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|p)f iobuwton Meto o
like a fortune; for his people were i
so poor that he used to go out in
the street with a basket every day |
and collect stray bits of coal that;
had fallen in the gutter where the
coal wagons had delivered fuel.
That boy, Edward Bok, had
come to this country so utterly
ignorant of English that he ;
couldn't understand a word his
teacher lot said to him and he
more than six year's school
ina in his life; yet he become one
of the most successful magazine
editors in the history of Ameri
cam journalism. almost
He admitted he was
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4,1937
5ft SHtfs women up the
greatest women's magazine in the
World > a nd kept its
pyramiding and
two'mUlion J 6 ° opies m ° nth wdre ' he sold retired and >
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one , , million dollar’s worth of ad
™ tlsun S a PPeared withia the cov
Se 1SSUe '
dward B °k was editor of the
a , , us ome dout 'nal for thirty
^ ars ; then he retired; and wrote
tbe story o£ hls life called The
^cncamzatior, ,
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Edward Bok.
:~ ter cashing windows for the
ery sho P- Ed ward Bok began
collactm „ g jobs with th e same
f usto most b °ys reserve
coUectln g sta mps. On Satur
da , yMornings, he ran a paper
™ ute; 0,1 Saturday afternoons and
Sundays, he peddled ice water and
lemonade to the thirsty passen
gers on the horse cars; and in the
even * n £ s > be began to write up
birthday parties and pink teas for
the local newspaper. Finally, he
was averaging between sixteen
and twenty dollars a week—all in
his extra time after school. He
was only twelve years old and he
had been in America less than six
| years.
He was only thirteen when he
left school to become an office
1 boy for the Western Union; but
he didn’t for one moment give up
| the idea of an education. Instead,
he started to educate himself. He
saved his carfares and went
out lunch until he had
money to buy an encyclopedia of
American biography—and then
he did an unheard-of thing. He
read the lives of famous men and
wrote them asking for additional
information about their
hoods. He wrote General James
A. Garfield, who was then run
ning for President, and asked if
it was true that he was once a
tow-boy on a canal. He wrote
General Grant about a certain
battle and Grant drew a map for
him and invited this fourteen
year-old boy to have dinner with
h m and spend che whole evening
talking to him.
By this same process, this boy
who was working in a telegraph
Oxford News
Mr. and Mrs. C T Stevens
s P ent Sunday with their parents,
Mr - and Mrs. G. M. Stevens
Mr. Ralph Giles, who attends
scnool at Emory University, spent
the week-end with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Giles,
Miss Frances Baker, a teacher
from Winterville, spent the week j
end with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James Baker.
Miss Martha Burnham spent the
week-end in Atlanta with rela
fives and friends,
Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Magee
spent several days in Atlanta this
week,
Rev. and Mrs. Chas. A. For
i ester and Mrs W.- L. Floyd
spent Wednesday in Atlanta,
Miss Julia Shankle of Atlanta
spent the week-end with her par
ents, Rev. and Mrs, A. G. Siian
kle.
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Taylor and
baby and Mrs. Jones of Coving
: ton visited Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Ellis Sunday,
Mr. John R. Floyd, who has
headquarters at Augusta, spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Floyd.
Mr. W! H. Budd spent Wednes
day in Atlanta,
1 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Worsham
of Social Circle was guests of
their sister, ' Mrs. J. C. Cahurt
Tuesday
Miss Fances Williams of Atlan
ta spent the week-end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Buster Wil
liams.
Mrs. E. R. Mobley is visiting
her son, C. R. Mobley, near Cov
i mgton.
Mr. anu Mrs. W. N. Floyd and
little daughter, Patricia, and Mm
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office for six dollars and twenty
five cents a weax, soon made
acquaintance o f the most distin
guished men of his day. He visit
Emersorl( Philip Brooks oliver
Wendell Holmes, Longfellow, Mrs.
Abraham Lincoln, Louisa May
| Alcott, General Sherman and
Jefferson.
Mingling with these distinguish
i ed people gave him a confidence,
' a vision and an ambition that
were priceless.
One day he saw a man open a
package of cigarettes on the
street, take out a souvenir photo
graph and throw it away, Edward
Bok was always on the look-out
for new and famous people to
write—so he picked up the photo
graph and looked at it. It was a
picture of a famous statesman,
but the other side of the photo
graph was a complete blank. Bok
thought: “If there had been a
short biography of this famous
man on the other side, probably
this picture wouldn’t have been
thrown away.”
That gave him an idea. The next
day in his lunch hour he set out
to find the company that publish
ed the photographs. He got hold
of the man in charge and talked
to him. He talked so eagerly and
so convincingly that before he
left, he had an order to supply a
hundred such biographies at $10.00
a piece-—or ten cents a word.
Soon he was asked to supply so
many that he couldn’t possibly do
all the work himself, so he had
several reporters working for
him, supplying him biographies at
$5.00 a piece—or exactly one half
the price he himself was getting.
Finally he threw up his
graph job entirely and tackled the
publishing field in earnest.
He was just twenty-six when he
went to Philadelphia to take
charge of the Ladies’ Home Jour
nal; and he was just fifty-six in
the prime of life—when he closed
his desk for the last time and
said “I’m through.” had
In those thirty years, he
created for himself a unique
place in American journalism. Of
he had made a fortune, but
course isn’t measured in
a man’s success
money alone. Let’s see, for exam
ple, what Edward Bok did for you
P begin with, the food
Well purer a nd
you get ° is probably of his
more wholesome because
fight for pure food laws. The
city you live in is doubtless
cleaner and more sanitary be
cause he waged a relentless cam
paign against dirty and unsightly
citv dumps. The house you live
ii/is probably tastefully more beautifully furnish
built and more unremitting
crusade^gainst of his
the stuffiness
ugliness of the late Victorian era.
In those days, house designs Were
expensive as they were hoiri
as first man to
ble. Edward Bok the
recruit the best architects in the
country to supply house plans
cheaply that anyone could afford
them.
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STEWART NEWS
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Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Veal and
son, Donald, and Miss Parker of
Atlanta spent Saturday night
with Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Parker
and children.
Mrs. J, J. Kitchens had as her
guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Kitchens and son, Joe, and Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Kitchens and lit
tie daughter, all of Mansfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Parker,
had as their guests Sunday Mr.
and Mrs. Milton Parker and
daughter, Gloria Jean, and Mrs.
i W. B. Fincher.
Mrs. Ambrus Gaines and Mr.
and Mrs. Check Bunn visited Mrs.
Florence Bohannon Sunday.
Mrs. J. J. Kitchens was the
dinner guest of Mrs. Elbert Par
j ker Friday.
Mr. Ab Mask and Mr. Oscar
Mask spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Rebbie Thomas.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McDonald
and children spent Sunday after
noon with Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Gaines.
Mrs. Oscar Mask and children,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Norman
spent Sunday with Mrs. Ab Mask
and children.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lofton and
son, Frank, spent Sunday night
with Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Parker.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Parnell and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Bohanan and children all of Cov
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| Bohanan Sunday
Misses ‘ josenhine P Stubbs and
Krenzie Park er visited Misses
Madee and Sue Parke _ Fridav V
afternoon
E. J. White and sons, Earl, Jr.,
and Phil, of Atlanta, were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Floyd Sun
| day.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Chandler
. lld children, Doris, Joy and Ann,
() f Monroe, were dinner guests of
* * lr 1r u Mr r q " r R ' f F ‘ HaFW Harwell on
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Miss Christine Pickett spent
W eek-end with Betty Trikle
near Almon.
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TO THOSE OF YOU WHO WISH TO SECURE ELECTRIC SERVICE
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WE ASK THAT YOU HAVE SUCH WIRING DONE BEFORE N0- ] M 1 ill
15TH, WHILE THE ENGINEER AND CONTRACTOR ■ I
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Mrs. Willie Parker visited Mrs.
Ab Mask Saturday afternoon.
Misses Margaret and Mary
Alice Mask s P ent Thursday with
Mrs. Edward Norman.
Mrs. M. M. Lewis is visiting
her daughter. Mrs. Elbert Parker.
Mrs. Rozie Pierce and daughter
visited Mrs. Lester Stubbs awhile
Thursday night.
Those visiting Misses Margaret
and Mary Alice M ask Thursday
night were Misses Lucile Penning
ton, Alice Jones, Madge and Sue
Potts, Mr. Fred Jonnes and Flim
Fincher.
Misses Josephine Stubbs and
Flenzie Parker attended the
Hallowe’en Carnival at Tessahaw
Thursday night.
Mrs. Lester Parker spent Fri
day with Mrs. Elbert Parker.
Mrs. Pauline Johnson and son,
Comer, spent Sunday afternoon
with Mrs. Ab Mask.
Mrs. Lester Stubbs spent Fri
i day with Mrs. A. A. Gaines.
Mr. Olin Bohanan was the din
ner guest of his mother, Mrs.
Florence Bohanan, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Pope en
tertained the young people with a
Hallowe’en party Saturday night,
October30. Many games were en
joyed by everyone and refresh
ments were served at a late hour.
Those present were: Misses Flor
ence Vaughn, Flenzie and Tennis
Parker, Josephine Stubbs, Ruth
and Doris Plymer, LaDelle Pope,
Frances Hardy, Alice Jones, Lu
cille Pennington, Madge and Sue
Potts, Frances Potts, Pauline
Johnson and Janet Ellington.
Messrs. Bill Bates, Eugene Par
ker, Fred Jones, Olin and Flem
Fincher, Jack Coady, Edgar and
Robert Jones, Chester Parker,
Joe Bohanan, Allmon Washington,
Bill and Reban Maddox, Vernon
Townsend, Forest Mason, Alton
Pope, Mick, Meredith, Lamar
Barnes, Billy Veal, Eddie and
Woodrow Chatman and Acie
Smith.
During a period of low prices,
your standing timber can wait
without deterioration, And it
will continue to grow.
OF YOUR
HOME TOWN PAPER
Make your land rich and it in
turn will make you rich.
Remember that forest destruc
tion is quick—but forest growth
is slow.
Robinson Crusoe had his man
“Friday.” The farmer has his
nan too- his County Agent.
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increasing comfort and cutting fuel costs. And you
save money, for Carey Cork Back Shingles cost only
about HALF what you would pay for ordinary shingles
and separate insulation. JI;
Ask us about this beautiful double duty shingle—
we’ll gladly supply samples and quote prices.
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Phone 38 COVINGTON,
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If the poultry house is not
warm, dry, and free from drafts,
you need not worry over the job
of gathering eggs during the win
ter months.
I Break your match is two with
: one hand before throwing it down,
and that match will never be the
! cause of a disastrous fire.