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Luther Bond Answers Mr.
Bingham, County Agent
Dear Mr. Editor: —
Mr. Bingham, Hart County Agent,
has followed all the “Turner County
Plan” boys in saying that I say some
thing I do not say. That is all the
way even a city editor can pretend
to answer me. He would not quote
a sentence from one end to the
other.
Mr. Bingham got his dope from a
little note I wrote to the Atlanta
Constitution on May sth. He speaks
of me as being ignorant about farm,
ing. Let’s see who is the ignorant
one. Ido not quote men as having
said so and so without first docu
menting my facts.
WHAT MR. BINGHAM SAID:
WHO TO BELIEVE
Recently the president of the
Georgia Country Bankers’ Associa
tion stated that there were so many
pigs in Georgia that you could not
drive a car in the streets. Just show
us some of them. In fact just go to
the freight office and see how much
meat has been shipped into Hart
county, and nearby communities. Go
out and look at the pig pens of 800
farmers in Hart county. Because a
man is a good banker, or good law
yer, or a good business man in his
own line, does not mean that he
knows everything. The pitiful thing
about it all is that such a man quite
often expresses his views about
things on which he is ignorant, and
then so many farmers listen at it,
simply because so and so has made
money.
Make a study of the business. You
will find that the farmer who makes
his own meat and bread and other
supplies at home is the man who is
prosperous. It is true that there
are farmers who are prosperous by
raising none of these, and only cot
ton. And too often these same fel
lows talk too much, and the little fel
lows all try to do like them, both
talking and farming.
If more of our influential farmers
and business men who have made
money could learn that when we said
raise hogs, that we did not mean ten
thousand head, that when we said
raise corn, that we did not mean
abandon cotton, that when we said
grow more hay, we did not mean to
sell it, then we could make some
rapid progress in Georgia. When
you say hogs to some folks they
begin to sell big fields of them. In
fact he forgets he likes meat at
home. He is thinking of shipping
them away in big car loads, for the
other fellow.
When you mention cows to many
folks, the first thing they think of is
a barn about an acre big, and a
crowd of cows and calves calling for
corn and feed continually. They
forget that 500 farms in Hart county
have not a single cow, and that many
farms do not get enough butter and
milk..
WHAT MR. BOND SAID:
“Is Georgia Slipping.”
Editor of Atlanta Constitution,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Dear Mr. Editor:—Under the
above heading in your good paper I
saw what the Johnstown (Pa.) Dem
ocrat had to say about our agricul
ture. I also read your gobd editor
ial on the same subject. You have
for a long time used a phrase “bal
anced system” or “balanced farming”
which I like better than diversifi
cation.
The Johnstown man is right but is
it not for the wrong reason? He has
the old saw about cow, hog, and hen.
I believe if he will look up the hog
he will find out that Georgia has as
many pigs as all of the New England
States, Delaware, New Jersey and
his own state of Pennsylvania.
If hogs would save any people we
are nearer Heaven than they. You
cannot drive a car through South
Georgia without running over hogs.
We had four million one hundred and
fifteen thousand acres in corn last
year and Texas five times as big did
not have any more. We had three
million two hundred and eighty thou
sand acres in cotton and Texas had
sixteen million acres in cotton. We
made as much and can make as much
any year per acre of cotton as Texas.
But Texas had five times as many
acres in cotton and made five times
as much cotton as Georgia.
Texas is happy and we are not.
We have diversified as no other
state has ever done.
There are three things that ruined
Georgia and they were all done al
most by acclamation and unanimous
ly and a wave of majority approval
at the time. I did not do any of
them —fought all of them at the
time.
First buying high land up to 1920.
Second holding cotton. Third lis
tening to the man who said that
poison would not kill the boll wee
vil in 1921-22-23; that is to say lis
tening to the man who said it could
not be done.
We were forced to ask some of our
summer visitors from other places in
Georgia to please hush talking de
feat on our streets and give our
farmers a chance. We raised two
million one hundred thousand bales
of cotton seven years ago and Texas
raised only one-half million more.
Then we were happy and we will not
be happy until we raise a million
and a half again.
His charge against the bankers of
Georgia was just the common clap
trap customary in such cases. My
experience is that bankers in Geor
gai have put corn ahead of cotton.
I offered a resolution at the’Geor
gia Bankers Meeting asking farmers
to plant as many acres in cotton as
they did in corn and was asked to
withdraw it.
Yoqrs very truly,
In the first place Mr. Bingham
should have put his heading “Whom
To Believe” instead of “Who To Be
lieve” if he is going to cal! some one
ignorant.
He said that I said: “there were so
many pigs in Georgia that you could
not drive a car in the streets.”
I said: “I believe if the Pensylvania
man will look up the hog he will find
\ out that Georgia has as many hogs
|as Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
; Delaware and all of the New Eng
; land states thrown in for good mea
sure.”
Mr. Bingham then said: “Just show
me some of them. In fact just go
'to the freight office and see how
I much meat has been shipped into
[ Hart county—and nearby communi- |
i ties.”
I say: “You can not drive a car ,
I through South Georgia without run
ning over hogs.” Mr. Bingham mis
takes the “streets” in Northeast
Georgia where there is stock law for i
a “through South Georgia” where ;
there is no stock law. The College
of Agriculture did not teach him
this kind of Geography.
Mr. Bingham continues: “The piti
ful thing about it all is that such a
man quite often expresses his views
about things on which he is ignor
ant.”
I say: “The pitiful thing is, it
seems to me that when a man docu
ments his facts between Penncyl
vania and Georgia to do justice be
tween two states even a County
Agent refuses to understand or quote
them.”
Mr. Bingham laments that people
can not understand and that if he
says “raise hogs that he did not
mean ten thousand hogs.”
I say: “I lament that when I get
my facts firm and write about South
Georgia and say so that a County
Agent in Northeast Georgia will twist
them so that you will not know them.
When I say “corn and oats, meat and
milk for yourself but not for some
one else” I expect to be misunder
stood even by a County Agent who
is intelligent and no doubt a good
farmer. Because I believe that a
farmer can only afford to raise these
things for himself and not to sell
I expect from my experience, to be
misquoted and to have men say
(may I say ignorantly) that I would
have no ‘corn and oats and meat and
milk’.”
This is what is going on all over
Georgia. I am defending what my
community is struggling toward do
ing and the “Turner-County-Plan-of-
Farming” fellows are saying I say
what I do not say. A man can not
begin every sentence with “Cow, Hog,
Hen, and a little cotton now and
then” just to please them. Let’s
give the farmer credit for a little
sense and agree to help him do some
of the hard things he is trying so
hard to do and quit falsifying the
words of our neighbors when they
write about Pennsylvania and Geor
gia.
In the same Royston Record in
which Mr. Bingham’s article appear
ed is a speech made by me at Savan
nah. I go after the peanut propa
gandist. Nobody n*v will advocate
peanuts for Franklin county, Madison
county nor Hart county nor even for
Elbert county and get a hearing.
As a business man I have always
addressed the farmer as another busi
ness man. His home affairs, a few
of them I have held sacred—the size
of his potato patch I have left to
him while the “Turner County Plan”
says 3 acres. I gave away several
tons of 20 per cent potash last year
for potato patches but did not advo
cate 3 acres. I advocated ten acres
to the plow in cotton and helped
them to make it and did not help
them to sell it because I had a hired
man at $2.00 per day who sold sev
eral hundred bales of cotton for me
and could beat me selling it. I had
him to sell every day and put it on
what I owed which I thought was an
honorable thing to do.
l am not trying to teach the farm
er what to do. It is not becoming
in me to do so. It is becoming for
a farm agent to do so. It is only
with reluctance always that I go into
the domestic affairs of any man. It
is only after a man gets out of his
own yard that I feel free to discuss
the good of our country with him.
I do tell him to not raise potatoes
for me. I won’t pay him what they
,will cost him perhaps if the weather
is dry and it sometimes is very dry.
I think it is good for him to raise
sorghum if he likes for himself but
I do not choose sorghum, and tell him
truthfully that I will not buy his |
sorghum nor potatoes and all the city I
bankers speaking in this country and
organizing “put-over plans” for
Georgia can not make me fool the
farmer by telling him I will make
a market for these things.
A County Agent can talk more
confidentially with a farmer about
internal affairs than a banker. It is
perfectly prudent for him to talk
garden seed even or chicken feed
and because I do not do this please
do not believe that I de not value
them and hold up an agent’s hands
when he talks heart to heart to
farmers about their home affairs.
When he gets out into world markets ,
and has something to sell or wishes
to have something to sell them, if he
desires, and invites me I will help
him to make the things he wishes to
make and might try to help him sell
what he has to sell.
I am not teaching a primary school.
I refuse to talk first reader talk all I
day long to high school students, i
When a County Agent goes to a
freight office to see how much meat I
has been shipped in will he not please
also see how much food has been
shipped out?
Hart county in her (4,000) four
thousand tons of cotton seed shipped
out for others to eat 300 pounds of
rich red gravy per ton, or to be con
servative (1,200,000) one million
two hundred thousand pounds, and
(3,000,000) to (4,000,000) three
million to four million pounds of cot- (
ton seed meal, most of which meal to i
be fair and honest I must admit and
perhaps as many hulls were shipped
back.
This would leave over one mil
lion pounds of potential lard and ’
gravy gone out to feed other folks
out of their cotton crop. Did Hart
THE HARTWELL SUN, HARTWELL, GA., JULY 3, 1925
Spring Month Named •
After Greek Goddess
Maia, the Greek goddess for whom
I ;he Romans named the lovaly spring
I month, was the oldest of the Pleiades,
’ 3r seven daughters of Atlas and Ocw
I mid Pleione. She and her sister, who
were born on Mount Cyllene in Arca
dia, according to Greek mythology, are
sometimes called the goddesses of the
mountains.
Mala became the mother of Mercury,
md was greatly loved by the old Ro
nans, who, on the first day of May,
nade sacrifices in her name. In Italy
she was known as Maa Alnpesta, the
goddess of spring.
If you will watch the sky on a spring
■■venlng, you will see the six stars
which form the Pleiades. The old
| Greeks believed that Jupiter pia.vl
Maia and her six sisters together in
i the sky, and that they formed for a
; long time a group of seven. One day
Myrope married a mortal named Sisy
phus, who in some way displeased the
joda. For punishment he was con
temned to spend eternity rolling a
stone uphill, so that Myrope bid her
face from her sisters in sorrow and
shame. That is why we see but six of
the daughters of Atlas shining In the
sky; for Myrope’s face is still con
?ealed behind one of her sister stars. —
Chicago Daily News.
Scottish City Goes
Far Back in History
The city of Glasgow, the metropolis
of Scotland, had its origin In the Sixth
century, when St. Kentigern founded
a small religious establishment on the
banks of a tiny stream which flows
Into the Clyde at a point where the
Scottish city now stands.
Christianity wes then unknown in
that part of Scotland, and Kentigern
was the first to introduce the faith
among the rude people inhabiting that
section. Beside the clearing in the
forest where he built bis home he
hung on a tree a bell which was rung
to summon the savage inhabitants to
worship, and thus it came about that
a tree with a bell appears on the arms
of Glasgow.
The saint had trouble later on with
the king of the Strathclyde Britons and
had to flee to Wales. Later be re
turned, and after bla death, at an ad
vanced age, was buried at the spot
where now stands the great cathedral
bearing his name.
As “Will” Would Say It
Jones and Jenks were arguing a boot
Shakespeare. Jones contended the
bard was a genius, and Jenks scoffed
at It ‘’Genius, nothing,” be said.
”All he bad was a big vocabulary.
Anyone that applied himself to It
could duplicate Shakespeare’s stuff. I
could do It rnyeeif.” At that moment
two very bow-legged men turned, the
corner and walked toward the dispu
tants. "Here’s a chance to show bow
good you are," said Jones. "How
would you describe those two fel
lows?” "That’s easy,” said Jenks.
“There’s only one way to describe
them; Shakespeare himself couldn’t
say anything but ’Here come two bow
legged men.’ ” It was what Jones
was waiting for. "He couldn’t, eh?
Shakespeare would have said: ’Ho!
What manner of men are these, with
legs that could serve as parentheses’ 1”
Famous Roman City
The name "Hadrian’s Villa” is given
to a great number of superb struc
tures, now in ruins, erected at Tivoli,
18 miles east of Rome, by the Emperor
Hadrian (117-138, A. D.), who wished
to reproduce the most striking objects
he had met with in his extensive trav
els. According to antiquarians, the
space enclosed in this way was about
eight or ten miles in circumference.
When, about 70 years after the time
of Hadrian, the Emperor Caracalla
built at Rome the celebrated baths
that bear his name, the famous build
ings of Hadrian’s villa were rifled of
their superb marbles for purposes of
decoration.—Kansas City Btar.
Odd Entries Into Life
Many babies are born at sea, but It
Is doubtful If any entered such a trow
blous world as a German baby girl born
in mld-Atlantlc during a recent ter
rible storm. Steerage babies often
provide an event for passengers to
talk about. A subscription Hat is al
ways opened, with the result that the
baby receives a substantial start-off
In life.
The record in strange birthday sur
roundings is surely held by the baby
boy who was born 6,600 feet up in
the air. His mother was traveling by
airplane from Budapest to Naples
when the event took place.
Ocean Area
The oceans of the world have an
area of about 139,000,000 square
miles and their combined volume is
about 302,000,000 cubic miles. The
average depth Is two miles and the
■ deepest known depth is five miles. A
gallon of ordinary sea water contains
about one-quarter pound of salt From
a study of the beds of rock salt un
derlying Strassfort, Germany, New
York state, Ohio, Michigan and Kan
sas, and Cheshire, England, it is sup
posed these areas are all dried-up
inland seas.
o
Demosthenes, the great orator, in
his youth stuttered and stammered.
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ship any more lard and meat back?
Hart is feeding others as much as
she is being fed by others. I am
prouder of Hart county than her
own Agent is.
LUTHER BOND.
Royston, Ga.
Mouth Organ Really
Old Musical Device
The probable ancestor of th« mouth
.organ was the Greek syrinx, one of
ancient of musical Instni
ments. It was formed ot a number
of short hollow reeds of graduated
lengths, fixed together by wax. The
lower ends were closed and the upper
ones open and on a level, so that the
Ups could pass from one to another.
The modern mouth organ Is the inven
tion of Christian Messner, of Tros
singen, Wurtemburg, Germany, about
the year 1830. The factory that he
founded still gives employment to
5.0U0 workers, not counting 3,000 home
workers In the town. Messner got the
idea after buying a child's trumpet
at a fair, to place a number of trum
pets side by side, each giving a dlf
ferent sound. He produced a piece
of wood with breathing holes In it, to
which was fixed a lead plate with
!>rass tongues.
From Trossingen the industry spread
to other places In Germany, notably
Klingenthal in Saxony. During the
World war attempts were made by
Jther countries, such as Japan and
the United States, to gain a footing
in this Industry, but Germany soon re
covered her trade. Skilled workers,
•heap production and an old estab
lished Industry give the German fac
tories the advantage.
“Flip-Jacks'* Made No
Appeal to This Poet
Taylor, the poet who lived and wrote
early in the Seventeenth century, evi
dently failed to fully appreciate the
Shrove Tuesday pancake, or flip-jacks.
Dealing with the pancake custom he
wrote: “There Is a bell rung, called
'the Pancake Bell,' the sound of which
makes thousands of people distracted,
aid fbrgetful either of manners or hu
manity ; and then there Is a thing
called wheaten flour, which the cooks
do mingle with water, eggs, spice, and
other tragical .ud magical enchant
ments; ami the.* they put it by little
and little in..* .. trying |miu of boiling
suet, where it makes a cumlned dis
mal hissing, like the Lethear snakes in
the reeds of Acheron, Styx, or Phlege
thon, until at last, by the skill of
the cook, It Is transformed into the
form of a flip-jack, called a pancake,
which, with ominous incantations, the
Ignorant people do devour very
greedily."
Melanchthon
The original name of Philip Me
lanchthon was Philip Schwartxered.
He was born in 1497 and died In 1500.
He was a German Reformer. In early
manhood be was professor of Greek
at Wittenberg university, but became
a fellow-worker with Martin Luther.
He drew up ths Augsburg confessfon,
and managed with consummate skill
the conference with the opponents of
the reformed religion held at Worms
and Ratlabon. By his skill and wis
dom he did much to save the Refor
mation from excesses. On the death
of Luther he became the leader of
the Lutherans. His most popular pub
lication was a book that is regarded
as the first great Proteatant work on
theology.
The Objective Mind
Can you bring ail your faculties to
the front, like a house with many
faces at the doors and windows; or
do you live retired within yourself,
shut up In your own meditations?
The thinker puts all the powers of
his mind in reflection; the observer
puts all the powers of his mind in
perception; every faculty Is directed
outward; the whole mind sees through
the eye and hears through the ear.
He has an objective turn of mind as
opposed to a subjective. A person
with the latter turn of mind sees lit
tle. If you are occupied with your
own thoughts, you may go through a
museum of curiosities and observa
nothing.—John Burroughs.
Boiling Water in Bag
Here is one from Australia on a
novel way to boll water. The old
fisherman la speaking: "1 left my
william-can at home one day. The
prospect of dinner without tea did
not appeal to me. Fishing in the
tucker bag, I found a sound paper
bag. Making a fire, I propped the
bag, full of water, near it By con
stantly pouring water into the bag,
the top of it waa prevented from burn
ing. The water boiled, the tea was
made and there was no prouder man
in all the land than I." Try this some
time when you haven’t anything elae
to do.
Japanese Constitution
The constitution of Japan was not
patterned after that of any other
country. It was promulgated In 1889
and waa formulated, by Prince Ito,
who, after investigating the constitu
tions of the various nations, modeled
the constitution of Japan largely after
the Prussian. It is divided Into 76
articles and provides for a law-making
body of two chambers, the house of
peers and the house of representatives.
The emperor convokes, opens and
closes the diet, has all executive au
thority, and all laws are submitted to
him for sanction.
Rough on the Preacher
The Sunday school girls of a certain
church put flowers in front of the
pulpit each Sunday.
One was asked by an elderly per
son what they did with the flowers
after the service.
“Oh, we take them to people who
are sick after the sermon," waa the
innocent reply.
■ Thousands of Years
of Prayers Answered
I met him some eighteen years ago
in the Alps on the Great Saint Ber
nard. about, ten miles.from the top
of the pass. Here I found my
: tall old monk. As I Joined the group
around him I beard him say to one of
I them:
"How much finer and better it Is to
i cross the range up here by the Pass
l than to go through the amoky tunnel
below. And even In snowstorms now
it is safe. For you see that telephone
on the wall. The wire goes to an Inn
ten miles lower down the pass. And
in times of storm, when a traveler
! leaves the Inn, they telephone up to
us here and one of us goes down witli
the dogs. Sb we reach him before he
Is overcome."
“Bvt are no lives lost in winter?’’
inquired a young American.
“No—not a life In many years.” The
tall ohi man was silent a moment.
Then in a reverent tone he said, “For
over a thousand years, my son, we
have prayed for the safety of travel
ers here. And He has answered our
prayers at last.”
The smart young American asked,
"Or was It the telephone?”
The old mountain climber turned and
looked at the Yankee with quiet eyes.
“Yes,, my son —that is how God an
swered our prayers."—Ernest Poole In
Hearst’s International-Cosmopolitan.
Tributes Genius Has
Paid to Human Voice
Shakespeare says: »
"Her voice Waa ever soft, gentle
and low; an excellent thing in woman.”
Charles Lamb says;
“How often you are drawn irre
sistibly to u plain, unassuming woman,
whose soft, silvery tones render her
positively attractive! in the social
circle, how pleasant It 1» to hear a
woman talk In Unit low l ev which al
ways characterizes i.n ; hue lady. In
the sanctuary of h»» iu e, bow such a
voice soot lies the fretfql child and
cheers the weary husband 1”
Longfellow says:
"How wonderful is the humnn voice!
It is indeed the organ of the soul I
The Intellect of man kits enthroned
visibly upon his forehead and lu his
eye; and the heart of man is written
upon his countenance. But the soul
reveals itself In the vpice only, as God
revealed Himself to the prophet of old,
In ’the still, small voice,' and in a
voice from the burning bush. The
soul of man la audible not visible. A
sound alone betrays the flowing of the
eternal fountain. Invisible to man!”
Famous French Palace
The Louvre Is a famous palace in
Paris originally the residence of
French kings, bnt since the French
revolution used as a mqseum of art
and antiquities. The Louvre derives
its name from an ancient hunting
chateau that stood on the site of the
present palace, in the midst of a for
est infested with wolves and known
as the Louverie. It is said to have
been a royal residence in the time of
Dagobert (628). The foundation of
the present building was laid by Fran
cis I In 1541, and the structure wtis
enlarged and adorned by stcc<aslve
kings, particularly Henry IV and Louis
XIV, the latter being the last king to
live In it. Tlie work of uniting the
Louvre and the Tuileries in one struc
ture was completed in 1857; and the
combined Louvre and Tuileries covers
an area ot 48 acres.—Kansas City
TlmeA
Recognized Jokes
The Scots are making an effort to
stop the hoary old joke that they
never spend any money. Scientists
who have gone into the antiquity of
jokes and made a study of the sub
ject say that there are only about six
original examples and that all humor
Is based on them. Old jokes come
back Into style or else appear wearing
new habiliments. Excursions into new
fields sometimes are dangerous and un
profitable. The plumber joke may not
have been one of the early sextet, but
It has been a favorite not only with
the almanacs, but with the comic
strippers and the higher class weekly
funny magazines. If the plumber joke
has to go, the joke writers merely
will understand that they have one
less subject upop which to work.
Value of Courtesy
Courtesy Is the one medium of ex
change that is always accepted at par
by the people of every country on the
globe. Courtesy radiates a spirit of
good feeling and suggests that we are
not working entirely for the material
returns of work, but for the friendly
human associations as welj. Life is
not too short, and we are never too
busy to ba courteous.
Courtesy Is the outward expression
and an Inward consideration for oth
ers is always an effective lubricant
that smooths business and social re
lationships, eliminating friction.—
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Squirrel Pest
Despite his pretty appearance and
amusing ways, the common red squir
rel is said to be one of the most de
structive pests found in the woods to
day. Ornithologists claim that his
depredations among birds rank second
only to those of the hunting cat, and
that he not only MBs young birds, as
does the cat but he will destroy the
eggs before they are hatched. Around
farm buildings he is considered a nui
sance because of his propensity for
chewing a hole through some building
which he has selected as a likely place
to store his winter’s supply of food.
—OUR—
WEEKLY SMILE
(C.J.T.—Phila.,Pa.)
When is a man honest? Or, to
put it another way, how many of
us are really honest? The thing
that caused me to write this was an
incident which occurred a few days
ago at Gimbel Bros'. Department
Store, here in Philadelphia. A wo
man, apparently a refined, well-to-do
woman, came up to me and said, “I
want a refund of SI.OO for this prin
cess slip.” "Where is your sales
slip?” I Inquired. “Why, there was
none in the package,” she answered.
AfU?r questioning her further, I
learned that the delivery man had
delivered three of these princess
slips at SI.OO, C. O. D., but had
failed to collect the money for the
package. This happened two weeks
before she came into the store de
manding a refund of SI.OO for one
of them which didn’t fit. Now, here
was a woman who had gotten three
dollars’ worth of merchandise for
nothing and had the nerve to come
in and demand a dollar refund for
one of the garments. Os course I
refused to give it to her and as I
had secured her name and address at
the beginning of our conversation I
immediately notified the credit de
partment and they sent her a bill
for $3.00. The telephone directory
listed her husband as a doctor so
there is a possibility that the firm
will collect the $2.00 due for the
two garments which she kept. 1 put
the one which she brought in for a
refund, back in stock.
This woman was just as guilty of
stealing as if she had robbed a bank
or stolen someone’s purse. The prin
ciple was the same. The intent to
steal was there and, in the eyes of
the law, the intention plays a big
part.
A large retail jewelry concern in
Philadelphia which is owned and
operated by a crowd of Jews, adver
tises that they sell all of their jewel
ry on the cost plus 10 per cent plan.
This is the lowest type of all crook
ed schemes. There is a wholesale
concern in New York City which
cooperates with crooked retailers in
fooling the public into buying,
thinking that they will only pay a
profit of 10 per cent above the
wholesale price. This wholesale con
cern in New York sends the retail
er two invoices, one to put on his
file and one to show the customer.
Os course. the one which is shown
to the customer is a higher-than
wholesale-price on which the 10 per
cent is to be based. This is a worse
form of stealing than holding up a
man with a gun for they not only
steal but they deceive at the same
time. Beware of any such crooks.
What about the merchant who
writes $2.00 on a price tag and
draws a line through it with a blue
pencil and writes SI.OO under it?
What about the merchant who saya
in his advertisements, “These shoes
formerly sold for SIO.OO- our price
now only $5.00,” when, as a matter
of fact, they never sold higher than
$6.00? This deceives the people and
the crooked intent is there just the
same. One form of stealing Is just
us bad as another.
What about the man who has the
opportunity to overcharge a man a
dollar without his knowing it and
does it. There are numbers of peo
ple who would not go out with a
gun and hold up a man and take
money from him, who, if they have
the opportunity, will take advantage
of people if they can get away with
it secretly. One is just as big a
crook as the other and thanks to
the law of equal justice which is
forever working, they will receive
their reward. The Bible tells us that
if a man digs a ditch for his neigh
bors to fall in he will fall in that
ditch himself. ’
One of the most enjoyable social
affairs ever held in Philadelphia wos
the birthday party at which Mrs.
Chas. J. Teasley entertained Mr.
Chas. J. Teasley on Saturday evening
of last week at their apartment on
North Broad street. A large birth
day cake, baked by Mr. Teasley’s
mother and sent to Philadelphia by
parcel post, adorned the center of the
table’ and after an appetizing Teas
ley meal which included the usual
Teasley trimmings, lemonade, on
ions, etc., the birthday cake was cut
into and it was learned that the ic
ing contained Georgia pecans which
made it more tasty. Mayor W. Free
land Kendrick, of Philadelphia, also
celebrated his birthday on this same
day, but the writer feels positive that
Mayor Kendrick could not have en
joyed his birthday any more than
did Mr. Teasley. Those present at
the Teasley celebration were Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. J. Teasley.
More about “Cedar Rock.” “Ce
dar Rock” is the spot I told you
about some time ago. It is situat
ed on top of one of the Pennsylvinia
hills. My wife and I joined a party
of sixteen friends and spent last Sun
day at this wonderful place. Nature
certainly outdid herself when she
placed this beauty spot on old Moth
er Earth’s cheek. Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Craven, of Oaklane, Philadel
phia, purchased this one hundred and
ten acres of hills, whereon sits an
old rock house, 100 or more years
old. Mr. Craven being the accom
plished architect that he is, succeeded
in making mother nature’s charms
even more attractive and today his
place is attracting hundreds of peo
ple. The house is right on top of a
small mountain and the view from
his front porch, which is uncovered,
with the exception of a small rustic
shelter, which covers the door, is
beautiful beyond description. It is
on this porch that picnicker friends
of the Cravens are permitted to
spread their lunches. This Teasley
appetite, which is always good, af
ter enjoying about a gallon of goed
spring water, is usually “primed” for
the feast that is spread, and does
its duty.