Immigrant Boy With One Nickel \
Rides Peanut To A Big Fortune j
A True Horatio Alger Sto-y Of How
One Youth Made His
Fortune.
The Pathfinder,
Some 30 years ago a little 12-year
old Italian boy stood on a street
corner in Pittston. Pa., turning the
crank of a battered peanut rorster
and listening to its shrill whistle”.
The other day the mature edition of
this same lad stood on the bridge of
* his ocean-going yacht to issue the
command which was to take him in
Southern waters on a pleasure
jaunt.
Success has crowned Amedeo
Obici's ambition to become Ameri
ca's peanut king! But he had to
w take a chance.
Bern at Odorzo, Italy, Amedeo
was one of a large family. His fath
er, the village harness mrker. died
when Amedeo was seven and though
Amedeo's mother took in washing
the family often went without
meals. When Amedeo was 12 an
uncle who had found opportunity in
America arranged for the lad to
fellow him. So with only a nickel
in his rough and well worn jeans,
Amedeo first saw the Statue of Lib
* erty and New York's imposing sky
line from the steerage of an Italian
steamship.
Going to live with an Italian fam
ily at Pittston, Amedeo hired out to
turn the crank of the peanut roast
er under contract at $150 a week.
This wrs his first meeting with the
lowly product which he was to later
transform into one of the South's
most important industries.
Yohng Obici marveled how little
Americans thought of nickels and
* dimes and how much they thought
of dollars. This gave him an ld’a
Why not go after the easy small
change and let the hcarded dollars
/Slone.
So young Obici scraped and saved
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until he got enough to buy himself
a fruit stand. All the while he spe
culated about American wasteful
I ness, remembering how in the lit
j tie tin shop where he had worked in
his native country every scrap of tin
—even if it was no bigger than a
<’ime—was saved and some use
found for it. Therefore Obici early
saw the wastefulness in the way
many fruit stands were run. To ■
qucte him in Nation’s Business:
There is an art in running a fruit
stand. Few people understand it;
thrt is why there are so many fail- I
ures. The best fruits and the most j
perishable must be displayed so as
to tempt the passer by. Bananas can
be hung almost anywhere; the lem
ons must be kept inside. Many fail |
in the fruit business because they
put the lemons up front. Many men
fail in life because they do the same
thing.
Purchase of a $4.50 roaster was
Obici’s start in the peanut business.
He rigged up an old electric fan to
turn it. So many people liked the :
way he roasted peanuts that they 1
came from miles arcund to buy. It
wrs not long before he hung out a
sign reading, "Obici, the Peanut .
Specialist.
Grocers and chain stores started!
buying his roasted products. He
boomed trade by placing in pack
ages which retailed for a nickel j
coupons bearing a le’ter from his
name. Purchasers who obtrined
' enough coupons to spell the name
"A. Obici" get a dollar watch. He
gave away 20,000 watches in this
way within two years.
I From this humble beginning the 1
great Planters’ peanut industry j
sprang up. Today Amedeo Obici is |
still selling per nuts for a nickel the,
package but he nows sells a million '
packages of peanuts and peanut J
candy bars a day. His main office |
plant is a seven-story factory com • j
orising 22 acres of floor spr.ee atj
Suffolk, Va.
i “I think it was large intuition
that impelled me to risk th^ gpm
pany’s future on the peanut market1
in 1916,’’ remarks Obici. “There was i
a short crop of peanuts; they were
selling at six cents a pound for raw
nuts in the hands of the planters, a ;
very high figure. I borrowed heav- j
ily from the banks at Suffolk; then
. wasnt to a bank at Norfolk; then
went to a bank in New York and
borrowed $100,000. I invested every
thing in peanuts. I had 100,000 bags
of peanuts in our warehouses by the
spring of the following year. A
downwr rd turn c^f the market W'ould
have wiped us out. Eut In the la*1'’
spring of 1927 peanuts went to $8
a bag (wholesale.)”
Bethlehem News Of
The Current Week
C. S. Dixon Sustains Broken Leg
Whiel Hauling Logs. Child’s
Funeral Largely Attended.
(Special to The Star.)
There was a large crowd at
tending the funeral of little Jan
nell McDaniel last Friday. The
sympathy of the community goes
out to the bereaved family.
Misses Nancy and Hannah Mc
Curry spent the week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. Lte McDaniel.
Mrs. Rush Dixon and children
of Dallas spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Blalock.
Mr. C. S. Dixon while hauling
logs to the mill got his leg broke.
He was rushed to the Shelby hos
pital. j
Mr. Ottis Barber of Charlotte'
spent the week-end with his par
ents Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Barber.
Mr. A. V. Watterson of Shelby
spent Sunday with his parents Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Watterson.
Mrs. Homer Harmon and little
son, junior spent Tuesday with
Mrs. J. D. Watterson.
Mrs. Perry Humphries has been
real sick but is some better. Hope
for her a speedy recovery.
Miss Alma Bridges spent Sunday
with Miss Alverta McDaniel. .
Miss Verta Lall of Shelby spent
j the week-end with her mother,
We may er-ect future wars to be
Mrs. Julius LaiL
deadlier and more expensive if the
! outlawry of war has the same ef
fect on them that Prohibition has
had upon liquor.—San Diego Union. |
The new Einstein theory is said
to be something like love. No one
else can possibly understand if.—
Minneapolis Journal.
PUBLICATIONS OF SUMMONS
North Carolina.
Cleveland County.
In the Superior court, Marjorie
Heavner Towery. vs. Arthur Tow
ery, to Arthur Towery. Defendant:
Take notice that an action as
above entitled has been commenced
in the Superior Court against you
or divorce absolute, on grounds of
separation for more than five
years, that the said summons is re
turnable before the Clerk on the
7th day of March. 1929, when and
where you are required to appear
and answer or demur to the com
plaint, or the relief prayed for
will be granted.
This the 2nd day of February,
1929
A. M. HAMRICK,
Clerk Superior Court.
Freak Clubs Grow
In Membership Now
Circus Fans, Bald Heads And Or
gan Pumpers, Among Many
Others, Arc Organized.
On the second floor of a West
Forty-fourth street restaurant Is
an unusual booth for diners. Over
the entrance of what appears to be
a tent are the words "Side-Show.”
and adorning the front are two
large, gaudy circus banners. One
boldly announces — "Nona—the
Wild Girl—She Speaks No Lan
guage—Playmates are Deadly Sen- '
pant:*" Another heralds “La Belle
Rosa—Fiower of the Orient—Queen
of the Deserts—Favorite of Sul
tans.” Inside the tent are painted'
banners, posters and photographs ■
of circus performers and freaks, j
This side-show tent is the lunch- j
eon meeting place of the “P. T.
Bamuni Top No. 1 of the Circus'
Fans of America." Each state and |
large city has its "Tent” or "Top” I
namedf for some famous circus man. j
Only contirmcd circus-goers are
eligible for membership.
The organization is primarily for
fun, yet it has a serious purpose
say its members—that is, to "help
the circus toward bigger and better
things." Fans and lovers and
friends of the circus are banded to
gether to sec it perpetuated, and
are eager that greater glory may
corhe to the tented shows.
Whether the circus fans' organ
ization is serious or frivolous, there
seems to be a trend in America to
ward freak and fun clubs, which
are growing in numbers and mem
bership. Among the boldest of fun
roaring organizations is the Bald
Head club of America—with sev
eral hundred "Knights of the
Gleaming Skull” flaunting their
slogan, “The Jolliest club in Amer
ica."
Other popular fun clubs are "The
Guild of Former Pipe-Organ
Pumpers, the society of Giant En
gineers (any man who as a boy
took subscriptions for a certain
magazine and was awarded one of
those "g|aht> toy coal-oil engines,"
is eligible for membership,) the
Fossils (old newspapermen are its
members,) the Caterpillar club (air
mail pilots who have made para
chute Jumps to save their lives are
eligible), the Royal Order of Hard
£loi!ed Owls with Rubber Ears
(radio DX-ers are initiated into
this order with howling cere
monies.)
Then there is the Cub Reporters’
association. Its membership is made
up of men who as young Journal
ists thirsted for adventure, and
who, now tn the midst of busy
middle age, pause to look back over
and talk aoout the time when they
were city room recruits.
Any one who has been the victim
of^ horseplay, hazing, kidding and
razzing or ever, torture by the olij
time, hard-boiled, demon city edi
tor is eligible for membership. In
NOTICE OF SERVICE OF SUM
MONS HP PUBLICATION.
North Carolina, Cleveland County.
In the Superior Court.
M. P. Garris, Plaintiff
vs.
Lena Privett Garris, Defendant.
The defendant, Lena Privett Gar
ris, will take notice that an action
entitled as above has been com
menced in the superior court of
Cleveland county, North Carolina,
ior absolute divorce upon statu
tory .grounds; and the said defend
ant will further take notice that
she is required to appear at the
office of the superior court of said
county in the court house in Shel
by. N. C., on the 23rd day of March
1929, and answer or demur to the
comp'aint in said action which has
this date been fi'ed with the clerk
of said superior court, or the plain
tiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in said complaint
This first day of February, 1929.
A. M. HAMRICK. Clerk of the
Superior Court of Cleveland
Cornty, N. C.
SICK HEADACHE
Ex-Sheriff Suffered From Con*
stipation and Felt Very
Bad Until Relieved by
Black-Draught.
Ardmore, Okla.—Mr. W. N. Mc
Clure, for several years a resident
of this city (111 Third Ave. N. W.).
formerly was a political leader in
Pike County, Arkansas, where he
served as sheriff and county Judges
“I used to suffer with sick head
aches,” says Mr. McClure. “These
spells would come on me and I
would feel very bad. I would get
bilious and upset.
"My trouble was constipation, and
after I found It out, I began using
Black-Draught. This Quickly re
lieved the cause, and I got all right;
*‘I began using Black-Draught in
my home, shortly after the Civil
War, when I lived In Pike County,
Arkansas. X came out of the war,
like many other soldiers, with bad
digestion. I suffered a lot from sick
headache and dizziness. I would get
constipated, and for a while I would
feel very bad.
“I found this medicine brought
quick relief for constipation, and re
moved the cause of my headaches
and dizziness, so we have always
tried to keep It In the house.
"After I take a course of Black
Draught, I feel fine. My system Is rid
of poison, and my appetite picks up."
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Indigestion Hilioutnett
the '90s quick hangings, rough
prize-fighting and "horrible crimes’
meant hardships and toil for the
cub reporter. He "hot-footed" it
around for news, bumping into all
sorts of hard and trying experi
ences. In the '90s barrooms were
popular community centres, and
crimes were jobs for reporters to
solve.
iii England tnere are many
freak clubs. London lias Its Crime
club, to wlilch lawyers and detec
tives belong. The Buttons club is
made up of bellhops. Ailing citi
zens air thetr complaints by join
ing the Sick and Sorrv club. For
misery there is the Split Farthing
club. A lover may talk ns much as
he likes about the object (if his
heart's devotion, and he is sure of
a sympathetic audience if he be
comes a member of the Sighing
club. Other freak London clubs are
Snap. Skittles, Domino, Old Fist.
Googhes, Thirty club of Doctors.
Twenty club of Drapers and V. V.
clubs of Swedes.
The fad for freak clubs is grow
] ing in America. Some explainers
j say the growth proves that our elv
j lltzntton has reached a highly arti
i flcial state and most people are
| bored stiff with the monotony of a
j routine life.
STRANGE DOG KEEPS
VIGIL AT CAR STOP
Asheville—Police are trying to
solve the mystery of a lone vigil
that has been kept at a street car
stop near the National Casket
. company's plant here, by a yellow
dog for more than 30 days.
Attention to the patient watcher
was called by a motorman who has
noticed the canine waiting and
watching for some friend to step
off the car. apparently from early
morning until late at night.
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In London a society lias been in
corporated to aid wealthy persons
in distributing their funds. In
America such an organization Is
known as a night club. San Diego
Union.
(Special to The Star.)
Mr. and Mrs! David W Duncan
and two children, Margarette and
J, L. of Crewe, Vn., spent the week
j end with Mis, Duncan's parent .^Mi
ami Mrs. I, M McSwain.
Mr, and Mrs. M. H Sepauih vis
ited relatives in South Carolina Over
the week end.
Miss Mildred McSwain who teach
es at McBrayer spent the week end
at home In this community.
Mr. and Mrs. Z. P Moore of Shel
by visited Mr. and Mrs. B F, Weav
er over the week end.
We have several on our sick list
rt this writing. Among them are
Miss Freelove Crawdfcrd. Mrs Pink
Bridges and Mrs. Fred Blanton We
I hope for them a speedy recovery.
Several from our communltj
; went to Cleveland Spring landing
) field Sunday to see the pnrachuu
jumper. Among the number thai
went were Mr. Arthur Hamrick
I
| Misses Lucy and Mary Weaver. Mr
j Fred Bl: nton and children and Mr
; Nethery Sepaugh. Mr. Sepaugh wenl
for a ride In the planewhile there
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Crawford
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. B
Austell of Earl.
The he nor roll for Cedar Grove
school for the third month Is as fol
lows :
i.m. uimir—'jL/wi I ii> oi lilacs, nniivo
Hamrick, Baxter Hamrick.
2nd gn de—Mary White.
3rd grade—Lucy Weaver, Clara
McSwain. Leonard Hamrick. Archie
Weaver, Neil Byers.
4th grade—Baxter Blanton, Cleve
McSwain, A. V. Runyans. T. G So
pnugh.
8th grade—-Merle Hamrick, Dol
phas Runyans.
6th grade—Wilson Randall.
1th grade-Edith Byers.
The opinion of thou Standard
Oil stockholders seem* to be that
perjury isn’t naughty U it doesn’t
interfere with divideruk.—Fountain
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