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NATIONAL PUBLICITY EDITION
The Hartwell Sun
—Established 1876 —
LEON MORRIS & LOUIE L. MORRIS
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Entered in the Post Office at Hartwell,
Ga., as Second Class Mail Matter.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1925
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BIBLE THOUGHT J
For This Week J
El Bible Thought® memorised, will prove a H
pnceica® heritage in after years.
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SERVE THE LORI) with gladness:
come before his presence with sing
ing. For the Lord is good: his mercy
is everlasting: and his truth endureth
to al) generations.—Psalm 100:2, 5.
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Hartwell was incorporated in 1850.
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Hartwell has a modern $150,000
hotel.
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Hartwell has a country club with
golf links.
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Hart county created in 1853. Area
265 square miles.
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The Hartwell Sun was established
in 1876.
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Hartwell citizens own their own
railroad.
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Hartwell is the ‘‘Gateway To
Florida.” Six highways pass through
this city.
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The best job you can do to im
prove mankind is to make a man out
of yourself.
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Hartwell is the home office of the
Georgia Seed Growers Co-operative
Association.
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You never can tell what is happen
ing in a foreign country by the news
jrou read about it.
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Hart county has a County De
monstration Agent and a Home De
monstration Agent.
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Those who begin by telling “white
lies” may soon become color-blind,
says old Joseph Jones.
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Hartwell is the headquarters for
the Georgia Railway & Power Co’s
interests in this section.
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Hartwell is on the Bankhead High
way, which runs from Washington,
I>. C., to San Diego, Calif.
This edition of The Sun is going
to every State in the Union and al
most every foreign country.
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One of the best modern mystery
stories is how. do the neighbors man
age to buy what they have.
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The court officials for the North
ern Judicial Circuit have all their
headquarters in Hartwell.
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The Savannah River is formed on
the eastern lines of Hart county by
the Tugalo and Seneca Rivers.
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While the world wasn’t made in a
day there are any number of folks
who could improve it in less time.
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Hart county is the only one in
Georgia named for a woman, Mrs.
Nancy Hart, of Revolutionary frame.
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Hartwell’s schools are on the A-l
Accredited List. There are none
with a higher rating in the South.
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Even the homefolks will learn
.something in this edition about their
own town and county. Keep it for
reference.
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Hartwell is the home of the first
pecan nursery in Georgia; it is now
in operation, and growing larger
every year.
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Hartwell is no backwoods town as
you can very readily see by the num
ber of firms and various enterprises
advertised in this issue.
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Capital punishment may be a
failure, but it never has been tried
in this country. Out of 1,800 mur
ders in New York in six years it is
said there were only 54 executions!
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The Hartwell cotton mill owns an- 1
other large cotton mill in Toccoa, |
bought with profits made here, and
.given to the stockholders.
THIS EDITION OF THE SUN
This edition of The Hartwell Sun,
which is being given a wide circula
tion not only locally but at a dis
tance, has been made possible only by
the hearty co-operation of the pro
gressive manufacturers, merchants
and various business concerns of the
city and county,—and which is con
vincing evidence of the spirit of pro
gress that prevails in this most
favored of Georgia counties, “in the
heart of the Piedmont Belt.”
Along with the publishers of The
Sun every business concern in the
county has faith in the future of
the town and county. They are will
ing to join us in helping to advance
the interests, industrially, commer
cially, socially and in every other
way, of Hartwell and Hart county.
Hartwell is the trade center for
this section, which is evidenced by
the fact that the freight receipts in
Hartwell are heavier than in any
other city in this section.
No better evidence of the stability
of the town and county can be cited
than the fact that through the years,
even now, there has been a steady
growth in population, erecting of new
homes and business houses, highways
and other worth-while improvements.
With her splendid school systems
Hartwell and Hart county have at
tracted wide attention.
Her churches are the subject of
much favorable comment.
Qivic pride is highly developed
here, and public spirit, fostered by
the Chamber of Commerce, the Ki
wanis Club and various other live
organizations in both town and coun
ty, is alive and active.
This edition is not a money-mak
er. It is not gotten up for the pur
pose of gain to the newspaper or its
special advertisers directly but has
as it object the higher motive of
effecting some measure of interest
which will add to the wealth
and progress of the section as
a whole. It fills a long felt want in
this community, a concrete means of
telling the facts of its business, its
commerce, its social and professional
life, its schools, churches, industries,
its climate, wealth, advantages of all
kinds. We believe it has done this. 1
To those in many distant stater
who may read a copy of this edition, |
we desire to assure you of the hos-;
pitality and cordiality of our people,
the soundness of our resources, the '
wonderful extent of our possibilities '
of development. We don’t offer a ■
mirage of immediate wealth. We i
don’t promise a competency to those j
who won't earn it. We don’t offer !
any inducements to any but those !
who have the character and the will
ingness to become good citizens.
We do promise to those who come,
a cordial reception and a generous
willingness to do all that we can
to make it attractive enough to in
duce you to come here and live. We
are a home loving people, we have
the highest ideals and the most gen
erous conception of the beauty of the
fireside and the sanctity of the home,
whether it be one of the many man
sions that surrounds us or in the
humble home that graces the farm.
It’s all the same, the spirit, and it
is the making of any community.
Hart county and Hartwell invite
you to look at our resources.
We are proud of our community,
our citizenry,—we invite others who
seek a good place to live, to come
here and dwell amongst us.
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Much credit is due the members
of The Sun force for their efforts
in assisting the editors prepare this
edition, Messrs. J. T. Magill, Claude ■
McKenzie and Charles Sokol. It has j
taken much thought and hard labor
to print a paper of this size during
the rush that usually exists around
any newspaper office. We appreciate
their efforts and co-operation. Also
that of others who have helped by
contributions or otherwise.
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How True, Joe, How True.
Usually, where there’s trouble there
is liquor, and where there is liquor
there’s always trouble. They go to
gether. Looking over our shoulder
as we wrote this little parapgraph old
Joe Jones remarked, “Yes, that’s
true. But you can drink of the
grand old buttermilk until your,
tummy is almost ready to bust and
you’ll never get into trouble.”
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OLD JOE JONES
says—
“ Some people are ’T
never satisfied to do
nothing, even when , '4
they have nothing to f V
How True, Joe, How
True <3
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THE WORST GAMBLER
Every right thinking person con
demns the man who gambles away
the means of providing the neces
saries or life for his family, yet
many of our worst gamblers would
resent being so designated.
We refer to those who fail to pro
vide insurance for the protection of
those dependent upon them. Heads
of families, especially, who do not
avail themselves of reasonable life
and fire insurance are gambling
with fate. Without this protection,
the earning power of the family pro
vider or the savings of a lifetime may
□e swept away without warning.
Insurance is one of the most bene
ficial devices of civilization and while
it costs something, the cost is in
significant compared to the sense of
security and satisfaction it brings.
Every man owes it to himself and
to his family to provide this protec
tion. He who does not is a gambler,
indeed.
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i QUESTIONS
and Bible Answers
, j If Parents will ercoaragr rHMren to look up j?
jJ; and mmonte the Bible Answer*, it will pnw- £
jg t heritage to them m after
J What did the wise m»n of the
East do when they beheld the yo".n t
child? See Matt. 2:11,
THE HARTWELL SUN, HARTWELL, GA.
THE HARTWELL SUN
In April, 1897, a special edition
of The Hartwell Sun was gotten out.
It consisted of some 16 pages and
was beautifully illustrated and very
attractive in every way. The enter
prise of the editors and publishers
received many compliments not only
from the friends at home but through
out the radius of the circulation.
It was the writer’s pleasure at that
time to express though the columns
of The Sun his own appreciation of
the efforts and good work of the
paper. In repeating what we said
then, though many years ago, it is
: our pleasure to pass the same compli
i ments on to the Morris boys who
have in such a worthy and commend
able way continued the mission of
The Hartwell Sun.
, The Senior John H. Magill is now
resting from his labors, but his noble
spirit continues to live in the minds
and hearts of his many friends.
It is gratifying to say that the
“Junior,” Jas. T. Magill is still with
us and continues on the progress of
The Hartwell Sun.
D. C. ALFORD.
(From The Sun April, 1897)
: The Magill*’ work is from Sun to Sun
And thus it i« their work ic never done
With a ceaseless effort and an un-
I bounded zeal they have labored for
i all worthy objects in our midst. Their
I work we regret so say has not al
' ways been appreciated as it should,
: but they have toiled on many times
; with a tired body and a wearied
brain in their effort to make the pa
per week after week come up to the
full standard of excellence. That
they have succeeded in making The
Hartwell Sun the brightest paper in
all the land is not only attested at
home but wherever it is read. The
writer knows of instances of the
highest praise that were entirely free
from the prejudice incident to home
pride. The particular individuality
and special attractiveness of The Sun
is attested from every quarter. Many
subscribers who have never been in
Hartwell or Hart county bear witness
to the neatness and display of skill
' manifested in the make up. While
j many of our people may not be say-
I ing much about it, they feel that the
bright rays of The Hartwell Sun
have driven away many sad hours
I and have not permitted the miasma
l of discontent to continue long at
I their homes.
John H. Magill came to Hartwell
I about twenty years ago and began
1 the publication of The Hartwell Sun.
I Mr. Magill is possessed of newspaper
talent of the highest order. His
knowledge of the true mission of a
newspaper has been thoroughly de
monstrated under the most trying
circumstances. His talent and in
tellectual resources are amply suffi
cient to meet the demands of a great
newspaper anywhere, and it is the
regret of his many friends that his
services, though highly esteemed,
have not been crowned with greater
success. His devotion to his friends
and his unselfish nature has hindered
him at many points from attaining
to the fame and high position that
many less worthy have reached. Mr.
Magill has that which is rather to be
chosen than great riches—he is a
valuable citizen and has a good name
among all our people.
Mr. James T. Magill, a little the
junior of the two Magills, dates his
lifework in the newspaper business
to Hartwell. The Sun was only a
few years old when he began to do
the “Devil’s” work in the office;
■ however he didn’t have to serve long
i in that most irksome part of a print
| er’s history until he was invited to
; step up higher and gather news for
the local columns of The Sun. This
position he filled with wonderful skill
and has ever continued to move up
in every advancement of the paper,
until now he occupies the co-princi
palship in editing and publishing
The Hartwell Sun. Hartwell has
made many advances and many new
and valuable citizens have adopted
the town as their home, but notwith
standing it all there is only one in
imitable Jim Magill and our people
would be as loth to give him up as
any citizen within her borders. Mr.
Magill has been at the head of the
Hartwell Band since its organization,
j and well does he fill that responsible
position. It has been through his
nevef ceasing efforts that the 'Kart
well Band stands at the top of the
list.
It would be the writer’s pleasure
to go into details of many praises
that the Messrs. Magill are justly
entitled to, but will briefly conclude
■ by stating that neither of the Magills
are in anyway responsible for what
has been said about them or The
Hartwell Sun, and with this explana
tion we feel that all its readers will
join us in many cheers for the suc
cess of The Hartwell Sun, and even
( a greater number of good wishes for
the success of its noble and talented
editors,
D. C. ALFORD.
The Magills brushed aside their
characteristic modesty and comment
ed as follows, in the April, 1897,
issue:
THE PUFFERS PUFFED
Every sentient being is more or
■ess susceptible to flattery, and coun
try editors are by no means an ex
ception to the rule; and when “D. C.
entered our sanctum and hand
d us the following article with the
peremptory request “please publish
■ erbatim et literatim,” albeit we felt
hat the partiality of our friend and
atron had betrayed him into exag
eration of our achievements and
irtues, yet' being without thought
of solicitation or suggestion upon our
I > rt, it strongly thrilled our hearts,
»i 1 throwing modesty to the winds
determined to publish it without
Idlesome modification. And fur
rmore, we had our “pictures
ruck” and wanted to print them
. g with the rest of the handsome
Sows in the trade issue, and how
md they appear to better advant
ihan when mortised into such
•intly penned personalities!
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• will take some men a long time
■r. there if they go as they pay.
GRATEFUL FOR HIS LIBERTIES
A farmer who died the other day
in Ohio left a will stipulating that his
i possessions should be sold that
enough should be taken of the pro
■ ceeds to meet the expense of his
burial, and that the residue should
go to the United States Treasury in
acknowledgement and payment of “a
debt of gratitude to the government
I for liberty and happiness under the
stars and Stripes.”
How much this farmer was worth
we do not know, nor does it matter.
What he did is not to be measured
in dollars and cents. It is valued in
another and higher way, as are all
acts that are prompted from the
heart rather than from the head. He
felt that he owed more than was ex
acted from him under the law for
the privilege of living in this coun
try or enjoying the liberties which
the flag symbolized for him, of catch
ing happiness out of his opportuni
ties. The government had been good
to him and when he could no longer
serve its purpose by deed, or tribute
or word of mouth, he made it his
heir. He could not leave it a great
fortune, but he could bear witness in
a will to the fact of a grateful heart.
Not what we can put into the gov
ernment, but what we can take out,
always has been one of the weak
nesses of our democracy. There is
too much practice of the false creed
that society owes us a living, that
government was made to bear bur
dens that belong on our own shoul
ders. That kind of philosophy has
been spreading at an alarming pace
in recent years.
Government is not a thing apart. It
is in us and of us. If we serve it well
we serve well ourselves. If we will
it money, the legatee is something
closer than a brother or friend.—
Minneapolis Tribune.
Don’t destroy this issue of The
Sun. We will gladly pay 5c per copy
for every one returned to us, pro
vided it is not mutilated.
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Our own faults always look small
in comparison with those we see in
others.
Hear And Their
By DANA
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OUT HERE in Colorado.
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WHERE THE Rocky Mountains are.
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WITH ITS Pike’s Peak.
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AND OTHER scenery.
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OUT HERE, I say.
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WHERE THE “mountains are high.
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AND THE morals low.”
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ONE ALWAYS feels.
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A CERTAIN tension.
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OF SUPPRESSED excitement.
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A KIND of unnaturalness.
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AND THOSE who know.
WISELY TELL you.
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THAT’S IT’S the “attitude.”
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AND I guess they’re right.
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ONLY I’VE found out.
AFTER SEVERAL years.
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THAT ITS a common alibi.
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AND WHEN things go wrong.
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THEY BLAME the “altitude.”
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AND SO tonight.
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AFTER A poor day’s work.
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WITH ONLY a few sales.
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TO SEND in.
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I MADE out my report.
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AND SENT it to Balfour.
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AND WROTE at the bottom.
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JUST AS other “Romans.”
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—, “ITS THE altitude.”
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AND WHEN he gets it.
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I HOPE he’ll understand.
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ITS THE best alibi.
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I COULD think of.
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I THANK YOU.
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MR. JAS. T. MAGILL
One of the most familiar figures
in northeast Georgia newspaperdom
is Mr. James T. Magill, of The Hart
well Sun, who has been with this
paper over 35 years.
“FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH”
Situated on the wind-swept plains
of Wyoming, sixty miles west of
Cheyenne, is the little city of La
ramie. Here it was, that the great
Union Pacific Railroad pioneered
its way to its final destination after
months of battle with hostile Indian
tribes, a story that portrays in its
thrilling accounts the tale of the early
West, of hardy adventurers and dar
ing soldiers of fortune who braved
every sort of an obstacle that a new
and promising country might have
its beginnings. It was a turbulent
age. An age, where only the brave
fitted in and the weak fell by the
wayside, and slowly but surely, as
the days went by as the toilers with
guns strapped to their sides in easy
reach pushed on, the great railroad
became a reality until one day its
destination was reached—, Laramie.
This was the beginning. The be
ginning of the new West, and out of
the chaos and blood-shed and early
stormy days, a city was born that
took its name from the bravest of
the brave—Le Ramie —, a French
man famous in that day. Quickly the
city built up. The railroad each day
brought its army of adventurers
from the East. Miners, cattlemen,
brave souls willing to stake life on
steady trigger fingers and a steady
belief in better days to come. Laramie
grew. It become, naturally, a little
city, filled with every sort of men,
from the lowest to the highest. Days
were the period of hours spent in
prospecting, work at a feverish pitch.
Night was the time of play. With a
wide-open town of open gambling
houses, saloons, dance halls—, the
wild, free life of the early West.
Men drank hard in those days. They
died hard. But, it was a beginning
and out of it all, quieter days come,
and civilization brought its moulding
hand to temper the maelstrom of
humanity and a new West began.
Many years have passed since that
stormy period. The Union Pacific
extended its road to California. The
Indians were driven out. Civic pride
was born. Quieter days had come.
Laramie began to become civilized.
And after a time, the West came into
its own, and the University of Wyo
ming was established here, the early
years of hazardous living becoming
only a memory.
I never come to Laramie without
thinking of all this. The history of
the town has always thrilled me. The
present day finds the place a pro
gressive little city of perhaps twenty
thousand people, paved streets
throughout, modern shops, two
theatres, public library and every
thing that an up-to-date city of the
East has. Its citizenry is progres
sive, too. We find both a Rotary
and Kiwanis Club here. And with
the addition of the priceless asset
of having the University of Wyoming
in its midst which is the second rich
est school in America, Laramie has
many advantages that other cities
hasn’t. The University of Wyoming,
though small, by reason of its rich
oil holdings in the now famous Tea
Pot Dome, has an income that is
piling up each year. The school has
just recently completed what is said
to be the second finest gymnasium in
the country. Other plans will have
to be developed, to get rid of their
yearly income.
And yet beneath all this seemingly
high development and splendid show
of civilization, there is a strong un
dercurrent of contrasting passions
and controlling sentiment beneath
the surface of all this high develop
ment. It is that nnate love of a free
life, of unrestrained living, of every
man thinking as his own conscience
should guide, regardless of laws or
conventions. Who was it said, that
civilization is only a veneer and that
we only have to scratch the surface
to find the true things as they really
are, below? He spoke the truth,
whoever he was. Laramie is just
that. At nights, the town awakens
out of its humdrum day living to a
gay. adventurous crowd. Shows are
crowded. Pool rooms are taxed to
their capacity. The restaurants do
a land-office business. And in the
main part of town, if one knows the
ropes, there are ten or twelve places
where anything from “moonshine”
to real Scotch can be purchased,
openly. Gambling, of course, is here,
too. An “open” game runs in sever
al nearby places and one game runs
“Be not arrogant because of that
which thou knowest; deal with the
ignorant as with the learned; for the
barriers of art are not closed, no
artist being in possession of the per
fection to which he should aspire.”
—From the Preeepts of Ptah-Hotep,
the oldest book yet discovered.
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The first man to use electric lights
on the American stage was Bolossy
Kiralfy, a veteran theatrical pro
ducer, who introduced this manner
of lighting more than fifty years ago
in his first New York playhouse. He
was assisted by Thomas Edison, who
has among his cherished possessiqns
a program of that show on which ap
pears, “Novel electric effects by the
Edison Electric Light Company, un
der the personal direction of Mr.
Thomas Edison.”
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MR. LOUIE L. MORRIS
By E.8.8.Jr.
continuously with a no-limit rule. Be
sides all this, there is everything else “
to be had, that goes in a wide-open
town. Just a taste of the old West
which still lingers on with death-like
grip, some day to disappear entirely,
but not yet.
Back in Denver again, we breathe
again the more pleasing air of Colora
do. Not that Denver at its best is
a model city, but it is rather remark
able in may ways. If it wasn’t, for *
the tourist trade the city would die *
a natural death, but as it is it exists
■ during the winter months, lying
patiently in wait for the summer
months,' when the unsuspecting
tourists may flock out and be gently
I and pleasantly relieved of their earn
ings. There are few industries here
and outside of its tourist wealth,
Denver’s only bid for its greatness
lies in its natural location as a dis
tributing point for the Rocky Moun
tain region. The remarkable growth
of Denver is the strangest of all facts '•
about the city. In 1870, there were
4,759 people here. Ten years later,
35,659 and then ten years still later,
106,714. Today, after 55 years, the
city’s population is estimated at 347-
915. The real secret of it all, is the
wonderful climate out here. Sick
people come here from all parts of
the country to be healed in Colorado
sunshine and the exhilirating, toxic
air. Well people, the wealthy class
and the lovers of nature, and the .
roamers from all parts of the nation, ’
troup into the state and then decide
to stay in Denver because of its
beautiful location and other advan
tages, such as climate and water. In
the matter of climate, as a matter
of record in 1924, there were only
12 days entirely devoid of sunshine.
On only ten days did the thermometer
drop to ten below zero and only
twenty-four time did it rise to 90
degress. And the water? There is
no finer water in the whole world X
than in Colorado! Cold as ice, pure,
sparkling, with a wholesome, filling
quality that appeals, it has made
Colorado famous. Think of Hart
well’s fine water, meditate, and then
add 100 per cent to that and you
have Colorado’s water.
A few other facts about Denver
are interesting. The city was found
ed in 1858, in what was then the
Territory of Kansas. It was named .
for General Denver, Governor of r
Kansas at that time. In the early
days, numerous Indian tepees were
scattered over the hills. The rail
road was built into Denver twelve
years after its founding, in 1870. Be
fore this time the “Pony Express”
carried mail. Denver’s first tele
graph line reached the city in 1863.
Denver was the second city in the
United States to establish an electric
street car system in 1885. In a
number of other ways, Denver has "
been original and progressive. Give
her credit. Her population has in
creased by leaps and bounds and to
day she is the largest city of her age
in the United States. The area of
Denver is 59 miles. Other points
of interest to be noted about Denver
are:—officially recognized by the
government as the gateway to 12
National Parks and 32 National
Monuments. The State Capitol with
its great dome encrusted with pure
gold leaf from Colorado’s mines. The f
Capitol grounds of 15 acres. With
its 45 different variety of trees grow
ing there. The Capitol’s elevation,
at the base—, “one mile above sea
level.” The public library forming
a part of the civic center with eight
branch libraries serving outlying sec
tions of the city. The Municipal
auditorium, the largest of its kind in
America, having a seating capacity
of 12,000. With its $80,000.00 pipe
organ, one of the largest in the v
world. The civic center. Notable
for its out-door Greek theatre. The
United States Mint. The U. S. Post
office, cost two million. Denver has
these features—give her credit.
And tonight, sitting here in the
Shirley-Savoy Hotel in Denver, writ
ing this, I’ve just paused a minute
and read the above—tomorrow, I’ll
go out in the midst of all this and r
wrestle with the mob and the elsusive
prospects and try to sell, a little
pebble or a big beach. My! but a
big city makes one feel insignificant
and unimportant. I breath easier
when I get to the smaller places.
HV
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MR. LEON MORRIS <
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The flights of genius are apt to be
downward as well as upward.
Any man can make a speech, but
the speech is seldom the making of
him.
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Thirteen years ago a man was con
victed of killing his wife. He was
recently paroled and another woman
married him to reform him. The
other day he shot her and then killed
himself. There are lots of people in
the world willing to risk anything
once.