mOH VARIO\JS BRANCHES
By Robert Covington.
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PRICE REDUCTIONS. The long
rumored reductions in prices, which
would briiig the farmer, and the
i>usiness man, dependent on the far
mer back to the economical'security
of ten years ago, is slow in develop
ing, but there are some indications
of a drop,- which, while they are
few. giv.e some hope to the anx
ious watchers. Cotton goods . are
somewhat reduced in price but this
is little encourage.nient to the far
mer who has begun to believe,
lives. In the inland sections ot the
British Isles the loss was much
less, only 173 being killed. It Is
probable’ however, that much ot thii
terrific loss was due to the lack of
knowledge and equipment in sailing
The same storm today with the won
derfully improved state of navigation
woud have done little damage.
TOM THUMB, THE GIANT. Even
above the triumphant campaigns
filling stations and Elskimo pie in
establishing themselves in every sec
tion ot our country, has been the
development of the little giant, Tom
Thumb Golf. In less than a year
this game has driven and putted
its way into the recreation hours of
almost every American family. Such
whirlwind and substantial success
r »» o u Vo a,W>ai cacaa C*
is almost unprecedented in the his-
cottoii attached to it, must be given
away. Woolen products are reduced
by wholesalers, one. per cent and
this news is of insufficient impor-
■ tance to merit a special day of
tlianksgiving. Automobile manufac
turers . are gliding their reductions
with large and glaring announce
ments. The reductions in the ma
jority of products .is there, but in
few it is proportional to the reduc
tion that has been made in the
price paid to the farmer for his
product.
Books are a notable exception.
For the first time i nthe recollection
of the writer at least, books are
available at a large reduction.
Among publishers a concerted ef
fort is being made to reduce the
price of bwks, both the newest,
modern products and the classics.
Three large publishing houses are
at present flooding the market with
a series of books which retail at
one dollar. In the case of many
of these books, the reader feels
that a much greater reduction could
^ have been made without unnecessar
ily ^bleeding the publisher, but in
some of these new volumnes we
may find the finest of the modern
writers. Taking a step further in
the beneficient direction, two firms,
Charles Boni of New York and Si
mon and Schuster, also of New
York, have brought to America the
old economical French precedent of
printing books of merit in paper
bindings, thereby giving to a wide
circle of readers the ability to read
books cheaply. The former firm is
adding monthly to a distinguished
list pf books, well bound in paper,
selling for fifty cents and the latter
is putting forward a series of worth
while books, in a similar binding
' for one dollar. This plan not only
reduces the initial price of books
but prevents the distressing result
of the readers having on his hand
unread books in expensive editions.
While the price reductions are,
as yet, still not extensive or very
noticeable, there is hope that these
first declines are notices of more
to come.
tory of American games Aside from
the pleasure that the game is af
fording for people of every nature
and . every yearning, Tom Thumb
golf is today establishing itself_ as
a veritable big business. Statistics
show that incomes of several thous
and dollars per week have not been
uncommon. In ^one or two cases the
weekly income has run into five fig
ures. The coming of winter pres
ents a problem to many outdoor
courses but Raeford, with its south
ern resort climate should suffer lit
tle. Many winter days wil he warm
and sunshiny enough* to thoroughly
enjoy this pasttime. Cast off gar
ages and warehouses are utilized iif
many cities for indoor courses which
reap thier dividends when cold
weather runs the enthusiasts ofli of
the outdoor courses.
Tom Thumb is proving helpfuF in
many ways. Not only does it pro
vide a needed source of recreation
but it is being turned to construc
tive purposes in many cases. One
f^orch in Charlotte liae constructed
a course on an adjoining lot the
reijcelpts are rapidly paying up a
worrisome debt. Ait QueMis college
It is anticipated that the addition
of a miniature golf ^rse to the
college equipment will keep the girls
and the quarters at homa Raeford’s
course has been exceptionally pop
ular. Lewis estimates Ms largest
daily crowd at two hundred and
thirty-five players. Add to this a
crowd almost as large which enjoys
the game from the spectators seat
and you have a large number of peo
ple who enjoy and patronize the
game. Truly Tom Thumb has
changed from a midget to a giant.
SEEN WHILE RIDING. The im
minent danger that this year’s crop
of fall leaves will not be as rich as
those of more moist years ....
the dry weather has made many
already turn from green to brown
without the intermediate golds and
crimsons which make the Fall so
beautiful . . , the dt^ies along the
highways which make the roads
look like overgrown paths through
meadow . , . there is something
majestic about a driver perched atop
these mountainous loads of bulging
cotton sheets . . . the wagons leave
little trail of snow along the roads
. . like the whole county playing
.^gantic game of Pox and Hounds
. . Raeford’s busiest comer, cotton
platform and alley and Main street
a new filling station, like a boy
with a new--suit of clothes on his
first job . , there’s something about
the air in the early fall.
eously thoasands of people, to'vi^m
the game is an ever renewed source
of pleasure, will feel that the autiunn
has come in all its fullness. W'bat-
ever we say, the color and joy of
football games adds the savor to
this season of the year to ir. i v of
us and the work of the week is made
a little easier by the anticipation of
u Saturday afteraocn holiday at
this or that stadium. The added
color in life, to the spectator and to
the player is an important pait of
happiness and we hereby breathe
thanks for many^ of you. to the En
glish, the Indians or whether it was
that Invented football.
Calvin Coolidge says: 'Times may
get better or worse.
Every man has Ms wife but thej
ice man has Ms pick.
Life goes along like a song for
those 'who do today what should be
done today.
AN AUSPICIOUS OPENING. To-
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day marks the first appearance of
well known entertainer for the
fall season. Many football teams
will face each other today for the
first kick off of the fear, Slmultan-
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Phone 245
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The pioneers who went west in their “prairie
schooners” endured hardships for a while, but
their self-denial and industry led them to fortune.
Yens MUST make some sacrifice NOW to get
ahead t)ut it will be WORTH it; and sooner than
you think you will gain success.. i
START SAVING REGULARLY NOW
We invite YOUR Banking Business
THINKI
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Bank of Raeford
"Home of the Thrifty"
Raeford, N. C
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SOUTH CAROLINA TREES. The
traveller who passes through South
Carolina cannot help being impress
ed by the beauty of the trees in the
towns. The South Carolina towns
are unusually rich in the number
and majesty of the trees ..which shade
their .streets. The long, shady
street with magnificent, over-arching
oaks and elms is typical of the
towns and villages of the state to
the south. The added charm v.'hich
these trees lend is hard to calculate,
but it can be said without exagger-
aiion that they add greatly to the
air of culture, comfort and qujpi
contentment of the towns. Ridm.g
into a town by these le".fy arch
ways is like going into a buildirg
through a beautiful - and impre.sslv^e
colonnade. It seems to show that
the pepole of the town are content'
to be there and that it is a pleasant
- place to live. North Carolina towns
which have missed this form of
town beautification, could . prevent
, this lack in the future by planting
trees now. . •
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MA'TCHING STORMS. As
postscript to the Biblical declara
tion that there is no, new thing un-
Ider-the sun. there , might be added
a rule ot many columnists in Amer
ican daily papers that there is no
calamity under the sun which does
not recall one of former times which
was more terrible, more tremendous
and more far reaching in its des
truction. The recent disaster in
San Domingo recalls many castas-
trophes in Florida, San Francisco,
Naples and other unfortunate ter
ritories but is dwarfed by the re
mapbrance of THE GREAT storm
which visited the continent of EU'
rope in 1703. This is reported to
have been the greatest destruction
of human life by storm in the last
thousand years. The effects were
particularly far-reaching on the sea
wjiere it Is estimated tjiat 8,000
sailors and passengers lost their
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LDER, YES-BUT SOMETHING MORE.
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flavor.
BETTER TASTE—that’s the answer; and
that’s what smokers get in Chesterfield in full
est measure—the flavor and aroma of mellow
tobaccos, exacdy blended and crofs-blended.
Better taste, and milder too!
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