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Show EXTENT OF PEANUT INDUSTRY. Annual Product Declared to Be Worth $10,000,000, Georgians aro called "goober grabbers" grab-bers" thnuighout the South. Many a farmer has giown rich on the humble peanut, the annual pioduct being worth SlO.OOO.OOl). Some persons try-to try-to belittle tho goober. A lawyer, examining ex-amining a witness In an Impoitant enso', ono whose testimony was conclusive, con-clusive, undertook to redlculo him. "You arc a business man, I believe?" "Yes." "What Is your business?" "I deal In peanuts." Tho lawyer smiled knowingly at tho Jury. "A peanut vender, ven-der, eh? How many pints did you sell last month?" "I hardly Know. A million, mil-lion, possibly." "What! A million" "I handle about half a million bushels a year. I am a wholesale dealer." The lawyer 'sat down with the laugh turned on him. |