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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIV., No. 32.
Wealthy Carolina Farmer
on Trial For Wife’s Murder
Beautiful Young Wife
Suffered From Brutal
Treatment of Prominent
Union Planter. Poisoning
Alleged.
UNION, S. c.— What promises to be
one of the most sensational, the most
interesting and most hard fought legal
proceedings in South Carolina in hrany
years Is the case of W. T. Jones, a
wealthy planter of this county, who it
is expected will be put on trial here next
Week, charged with the murder of his
wife, a beautiful woman, who died on
Sunday night, July sth of last year, as
the result of strychnine poisoning.
The case is an unusual one in many
respects notably among them being dif
ferent phases of evidence which were
brought out at the coroner’s inquest, at
the hearings in the application for bail,
and in the especially new legal tactics
employed in the repeated efforts before
the circuit as well as before the supreme
justice to have Jones released on bond.
The greatest poss.ole interest centers
around the trial, not only because ot
the nature of the testimony that will
likely be brought out by scores of wit
no-.es who have been summoned to ap
pear in court, hut also because of the
p.v.mhi nt standing and wide connec
tl :r. of the deceased woman and be
cause Jones himself, being a very large
property owner and wide awake and pro
gres.-ivc planter, has quite a large fol
lowing.
.1 IV is a man about forty-two years
old: a physical giant in statue, being
apparently over six feet (all, and built
in proportions. He has a massive head,
and in the operating of his large agri
cultural interests has shown very great
ability, branching out along new' lines,
working out new ideas in the old staple
crepa • lid introducing such new crops
as tobacco agriculture, and other things
in all making an unusual degree of sue-
C C ‘.
liesitles his property and farm plan
tations, comprizing about 3,000 acres,
Mr. Jones about four years ago erected
one of the handsomest country residence
to be found in upper South Carolina. The
residence is equipped with electric lights
generated by a private dynamo and sup
piled with water from his own water
works system.
Ot the man and his habits, he has
made no pretense at goody-goodyness,
am] indeed if the observations of the
students of heredity count for anything,
soir.e of his characteristics may not have
long to be searched for, for it .s a mat
ter of public record that not so many
years ago, before the death of his fath
er, :: Social act was passed in the leg
islature to allow him to become the le
gitimate heir of Tyrrel Jones.
When a young man he was a student
at South Carolina college, now a uni
versity, and there had a unfortunate ex
perience, as result of which he left but
which there is no use to dwell on.
It was when Marion Porter w'as only
a young girl that W. T. Jones began
paying devoted attention to this beauti
ful young lady, who lived in the com
munity w’here he lived. Shortly after
this they were married. From this un
ion a son was born, Harry Jones his only
child, who is about twelve years old.
That this union was far from being a
happy one during the past few years is
what the neighbors and friends of the
family and residents of that communi
ty said in sworn affidavits. Indeed if
all that is sown to is literally
true, this is a case of not only
unparalled physical and mental cruel
ty to the woman whom he had vowed to
love and cherisn, but unoonceivable in
some of the indignities to which he sub
jected her; indignities so improper and
degrading to womanhood as to be entire
ly unprintable.
It was shortly before twelve o’clock
Sunday night of July sth that W. T.
Jones hastily summoned Dr. J. T. Jester,
his family physician, who resided not a
great distance away, to come quickly
that his wife was ill. Dr. Jester obey
ed the summons as quickly as he could
after dressing. On reaching Jones’ res
idence he found Mrs. Jones in convul
sions. He tried to releave her, but in a
few moments she dieci brokenly mur
muring the Lords prayer anc. saying
"have mercy.” From h.s observations
and from what Mr. Jones himself said,
Dr. Jester's opinion as stated at the in
quest was that the deceased came to
her death as result of strychnine pois
oning. One of the main points in the
evidence, as brought out In the various
hearings for bail, wIU be at the trial
that Mrs. Jones, in a mood of dispond
ency as result of having been particu
larly unwell for several weeks, took pols"
on herself, thus causing her own
death, while their prosecutions will en
deavor to show that Jones himself forced
her to take it and thus ended her life,
backing up this with a large array of
witnesses, who will testify, to his very
harsh treatment of her for a long period;
of how it is alleged he had made her
make improper proposals to one prom
inent white man, a magistrate, and two
negroes; of how it is alleged he had de
clared that he wanted to be rid of her
because of one young woman who lived
not far away, to whom it is a matter of
common report he had given many hand
some gifts.
The day after Mrs. Jones’ death, the
inquest was begun, and so many were
the witnesses examined that it was not
conc'u ; rl until the following afternoon.
As ri , K of evidence thus brought out,
Junes was arrested, charged with the
murder on July 9th and made an Inmate
of the county jail here, where he has
been since, except of three occasions;
CHILI TERRIBLY
BURRED II
Had Been Locked in By
Mother. Will Probably
Die,
Asbury Ellison, the two and a half
years old child of Louise Ellison, a
negress, who resides at No. 1581
Anthony street was terribly burned
Monday morning. His clothes in some
way became ignited from the fire in
the grate. The child had been locked
in the room by his mother who did
not care to carry him out in the cold
when she went lor some washing. It
is believed the child’s burns are
fatal. He was carried to the Lamar
Hospital. The chief burns are on the
child's body.
About, 10.30 o’clock the neighbors
heard an awful screaming in the
house and saw smoke issuing from
the window. An axe was procured
and the house broken into. Thie
child was standing in the room en
veloped in flames. The fire was put
out, hut not before every bit of the
clothes was burnt from its body.
The mother did not return until
after the child was carried to the
hospital.
The nre spread from the child's
clothing to a table and chair. The
fire department was called and put
the fire out before the house had
been damaged much.
TWO HUNDRED LOST
LIKES IN FIRE
01 FLEET
CANTON, China. —At, least 200 lives
were lost in a fire Monday in a fleet
of flower boats. The charred bodies
of 170 victims have been recovered
and many more are missing.
one when he went for a few moments
to the court house when he was ar
raigned at the September term of court;
again when in November he was taken
in the custody of the sheriff to Colum
bia to appear before the supreme court
in an application for bail, and later again
in December when the hearing for bail,
which had been abandoned was again
resumed.
Within a few weeks after Jones had
"been committed to jail, his counsel, con
sisting of James Munro, former judge,
D. A. Townsend, state senator, B. F.
Townsend of the local bar, and Col. Geo.
Johnson of Newberry, some of the ablest
criminal lawyers in the state, applied
to circuit judge, D. A. Hydrick at Spart
anburg for Jones' release on bond, stat
ing that bond in any sum could be fur
bished. This motion for bail was re
fused by Judge Hydrick after hearing,
"not only the defense side, but also that
of th* prosecution, which is represented
by Circuit Solicitor, T. S Sease of Spart
'anburg, Hon. J. Ashby Sawyer and P. D.
Barron of this city.
This refusal of bail from Judge Hy
drick came rather as a surprise to the
general public, but Boon a notice of an
appeal to the supreme court was given
by the defense, counsel. When the Sep
tember term of court convened, they en
deavored in different ways to have the
case continued, but the different mo
tions were overruled and Jones was ar
raigned.
Then the defense sprung a surprise
by producing an order from Chief Jus
tice W. J. Pope of the state supreme
court, forbidding the case to be tried un
til the appeal before the supreme bench
should be heard, which could not be
done until the later part of November
at earliest. This brought the intend
ed trial, for which nearly two hundred
witnesses had been summoned an
abrupt termination.
When the case came before the state
supreme court in November it was on
two motions, one on the appeal from
Judge Hydrick’s order refusing bail, an I
another on direct appeal for bail to the
supreme court. After the arguments the
hearing was not continued until sev
eral weeks later when it was resumed
and an order handed down dismissing
th* application and refusing bail, which
was signed by two of the associate Jus
tices, ■ Chief Justice Pope dissenting.
Jones was in attendence at the hearing
In Columbia in the custody of the sheriff
and afterwards was committed to the
county jail, here, where he has been con
fined ever since.
As to just when the ease will come
up here next week cannot be foretold
though if the past tactics of the defense
are followed a strenuous effort will be
made a continuance, though it is known
that the prosecution will vigorously op
pose such action and endeavor to force
the case to trial.
All in all this case will probably be
one of the mt*st sensationally contest
ed trials ever neid in South Carolina,
and already wide spread interest is felt
in it.
Forecast for Augusta and vicinity—Fair and not so cold toniglit and Tuesday.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 1, 1900.
MRS. RUTH LEAVITT AND CHILDREN
||r in Mrs
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt,
who has just sued for di
vorce, is shown in the up
per picture with her two
children. Her husband,
W illiam H. Leavitt, is
shown in the lower picture
TOSS OF COIN MADE
AUGUSTS LEAGUE
MEETING PLACE
The Other Fights of This
City "Were Lost At League
Meeting in Savannah.
By the toss of a coin in Savannah
Sunday Augusta was made the offi
cial meeting place of the South At
lantic league. Macon and Augusta
were contending for the honor as be
ing the most centrally located cities
in the circuit There seemed some
danger of a deadlock, and of neither
city getting the honor which has be
longed to Savannah since the organi
zation of the league. Mr. Harry Mor
ris of Augusta and Mr. Homer Starr
of Macon agreed to abide by the re
sult of tossing a coin. The coin was
tossed and Mr. Morris won. When
the matter was brought up in the
meeting Augusta was agreed upon
with practically no debate.
Thie was about all Augusta got out
of the meeting. The resolution car
ried there by the Augusta club look
ing to the safeguarding o? the in
terests of the league by adopting .1
rigid rule against overstepping the
salary limit was voted down. Chat
tanooga, Jacksonville and Savannah
led the opposition. Augusta wanted a
rule adopted that every officer and
director of a club should sign month
ly affidavits that their club was not
above the salary or player limit.
On Augusta’s move to raise the sal
ary limit it was instead agreed to
make the limit $1,700 a month exclu
sive of the manager. This allows
ihe managers to be paid whatever it
is desired. It was contended that this
action afforded a means of dodging
the salary limit, and paying the man
ager a large sum which he might
give to the players.
Augusta also fought for a resolu
tion denying the right to pay officials
other than the manager of clubs a
salary in excess of $75 a month. This
was directed at Wilson Matthews of
Charleston who it is contended will
in reality a non-playing manager un
der the guise of president of the club.
The Augusta contingent at. the merit
ing stated that the refusal of the lea
gue to adopt this move meant that the,
bars were down, and that a club
could would hold in reserve as offi
cials under high salary experienced
players ready to be signed and shovt
ed into the game at any time. It. Is
stated that Augusta in this manner
might add a number of vice-presi
dents to the club.
Mr. H. H. Starr, of Macon, was
elected vice-president of the league.
Messrs. N. P. Corish, of Savannah,
O. B. Andrews of Chattanooga and
Mr. J. C. Otis of Columbia were
elected trustees, Mr. Corish being
secretary.
The use of the Reach ball was dis
carded and v contract made with the
Spalding people for five years.
Those present at the meeting were
as follows:
From .1 S Farr and H. H.
Morris: from Macon, H H. Starr;
from Savannah, J. F. Sullivan and N.
P. Corish; from Jacksonville, w. E.
Gullet, W. E. West, and D. J. Bur
bridge; from Columbia A. C. Otis;
from Chattanooga O. B Andrews;
froiyi Columbus, J. E. P. Stevens,
from Charleston, E. S. Dingle. Man
agers Mullaney, Granville and Dob) l
were also present.
TO TEACH CITIZENSHIP.
NEW YORK. —Beginning this
month, a supplemental course in gov-!
ernment to fit students for profes
sional citizenship will be provided
by Columbia T'nlverslty, with officers
and directors of the National Bureau;
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TRIAL
NEW YORK.—Broughton Branden
burg, the writer, failed to appear
when his ca,se was called Monday and
his bail of fifteen hundred dollars was
forfeited. The court ordered his ar
rest and officers arc now searching
for him. The trial of Broughton
Brandenburg is for grand larceny - ; on
the ground of receiving money from
the New York Times under false pre
j tense by selling a signed Interview
with the late Grover Cleveland waH
on the calendar of the court, of gen
eral sessions. Jt is expected that
Mrs. Cleveland will be the chief wit
ness against Brandenburg.
PACIFIC [1 OFTIE
PANAMA CHANNEL
OPENED
PANAMA. President-elect Taft
j Monday formally* opened the Pacific
[ end of the Panama canal to naviga
tion. The Pacific mail steamship will
be the first ship to pass through the
I channel. The channel leads five miles
out into Panama Bay.
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MAYOR FAVORS THE
NEW ORDINANCE
Very Probable That Or
dinance Providing For
Bacteriologist Will Be
Passed.
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At the regular monthly meeting of
city council, which will be held on
Monday night, an ordinance creating
the office of city chemist and bac
teriologist will be brought, up for
ratification, it having already passed
the Board of Health.
Mayor Dunbar favors the adoption
of the ordinance. “At the las! meet
ing of the Board of Health,” said he,
“Dr. V . C. Kellogg expressed his
views regarding the need of such an
officer. He said plainly that in his
opinion the city chemist and bacteriol
ogist was of far more importance to
the Board of Health than a meat.t and
milk inspec-or, and that if the mat
ter ever came to a point, where one
office could have to be sacrificed, he
recommended the abolition of the
meat and milk inspector. So when i
heard him put It. that strongly, I with
drew any opposition to the ordinance
that I might otherwise have interpos
ed, and it was passed.”
It is expected that council will
likewise, affix the seal of their ap
proval to the measure tonight.
OBALOiA SHIS
TUFT NT II
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■—■i ■«—a
Panama President Dis
charges Employe Who
Publi shed Pamphlet
Criticising President.
PANAMA:—The charges made in
American congress recently by Repre
sentative Rainey, of Illinois, against
President Obaldia of Panama, and
others, ’have brought out denials from
the president and slxteent members
of the nctionM assembly.
The assemblymen have signed a
statement that they were present nt
the meeting in the president's office
v*iere the contract for exploration of
the timber industry along the Atlan
tic coast of Panama was discussed,
and that during the meeting neither
President Obaldia nor any one else
said implied that Charles P. Taft,
William Nelson Cromwell or Roger L.
Farnham had nnv direct or indtrtc
participation in the business. Among
those signing the statement are prom
inent Oposition loaders of the as
sembly.
Concerning some of the charges
Presldt r.t Obaldia has given out live
following statement ten publication:
“My at,.t.ude while in my office
neither Mr. Farnham nor any outsid
ers were present and no mention was
made cf Charles P. Taft, Cromwell,
or Farnham.
The railway proposal was presented
to the assembly by Mr. Ward and
was rejected. The assembly then en
acted a law authorizing the construc
tion of the railway with the national
funds to become national property,
ihe Ehrmans timber contract also
was rejected my the assembly, where
the hill is now being discussed, regu
lating foreign exploration on Atlantic
Coast, including the entire Chagres
Valley.”
President Obaldia has discharbed
a local government empolye who pub
lished the pamphlet criticising Crom
well and President Roosevelt.
ELEVEN JURORS ARE
TRIG ROBERT
MINOR
Almost Unprecedented, is
This in Cases of This
Sort. Minor Charged with
Criminal Assault.
Robt. Minor, a white man, charged
will) criminal assault was put on
trial in Ihe superior court Monday
morning with only eleven Jurors sit
ting on the case. The original panel
of seventy-two jurors was exhausted
by the time ten jurors had been se
cured, with Ihe exception of two
talesmen. One of these was found
competent. The jury box was
brought in court and an extra panel
of twelve men was drawn, but no mo
tion of Mr. A. L. Franklin, the at
torney for the defendant, Ihe case
proceeded with eleven jurors, in or
der to save time. This is almost
unprecedented in cases of this na
ture, iri this section.
Minor Is charged with having crim
inally assaulted Nellie Outz. a ten
year-old girl on Nov. 4lh. The de
tails as told by the victim iri court
Monday are unprintable. Tito child
and Dr. W. D. Jennings were the
only two witnesses put on the stand
up to 3 o’clock. They were both put
through a severe cross-examination.
The case will be finished Monday
and it is thought it will be given to
the jury at a late hour Monday after
noon .
The jurors on the cast; are; Messrs.
Edward Sheahan, Bury P. Whittle,
Geo. H. Dennis, W. W. Meyer, A. If.
Musgrovc, 0, R. Foster, R. w. (jjbbs,
Chas, H. Schneider, Thos. Walsh, Jer
ry J, Collins and R. Toombs Moore.
GRAND JURY TAKES UP
MRS. SAMPSON’S CASE
She is Charged With Mur
dering Her Husband, a
Nephew of Late Rear Ad
miral.
LYONS, N. Y. —The grand jury In
Wayne county Monday took up for
consideration the case of Mrs. Geor
gian Allyn Sampson, charged with
the murder of tier husband, Harry
Sampson, a nephew of the late rear
admiral, It Is expected that an In
dictment charging murder In the first
degree will be returned,
BRITISH STEAMER WENT
DOWN WITH FORTY-NINE MEN
MELBOURNE—The British steam
er Clan Randall Is a total loss near
Kdithburg. The captain and forty
eight members of Ihe crew arc drown
ed, eighteen members of the crew be
ing saved.
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR.
COLDEST WEATHER OF THE
SEASON SWt ,KJ ’ 1 Ig
NMYOR SEVERELY;
CRITICIZES AAR.
WINGFIELD
Say A Commissioner of Pub
lic Works Occupies Un
fortunate Position of
Serving Two Masters—
The Twin City Company
and Augusta.
At the moo tins of city council Mon
day night, the much talked of question
of the Twin City Power company de
velopment will be submitted to the city
fathers for an expression of their views.
It is expected that they will endorse
Mayor Dunbar, who, nt the Inst meeting
of the bridges, rivers and wharves com
mittee, stated that if Hie city's interests
are fully protected he favors the project.
The mayor doesn't entertain such
sanguine prospects regarding; the ad
vantages Augustn would derive from the
development of 30,000 horse power as do
many other citizens of the city. “In
the first place,”’ said he, “the com
pany would sell all the current etsewnere
they eould dispose of, before ever com
ing into Augusta. Athens, Washington,
Idlberton, Anderson, (ireenvllle and
neighboring cities would, in my opinion
reap much more benefit than Augusta..
Of course, though, I don't look with dis
favor on Ihe project. I think we would
benefit much thereby, if we are abso
lutely guaranteed, to begin with, that
out canal Interests are protected."
Mayor Dunbar criticizes very severely
the position of Mr. Nlsbot Wingfield,
commissioner of public works. Summed
up briefly in the language of the Scrip
tures, he thinks “no man can serve two
masters.''
The public is more or less generally
aware of thp fact that Commissioner
Wingfield has been retained as consult
ing engineer by the Twin City Dower
company, thouffli It appears that his ac
tive services will not be in demand un
til actual work of development begins.
“Mr. Wingfield did not go to Wash
ington to look out for the city’s In
terests,” said Mayor Dunbar Monday
morning. “He was not commissioned
by council or by myself to go there.
Up went there in the interests of th*
Twin City people.”
“But do you think Mr. Wingfield could
afford to jeopardize the city's Inter
ests?” the mayor was asked.
To which the mayor responded thnf
“a man can not serve two masters.”
He regards Mr. Wingfield's position ns
unfortunate. He says he does not think
the commissioner's opinion In regard to
Ibo safety of any type of dam eould
be relied upon. jne sense of his crit
icism seems to be that Mr. Wingfield’3
position could hardly, under the circum
stances, be regarded as unbiased.
The mayor outlines very clearly his
attitude toward the Twin City plan of
development. He says that If the city’s
Interests .are safeguarded absolutely, he
would encourage in every way lie can
the construction of the proposed dam.
He favors Col. Dan C. Kingman of Sa
vannah as the arbiter of Augusta’s wel
fare. He Ih willing to abide by any de
cision that eminent engineer may ren
der, regarding the safety of any dam
that may be planned.
Mr. Charles Kates has been requested
by Mayor Dunbar to go before council
tonight and state his views. Mr. Kstes
is very apprehensive, so Mayor Dunbar
states, of the city’s Interests, as regards
the canal, and it is thought he will say
as much to the city fathers.
WILL ESTABLISH
COTTON GRADES
WASHINGTON ft official grades
of cotton will be established by a
committee which convened in Wash
ington Monday, The meeting was
called hy act of Congress and Secre
tary Wilson, of the department, of ag
rlcuTure, appointed the members.
Among them are J. A. Alrey, New
Orleans; Joseph Akers, Atlanta; F.
W. Crump, Memphis; John Martin,
Paris, Tex.! George W. Neville, New
York and Lewis W, Parker, Green
ville, S. all members of widely
known cotton firms.
Nearly all the Important, cotton ex
changes of this country and Europe
have contributed their standards free
of cost for the use of these experts
In establishing the grades. The
growers, manufacturers and exchang
es have cordially assisted In many
ways. The cotton exchanges of tht
following cltle s have contributed
copies of their standards: Augusta
and Macon, Ga.; Bremen, Germany;
Charleston, 8. C.; Charlotte, N. C.;
Galveston and Waco, Tex,; Little
Rock, Ark,; Liverpool and Manches
ter, England, Memphis, Tenn.; Mo
bile, Ala.; New Orleans, New York
City and Vicksburg, Miss.
DELAYED STEAMER
REACHES THE PORT
NEW YORK —The American liner St.
Louis, which was due at New York, Sat
urday from Southampton, but was de
layed by a broken rudder, arrived at
Ambrose Channel lightship early Mon
day and was met by two tugs.
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i J I l IBtJUIVLr. — litt; uuiuu.a •• uuvuT.i
of the season was experienced here
Monday. The thermometer was nine
degrees above zero. A light snow is
falling.
NEW YORK HOMELESS
SUFFERED INTENSELY.
NEW YORK.—Swept by biting
northwest wind New York City Mon
! day experienced tho coldest weather
jof the season. With the temperature
five degrees above zero at daylight
the suffering of the homeless during
the night must have been intense.
Two thousand applicants for food
lined up at the Ilowery Mission dur
ing the nlgltl. Eighteen families
were driven from their homes in a
tenement house in East Seventy-sev
enth si rent by a fire.
COLD WILL lr i S
LESSEN TUESDAY.
WASHINGTON Killing frosts a* far
south ns 26th parallel find temperatures
from six to eight degrees below ffeet
tng were reported from central and
northern Florida today. The cold wave
continues east of Mississippi. Tho weath
or bureau today announced that the
cold snap will continue tonight fn the
east and south, followed by rising tem
perature Tuesday.
Freezing temperntrues will again oc
cur in the South Atlantic states.
GOLD WAVE IS
PASIG AWAY
It Will Be Several Days,
However, Before the
Usual Temperate Condi
tions Are Restored.
The weather observer says the
cold wave Is passing over. By Tues
day morning Augusta will be in the
canter of tho storm, which is now
rapidly moving eastward.
Instead of "the tall" of the storm,
Augusta canto In for a large, trapped
slice of Ihe disturbance, says Obser
ver Fisher. He doesn’t hold out a
strong hope of Augusta’s usual mild
weather for several days yet, either,
for another high area is following
the one that brought cold weather,
and both will have to pass over en
tirely before temperate conditions
are restored.
From 8 o'clock Saturday morning
until 8 o'clock Sunday morning, the
thermometer went down to a mini
mum temperature of Ifi degrees, and
never climbed higher than 52. From
8 o’clock Sunday until the snme hour
Monday morning, the maximum wa*
even lower, being only 3B degree*,
with a low, again, of lfi degree*
Today, however, the weather Is
moderating fast. Many men left off
their overcoats, and the warm rayi
of the sun are thawing out things
rapidly.
ship McClellan to
TRANSPORT SOLDIERS
After Taking Troops Will
Take Part in Final With
drawal of Troops From
Cuba.
WASHINGTON—Thu army .transport
McClellan will leave Hampton. Roads
early In March for Florida to bring tho
761 h and 122nd companies of coast ar
tillery from Fort Barrancas and Key
West to Fort Hancock and Fort Hamil
ton, N. Y., respectively. Then tho
transport will return to Cuba and take
part In the Anal withdrawing of troops
from Island.
FIBHING AND ADVERTISING.
“Just as good fish in the sea as
ever came out,” is mighty poor
consolation. Did it ever occur
to you that, the bait has a lot, to
do with landing the big ones?
The other fellow, by using proper
bait and plenty of it, is going to
get the best fish right along.
Can you see any parallel here
with getting business by advertis
ing-good advertising and plenty
of it?
The value of advertising la cu
mulative. A three month's or
three year’s campaign will not
build business to a point where
advertising is no longer necessary
The first month’s advertising
starts the ball rolling. The sec
ond pushes it a little faster and
so on. Each year will make the
selling problem ad easier one than
it could possibly be without ad
vertising.
The more you advertise, the
more you appreciate its value and
the less able you are to do with
out it.