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Cleveland County Boy Making Good In West Is After A No’th Ca’Lina Partner In Business-Read This Editor of The Star: Within the next few weeks, we will be hack in Southern Arizona, where I will go in business for my self and I am asking that you broadcast this letter among your readers in order to help me to find s business partner from North Carolina. I am not asking anyone to coe out and finance me in n new business venture,, but want some one to share 50-50 with me in work and capital in a business that has proven itself for the past several years, and in which I have been engaged in and have made good. Capita] means a whole lot less than honest conscientious effort in this business. After more than two years for the other fellow, I have decided to take the leap and work for my self. Have arranged for unlimited amount of stock, business location, and as I have spent several years in this field, I know same, and with the knowledge already gain ed, hard work, the right kind of a partner, I believe that within a few years, we can be somewhere along the lane that lends to “Easy Street” and comfort for old age. I realize that launching out lik,e this means unlimited an?l untold work. No such hours as we give our boss, eight or ten per day, but from 16 to 24 hours every day. Only this kind of effort will pro duce results and I do not want anyone afraid to work, nor anyond who thinks that a business man has it soft wearing a white collar and pdts' into it with those thoughts. While this is a white collar job, one must use both his hands and brain, have nerve, pat ience, diplomacy, education, and pome business experience, as well as natural aptitude for selling, colecting ,etc. At this business, working for the oth refellow, I have made more than two hundred dollars every month during the past two years nbdve'expenses, and now with the business, the same busines that 1 have built up for the other fel low, I am buying and running as my own. If my services were worth that much to the other fel low, they should be worth that more to me, and that’s why I am making the decision to work for myself. m f I he reagpn 1 went a partner from-North Caroline, is very plain find practical. I know nearly everybody in Cleveland and other nearby counties and can look up their former records, besides I am a Tar Heel myself and can gci along-with another Tar Heel and I vfHl not-run the grout risk of being gyped as I was gyped a few years ago in business with a man whom 1 had not known, but a short time. I Want a man that I can trust and one that can trust me and all the capital he will need is his fare to Arizona, an automobile, or enough to* buy one after he gets here, end Orjouglrto pay his own expenses log a fear weeks after he lands. He Med not invest a cent in the busi gssary, ae an investment is not nec •scary, my havig arranged all that myself and he will net have to in vaet in any merchandise as I have hfteadj? 'af rhngod for. However, 1 Will enter into a 60-50 parttier aiMp with him to share with mo in ■file profits for his labors. What could be more faft- than this? But said partner must furnish A-l re ferences, must have some selling JJfperience, be between 25 and 35 years of age, either married or •ingle, understand the principles of bookkeeping and accounting, be honest and not afraid to tackle hard work from early until lute, had be a fellow who believes thut a' job can he done and not one who Tfepsily gets the bines when things go against him. He must have plenty Of grit. With these qualifi cations, plus expenditure of energy and common intelligence, money ,i$ sure to come, perhaps hot in bundles all at once but a good comfortable living and then more 5hs success of the venture is rcal 4ted. • I don’t mind telling anyone what this business is going to be. It is of setting household electric !<id appliances, electric washing machine*,.electric ironing machines rattid other useful household ap. Ipliances. The firm that 1 have "(Worked for the past two year-: is .going to oet me up in business, furnish all the necessary stock and '"fixtures. I will start with one store tin a southern Arisons town and J Branch out gradually as the busi •«ess justifies. This Is an already established business in this terri ,jjpry. There are marly $10lM*t>0 <*w on the books of satisfied cus tomers and we will get a good percentage for collecting these ac ’ counts in addition to the profits on I'Qte new business that we get. T 3 This, however, is not an ordinary use-to-hpuse peddling proposi 1 but « dignified legtimate iness And one that one should d withgride. t We own our own home due to my ing tins business twc; years o, working for the other fel iw. Also have paid for an auto thut easts ovgr Sl.v'00.00 we have some draftey* in the besides and WttfcjMtars s*:o I irted In for $25.6u per week sal which has been raised at in torva’s. which proves that I niu^t have jnade good beyond my sha dow of doubt and also proves that, there is something to the busi ness. I am no genius either, just a . hard steady wicker and I have tried to learn something every day that would help me at my work and to make new friends. The fact that I am launching off in ' ihc same territory where I start ' ed is convincing that the goods j are reliable and dependable from j the customers standpoint. Ariz ona is growing In opportunities, j new people are coming there I every year. It’s a young state, a ' new country, almost a virgin field, but much hard work is ahead | of the fellow that throws in with | me and there is no doubt about I the remuneration, it’s sure and I certain—-a reward for honest ef j fort. I regret to take up so much j space in The Star’s liberal eol j umns dealing in rav own personal ! experiences, but I believe the edi 1 tor after reading this letter will . see enough human interest in it I that he will publish it, because I aside from the appeal for a Tar ■ Heel partner, it is a true story of a North Carolina boy who has made good, and everybody knows me and from the start all the odds were against me to make good in the world, and on top of this I was considered sort of lazy' be cause I spent years and years of rambling around over the globe in the guise of a rolling stone that never gathers any moss. I was not after the moss them days, but ex perience that has later been one of my greatest assets. And I want to confide a little secret—during alj my days of roving and ram bling over the world, I never bum med a meal, rode a freight nor any conveyance on which I did not pay my fare, I might have sort of postponed a meal once or twice but 1 never forsaken my pride to ask anyone to give me something for nothing, besides it was not neces sary because one could always find a job when he looked for it. I have found that a lot of the ramblers look for n job and pray they will not find it. They will ac cept sympathy and alms. but when you offer them work, they soon vacate the territory. I never wanted alms or sympathy, never needed it because I could always take care of myself in any emer | gency. | Now lets hear from - desirable partner candidates. Submit your 'credentials and if you are mere ly seeking information for cur iosity sake,- please don't take my time. Write or wire, Sincerely. W. B. WILLIAMSON, (Rambling Bill.) 154 S. Otis Street, Bell, California. July 16, 1927. Road “Engineering” Bunk On Occasions Essaying a mild criticism of the State highway commission, the Shelby Star remarks that while “it isn’t talked much in some cir cles, and mentioned oven less in others because dissension might prove injurious to a State of many boasted firsts, the highway commission,” the Star continuer, “has not a very pleasing record sc far as public ,opinion goes in North Carolina." The Star adds: “Not that the highway com mission hasn't done the best pos sible to give North Carolina a per fect system of roads from the en gineering standpoint.” The point of the Shelby pa|>er is that the strict adherence to the “engineer ing standpoint" might be passed up on occasion for the conveniences and comfort of the people who pay for the roads. j But that “engineering stand , point,” for which The Star give's I the commission due credit, is but a camouflage ou occasion for bunk. | The district commissioner, whose ' word is the last in las district and [bucking him before the whole commission a waste of time, de 1 cides on a location for a roan. A jlot of folks put After him to change | the route. The “engineering stand point”—assertion that the route selected is the best from the “en gineering standpoint”—is a mighty weapon of defence for the com missioner. That ‘engineering stand point” is supposed to be something mysterious, beyond the ken of the ordinary mortal. If the engineer says the road should go a certain way, who is the average man that he should dispute the engineer’s decision? Well, much of that is a joke to folks who make close observations and gather a few inside facts. No doubt in tnanv cases the unbiased judgment of the engineer is ac cepted and the commissioner may be handing object iors the low H»wn when he says so. But it is also well understood that if the commissioner, for any reason, pre fers -a certain route, the engineer will find that route to be the best route from the “engineering stand point.” The engineer values his job and he isn’t going to fall out 1 with his bread nnd meat. There is always more than one rgute, as any ! engineer knows. One engineer will select one, another engineer, equal j ly as capable, will select another. Therefore if the commissioner has I ft preference for any particular ! route he can intimate as much to i his district engineer and that route l is the one selected for “engineer 1 ing” reasons. There may be more than one sort of “engineering” reason. A lot of folks must always he disappointed about the location of a road. The outstanding complaint against the highway commission, (and it has basis, it its arrogant at tude toward the public. Not all the members may be that way, but so much of that spirit has been manifest on occasion as to make no doubt of its existence. Chairman Page made it clear in his denuncia tion of the Supreme cour* deci sion in the Newton case. The high way commission has, in many in stances at least, impressed the public that it feels that it is big ger than the State, that its deci sions are not to be criticised or questioned. If they are the com mission becomes the more deter mined to defeat, bv any means imaginable, that which the critic asks. Hotly: Mem \ 4 Gossip of Staff Cmvjpatriaif at World Centers ti * Population (By M. F. Dacy, INS Staff Cor-1 respondent.) Denver.—The passion for syn copation and “jazz” which has | gripped the world of music is pass- ! ing, in the belief of Dr. J. Christo pher Marks, organist and choir I master of the Church of Heavenly j Rest in New York City and one of the runking organists and com posers of church music of the age, who is in Denver on his vacation. ! “I am not discouraged will, the • musical tred of the time,” said Dr. Murks. “Syncopation not only lacks solid foundation, but is neither symphonic nor melodic and inevit ably the swing, must come hack to the true values and beauty in music as in other arts.” Among the musicians of this country Dr. Marks is notable not only for his work as choir master and organist, but also for his com positions which seem to be almost a library of church music. His “Victory Divine” is a well known example of his work. It is one of his ambitions to see a choir school where boys may be boarded and educated for choir work included in the new 3 million dollar church of the Heavenly Rest which will stand at Nine teenth Street and Fifth Avenue. Dr. Marks came to the United States froni Ireland 25 years ago. He was for several years organ ist of St. Andrew’s church in Pittsburg, prior to taking up his | present duties. — Although she has two artificial limbs. Mrs. Effa M. Johnson, Den ver, has driven an automobile for i 18 years without an accident, and I even won an auto race from Lin , coin to Omaha in 1921 from 96 ; other contestants. Mrs, Johnson lost both legs be low the knees in a train accident 1 when she was 10 years old. Un ' daunted by this she learned to ; drive and has traveled thousands of miles in many makes of cars. Public lectures on such topics of common interest as the conserva tion of childhood, and birth control, and an unusunl pageant, “The Luminous Shadow,’* which will present the history of osteopathy since its beginning in 1892 will be the features of the convention of the American Osteopathic associa tion which will be held here. July 25-30, according to Doctors D. L. Clark, president of the organisa tion, and Dr. C. C. Reid, in charge of the arrangement of the pro gram. The Denver association expects 3,000 delegates to the conventirn. Among them will be some of the most prominent men and women of the profession in the United States, These will include Drs. C. B. Atzen, Nebraska; J. H. Styles, jr.. Kansas City. Mo.; Francis I?’ Eliscei. Philadnlphia. Pa.; W. Cur tis Brigham. Los Angeles. Calif.; Percy H. Woodall. Birmingham, Ala.; Evelyn R. Bush. Louisville, Ky.; and Jeanete Bolles, Denver, President of the Osteopathic Wo man’s National association. Charlie Murray is one of the most sought after toastmasters wherever film notable gather. With his vast collection of humorous stofies all retained in memory, j Murray can supply a yarn to fit; any occasion. Years on the road as a stage comedian and a retentive memory are responsible, he ex plains. “Flivver” Poetry Comes Along Again The flivver poet is back in our midst. The Star last week was in i receipt of u “pome” by our good friend €. W. Tillett, of Charlotte, dealing on an ode to a flivver, and the other communication this week is entitled “A Good Friend.” They follow: Ode to the Flivver. (A Threnody.)___ ... Alas! poor Flivver! It makes me shiver, i In fact I could almost cry: Mister Ford and Sonny Want to make more money, And so they have doomed you to die Soon a new model “six”* With all the best tricks And a gear-shift that beats Rolls Royce: Rut mat the same. It will tnke your name, And give all the folks a new choice. Now like a great fleet You sail o'er paved street, You crowd all the muddy high ways: But soon you will die, In the bone-yard to lie, And be moaned for thro’ endless days. But your Spirit will .soar To a l'ar-di.stant shore, Your sins will all he forgiven: Forever you’ll park Where it never is dark, On the gold streets of Auto Heaven! *No: it will be a “four.” A Gold Friend. Of our old Ford they nil make fun. They say it was horn in nineteen one; Mnybe it was, but I’ll bet, Mie s good for many a mile yet. The windshield’s gone, radiator leaks, The fan belt slips and the springs all speaks She shakes the screws and nuts all loose, She sure can run on petrol juice. If we can't get petrol we burn kero sene, And w» have driven home on Paris Green. She has a rattle in front and grind in the rear And a Chinese puzzle for a steer ing gear. Her coils are dead and her plugs wont fire, Ar.d her piston rings are bailing wire, But in spite of this she pulls me thru, And that’s about all any car can do. .With high priced cars they give ycu tools, Some extra parts and a book of rules, But just wire stretchers and a pair of shears I • all we have carried in 15 year3. a .1(] ;f iV<? jive to see the day, She falls to pieces like tfte ’’one boss shay” And if old Hank Ford stays in the game , We’ll buy another by the same darn name. U. S. Agriculture Is Independent Of (By International News Service.) Washington.—American agricul ture is rapidly becoming independ ent of foreign sources of fertili zer supply, according to a survey of this industry completed by the commerce department. Formerly an extensive importer of ammonium sulphate, an import ant fertiliser basis, the United States bow accord* this commodity obtained as a by-product of coke and gas manufacture, the first place in its long list of manufac tured chemical items exporter, * j report by J. W. Wjzeman, of the commerce chemical diyision show ed. The foreign sales of ammonium sulphate in 1926 was described as « phenomenal expansion and were responsible for the increase in the value of fertilizers from $17,300, 0(H) in 1925 to $20,000,000 in the following year. The Chilean monopoly of the supply of inorganic nitrogen w*? broken by the rapid development throughout the world ef ammon ium sulphate production, accord ing to Wiseman. In the face of keen competition American sul phate was exported to 39 countries last year. While Asiatic markets consume the bulk of the ammonium sulphatve^rters, taking 90 per cent in 1925, last year 'onl^ 82 percent was sent to that market, owing to sizable shipments to Spain, the Irish Free State and Britain African countries. Despite competition for the Eu ropean phosphate trade on th»* part of North African producers American exnorters continued to maintain an important position on that continent and in addition de veloped markets heretobefore un exploited, notably Australia and New Zealand. An instrument known as a “de tectoscope” has been invented that can spot shoplifters, detect ‘stall ing’ employes and expose lasy clerks in any room or on any tU0r of a store, factory or other build ing. 1“ eat Contest Winner Miss Martha Sue Buttrick of Asheville, N. C.t hat just been de dared champion of the state on the merits of a meat essay submitted | in the Fourth National Meat Story Contest for high-school dr Is. Mies buttrick is a sophomore in the Asheville High School. Her essay placed fourth in the entire southern district of 12 states. Announcement of her succest. was made by the National Live Stock Sad Meet board, sponsor of the contest in which nearly 14,000 Girls com peted. Awards included univer sity scholarships ar.d cash. Causes Turmoil and Heated Dis cussion in Pulpits, Societies and Clubs There. (By Francis F. Healy, I. N. S. Cor- i respondent.) Chicago—The alimony question ; has caused turmoil and heated j waves of discussion in church pul -1 nits, forums, societies, clubs and the three domestic tribunals here— the Superior, Circuit a1id Domes tic Relations courts and ail over Chicago. A dosen questions of (he alimony I situation are under discussion. 1 Leaders in legal circles and stu- j i dents of domesticity differ in their ' solutions of the problem. Should a wife in Jhis day of ( equal rights for women be compell , ed to pay a divorced husband ali- j I mony ? ! Should a wife be denied alimony j ' if her life subsequent to the divorce 1 is one of revelry and dissipation ? j Should able-bodied childless wives t 1 be granted alimony?' j Should men who refuse to pay j alimony be lodged :n Jail? Should there be alimony? i Yes No. Factions are divided on the subject. Men Paying Heavily. * Chicago men are paving between j $3,000,000 and $5,000,000 yearly to j divorced wives. | ’ Hundreds of men are confined 'n j the county jail here for refusal to obey court alimony orders. I The current discussion begun with the court action of Dr. Vernon j B. Cooley, a Chicago dentist, who I presented a petition asking that he be freed from his alimony pay ments on the grounds his former wife was living an immoral life. His petition set forth that his wife | 1 refused to marry an unnamed man j | with whom he alleged she was re-' ! siding because such h marriage would terminate her alimony. A judge in the Superior court ruled that a wife’s actions after a divorce have no bearing upon the financial obligation of the former * husband. ■■ A court of appeals sustained the original decision. As attorneys for Dr. Cooley pre ; pared to take the case to the su preme court, the dentist announced i the organization of an alimony club. Only husbands who refused I to provide alimony were invited to j become members. ! Mrs. Cooley then came to the* j front and stated she had been mar-j ried last January and that her sec- | ond husband had since died. She ' thus, according to statutes', was not, entitled to alimony, j That ended that question—but I not the discussion. Walter Brinkman, 27, then startled Chicago domestic circles by asking a judge to grant him alimony in his petition for a divorce from Mrs. Rose Brinkman. Brinkman stated he was suffer ing from tuberculosis and was un able to work. His wife, he said, j was fully capable of supporting | him. A judge in the superior court! | decided that the Illinois statutes ; j make no provision to compel a woman of means to support an es tranged husband. Husbands immediately demand ed to knew why there was not such a statute. More discussion. While legal savants were pour ing through the law tomes, Mrs. Lillian Agnoff appeared with a pe tition requesting that a judge com pel h»r former husband to support a child adopted prior to their di vorce two years ago. Jacob Egnoff, the husband, classified the appeal as a "new bit of legal gold-digging ’ The judge ruled that alimony and support should have been asked at the time of the divorce. The length of the skirt deter mines the amount of taxes paid by ' the women of Aimendraljeo, Spain. A woman showing only her ankles pays the minimum. V Smokers of this day prefer Camels Modern‘smoker* insist upon value received, and they place Camel first among cigarettes. Regardless of price. Came! is the popular smoke, because tt has the most to offer. 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