Once Lowly Peanut's 50ih Birtfiday ,
Reveals Him In Spotlight's Gh./o
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OuHTAl.'iS or PeHnurs' •* 4 A.O&ct ‘Peanut *Gn<; *
ThU yen Is t: semi-centennial of i
the pew nut. Barely mentioned in the |
American 1860 census, and with « j
yield of only 3.500.000 pounds in 1889.
tne 1920 production will be close ♦> '
3,000,000,0W pounds, three-fourths ct j
which will be used at home. Baseball;
fans and circt.j elephants alike go In !
for the l*1 ' me morsels, native to j
South A The crop hes become
one c>* • ion h s great money- ]
makers.
An lv■ . immigrant, supporter o! ,
hts franily . t 7 1. a mult!-millions!!® ,
today, his fortune made from pea- .
nuts. Coming to the Un ted State*!'
v. !:c.i he was 11, Amedeo Oblcr soon i
v.a'i working at a peanut stand In
rro. Pa. Within a year or J
two he owned It. Not long afterward j
ho was buying peanuts by the car- ,
load. In 1906 he formed the concern |
Known today ns the Plunters Nut and
Chocolate Company. Ee has fact >rles
throughout Nc>*-th America, is a c rec
tor in banks, organizations and »sso*
clutlons and owns o 3C0-acre estate
near Suffolk. Va. Last year his t usl
uess t ached nearly S15.000.000. all la
5 and 10-cent peanut products.
“We are more than ordinarily glad
that ona oi our oil-burners helps con
trlbute to the comfort of a man who
has been so successful In the del* eta
ticn of mllllons.,, commented t I1
tvjilams, of Bloomington. 111.. I ,'C|
of the Williams Oll-O- :■>*;?
•Tc. - ng Corporation. "T e V " re
Vi tore it Is tnr* ’led is r. * up <-o»
tt f‘ SL to tl : * !
where th* :• ' ' IT|
Ode.'zo. •*' • tv
that many i .usaui.s uere wn
abroad share i. eKbPing that Mr.
Oblcl obteimd : t.nnself.” ^
GREAT DEMAND FOR RAW FURS.;
SNIPPING COSTS REFUNDED
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%■> great c th? drr.ia.ic1 £jr Araer
lie: ..v . \ to. pi v >. icea thf
oppjrV.: a t.r A: ic.lctu: tripper
that Mor.cgcaiery Ward 61 Co nas
added new stimulus to the raw tui
Dusm<.50 uy auuuuucliig Unt it win
refund all portegg express r fre’gh:
charges on pelts sent to i.uy of iti
eight large raw fur depots Ward &
Co., whose activities in cehalX o:
trappers have greatly increased the
Importance o! the raw lur cusmcss m
this country, promise* the nighest
prices for pelts, in addition to re
funding all shipping charges The
refunding of shipping costs is made
i poss ole ry the fact that. Decause of
j the Ward receiving depots through
| out the country ceing within lela
tlveiy easy range of the fur-pre during
j sections, fur Duyers are eum 'a to
* dispense with agents sent ■ »>-s
for their catches, thus c- r ij.
• considerable expense
Ward St Co s receiving ar-'
located in Portland. Or ,ver
Colo.. Fort Worth. lex.. Km. City
Mo.: Chicago. 111.: Albany N V . St.
Paul. Mlr.n.. and Baltimore. .Via The
denrend for raw furs is so keen that
trappers are urged to make tneh
shipments to any cf these cities as
■ toon as possible.
“Expert and honest grading serv
ices are offered hv all our large de
po ts ‘Eh.: ■. gfcarge of
thg Ward & Co 1-r receiving depots,
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-tie ir.red. “Thues who send their
f .It. to any cl cur eight depots are
ured the h.ghost market prices,
the quickest service, a refund of ship
ping charges and gratis grading. From
i our depots, following grading, the
1 furs are dispatched to the furriers by
direct shipments. Thousands of trap
1 pers and hunters of the continent are
availing themselves of Ward & Co.’s
service, and a greater volume of busi
ness is probable as a result of the
; important concession made through
the refunding of all shipping costs."
; All kinds of pelts are In demand
' this year, according to furriers.—
everything from the common rabbit
j to the most desired fox end mink
1 Estimates vary as ti the total catch
.needed to meet the demand •* man
ufacturers in 1930. but it is -•• to
say that hundred-? ol million*
dividual pelts will oe requ.rr :
! "Green furs." said Mr M- ,. < • v
! "never should be shipped ’■■ mu
, well-dried furs are dispatched *mme
; diateiy. deterioration in value u
j avoided. Furs should oe packed dat
i one skin upon another so that th*
I fur sides touch. Creasing raw furs
I Is to be avoided, and it is highly im
I portant that the greasy sunaces do
■not come In contact with the lurry j
| sides of the pells Observance o' I
; these instructions and war,... v will I
clo much to keep up the value of ti::
i shipments.’*
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[=flF the Eighteenth Amendment is ever overthrown it wm
not be by the Wets. The over-zealous Drys will talk .
it out of the Constitution as they ^talked it in.
When one of them announces that the P«"h£fc* ?f a
glass of wine should be sentenced to ten y*«* m ?riz°nB
or that the army should be called out t0 .^oot down citizens
who make whoopee, the common sense of people rebels.
“This is too much,” they murmur. ^mmrers
The murmur is not loud, but it is de#p. Th« murmure
are not given to analyzation. and th^J‘av.eJit1*1* ‘tw are
mittinp their thoughts into words. None the less, tne>
conscious that a *law which makes a Christtan ta k a d ‘
in such an unchriadan fashion must be opn‘to j.
And if eoaded far enough, they will do something ab017
A wonderful thing aboSt the untverae is.ts
law of balance. For avery star there is antjdote For
hold it in place. For rrery poison User* to an ant
avery abuse there i# acme oatljri^corrective
ttov^or "ilafcaf Ilfc-P ^ ££
.me w# yield nothing, ft «** «*naI “***
•aagulnary, juries wfll not^onviet.
I read recently a book on the gangs of CUca*»- c?“"
sained an appal% Ust pf are n<£alhS
Secured no convictions. But few of the gu ^
The natural destroyer of the gang; is thegia g-_ arB
of hlvTife ifwor^ng a”oute the possible destruction of hi.
garden and'^reeT by pEests. The g?psy moths came, and at.
The grasshoppers came and laid waste. F,ndly, cameine
army worms, threatening to consume every leaf and blade of
grj\Yhat happened? The army worms became so bad that
there was noHood enough. Hebce. they were undernounshed
and died, without laying any eggs.
And the next year there were no army worms.
I take much comfort in this story. I do not mean to su|
rest that we should sit supinely by and allow wrongs to get
HJd IT they correct themselves. We should whoop .t up
for righteousness and take a poke at evil.
But it's good to know that, after all, we have a mighty
helper. Tht law of balance is on our side. The conquer#
of every army worm is the army worm. _„
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Major General William Graham
Everson, whose nomination to
succeed General Creed C. Ham
mond as Chled of the Militia
Bureau of the War Department
has been sent to the Senate,
took up his new duties recent
ly. Gen. Everson formerly com
manded the 76th Brigade, 38th
Dtv. He Is an ordained minis
ter and since 1921 has been the
pastor of the First Church Nun
cia, Indiana. (Herbert, N. Y.). ,
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