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•* -, PAGE TWO. PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTl CAROLINA .DUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO ► THINK CLEARLY THE GREATEST DEMAND OF ORIGAN BUSINESS Bankers Association President Gives the Five Essentials of Sound Thinking in Business—Greater Opportunity Than Ever Before for Young People With Educational Training and Power to Analyze Problems. By CRAIQ B. HAZLEWOOD President American Bankers Association O NLY half a century ago Michael Pupin, a shepherd boy, guarded his flocks by night among the fields of Serbia. ^Thieves often lurked in the bordering cornfields awaiting an op portunity to make off with a part of the herd. Serbian boys were taught a method of signalling one another for warning and help. Each carried a knife with a long wooden handle which he would thrust deep into the ground and in case cattle thieves approached he would strike the wooden handle. The sound would be transmitted through the ground to other boys some dis tance away who could hear and interpret the message. “Why is it,” Pupin asked his mother, “that we can signal this way? Why is it the sound can be heard through the ground, but not through the air? Why is it the sig nals can be heard in the pasture land so much better than in the plowed fields?” The boy’s mother could not answer his ques- v Craig bhazlewooo tions, nor could the village teacher. How ever, having an eager mind and great de termination, the boy decided to go to America, where he might win an education and find out the answers to these and other perplexing questions. Hundreds of other boys under the same circumstances and with the same set <3> . - .. — . —.— Local and Personal News of Blackville ijlackville, March 16.—The School improvement association met Tues day at the schoolhouse with a large crowd attendance. A splendid pro gram was given by pupils in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades. By the count of mothers present, the holiday of an hour was given to the fourth grade. Mrs. T. L. Wragg, director of the Westein district of the Federated clubs of the State gave an interesting talk on “What the Federation Means.” The report of the treasurer showed a good sum on hand with no outstand ing indebtedness. The president of the Mrs. Lena Davies, B. P. Davies and two sons, Ben Jr., and Billie, spent Sunday in Columbia with Mrs. Davies. •f conditions merely accepted thoae things without once questioning them Just because they had always done them that way. The Land of Education and Success So a penniless Immigrant boy from Serbia at the age of fifteen landed In New York In 1S74 and, years later, having worked his way through Co lumbia University, concentrated the wonder and simplicity of his mind upon the problem of sound, which had puzzled him as a shepherd boy. The results of his thinking—what he has accomplished for the long dis tance telephone and for radio commu nication by his Inventions—are known ‘ the world over. ‘'If during the past twenty-two years this company had been compelled to do without one In vention of Michael Pupin.” an official of the American Telephone and Tele graph Company once said, “and yet give the same service It Is giving to day It would have had to spec. 1 at least $100,000,000 more than It has ex pended" Th*se Inventions. In which millions of dollars of caplfal have been Invest- «d. were .he result of the thinking of a mere country lad who had the sim plicity to wonder, the determination to know and the power to apply what he learned. Stimulating the Imagination thinking Is the greatest purpose oration What American hunlne?* needs more than anything else Is young men and women to think—Indl viduals who are not mentally anchor*-!] to tradition, who do not merely appro prlato other people's ideas, hut who are hard, purposeful thinkers, Inde pendent and unprejudiced, with the ability to concentrate and strike straight for the heart of a problem. Business Needs Folk Who Think America has astounded the world by Its readiness In casting aside tradi tional viewpoints, disregarding tradi tional difficulties and pioneering new shortcut formulas In the realm of business. Business Is undergoing epochal changes. Business problems are crowding In 'upon us so rapidly that the executive knows not where to look for adequate help or relief. With the enormous In- •erpase In size and Intricacy of busi ness affairs the problems have become 'so complicated and the mass of Infor- 'matlon necessary to their solution so great that the "days are not long enough.” The demand for managerial mod executive ability Is rushing ahead —the opportunity for young meh and ■women—who—hgv^ tho -professional training and who develop genuine thinking power is greater than ever. All busiuess feels the same crying need for the men who see clearly and think conclusively. Wherever we look —manufacturing, wholesaling, retail ing, banking, financing—new forces «re at work. Vast movements are un der way and executives are seeking light upon perplexing problems dally. Let us consider briefly the five es- «entials of a sound thinker. If I were looking for a young man of exception al promise I should hope, first, to find In him the simplicity to wonder. Ev- ■ery great advancement in business has been made by men who dared to wonder, who had the courage to In quire Into present procedure and who "had the audacity to ask whether some- thing that had been done a certain way for a long time might not be wrong. Although the history of Amer ica’s progress from Ita very discovery • to the present time has shown the walne of an inquiring mind, there Is atlll an inevitable tendency in most men to accept in a docile manner the opinion*, methods, supposed facts, procedures and proceases of the past With due reverence to the effort, the spirit, the accomplishments of the let us make It our rule that tv- be looked at with the clear Business Requires an Open Mind Second, among the essentials^ for sound thinking 1 would write down an open mind. We have mentioned free ing our minds from the Influence of] tradition. Let us think also without | prejudice of personal feelings, de- j sires or consequence. Let us seek j only the truth. Mere surface reason ing must be discounted. Old •‘can’ts” and "don'ts” must be thrown Into the discard. A man who has an open mind will do a great many things be cause he doesn't know they can't be done. The third essential to sound think ing is knowledge—a thorough, com prehensive understanding of all the factors Involved In a problem, it has been said that most problems answer themselves when the facts have been gathered. A well known student and teacher of business describes the method of attacking a problem as tear ing It down, reassembling the prob lem and drawing the conclusion. There can be nothing but guess work or Intuition unless the unknown quan tities are discovered. As a fourth essential sound think ing requires the capacity to general- ‘ Ize. How often wo have seen men j sweating and confused before a mass of details which they were utterly un- i able to classify and crystallize. We i an! have the problem of sorting otlt the f ed relevant, attaining a perspective and reaching a conclusion that can be de fended sgainst any attack. To cer tain minds this procedure comes natu rally; to others training In the solu tion of complicated problems points the way out. The Time for Action Fifth among the essentials of sound thinking is the power to apply. A few individuals have minds that travel at random or In circles. Some have minds that even refuse to budge. But there are still others who naturally or through training have minds that can be directed straight through to the practical application of their thoughts. They refuse to compromise or to be thwarted In purpose before definite application of their Ideas has been achieved. It Is possible, I believe, for young people to train themselves to an In quisitive attitude, an open mind and the ability to classify and Interpret material step by step from the begin ning of a problem to its final solution and application. Here, then, Is the thought I would leave—the paramount need of business Is sound thinking. Some may think I have overstated the case, have set too high a standard. They may feel that they are merely cogs in a machine. That, too, is a part of the problem. The only way to solve that Is to find time and place In the day’* work for thinking. SCHOOL SAVINGS BANK ING MOVEMENT REACHES IMPRESSIVE PROPORTIONS Almost 14,000 of America’s schools now have school savings banking plans in operation, and about four million pupils are leading systematic savings through this type of thrift, with deposits in excess of $26,000,000, recent reports of the American Bank ers Association’s Savings Bank Divi sion show. The schools included in the reports are attended by 4,609,825 pupils, of whoi^) 3.980,237 are partici pant* in the school tavingi banking plans as depositor*. During the year these pupil* received interest In the amount of $947,610 on their deposit*. The reports gathered by the associ ation also show that there are 38 clt- Jee In the United States in which a 'full 100 per cent of the grammar school enrollment Is .participating in school savings banking. The figures covering high schools show that In 47 cities 100 per cent of the attendance In this class art school savers. Fights Drug Evil Rep. S. G. Porter, author of the Narcotic Farms Bill, signed by President * Coolidge, which will re move about 1,800 dope fiends from Federal institutions to two health ful farm institutions. association asked that every one give thought to the matter of attending the convention which will be held in Spartanburg in April. The matter of delegates was held over to be decided by the president, Mr?. H. L. Buist. Monday afternoon a pleasant time was had by a few of the friends of Miss Eugenia Still at her home, bridge was played. The Presbyterian auxiliary met on Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. S. G. Lowe. The study of the Book of Luke wrt? continued. The bo* tesfc served refreshments. The Wednesday. Afternoon Book club met this week with Mrs. T. L. Wragg. After the business session, Mrs. H. L. Buist read an interesting article, “Behind the Mike,” by ^fc- Name-e, New York radio announcer. A salad course was served. Mrs. Judson Matthews has returned from a trip to Washington, during which time she attended the inaugu ration. T. E. Webb, of North, has accepted a position in the Bank of Western Caiolina and began work Monday. Mrs. E. H. Weissinger and Mrs. L. C. Still attended the D. A. R. conven tion in Greenwood Tuesday, Wednes day and Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Carroll and children have returned from Summer ville and Charleston, where they have been for the past week. .Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dodenhoff, of West Point, Miss., are guests of Mrs. D. K. Briggs, arriving Thursday. A splendid meeting was held at the Baptist church during the past week. The Rev. F. Clyde Helms, of the Shandon Baptist church was the evangelist. Edward Ninestein and Paul Ma- gruder were week-end visitors.at their homes here, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Ninestein were among the Columbia shoppers Thurs day. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Kletts, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Burns and little daugh ter, Pearl, and Dumont Boylston, of Greenville, were week-end visitors of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Boylston. Mrs. Mamie Limerick, of Canada, Fla., returned to her home Monday, after a visit with Mrs. C. H. Mathis. Mr. and Mrs. El F. Boylston, Gene Rountree and Mrs. Vick Fickling spent last week-end with relatives in Augusta. Mrs. C. H. Mathis, Mrs. B. L. Boyls ton and Mrs. T. O. Boland were Au gusta visitors Tuesday. Mrs. G. F. Posey and Mrs. H. L. Buist motored to Columbia Thursdsy. Dr. S. B. Ruih was in Columbia on Wednesday. The regular meeting of the Eastern Star chapter was held Tuesday even ing. Earl Delk and Eugene Ficklin were initiated into membership, salad course was served. Dr. O. D. Hammond is attending the meeting of the grand lodge of Masons in Charleston. Miss Clara Beerwald, who has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. Herman j Brown, returned to her home in Phila delphia Friday. John Johnson and Mrs. T. E. Webb, of North, were visitors in Blackville Tuesday. n- EASTER EXCURSION WASHINGTON, D. C. Visit the Nation’s Capitol, the National Museum, Library of Con- giess, Arlington, the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Etc. ROUND TRIP FARES FROM BARNWELL $15.00. (Other Points in proportion.) Tickets on sale Friday, March 29—Good on all regular trains that date and in Pullmans on payment of necessary charges. Final Limit, mid . . night, April 3rd. v Schedules, tickets and infoimation from: J. E. Mahaffey, Ticket Agent Barnwell, S. C. Phone No. 5. ATLANTIC COAST LINE The Standard Railroad of the South •o - its the Champion Have you tried the new improved “Standard” Gasoline? If not, in fairness to yourself you should. Especially if you are looking for new records in all ’round motor efficiency. This super-performance fuel is making friends by the thou sands. Everywhere there Is a warm chorus of praise from both motorists ind dealers who are passing on the informa tion that "ifs the Champion.” ♦f Test it for yourself. It has everyffiipg you want: start and acceleration—-like a wild colt onthe getaway and pickup; power—the uncomplaining swift power of unleashed light ning. “talking back” on the hills. No carbon. And it burns clean td the last drop. No crankcase dilution. A pure, dear, white gasoline. On sale at the big red “Standard” pumps with “Standard” globes. Insist on the genuine. Made and guaranteed by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. STANDARD A Improved ^ G AS O L I (