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you'll be worth 1t.
The boy was delighted! Here was
a start. But the S4 would not keep
him. so he asked Davis if he could
give him a place to sleep. The pro-
prietor said he could sleep in the
back of the store, where the stock
was kept Then he added, But
don't expect you'll be much good
keepin watch of it
The boy worked hard, sometimes
Il hours a day. He trid to please
the fault finding old storekeeper in
every way, but the man never had
any words OF praise, let alone ap-
proval Molasses was kept in the
back part of the store. and one day
the boy tracked some of ii into the
store. Davis criticized him sharply
and finally took % cents out OF hls
weeks wages.
The boy worked there for five
years. and during that time receiv-
ed hardly word OF appreciation.
At last. the boy told Davis he was
leaving and was going 10 Chicago
to sse if he couldn't get better
job Davis said y hope you have
luck. put l doubt it
Wen. that young man who went
TO Chicago was Marshall Field.
He got a job as clerk at S400
a year. and saved exactly half his
salary In eight years he rose from
that S400 a year to become head
Of the firm.
When he died he left the longest
will every written. 1t had almost
exactly the same number of words
as the book, Goodbye, Mr. Chips.
Twenty-Five thousand words. The
will has never been broken.
His daughter married an earl
Her husband won the famous naval
battle OF Jutland.
He became the greatest merchant
America has ever known. AS young
Field was skyrocketing up, man
from near Pittsfield visited Field
in Chicago, and when he returned
ne told Davis about the phenomenal
stride Field had made
Well said Davis, who was still
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-13
SELF-LIQUIDATlNG
MAGIC
alameda Times Starr

alameda Times StarJ
There is something strangely alluring
about the term "self-liquidating loan
It makes you think of such things as
fireless cookers, iceless refrigerators and
all of those other ingenious gadgets that
de for you whatever you want done with
no effort except the pushing of button
to get the thing started.
You are inclined to visualize self
liquidating loan as money automatically
coming back to you with interest on your
initial advance without any worry labor
or trouble on your part.
On reflection, however, you are more
likely to be impressed with a resemblance
to the universal and age-old appear OF
the itinerant patent-medicine vendor VINO
invites YOU to step up to the platform
and see free show only to trick you into
buying a quack nostrum that you didn't
want in the first place and which was
utterly worthless in the second place.
Take the Credit Commodity Corpora
ton, for instance 1t was given SlOO,OOo,-
600 of your money to make selt-hquldat-
ing loans on farm products. 1t made the
loans at current market prices, and held
the products as security. The procedure
seemed as safe as a banks.
But something happened. 1t made loans
cn cotton when the price was high. When
the price dropped, the standardization
went out the window. SO with this eX-
phantom it came back for more money
last year and liberia! handed congress
gave it 100000 more to replace its
impaired capital.
Again something happened. This year
Ii came back and is getting $ll9,O00,00O
more to replace impairment of capital"
which is nice way to describe the MAX
ing up of a loss.
1t may puzzle a bewildered taxpayer
to try to figure out how an initial capital
of S1O0000000 could be impaired to the
extent of $119, 100000, unless he realizes
that this whole self-liquidating business
is tricky proposition.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-13
ROOSEvELT-MeNUTT DEAL
STILL A MYSTERY

President Roosevelt's assurance to re-
porters that Paul " McNutt, who is an
ayowed candidate for president in 1910,
was not chosen director of the new fed
eral security administration because of
political consideration, itself ranks as a
first rate political pronouncement. 1t did
nothing to dispel the mystery surround
ing the deal by which McNutt got the APP
pointment.
1t strengthened the theory that Presi-
dent Roosevelt will seek a third term,
and it is good politics for the President
to strengthen that theory, without con-
firming it, if he does indeed intend to run.
1t keeps many out Of the field who other
wise would be in the race. Incidentally,
the appointment virtually withdraws
McNutt from the field for the time being
also.
For an answer to the mystery, the ma
tion will have to wait until 1910.
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knowing the strain under which
her husband is working at the
front, has not had the courage to
tell him his daughter is dead.
When I see his letters to our
daughter. I think my heart must
break" she said
Break, stout little Japanese wo-
man heart! You are only one of
many millions, Chinese and Japan
ese. For that, too, is war. The toll
of war is taken not only among
the dead and wounded 1t is also
counted in broken hearts which
never quite heal.
A third year of the war in China
opens. No end is in sight. And
there will be no end until there
are enough broken hearts to cry
in commanding voice, For
whatr'
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-13
Famous Sayings
Willis Thorntons Editorial on:
Two Years and No End in Siqht

1t is now just little more than
two years since a minor and prob
ably provoked clash at the Marco
Polo bridge near Peiping sent Ja-
pan and China down into the grim
whirlpool of war.
Two years-and no end in sight.
The quick master-stroke thai was
to have beaten China to her knees
at small cost has miscarried. And
a million Japanese soldiers stag
ger on into the vast interior of
China, victorious but frustrated,
captors of rich prize which slips
through their fingers as they grasp
it. The Chinese dead lie rotting in
the bitches. and the steady stream
of little white boxes containing the
ashes of the japanese dead tric-
kles back to Nippon endlessly.
There are tales Of vast slaugh-
ters, cities wiped out, hundreds
and thousands moved down but
the mind can not grasp them. That
is a curious thing about the human
mind. 1t is only so big. A man on
a windoW-ledge threatening to
Jump off, or even @ cat msroOned
on a floating log, will stir super
hman efforts to save the victim
Rut the mass death Of thousands
is SO overwhelming that the mind
simply refuses TO cope with it at
all and remains almost indiffer-
ent.
That is why 4 single slight m
cident, trivial perhaps IN Itself
can reveal the horror CT 4 war
when the great panorama Iails to
impress At all Such an incident
Is little one just told by cor
respondent III Japan.
A japanese surgeon, rushed to
the Chinese front in The eariy
days of July, 1887, has been through
the whole campaign. He has never
seen a boy born shortly after he
let. So his mind amid tho grim
ness of a military surgery, dWells
on the little daughter he left be-
hind him.
Amid the grinding repetition OF
horror cn horror that is war. this
surgeon writes home to his wife
And with his letter be sends 6
special page for the little laugh
ter he loves so much. The thing
that buoys him up IS the thougn'
of the daughters laughing eyes ant
endearing hands that will greet
him when he returns home.
So I'M each letter from some
where near HankoW' comes the
special page written to mis- daugh-
ter. But she does not see them
She died last year. And the mother
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-13
MERRITT PARKWAY TOLL
(Christian Science Monitor)

Levy of a ten cent toll on the new Mer-
rift Parkway in Connecticut should bring
into focus the question of divertlng gaso-
line tax and other highway revenue from
road building and maintenance. The Mer-
ritt Parkway is a particularly good eX-
ample because it represents the type of
super highway that might be more gener-
ally built were money available.
1t is probably the worlds finest, and
costliest, highway. 1t is also one OF the
safest, for marginal friction is eliminat-
ed by running all cross roads under its
four broad lanes. Medal friction is min
imized by broad band of greensward in
the center Taken with the very similar
Westchester County, New York, park
ways with which it connects, it is one of
the worlds most attractive drives.
Cost of this motorists wonderland ran
up to S1,OO0,000 a mile. Naturally, this
represented considerable drain on the
States road building resources. To allie
viate stringent condition, the Connecti-
cut legislature recently voted to toll. Al
thought this has been cheefully paid and
revenues to date have exceeded eXpecta-
tions, the fact remains that many motor
lists using the highway are paying an ad-
dtional tax for using something foi
which they already have paid substan-
tial levy.
Inasmuch as the Connecticut develop
ment may presage a national trend
limited at in President Roosevelt's pro-
posal for self-liquidating highways-it
should be given the most serious consid-
Grafton.
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D ALE CAR N gle

running his general store, Il can't
see how he got ahead SO fast there,
He didn't amount to much here. "
And perhaps one reason why he
never amounted to much in Pitts
field was because he got nothing
but criticisms-no appreciation.
Appreciation! What rare virtue
it is. And how little there is of 1t in
the world. You employers-why
don't you say a few words of ap-
prsciation to your help! 1t will buoy
them up And it won't cost any
thing. Why put it off. Do it today
before they go home.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-13
Hints on Etiuuette

Very rude and annoying to iel-
low passengers is the person who
sits i'll the crowded street car, sub
way or bus. with legs stretched Tar
apart, or body posed sideways, TAX
ing up more than his or her share
of the seat.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-13
Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

/. For what do the letters r.
and Il" stand for. when written
or printed after King George WIS
name?
2. What American woman nov
elst started her career as a nurse?
3. From what conquerTs did
England derive its name?
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that he had found
that most clerks
were triflin and
lazy, and not
much good, but
that he would
give him q try.
The boy asked
how much he
would pay, and
Davis said, I'll
pay 81 a week,
but l don't expect
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-13
Words of Wisdom

Worry not about the possible
troubles OF the future; for if they
come. you are but anticipating and
adding TO their weight; and if they
slo not come your worry Is useless;
and in either case, it is weak and
in vain. aid Il distruSt OF God 5
providence .-Tryon Edwards.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-13

One day farm boy II years old
went into a general store in Pitts
field. Mass. and said that he would
like to get a Job. Abner Davis, the
proprietor. looked him over. said
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-13

A lion is no longer used as a
watchdog" at an eastern poultry
farm because "he didn't perform
we'll in harness" And, maybe, be-
cause he was too fond of the poultry.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-13
GarIic-ParsIey an Aid in
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

Medical reports say that Garc-Parsley con- con-
centrate has double action in reducing hgh
blood pressure First, it tends to relax tightened
arteries. Second, it checks or inhibits decompo-
siton of waste matter in the bowels, u iontribu.
tory cause OF high blood pressure 10 get
tasteless form, ask for ALLIMiN. These
tablets, used at regular intervals. and IN re-
iucng blood pressure and relieving headache
and dizziness caused by excessively high read
ings To learn what raises your blood pressure
snd for medical treatment consult your doctor.
ALI.IMIN is for sale ny all druggists.
Ioron hex. Soc Special economy size. III w.
For Sale by
CLEMENTS DRUG STORE
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-13

japan and Russia seem to dis
agree as to which side won those
Outer Mongolia clashes. So long
rs both are happy, however. were
willing to let them keep their
opipiopS
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-13
Today's Horoscope

If you are celebrating your birth
day today, look for most for
tunate year ahead Single persons
will court and marry the married
couples will have joy in their chill
dren. The child born on this date
will have q strong and forceful
character. He or she is likely to
be subject to moods, however, and
to be self-seeking and somewhat
intolerant of others.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-13

IF you are planning to buy new car,
i here's an easy way to make sure
you get the biggest possible value TOR
your money.
Before you decide on any car, go to
your Dodge dealer and take a look at
the new Dodge Luxury Liner and all it
has to offer Be critical. Compare Dodge,
point by point with the others.
Take your time about it. Go over
this great new Dodge, inside and out.
You'll be amazed that a car with so
much beauty, so much extra room and
packed with so many new ideas, can
actually deliver for just few dollars
more than a small car. See your Dodge
dealer today and take look - that's
all Dodge asks!" And remember-you
can buy on convenient budget terms
from your nearby Dodge dealer.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-13
One-Minute Test Answers

l. Rex ct Imperator - meaning
king and emperor.
2. Mary Roberts Rinehart.
3. The Angles.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-13
Barbs-

The peak point in VINO cares
items: Senator Wheeler says ne
won't run for vice president.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-13

All Federal taxes
and all stand ard
equipment included.
Transportation, state
and local taxes if
any), extra.
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QlRIZH :! IVY g[4{' S.

see if I could get an evenings
work. 1t might bring in a few
cents and help but another bag
of coal"
my eye, you will" said Ted.
'You sit down and eat your din
ner, that is, if you feel able to
sit up"
The father sank back in the
chair under Ted's powerful
young handling, and looked
about dazed.
But you haven't told me yet
where you got all this dinner "
Father, I'd better tell you
right off quick. It's all in the
family. You don't need to be
troubled. My twin sister has
come and she got all these
things!"
The father looked up with
great startled eyes, and turned
perfectly white.
Your sister has come? What
do you mean, Elizabeth? Do you
mean the little sister who was
adopted? Do you mean that she
has come and gone and your mo-
Their and l did not see herr"
mo. 90 no, Father" said Bet
ty, half frightened at what her
revelation had done to her faith
er. "She hasn't gone. She's right
here in the house. Here she
comes now!"
Marjorie stood there smiling
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with plate of bread in one hand
and the glass of milk in the 9TH
er, looking so at home, and SO
sweet and domesticated that he
had to look twice to be sure she
wasn't Betty. And Marjorie met
her own fathers eyes for the
first time in her young life, and
loved him at once.
Suddenly she put down on the
corner of the table the things she
was carrying and went to meet
the father who had risen to his
feet and was staring at her,
went sweetly across the years in
to his arms and laid her golden
head on his shoulder looking up
into his fale.
Father, I've come home! Do
you mind?" she said shyly.
Hungrily his arms went around
her, and his face came down
softly and touched hers.
'Do I mind?" he said wonder
ingly. "Do I mind? Oh, my lit
tie girl, whom I have never seen
before! My other little Betty. Do
| mind?"
He touched her forehead with
his lips, almost as if he felt she
was not real, and then he looked
up again, while all the other
children sat and looked over that
sudden radiance of his face.
But what a home you have
come to, my child! What home!
All the comforts gone!" Then
suddenly he looked around and
saw the familiar sideboard and
chairs and table, and beWilder-
ment came into his eyes.
"Am I dreaming, Ted? Or is
all this real?" He turned trou-
bled eyes on his boy.
Ted gave him a sharp look.
Its all right, Dad, but you
won't be long if you don't sit
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE
NORTH CAROLINA

By virtue of power of sale con-
tanned in a certain deed of trust
executed on July %, 1898, by
Odis Hardin to T. c. Bowie, Jr.
Trustee, which deed of trust is
recorded in the office of the Re
gister of Deeds of Ashe County
in Book "a, page SGT, and at the
request of the cestui que trust,
I, T. c. Bowie, Jr., Trustee, will
sell to the highest bidder for cash
at the courthouse door in Jeffer-
son, North Carolina, on the 22nd
day of April, 1889, at one o'clock
P. NJ, the one--half undivided in
terest of Otis. Hardin in and to
the following described land, to-
wit:
Two certain tracts of land, ly-
ing and being in Ashe County,
North Carolina, and situate in
Pine Swamp Township.
FIRST TRACT: Known as the
V. L. Moretz tract, containing 80
acres, more or less, and specifi-
cally described in a deed from
V. L. Moretz to Maggie Hardin,
dated the 18th day of May, 1920,
and recorded in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Ashe Coun-
ty, in Book BIZ, pages 2O8-21O,
to which deed and record thereof
reference is hereby made for a
complete description of the pro-
perty therein contained.
SECOND TRACT: Known as
the Charles Greer tract, lying
and being in said county and
state and situate in Pine Swami
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Tpowns1lp, a1ru speEIIIcaIxy ues-
cribed in deed from Charles
Greer and wife to Maggie Har-
din, dated September z, 1923, and
recorded in the office of the Re-
gister of Deeds of Ashe County,
in Book F-2, page 442, contain
ing 20 acres, more or less, to
which deed and record thereof,
reference is hereby made for a
complete description of said tract
of land.
This Goth day of March, 1899.
T. c. BOWIE, JR., Trustee
3-23-4T
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down and eat some of tins beer
steak pretty quick, and I mean
it."
"But my son, I cannot eat un-
til I understand"
"All right, tell him, Betts!'
said the boy.
"Why, Father, it's just that we
have a fairy sister with pockets
full cf money, and she insisted
on paying for everything" said
Betty.
Continued Next Week.
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Arrangements have been
made for Winfield Woodie and
other employees of the North
west Carolina Utilities, Inc. to
take first aid training under
Coach Garbee of the A. S. T.
College in Boone, so if you
need first aid call Winfield
Don't call Mae she will try
to sell you g G. E.)
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"Tll carry you," she said bright
ly, struggling with the frantic
child. '"T'here! There, you're cold.
See, Til tuck you inside this nice
kitty-coat!''
She unbottoned her coat and
put him within its folds.
It wasn't an easy trip, that, but
Marjorie was very determined
when she started a thing, and at
last, breathless and aching in ev-
cry muscle, she arrived at the
house, a little behind Ted and
his burden.
By the time Ted arrived with
the hand cart the sisters had Bon
ME established on a hard little
bed on the floor in the kitchen.
What has Ted been after, any
way?" Betty suddenly asked.
Il told him to bring that first
and then go get truck and bring
all the rest of the things"
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It's when you least expect it,
that an accident over takes
you. Try this plan:
Leave sooner
Drive slower
Live longer
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This years American corn ac-
reage will be the smallest in 40
years, and the area sown to
wheat will be Is per cent less
than last year, predicts the Fed
eral Crop Reporting Board.
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SIXTH INSTALLMENT
SvnOnSiS

When the wealthy parents of
Marjorie Wetherhill both die she
finds letter telling that she has
twin sister, that she was adopt
ed when her own parents could
MT afford to support both OF
them and that her real name is
Dorothy Gay. Alone in the world,
but with a fortune of her own,
she considers looking up her own
family whom she has never SEEN
A neighbor, Evan Brewer, tries
to argue her out of it and tells
her he loves her an asks her to
marry him. She promises to
think it over but decides first to
see her family. She goes to their
address, finds that they are des-
titute. Her sister treats her like
an enemy and resents her offer
of help, but finally, after many
explanations, agrees to take mo-
ney to buy coal and food in order
to save her mothers life. Her ia
comes in sick and hungry but
hurries to the cellar to build
fire and get the house warm. Hel
brother Ted comes in, is resent
full of her being there at first
but when he finds all that she
has done both he and Betty de,
eide they like their new sister
Meanwhile, Evan Brewer finds
she has disappeared and franti'
cally tries to locate her.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHE COUNTY
IN THE MATTER OF THE AID.
MINISTRATION OF THE ES-
TATE OF w. A. HURLEY, DE-
CEASED, BY EDGAR w. HUR-
LEY, ADMINISTRATOR

Having qualified as admins
traitor of the estate of w. A. Hur-
ley, deceased, late of the County
of Ashe and the State of North
Carolina, this is to notify all per-
sons having claims against the
estate of said deceased to exhibit
them to the undersigned at his
home in Helton township, Silas
Creek, Merit? Carolina, on or be-
fore the 18th day OF February,
1910, or this notice will be plead
in bar of their recovery.
All persons Indebted to the es-
tate will please make immediate
settlement.
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A few days ago I dropped in
at Judge fuckers shop for a
chat and he showed me some
beautiful pieces of furniture
he was making. You should
stop to see them.
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Its ridiculous for any man
to criticize the works of an
other if he has not distinguish
ed himself by his own perfor-
m2nces.
Addison.
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Equal Opportunity For All!


in everybody And
worker aGi affected directly
rules regulations and conditions which
theman II
proposed considered by Congress.
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C. T. Robbins, Div. Mgr.
"Your friendly neighbor"
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This I4th DAY otTrepruary, 1859.
EDGAR w. HURLEY, Admin
istrator of w. A. Hurley, De-
3-23-6T ceased.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-26

For best results read the Post
Press Classified Page.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-26
Questions
And
Answers

AS usual the Post-Press building
editor has a list of questions to
answer for you home builders and
prospective builders this week. If
you have any questions, be sure to
send them in for next weeks ques-
ton and answer column.
Q.-When we build, we want
fireproof, permanent roof. Will
these cast-asbestos shingles we've
heard so much about endure?
A.-Nothing about house af-
fects its character more than it's
roof. Permanence and beauty of
texture are the two most desirable
features. So you can't go wrong
on cast-asbestos shingles. Applied
with copper nails over heavy felt
they provide a fireproof, waterproof,
colorful roof that will never need
replacing.
Q.-Are there any mirrors that
won't spot behind the glass, parti-
cularly when installed in door?
A.-Several firms, after silvering
the glass, now add a deposit of
copper which protects the silver
against moisture. Sometimes sludges
in the silvering make the mirrors
slightly yellowish, but this off-color
is rare, and is apparent when mir
ror is new.
Q.-What are the uses of the
thin, very hard board made of
compressed wood fibres?
A.-This particularly durable
composition is used as wallboard,
for table tops, breadboards, ping
pong tables, paneling, as concrete
form material, and in the construc-
ton of drawers and lockers. 1t has
been successfully used as an ex-
terror sheathing for houses, although
q less dense board serves better.
Q-Will sun shining thru a wall
Of glass blocks cause unwelcome
heat in room?
A.-No. Sunlight is diffused by
the design of the block. All glare
and lens effects are eliminated. A
variety of patterns is available to
control the amount of light inside
and to serve as a splendid decora-
tive medium.