooms; they start by bring
ing in a box of crackers and end
up cooking a seven-course din
ner.”
A very pleasant middle-aged
woman said explosively, “A girl in
my house, never! I take only boys.
Girls are too much trouble . . .
they want to stay in the bathroom
all the time and they want to hang
undies all bver the bannisters.”
I One would-be landlady said ap
ologetically that there was no pri
vate bath. She said, “You’d have
to share the bath with ten other
people, but we all manage to get
a bath at least once a week.” The
prospective tenant declined, feel
ing that she couldn’t even be cer
tain of brushing her teeth once a
day.
A very patriotic woman whose
son was in the Navy refused to
rent a room to the veteran and his
wife upon finding that they did
not attend church regularly. She
stated emphatically5 that she pre
ferred Christians in her home.
Another woman refused, to rent
the room .on the grounds that the
couple was “young.” As.she said,
"So many young people dring these
days. Why, not long ago I had two
nice children here. He was a Phi
Betta Kappa man. They kept their
room nice and clean, but their
waste-basket was always full of
liquor bottles. I had to pay a man
to haul them away at least once
a month.”
It is expected that most home
owners will complain about the
late hours kept by their roomers.
An eccentric lady, however, stated
that in her home, there could be
no rising before 9 o’clock, as her
husband liked to sleep late. Only
late risers need apply!
Then there was a lovely little
room, but it was three or four miles
out of town. The landlady suggest
ed. kindly .that it would be good
exercise to ride bikes back and
forth. With the habitual rain and
snow, that would hardly prove
satisfactory.
A sweet elderly person had a
three room apartment to rent, and
she informed her questioners that
the rent was $60 a month, furnish
ed. If unfurnished, however, the
rent would be $65,-as that would
necessitate removal of the furni
ture to her sister’s home!
People complain about the use
of the telephone; they complain
about guests; they complain if
roomers wash clothes in the bath
rooms or iron in the bedrooms;
they complain about trifles such
as signing for packages or letters.
| As the young lady being inter
viewed remarked, “They seem to
resent the fact that young people
are married at all, and especially
if those concerned are in the ser
vice. They think girls should stay
home with the housing shortage
so critical.”
It seems incredible that public
spirited (?) citizens could show
such lack x>t understanding. After
; all, many girls have no homes in
which to remain. And being with
one’s husband is important. Get
ting an education is important, too.
Mrs. Lynch
Is Postmaster
Mr. S. Strudwick, formerly
postmaster of the Hillsboro office,
was officially retired from that
position Friday, March 1. Mrs.
Cora L. Lynch, who has been act
ing as clerk in charge during Mr.
jatrudwick’g term of partial retire
ment, has been appointed active
postmaster.
Mr. Strudwick and Mrs. Lynch
began their terms of service with
the Hillsboro post office simulta
neously July 1934. Mr. Strudwick,
whose work has been termed “very
efficient" by his co-worker^, re
quested that he be retired Feb
ruary 28 of this year due to “fail
ing eyesight.”
Dr. Cummings
Will; Speak To
Local Farmers
Dr. W. C. Cummings, head of
the Farm Crops Department at
State College, will have charge of
a meeting to promote better corn
yields, March 18, 2 p.m., at the
Agricultural Building in Hillsboro.
Dr. Cummings will discuss the
Experiment Stations recommenda
tions as to the best hybrid seed
com, the amount of fertilizer to
use, and the best methods of cul
tivating corn. He will illustrate his
lecture by the use of slides.
There is a lot of interest in in
creasing the yield of corn because
our average per acre is only about
20 bushels. The Bank of Chapel
Hill has offered $100 in prizes to
the farmers who raise the most
corn per acre in the county. Al
ready a number of farmers have
indicated their desire to enter ,this
contest, which is open to any farm
man, woman or child in the county.
Several farmers have asked us
to list in the paper again the strains
of hybrid corn tried out by the
Experiment Station and approved
for this section. They are as fol
lows: WHITE—NC T20, Tenn. 10,
Term. 15, NC llll, Woods Vl20;
YELLOW—NfC -1032, NC. 1028, NC
T23, NC T12, NC Tl. NC Til,
Funks G714, Funks G717, Woods
S210, AUS 282, Funks G135, NC
Tl, NC Til.
Some of these hybrids have al
ready been sold out, so it is a good
idea to go to your seed store right
away and see if you can get enough
to try out a few acres'. 7 T
March of Dimes
Show Nets $31
At a locally sponsored “March
of Dimes”* show and dance, held
Saturday night at Hillsboro high
school, $31.25 was collected to
ward the Infantile Paralysis fund.
A minstrel show was presented
in which C. L. Brown played the
part of “Rastus”; Clevo Wilson,
“Rufus.” Mrs. Wilson was featured
in a tap dance, as was Miss Betty
May Hinsler. Mr. Wilson, Sr., pro
vided the fiddling for the square
dancing; I. J. Wilson played the
guitar; Bill Wilder, the electric
guitar; Robert Tyson, the electric
Hawaiian guitar, and Nathan Hal
tan was the vocalist. Other special
rriusic was rendered by the Chris
tian Four Quartette, and the high
school orchestra played music for
round dancing. \
In view of the success of this
program, Mr. Brown says that a
series of round and square dances
will be started beginning this Sat
urday night at 8 o’clock in the
high school.
CEDAR QRQVE BOY
RECEIVES RECOGNITION
The American Guernsey Cattle
Club has awarded Joe Woods
Compton, son of Mr. R. C. Comp
ton of Cedar Grove, a handsome
certificate, stating that his calf had
won the county 4-H Club Guern
sey championship. This pure bred
Guernsey heifer, which is now
about a year old. was bought from
J. E. Latta of the Schley commu
nity. Joe raised the calf and fit
ted and trained it and took it to
the Junior Calf Show in Lexing
ton where it won a blue ribbon
in competition with Guernsey
calves man all over the state. .
The County Commissioners,
meeting in the regular March ses
sion at the court house here Mon
day, decided to defer any positive
action on the proposed restriction
of Sunday beer sales. The board
did direct county accountant G.
W. Ray to contact Sheriff Latta
and ask him to visit the establish
ments that have been the source
of the complaints which brought
up the discussion of a beer blue
law. The sheriff was asked to in
form these troublespots to clean
up or expect to find themselves
unable to renew their licenses for
the coming year.
It was the unanimous opinion
of the board that stopping beer
sales on Sunday would not remedy
the existing conditions, and they
felt the only cure for the com
plaints registered would be to
close the violators seven days to
the week.
Six of the petitions for new roads
in the county were approved by
the board and forwarded to the
state highway commission * for
their consideration. The six ap
proved were for a new road be
ginning at Charlie Rosemond’s
house, continuing north to Sam
Latta’s, making a right-angle turn
west and rejoining the state main
tained roads at the property of
George Gilmore; another, begin
ning on Route 57 near J. R. Wil
son’s home place, running by'Sam
Riley’s, Eugene Wagoner’s and
others and Connecting with the
state road at Harvey Gate’s place;
another, from Walnut Grove road
at Mrs. Annie Allison’s and run
ning northeast to the Caldwell road
near John Parker’s farm; another,
beginning at Josh Parker’s on the
Caldwell road and running north
by the farm of D. B. Carey; an
other, drom the farm of Josh Par
ker’s, Mrs. Hanna Smith’s and
Mrs. Monroe Smith's connecting
the Walnut Grove road and the
Berry’s Grove road; another, to be
gin on the Chapel Hill-Orange
Church road near the airport and
running North about two miles to
Piney Mountain School; and the
last, to run from highway 14 near
Dwight Ray’s home to highway 54
near Goldston Lumber Co.
The boaTxi voted $21 to Mrs.
Minnie Mi&er for121 goats she had
killed by dogs.
Mr. Ray told the board he had
mailed out over 690 letters to peo
ple who had failed to list their
taxes.
The board adjourned until its
next meeting which will be held
March 18 in the city hall.
Publicity Gives
Our Tom Ellis1
World Fame j
the income tax rush is over.
4*F’» TAKE NOTICE
All men in this county classi
fied as 4F are asked by Miss Fays
Jones, clerk of the Orange coun
ty draft board, to notify the local
board of their present addresses
Immediately. This request *is
made In line with the scheduled
Cedar Grove—Just to prove
Ralph Waldo Emerson was eternal
ly fight about building mouse
traps, the world, including Aus
tralia, S. A., Canada and -every
state in the United States, beat
6,0G0 paths to Tom Ellis’ door at
this Orange County crossroads ov
er the past weekend. Or perhaps it
just proves the power of the press.
Five days after the appearance
•in’
in Saturday Evening Post of a little
piece about Tom and his dollar-a
-week bookkeeping business writ
ten by Carl Sink of the State Ad
vertising Division, Ellis had re
ceived over 6,000 letters and tele
grams, a large steel filing cabinet,
3 ft. wide and 4 ft. high stuffed
full,., with more coming, already
having to return $300 sent in for
lessons.
Most of the letters wanted
on the business which requires
a dollar bill attached to weekly
bookkeeping page reports, for El
lis has taught his system to al
most 600 cohorts throughout the
Nation. But some of the writers
were insistent that they get ex
clusive territory, offering substan
tial siims for rights in entire states.
One man wired that Tom sfio
come to New York, all ex
paid, to discuss an internati
organization.
But Tom, he just keeps on build
ing mouses traps. To be specifi
he just continues to keep up wi'
his bookkeeping business and
catch up on the 1,400 income
reports he is behind to his
clients before the March 15
line. The best he can do is to prom
ise to consider_ all offers by M
1, figuring he’H still be a mom
behind in his bookkeeping wh