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that he had to match the prowess of a lawyer named Jeremiah Mason. Yet the name of Mason is lost in obscuritv. while that of Webster is immortal.

Prof. Wm. Graham a;*"". ol t.t", wrote these wise words: "Wealth comes only from production, and all that the wrangling grabbers, loafers, and jobbers get to deal with, comes from somebody's toil and sacrifice. Who, then, is he who provides it all ? The Forgotten Man, delving away in patient industry, supporting his family, paying his taxes, casting his vote, supporting church and school. And he is the only one for whom there is no provision made in the great scramble and the big divide. Such is the Forgotten Man. He works, he votes, generally he prays-but he always pays. All the burdens fall on him or on her; for the Forgotten Man is not seldom a woman." And, by the way, the term "The Forgotten Man," used with no quotation marks by so many, was created back in 1883 by Prof. Sumner.

It has been well said that no man is ever truly great, who is not humble. Without humility, a man's other attributes would be of lesser value. Vanity and egotism can find no place where humility lives. Probably the greatest reason why most of the leading world thinkers have listed Lincoln as one of the earth's all-time great, was because he was the most humble of men.

"In politics," said William Allen White (the wise sage of Emporia), "It is remarkable what you can do with a hundred dollars if you spend it yourself, and how little you can do with it if you let someone else spend it."

And juvenile wisdom ,"tt ,r"* ,l-,u ,rO. of a small boy who bought something at a store, and turned away leaving his change on the counter. When the clerk called to him to come get his change, he answered: "Aw, keep it. ROUND MONEY don't buy nothing any more."

Milr Cook Reloins Peerless

14ilt Cook. fortnerlr- u'ith 13a1'l{er1t'oorl ;rn<l I'eerless f-unrbcr Co.. is birck n'itl.r (lran Gcisert at the lattcr u'l.rolcsale llrrn after:L bricf venturc outsirlc thc irrrlrrstrr-. I-Ie rePlact's lirerl l'errrbert()11, u'lro i-s rrou' rler-,,tirrg frrll tinre t. his C:Lstro Valler- ret:ril -r'zrr<1.

More than 21/o of 1957 U.S. highway deaths occurred on Saturdays.

Retoil lumber yords oll over the U,5. qnd Conodo qre using lhe Bennelt 2-Woy Ponel 5ow to give quick, qccuroie, (ul-to-size seryi(Fqt q prof it.

a ACCURACY<II (vts dre aonsislenlly squore. Vedi<ol ond horizonlol scoles ore olloched for selective (uls, a SAFEIY-mochine is foolproof. Completely rofe for unskilled help.

R|PS OR CROSS CUTS withoul removing ponel from nochine.

ONEMANOPERATION_ one mon con aross cul ot rip o 4'x | 2'ponel quicker thon fwo men aqn on o toble 5ow.

Alf Abocrrd o . qnd "Buy q Boqrd" qt (Chorliel White's Do-lt-Yourself Depot

It's the VERY Lqtest Thing In Retoil Lumberyqrds

Iorge poinl runs full length of 'lickel room" islonds corry lool, ond 99c "Grob-bos " disploys

'fhe r'r.aiting r()oln ofthe "friendl,r"'Sorrthcrn l':rcilic's .\lanrerla clepot n'oul<l be ab<.rrrt the last place r.orr'<l look i<-,r a clr.r it-r-t-,rrrsclf lrrrrrber oPcr;Ltiott, bttt th:rt's jtrst n'here the "islarrrl {oll<" of .\larnecla arc flockirrq to fill their homeirnlrrovcrrrent rrce ds. \'icp, \\-hite's I )o-It-Yorrrself Special rva.s the linal local t() nln the rtrsty olrl S. I'. tracks lcacling irrto thc .\larrrcrlrL clelrot . its arrival tinre, ;\ugust l, 1958. Actrr:Llly, Ch:r11ie \\-hite. fornrer \\'hitc l),rotlicrs r.icepresirlcnt, use<l reiLl inragirr:ition (orre ofthc prirrcipal ingredicrrts of srrccess, of cottrsc) rvherr he chose thc location for lris l>usirtr:ss to l;c. Charlie. a lorrg-tinre resiclctrt of r\1a rnerlir Islarrrl, lrarl bcerr se:Lrclring for a goorl brrsint'ss loca tit-,n for sorrrc timr,. llut r\lanrccla. like so lllalrv of tlre olrler Ila-r'-:Lrca cottrtnrtttities, ltas prtt jrrst aborrt t'r'ciy srluarc fo,rt of propertl. to u'orli for lrottsittg attcl rlon-trton'tt stores :Lnr1 ;r tlr-r-it-,r'ortrsclf t,Pct'lti, rtt re,lrrire: ;r lotof rootri ;ut<l l)l('nt,\- oi fr-ce o1l'str-eet 1r:rrkirrg sl)acc s() cust()lncrs car) <1rive riglrt up to tlrc stt-rrc.

Clrarlie bcgarr to get a little rliscourage rl aftt'r a prt:lirnirr:Lrv clou rrton'rr sc:rrch. brrt hc lrrrally struck golrl orrc rlay :rt tlier ct,rttcr c.rf l':Lrk atrrl l,incolrr stricts (prat:tic:rl11- irr thi' t't'rrtcr o[ <lolvrrton n -\larue cla ). rvhcrr S. P.'s :rrchaic tu'c-rtorrc brorvtt, ab:rtt<1onetl rle lrot c:rrteht lris er-e.

(lharlir stoPlrt'<l his crir, e'ot out, Pccrt'rl throrrglr the rlrrstv rvirrrlon's:rttcl rc:rlizerl lrt"cl forutrl it. I'lerttv of roonr for a goocl-sizt'tl sltou roonr b,r' cotnbirtilrg tlrc ,t,,iti"g rr rr rrr iul(l licket roorn. arrtl tlrc clevaterl freight roonr n'ith lo:rrlirrg <locl< n':rs nra<lt' tt.r or<lcr for n'arehorrsittg, <leliverics :rntl shionr cn ts.

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