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■p UNION RECORDER, MILLEDGEVILLE, CA., APRIL 26. 1626 1 I FRANK CRANE SAYS | iSOeOCcOOO<iOOO<iO^ The Joy. of Accuracy A rnumon fault and a common element of weaknen is the habit of exaggeration. You have often heard a youn^ flapper say that upon such and such an occasion she nearly died or that there were millions of peo ple ball i lifest This is a habit tha’ into, but it is an e te trouble is that people Ret to tunting your statements and are to believe nothing that you say. ; think that you always exagger- evreything. te Christian Science Monitor ts out that one of the values of ying arithmetic is t otyecome uc- o the joy* of accuracy. If one will acquire the habit of j statinc as nearly as may be possible exactly what is the fact, if his repu-1 tation for stating the facts cleanly) is once established, it will be a Rreat : element of strength. Profanity and over-exaggeration. and extreme utterances alway* show that our passions outrun our infor- Always state, the best you can.; just exactly what occurred. Accustom I yourself to accuracy and modest! claim*. Then you will be credited ! with the hanit of truth-telling and people will believe what you say. There may be joy, a certain kind of joy, a certain kind of joy, in j exaggeration. It may appeal to the imaRination to overstate thinRS. But there is as much pleasure, af-| ter we Ret used to it, in beinR accu- ( rate and in tellinR only what is true. | Gabriel Wells had a Christmas card in which he says that there are three 1 thinRs that constitute a rounded out j life: Power, Pleusure and Peace. The more we think of it the more | this seems to be a very Rood defini- j tion. There is not much satisfaction in 1 a life of no power. What Rives zest j to sport is the employment of our | powers and we all applaud the victor I that in, the man who shows the most | power. This includes both mentality j or mental acumen and skill. As for pleasure, they have learned a Rreat lesson who have found out the abidinR pleasure of life ar that come from servinR other pleasures that we experience ii ly receiving Rifts or benefits, enjoying thing* that are our o pleasures of possession and amuse ment are temporary and they fade. But one who devotes his life to bringing joy into the lives of others has an unfailing source of satisfac- peace come* from the firm estab lishment or connection of lif ■ w - ith certain fixed principles. Th«*re are <>me things which, when we have decided upon them, we lay on the -helf. They are not to be reopened. One who is continually arguing the fundamentals is always in hot wactr and unsatisfied. That is the advantage of a belief in God. It is something fixed and s tried. a central sun about which all of our other thought* and opinions may revolve. Of course the belief in God does not imply any congeries of fantastic connotations. One's, belief in God may take many forms, but it must have a central core of repose. A life without inner repose is constant ly buffeted to and fro by contrary CLAIMS WORLD’S RECORD IN MAIL SERVICE New York, April 16.—(Autocast er)—Maurice Graham, of the West ern Air Express Company, is put for- ■ ward as the holder of the world’s rec- I ord in air mail service. Up to and includnig March 1R. i company officials ae'. forth, he had 1 flown 206.000 miles. 175,000 of them without a forced landing, and never , had been behind schedule or lost an The pilot nearest to him ban 05,000 miles to his credit and was forced down once by a heavy storm. Pontiac, Mich., April 16.— (Auto caster)—Senator James Couzen’s . famous “free farm,” now being sur- j rendered by Frank and Mark Wil- j liamson, agricultural college stud- j ent* because their accounts were on i the wrong side of the ldeger, needs a The Senator advertises: “No rent. 1 no taxes, to man who makes my 900 j acre 'Wabcek* estate show a profit.” A SKIN THAT BULLETS LOVE TO TOUCH Middlesboro, Ky., April 16.—(Auto caster)—Bill Nicholson, mountaineer believes h? has a “jinx”. Nicholson was shot three times during a fight in which several shots were fired, but he alone was hit. Since 1923, he says, he has been wounded seven times. HAS OLD U BILL Worcester, Mass., April >. ,. caster)—Joseph Travers is t h» “ t °' er of what he claims to he n t , . currency printed in the United W —ao >8 bill made in 1770 bv « and Sellers of Philadelphia. J Turnip ...d .t F. W. Headri.uT" passion One who has power sufficient to enjoy his ability to overcome oh- •stacle* who takes pleasure in giving pleasure to others, and who has inner repose enough to keep him content in the center of his being can be truly life. live a somewhat complete Priederichshaven, Prussia, April 1C.— (Autocaster)—Tired of always drawing blanks in the Prussian Stute Lottery. Mrs. Anna Mueller, a needy widow, held a trayful of tickets in front of her black Alsatian dog. Hector. The ticket that Hector snapped up won approximately $12,500. MILLEDGEVILLE—ATLANTA Lv. Milledgeville 7:30 E. T. Arrive Atlanta 11:00 C. Lv. Milledfeville 2:30 E. T. Arrive Atlanta C:00 C Leave Atlaata 7:30 C. T, Arr. Milledfeville 1:60 E. Leave Atlanta 3:30 C. T. Arr. MiladfeviDe 8:40 E. $4.00 One Way; $7:10 Roaad Trip C. F. STONE, Manager. For Reservations Call Phones: 386 or 392 practicing opto try in Milledgeville for 18 ye My charge* are reasonable, guarantee all wrok don* net* with me. 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