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Our Weekly Smile
(By CJ.T.,Phila,Pa.) *
“This is truly a day of wonders,”
so states a writer, in a well known
magazine, in discussing the ZR-3,
now the Los Angeles. As a matter
of fact, hasn’t every day been a day
of wonders? When the first stage
coach, the first steam engine, the
first steamboat, the first printing
press, the first cotton gin, the first
telephone and the first balloon, which
was flown over the soil of France on
August 23rd, 1783, and numerous
other inventions of days gone by,
were invented, don’t you imagine that
the people of those days made the
same remark? The chances are that
they even more surprised at those
inventions than we are at the inven
tions of today.
Every generation sees inventions
and discoveries that are “eye open
ers.” “So much is happening today,”
this writer states, “that the average
person has ceased to be surprised at
even the greatest of discoveries.” I
agree with him here. Few people
realize how great and how wonderful
are some of the inventions and dis
coveries of today. Let me list a few
of the recent ones. Radio is causing
more comment, perhaps, than any
thing else today. But wireless tele
graphy is not a recent invention.
Why, even the people of Hartwell
talked over a wireless telephone in
1905. Haffad Williams came to
Hartwell selling stock in the Collins
Wireless Telephone Co., and to prove
that it wasn’t a fake stock scheme,
he brought one of the telephones
along with him. I’m here to tell you
that it worked and worked fine. I
had an opportunity to test out this
telephone and the test which I put
it through was a most severe one. I
went inside of the vault, in my
father’s store, and had someone to
close the door tight. I put the re
ceiver to my ear and heard Haffad
Williams say, “My name is Williams.
I am demonstrating the world’s
greatest invention, the Collins Wire
less Telephone. It is .”
The air in the vault commenced to .■
feel stifling and I didn’t wait to hear
the remainder of the spiel.
When wireless telegraphy was first
discovered, scientists from all parts
of the globe gathered to discuss this
great invention. Different ones got
up and told what they knew about it
but no one knew very much about it.
Finally, Mr. Marconi was called on.
He arose, rather reluctantly, and
said, “Gentlemen, you have asked me
to tell you what I know about wire
less telegraphy. Frankly, I know
but very little about it. All I know
is that it works.”
Other major inventions of recent
years are, airplanes, the first one of
which was flown at Kellyhawk, N. C.,
on December 17th, 1903. Following
this came the great dirigibles, one of
which passed over Hartwell sometime
ago. If these great super-eagles of
the air can carry twenty-five passeng
ers and a heavy load of merchandise
and fly over 5,000 miles without stop
ping now, what will they do five or
ten years from now?
Think of sending a photograph by
telephone. It is being done every
day. Moving pictures by wireless
will soon be perfected, we are told.
Our knowledge of radium is limited
to a small degree. Ten or twenty
years from now ships, factories and
trains may be run by radium. Who
knows?
The latest source of energy to be
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discovered is revealed by Dr. Gerald
L. Wendt, head of the departments
of physics and chemistry at Penn,
State University at Easton, Pa. Dr.
Wendt says that he hopes to unlock
the door to that great reservoir of
energy known as atomic energy.
Everything is composed of atoms.
Science tells us that these atoms are
constantly moving. Even the atoms
of your pocket knife, for example,
are moving. Dr. Wendt says that he
hopes to be able to control the en
ergy which moves these atoms and,
someday, run factories, ships and
trains with it. Will he be success
ful? He thinks that he will be.
On October the twenty-ninth, at
Washington, D. C., two army aviators,
using an electrified sand process de
vised by Dr. L. Francis Warren of
Harvard University, successfully shot
down a series of clouds which over
shadowed Bolling Field and produced
rain. What does this mean? It
means that before many years each
county will own and operate its own
rain producing station and a shower
can be had at most any time when
there is a cloud in sight. I remember
many instances of when a contraption
of this kind would have been a wel
comed guest in Hartwell. There have
been times when there hadn’t been a
rain for weeks. The gardens, the
I crops and the folks were burning up,
so to speak. The expert weather
prophets of Hartwell stood on the
streets and you could hear them re
mark, as they looked up at a black
cloud which was approaching, “I
believe it’s going to pass over,” “It
looks like it is going around it
seems to be gathering back in yon
der.” And, sure enough, the cloud
passed over without even dropping a
sprinkle of rain.
Here's the most recent expression
from the lips of M. Marconi: “I am
convinced that there exists in nature
a means for propagating energy
which is still unknown to us.”
Wonder what the inventions of
1999 will be. Philadelphia “old
timer” remarked a short time ago,
“People are getting so smart these
days, the first thing we know some
thing is gonna happen.” He probably
meant that the end of the world
might soon come. I disagree with him.
So many great discoveries are in
their infancy now and I believe that
these and many others will reach a
state of perfection before the end of
the world goes. Possibly you recall
reading this article in this column
sometime ago: “Help! Sir Richard
Redmayne, a British mining expert,
says that our coal supply will be
gone in only 2,000 years.” If there
is a supply of coal stored away which
will last 2,000 years, do you not think
that God knew what he was doing
when he put it there?
DeWitt Teasley has entered politics.
Maybe some day he’ll be president.
Usually when a man enters politics
the complete story of his life—includ
ing all errors that he made—is broad
casted so lookout, W. D.
Salesmanship
What is salesmanhip? The Nation
al Cash Register Company speaks of
it as art—the art of selling. Selling,
the dictionary tells us, means vend
ing. Vending, the dictionary tells us,
means selling. But what does selling,
or vending, mean? It means simply
this: convincing others that what you
have to offer is what they need.
When you do this, they are sold on
the proposition or idea and they buy.
A man who convinces his girl that
she needs him is just as much of a
salesman as the man who sells mer
chandise. Os course the man who
sells himself to his girl uses a differ
end method from that which is ordi-
THE HARTWELL SUN, HARTWELL, GA., DECEMBER 12, 1924
From Our Readers
LAW AND ORDER
We cannot say the things that
should be said without some fellow
complaining about you “stepping on
his toes.”
It is not our purpose to step on
toes or to reflect upon the character
of any man or set of men, but to
so arouse public sentiment and court
officials to the extent that crime
will be on the wane and the moral
atmosphere will be so clarified that
we will have a safer place in which
to live.
If our only purpose in offering a
reward for the capture of a band of
robbers is to get the stolen goods
and settle the court cost with offi
cials, we would not pay ten cents to
recapture a thousand dollars.
We do not care to live in a county
very long where the return of stolen
goods and the paying of cost to cer
tain officials will satisfy the whims
of people who pretend to be law
abiding citizens.
We have baffled and bartered
with law and justice until a crime
wave is sweeping over many sections
of our county to an alarming ex
tent.
We were standing in a store one
day and a certain citizen came in.
This fellow was selecting men of his
own choosing to serve on the Grand
Jury for a certain time and to decide
a certain case. No bill was found
but how about the fellow that has
never had power, money, or popu
larity, why, with the same evidence
a true bill is found and this fellow
unfortunately and contrary to gen
eral practice get’s a rtial and pays
the penalty.
Family ties, society ties and offi
cial ties are and always have been a
good safeguard against a trial for
almost every man who ranged in
the pastures with the controlling
sect. Some folks can commit crime
after crime and never be arraigned
and yet we wonder why we have a
crime wave. You may have a per
fect sentiment for law enforcement,
but you will never convict a boot
legger with three of his pals sitting
on the jury.
It is just as necessary to have a
qualification clause in the law that
allows us to select men as jurors as
it is in teaching school, practicing
law or preaching. Mental and moral
fitness coupled with some degree of
experience are the forces necessary
in passing on questions where science
is involved.
We do not contract with certain
good farmers to teach school. They
have made good as farmers, but are
not trained in the art of teaching and
it is no reflection on their moral
standing if they are not employed to
teach school.
The idea that every male that
wears pants shall be selected, re
gardless of his qualification to sit in
judgment upon scientific questions
has been the means by which the
power of the courts have been de
stroyed.
There has been too much cheap
politics in this matter. If a certain
man wants to serve on the jury, let
him know that he must live up to
certain standards and acquire cer
tain knowledge. We have known a
lot of worldly men that would take
a dram and some o fthem will get
beastly drunk. We have never
heard a single one of these fellows
say an unkind word about a boot
legger or that would help find one
guilty if they were on the case.
The bootlegger not only finds
pasture and friends out in the cold
world but he spreads his domains
right up into the very heart of our
churches and right here in one of
the best counties of Georgia the
bootlegger has enough of special
church members in the jury box to
guarantee him a free range for at
least another generation, unless we
come to our senses and see to it
that moral as well as mental fitness
w’ill qualify a man to serve on a
jury.
Four men whose names are placed
in the grand jury box, in one section
of a certain county were all drunk
just a few days ago and we wonder
why bootleggers are on the go, why
crime is committed.
If we had the best judge in Geor
gia, the best sheriff and solictor in
the Piedmont section, you cannot
hopx to stop a crime wave until our
people reform or until sober men
are to sit in judgment
There are dozens of so-called
church members right here in Hart
county that are more in sympathy
with bootleggers than they are with
the church.
Who next? What life is nearing
the end.
CITIZEN.
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When a break occurred in the pet
rol line of a French airplane, cutting
off the supply of fuel, a gallant me
chanic crawled out on one of the
wings and held the ends of the pipe
together for forty-five minutes. He
was badly frozen when released but
the plane was enabled to land safely.
The break occurred while the plane
was flying from London to Paris.
narily used in selling merchandise. A
man selling merchandise usually
praises the merchandise while the
man who sells himself to his girl suc
ceeds because he gains her confid
ence. Any man who cannot sell him
self to his girl is a poor salesman.
The greatest example of salesman
ship of recent years was the Repub
licans selling the “Coolidge or chaos”
idea to the people of the United
States. It was the biggest gold brick
that was ever sold. But, the people
bought it and they must and will pay
for it in increased cost of living,
lower taxes for the rich and higher
taxes for the poor man. The elaeHon
hadn't been won good befofe the an
nouncement came from Washington
that the new Congress would be asked
to reduce the surtaxes on the incomes
of the rich and change the imntigra
tion laws for the ship owners.
Advertising makes selling easier
and it was the case with the Repub
licans. They advertised the “CooL
1 idge or chaos” idea and sold it.
Looking Ahead
Have you made your plans for 1925?
It is not too early to begin planning for your 1925 business. The cotton
crop is picked and most of it sold. Have you banked a part of your money,
after paying debts, so as to have something to start the next year with?
It is not wise to spend all, and the best way to save is to put your money in
a good bank.
We invite your deposit, feeling that we are in position to render you as
good service as any bank, and believing that we have done as much tc 1
further the business progress of our customers as has any bank in Georgia.
Those who keep a regular deposit with us are always given first considera
tion when the borrowing season opens, and are enabled to borrow at a
lower rate than those who do not deposit here.
Only depositors have any particular claim on banks for accommodations.
Our record of service is open, and we invite your deposit based on the;
services we have rendered in the past, assuring you that we will give you
the same satisfactory service.
k SiJEpflL to k \i V <Ju
“THE OLD RELIABLE”
OFFICERS:
D. C. ALFORD, President - R. C. THORNTON, V.-President
M. M. NORMAN, V.-President - FRED S. WHITE, Cashier
DIRECTORS:
D. C. ALFORD - S. W. THORNTON - R. E. MATHESON
I. J. PHILLIPS - M. M. NORMAN - DR. W’. I. HAILEY
L. L. McMULLAN
IFinal Noticel
I TO I
I State and County I
I Tax Pavers I
I The law requires that our Tax Books I
I close December 20th, after which |
I date interest and cost will be added. I
I If you wish to save yourself costs I
I and probable inconvenience be sure I
I to arrange payment IN FULL at once I
I The Books Will Close Dec. 20th I
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