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By L. L. STEVENSON
Johnny Roventini, who is 43 inches
tall, celebrated his twenty-seventh
birthday recently. He received
many gifts because he has a large
following. One, however, was of
special significance. It consisted
of a life contract to appear on the
air programs of a large cigarette
company. The amount involved was
not announced but it must have been
considerable since Johnny, before
the life contract, had an income
ample enough for him not only to
support himself but to act as the
principal support of his father,
ily of 10 in all. When he first went
on the air he acted on occasions as
call boy at Park avenue and. other
parties where a smart page was
held to be essential to the general
scenery. Now his paging is done
only before a microphone. Outside
Jobs are no longer necessary.
; The part that Johnny plays on the
air is an easy one for him. As a
.matter of fact, he spent some time
rehearsing for it. For his rehears
als, his pay consisted largely of
'tips. As a page boy at the New
Yorker he was going through the
lobbies shouting "Call for Mr.
Smith" or something like that, and
an officer of a tobacco company
happened to see and hear him. He
fitted right into the picture in the
mind of the executive and was hired
( without any formalities whatsoever.
So now his picture appears on
cigarette cartons and he's saving
up to retire. He has two hobbies,
hunting and ping-pong. When he
founts, he uses a specially construct
ed gun and he does bring home
rgame. In ping-pong he's a wizard.
Because he reaches only to the
table top, he can swipe at the ball
both underhand, the conventional
way, and overhand, and has such a
powerful stroke he smashes many
balls.
TDespite the fact that news is a
most perishable commodity, not in
frequently it travels long and cir
cuitous routes before it is pub
lished. In mind is a dispatch which
appeared in a New York morning
paper. It was written on the way
down the Yangtse river and was
filed for transmission by cable at
Shanghai. From Shanghai it trav
eled to Manila and from Manila
to San Francisco. From San Fran
cisco, it came to New York to the
syndicate whose correspondent filed
it. From New York, it went to
London where it appeared in the
Daily Mail. The London corre
spondent of the New York Times
picked it up and sent it to his paper
where it was published. Incident
ally, it was received in New York
in the Times building and from
there sent to London.
That reminds me of Frank Sibley
of Boston. Years ago, the steamer
Portsmouth went down off Cape
Cod. Newspaper men were sent
from Boston to cover the wreck
'and above all to identify the ves
sel. From wreckage that came
ashore, they picked up a good story
since the Portsmouth was an im
portant steamer. But while they
were working, such a blizzard came
up that wires went down and roads
were blocked. Bottled up, appar
ently all the newspaper men could do
was wait for a chance to get back
to their offices. Sibley, however,
knew that the American terminal
of the French cable was at Orleans
a short distance away. He made
his way to the cable office and sent
a story to Paris with instructions
that it be cabled back to Boston.
Thus his paper scored a notable
scoop.
Get a lot of fun out of reading
the 1938 Almanac for New Yorkers,
the second edition of the metropoli
tan data prepared by the federal
writers' project of the Works Prog
ress administration. The publica
tion is a mixture of past and present,
with a number of jingles and no
end of information. For instance,
it is a violation of the sanitary code
to sleep in one's bathtub. The first
houses supposed to have been occu
pied by white men on Manhattan
were on the site of 41 Broadway. In
1654, it cost an Indian 30 cents to be
ferried from Manhattan to Long
Island, while for all others the
charge was only 15 cents. Septem
ber 28, 1904, a woman was arrested
for smoking in an automobile on
Fifth avenue. Those are mere
samples.
Bell Syndicate. WNU Service.
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'THE BARTIETT PEAR-MOST POPUUR THE CRE!KS'6EfiEVE0
VARIETY lit THI3 COUNTRY-HAS AS ITS THAT A RISTAEUS. A CEMh
ANCESTOR, THE "BON-CHRE'TIEN" Oft COO, SON Of APOUO ARD
"GOOD CHRISTIAN" PEAR OF EUROPEAN KING Of ARCADIA. INVENT-
COUNTRIES.
MS
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FISH WAS SALTED AND PRESERVED
IN EGYPT AS EARLY AS 6000 aC
PORK CAME INTO USE AS A FOOD ABOUT BOO
YEARS AFTER THE FLOOD, ACCORDING TO PA
GAN AUTHORITIES. IT CANE ABOUT THUS:
WHEN CERES FOUND AflELD OF WHEAT
INVADED BY A PIG THE GODDESS
HAD THE ANIMAL KILLED AND AFTER
HAVING COOKED IT. DISCOVERED ITS
EXCELLENT FLAVOR.
FAMOUS GOURMETS OF
THE DUC D'ESCARS.WHO WAS GRAND
MITRE D'HOTEl FOR LOUIS HI, IS SAID
TO NAVE DIED OF A BROKEN HEART BECAUSE
HE HAP NOT GIVEN HIS NAME TO A SINGLE W5H.
Behind The Scenes In American Business
so
By JOHN CRADDOCK
New York. BUSINESS More
than ever, news became an important
and highly valued commodity last
week to U. S. businessmen. Export
ers, importers, speculators, farmers,
in fact all businessmen whose stock
in trade anyway depends on foreign
markets, literally devoured the news
reports from Europe. For while nor
mal business operations are still go
ing on in America, it is realized that
orijrir.ition of constructive future
plans is well nigh impossible as long
as war or the fear of war rules over
Europe.
Equally upsetting to U. S. business
last week -was a hurricane which in
terfered with trade and normal living
for a thousand miles, from Atlantic i
City, throughout New England, to
Montreal and Quebec. Occurring in
the heart of a highly industrialized!
part of the country, the damage was
put at more than $100,000,000. Then
thousands are homeless and at least
500 dead. Though Indian legend may
record worse, it is believed to be the
most severe storm ever to strike
America's northeastern seaboard.
years 1920-24. Since the rate for the
five years 1931-35, was down to 17.2
per thousand, a shrinkage in school
attendance a few years hence seems
inevitable. The teaching profession,
even now over-crowded in some areas
may then be faced with reduction in
the ranks of its working members,
unless new avenues for employment
of professional talent such at adult
education classes, consumer education
classes and the like, can take tip the
slack.
ing program If 1 that " fails, what
shall follow debt repudiation, infla
tion, or political and - financial col
lapse T'J, Observers viewed Woll's at
tack on the present tax structure as
significant of a new trend in labor's
move to further cooperation with industry.
PEANUT REPORT
WHAT RETAILERS ARE DOING
Wondering if the new advertising
stunt of New York State could be ap
plied to their business. The 'slogan,
"The State-TharHaa Everything, is
being printed on the checks it uses to
pay bills and salaries. More than 2,
000,000 of such checks are issued An
nually . . . Recognizing that comfort
is a more potent argument u 'selling
shoes to men than style. This was
the finding of a recent survey which
tallied the opinions of 5,000 men in
all sections of the country. Distri
buting to women in grocery stores a
handbill consisting of extracts from
the food and home making articles in
McCall's magaiine. Each handbill
features 10 or more products carried
by the store. The magazine furnish
es "rjate" for these handbills which
the stores turn over to their local
printer.
. Virginia-North .. Carolina Section:
Very little Virginia type farmers'
stock is moving but ", the market,
though largely nominal, Is somewhat
weaker. Prevailing prices can be
quoted nominally about as follows,
per lb., on a delivered basis. Jumbos
4-4 l-8c, Bunch 3-3, shelling
stock 3K-8& Old crop Spanish
farmers' stock is not in demand
though very little remains unsold. A
few new crop Spanish peanuts are
now being dug.
Shelled and cleaned Virginias are
rather inactive, but prices are holding
fairly firm, though variations in price
ranges are wider than' often occurs.
Spanish peanuts have strengthened
slightly in sympathy with higher
prices in the Southeast but few sales
are being made. No. 2 shelled goods
are scarce and are being offered only
in small lots.
Prevailing prices, per lb., f. o. b.
shipping points follow. Cleaned Vir
ginias, jumbos 6-6c. Shelled Vir
ginias, extra large 7 7-8-5c, mostly
8c; No. 1, 5-5c; No. 2, scarce 5
5 Vic. Spanish, No. 1, 5 5-8-5c; No,
2, scarce 5?4c.
PENDER ROAD NEWS
rRaleigh B. Perry, . who has; been-a"
member of the Marine Corps for the
past four years, stationed . at Quan
tico, Va., returned home Saturday,
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Briggs, Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Briggs, of Gliden,
visited Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Stalling
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Luchis ttlanchard, of Hert
ford, Visited Mrs. Mary J. Wood on
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs! Walter Stallings
spent the week-end with Mrs. Stall
ings' mother, Mrs. R. A. Perry. Mr.
Stallings has been transferred from
Washington, D. C, to Richmond, Va.
Until he is permanently located Mrs.
Stallings will remain with her moth
er. Mm. Seaton Davenport is reported
to be improving.
Recent guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Eaves were Mr. and
Mrs. E. Y. Berry, Mrs. B. A. Berry,
Mrs. Mamie Farmer, Raymond Farm
er, Miss Sallie Sue Skinner, Stephen
Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Stall
ings, Mrs. S. I. Cullipher, Mrs. R.
A. Perry, Mr. and Mrs. Moody Matth
ews and daughter, Carolyn, and Jor
dan mith.
Washington Nearly one quarter of
the population will be in school this
fall. The Department of the Interior
estimates record-breaking enrollments
as follows: Elementary schools, 22,
400,000; high schools, 6,750,000; col
leges and universities, 1,350,000.
Reason for the big enrollment is trac
ed back to the high birth rate aver
aging 23 per 1,000 population in the
LABOR VIEWS TAXES-Industry
should. work with labor for immediate
revision of the American tax struc
ture. That is the sense of what
Matthew Woll, vice president of the
American Federation of Labor, told
the National Small Businessmen's As
sociation in Pittsburgh. Woll con
tended that "taxes can and should be
distributed more equitably and so as
not to stifle business or to tax incen
tive which is the source of new indus
try and new employment." Though
admitting that with current govern
ment expenses and the mounting pub
lic debt, it might be necessary to in
crease tax revenues next year, Woll
protested excessive duplication of tax
es, failure of federal, state and local
taxing authorities to define the use to
which the indirect tax revenues were
to be put, and the increasing trend
toward hidden taxes. He termed it a
critical time in the nation's history,
adding that "upon the fairness of tax
ing plans to be worked out will rest
the success of todays recovery spend-
THINGS TO WATCH FOR Ice
cream in cans; all that is required is
to open the can, whip the contents
and pour into the ice tray of a me
chanical refrigerator ... A newly
introduced woolen blanket carrying a
six-year guarantee against moths . . .
Larrar windows and windshields in i
the 1939 model cars now being seen
here and there on city streets, result
of public demand for better driving
visibility . . . Gasoline stations distri
buting football score books and game
forecasts this autumn ... A new way
to cool drinks without diluting the
water with melted ice; glass tubes
filled with colored liquid are first
cooled in the ice box, then used to
stir the drink ... An automobile of
revolutionary design, in construction
at Rochester, N. Y.; super-streamlined,
it has only three wheels, two in
front, one in back, an air-cooled mo
tor, wheelbase of about 125 inches,
and will be priced at about $500.
HEADLINES IN NEW YORK
Farm income from marketings in first
eight months is $4,307,000,000, off
14 per cent from last year . . . Lum
ber output rises contra-seasonally;
orders advance; shipments top year
ago . . . Czech bond prices fall sharp
ly; investors appraise their value in
terms of defaulted German securities
. . . Southern Railway places addi
tional orders to complete a $15,000,
000 reconstruction program . . . Price
cut of $2.50 a ton for steel rails ex
pected to spur railroad purchases . . .
R. H. Macy & Co., reports sales of
$54,953,50v, net loss of $601,039, for
first six months of 1938 . . .
TAV10E1
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EDENTON, N. C.
WE HAVE THE SHOWS
Enter the Movie Quiz Now $250,000 .Cash
Thursday (Today) and Friday, September 29-30 QUIZ PICTURE
Robert Taylor and Maureen O'Sullivan in
"THE CROWD ROADS"
Saturday, October 1-
WILLIAM BOYD in
"HEART OF ARIZONA"
"FIGHTING DEVIL DOGS" No. 7
OUR GANG COMEDY
Sunday, October 2 QUIZ PICTURE
WAYNE MORRIS and CLAIRE TREVOR in
"VALLEY OF THE GIANTS"
Matinee 3:30. Night 9:15. Box Office Opens 3 and 9 P. M.
Monday and Tuesday, October 3-4 QUIZ PICTURE
DON AMECHE and ARLEEN WHELAN in
"GATEWAY"
NO MORE FREE SEED
This year the U. S. Department of
Agriculture celebrates its fifteenth
year of attempting to convince A
merican farmers that it does not
have seeds to give away, says a re
cent department pamphlet. The prac
tice was discontinued in 1923.
Wednesday, October 5 QUIZ PICTURE
PAT O'BRIEN, MARGARET LINDSAY and
JIMMIE FIDLER in
"GARDEN OF THE MOON"
Thursday and Friday, October 6-7 A SHOW OF SHOWS
Tyrone Power, Alice Faye and Don Ameche in
"ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND"
County To Advertise
On October ll tk
Paul Revere's Ride Only
Fraction Over 12 Miles
Lexington, Mass. Painstaking
measurements, with the rse of con
temporary to&d maps, reveal this
ptiradox: '
1 That Paul Revere, on his immor
tal midnight ride, covered only 12
8648 miles.
Whereas William Dawes, the lit
tie-known express rider who ful
filled similar purpose over a dif-
ferent route the same night, covered
EDENTON, N. C
MONDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 3
MUSIC BY
AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Direct From Summer's Engagement at
Myrtle Beach
EDENTON'S NEW ARMORY
"Albemarle's Finest Daitice Floor"
SCRIPT $1.50 -:- , 10 Til 2
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I Will Be Compelled to Advertise All Property On
Ween Paid
ffOn Tuesday, October 11th,
Which 1937 Taxes Have 1
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AND SELL
On Tuesday, NovemBer 15th.
PAY NOW AND SAVE COST OF ADVERTISING
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