The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 25, 1920, Image 3
CHbkMH of like County -Call?!
On to Help
GOOD INVESTMENT
?Uf N^Pda Hew Trade
twy #nd Pinckney
Witt-Bria* it
Tern
Biidge
lttA^atl**?U in rtu.-kio>? Landing
C S^fOJect .?wr%he Santeo rlVeri
to U-4lviuV"?! -paying Invest m. i^
?ba .stockholder*, wan as aroint
g4od di\t?b nd? op the atock, .1.1,1 u
ictuel guarantee thai tii< ii' mone>
refuuded in a l? v: yraia l?> the
t*t*St Will K^do'iHl government* i.iUiii?
over the bridge und pu>mg the *to<k
tio?o*rs laUk M'li v lhe> i?ut Into t h*
Vrojfcci. ?
Afvii Of thM npttMllotl und hitv
*e*giti bu?in? jmi standing oi L. I?. Jen
kuag* ?od R t'. i-'-i-' i. smnii i i-ouij
ty tot umbers ui tu,, .".na -?un.i.MHi
rotor** would not ?1,. purtiea to an>
l>ia>av fa* tio r??noat?.?r >m> ?t??i-u
?oaopatiy efAle? Ihoj fell anttstled that,
*&?g could cooevtontlo/iiatj reoomiin n.J
this ojcopoailion t" iikii ? Mow i
?/an*. Theae two tft ntU in- m ,t,id in in;.
e*h#r pre mote ra ur ibo rm. km > *
I, Uafflllg aanttv iin.lO' piojeit have
itjstsasii all a their faith In the .sin * em|
of Hie OTwpuicti<?i by taking. eu? h <>t
'MP0P, #l,a?0 worth of tbv *t??? k Mam
at Ihr Summetl?>a. Meeting la.it
.gpo-k' Ss.Pov. X- ?'?li> and *??'>??<
of thle steeT i,, proportion to
ability to subscribe.
Xhfti 1*0* a>ul inoet itneesful i.inu
Of* Wtd, Other Intaineaa mihi from Clr.i
?Mb^" aUeblviul and Sam'* > took
ta of thU *t?n:k That nhow ? that
k muss be a f Aod inve.it rasnt
*l>*at?r? ity wdi revolve* gre*^ l?e*ie
tu taw tmd?- i.-miim ,. n ? on hun
Of new eustotmrx who ctin not.
Surut^i at pr? ?vnt t?? do their
[. bank air. and market ihep
? Wf tobacco' und other farm
t*Hana* tin y e.n, not? get a
SSJk* i f ri\fv t\\,\ hin imp to
. *Umt < v
(ri?ttfr mum r<> n h < al loi m.
Ia> terrUoi> >nd nowe , um.mi. i??..
ItMp M??rhlhK Similar Hboeid
,1? top heavily in utoek siihs? i iptioan
thJ* brldTv find vhoutd takr the
I'm putting the bridgt- i.V. i tho
rlvrr.
time prosperity will a-d I
and "hard tinit*?" will
niong In the future. on aNion
g "Varl* tlmi-K" have a habit of
a?d ailinfor must ?... r.a?l\ 11.
gdverne eondPioax and to nie? t
Inereaflln? eom|?etiti ai m
aVreal Ottl Si ..,t- r'.i trade t?-r
\vm the way. pave the madx
ir, atvd bridge over <>)>.h(ard< h
kag^trntei. help thousands of
CQalomr * to u- : to Haan, i \
py, e?ntent?d st.ite of p4iamlvo n??
hronrht abc.in l.v wfn time
rMc*a gild pjonperltv patn a man t..
i\ *l*9$j %*ery ofb-n. and he twak.-ni wi?b
Odme other man bavins itrabla I .a'j
t, bhi HOftmrHTt ,,phorta-.tn. -
^ Proeuenty ott.-n rOiUaea a commun
) ats?'Of a elty nr towt like it doe
' ?*>|?nty or a nation to re.*t too . o?it. nt
ed for thv time being whil.mpeti
tioa k?tepH awak. .I i ?<ging alomr"
Uk> Ibe Itltie Ol l Kord to u'et the bi <\
net* a.
>(?oopa^atl*Hi among the t.u n ? ^
ntfO and a mom: tt'. f.i'nters and ? ..
af?eration het^-.en the fnim.ai and
other boMineHa nitn n* tin* h*-\ ret ..f;
getting tfi' firmei what he should set
for llln grOducta in order that he ean
apend It with lh?^ merehaiiti and de
pOdt motiev in local bank*.
1
FVKM? HTIll l I IN HtMTKH
? ? n
Us Stare of
tile r
roof that Kid?
ney S?iffererM Seok.
tiaeks.-bM? sMnsya weak?
lujttrmrd with'uriiinrjr ilia? '
Want reliable kkliiey remeU)
lMSs*t nave tp look far. I'ae what
?urntar people recommend. at\ery
afreet In Humtsf baa casea
Mi rea one Sumter toan'a e\j 'i
?>>?#?
liSi *M* ?s Coetin. prop of ^
111 X, Caiaovn street, tell it. lie any*
"A gvo<\ man> years ago I, wan
trouble*} with my kMgjgwg and i had
?ill the Kwni.'onia of that Sumplalnt.'
J .rtau.lv was la a*d aha All Do
fUmlly hadf um I Doan s hvidnej IMIls
stid had great ftUth in them. ?o d ?m
Dsan's and ni?**d aome. 1 n. \. r np.#-i.r
mjr money better, for, after I had
IfSSi Ihfte SSjassy I was entlrel) eiited
Sf the trouble, i gained in. w i
And ffH better in every way, m it Is
a great pleasure i.nmuml - i h
S fine remedy."
Ptire <fto at all d< ilem Mon i
atirteV uH a kuln
l?onn a KldSJSl P 111 the um li it
Mr. Coat in bid Pos|se> Mil burn Co.,
Mfgra.. Buffalo n y 1%
Worth Cultivating,
la It not a thing divine In Imv? a
sadle Hhleh. none know how. ban the
power to llfliten thai weight of thai
.tmHrniotia rhala whlyh .ill the Urin? In
rommon ding beilud theui? Victor
ItaMk
Oitticuit t ..oang.
atioib*" r^asou >vhy we hare never
cMuinoif^ery fur up the ladder of fume
Is because have to come down ev?
ery little while and tell some ground*
ling ms'U pay bho Tuesdaj.-~L>allaa
?HOHEN OF NlrWP
iMfornla Newapsper Speaks In Hlgb
tat Tsrme of Those Who Raaida
In Thal .tat*.
Japan It a wonderful nation In a
ftff great many wayi, it hat iceom
pi 1 shed marvels, It hai leaped forwurd
at almost a single bound Into a front
place among the world powers, hut
we are couviueed that the greatest
inn* shout Jnpan Is its women.
All women sre, of course, charming,
hut our observstlon Is that the women
of Japan are especially and pa;thu
larly so. We see much of them here
In California, and we have an oppor?
tunity to judge.
To begin with, the majority of them
are very pretty, and all of them have
a certain grace that can come only
from centuries of gentlenet?j> find good
breeding. They have soft v ' ? eg.
There t* an Irresistible appeal In their
manners.
It is often commented fhst the men
of Japan have Adapted themselves *o
Western, wsys with sn Incredib'e ease.
But they have not equaled their wom
pn lr the performance of this difficult
feat for sn Oriental race to adapt It?
self to Occidental customs snd habits.
In many social functions as well as
tn ptihllc. numerous Japauese women
have been seen here 'In California.'
The ghtce of their besrlug and the
rharm of their manners ha\e deeply
Impressed all with whom they hare
Lome iu contact. Japan Is s nation
that hsd no music, yet the most popn>
C
snly an Instance-of their conquest?.
We do not think there is any rea?
son to worry about what Japan will
?r sill not do In the world. Any na?
tion that can produce such women as
!I_atr nation produces will not only
picceed. but will endure.?Los Angeles
limes.
ir sluger on the operatic stage today
is a Japanese woman. And this Is
WOULD END ALL ARGUMENT
Phlo Nswspspor Produces Proof That
Qentrgl Sherman In Speech De?
clared War Wae "Hell."
?
Tn answer to Inquiries as to where
Pen. William T. Sherman made his
tamou* speech in which he defined
rar. and to refute intimations that he
lever said It at all. the Columbus (<>.)
bispatch asserts that General Sherman
?aid It In Columbus en August 12. 1880.
ind In support of the assertion pro
luces from Its flies the copy of s
phort sddrees he mu/le there at that
Bine. In which the now famous ex?
pression defining war was made.
The occasion was a reunion of the
Civil war soldiers of Ohio. President
Hayes was a guest of hdttor and most
?f the living generals of the Civil war
s/ere present. The addresses w-aee
nade In the open at Franklin park,
(t was raining hsrd when General
Sherman's turn came to speak, but he
itood obt uncovered and'dellvered his 'j
ihort speech. As published. It con?
tained just 308 word*. Alluding to the
tact that old soldiers did not mind the
rain, he continued:
"l'ou all know that this Is not sol?
diering. There Is many a boy here to?
day who thinks war Is all glory, '.ut,
boys, it is all bell. You cun bear that
warning to generations vet tc come.
I look upon it with horror, but,'if It
bas to come, I am -here."
Tlds last clause brought great ap?
plause aud when It subsided the gen*
ersl proceeded on another line of
thought
A Csll fer Heroes.
Man's opportunity for the display of
personal heroism has apparently not
ceased st the signing of the armistice,
for a call has just been legged iu s
London dslly newspaper for "Volun?
teers . . . 1.1)00 sportsmen of good
social position, to wear tpuA a given
day new fashions, to bring buck color
and line into masculine attire" The
black frock coat with Its ruffles, the
pink 'breeches, the silk stockings, and
the powdered wig of colonial days are
conservative as compered with some
of the st>les to obtain as fruition of
this idee; at least this is the opinion
of its proponent, who sets as his del
nlte purpose the abolishment of the
"dark. unsymmetTical" garments of to- j
day and the adoption of clothes more |
In keeping with the new age of ro?
mantic chivalry. As h parting word,
he reminds thut courage even to a
degree equal to tilgt manifested by
women In the upkeep of fashions?Is
essential to masculine success.
Another Use for Airplanes.
Men Interested in aviation have ?d
vsnced the theory that Photographie
nmps of dtles made from views Igketl
from an airplane, would he of value as
a part of the records of the lire de?
partments. They would be a* va!,ia
Me to the fire chief ax slmllHr lugpl of
'he battletlelds of France proved to the
Commanders Of armies. Such I map,
for Instance, would enable the chief to
know st a glance the best means of.
getting at a big tire, the surrounding
roofs und so forth. By uae of the map
the dangerous areas and /ones could
be plotted In the same manner as In
wartime.
Anxious. \
A city school principal was rushing
along Ihe ?treet the other day when
a youngster about eight years old
^i.-pped her. "Are you llie principal
g| 1*Imiik building?" he asked.
The principal nodded her peatL
?w b] I i>o you go there?' -die esked
in turn,
"No/* he return.d. "I go to another
building. But I ju-t wanted le know
if the llckln' bad begun at your build
? ui yetr
CiOT INSPIRATION AT PIANO.
Irrtmortal Melodist Evolved by Masters
While Their Fingers "Wandered
Idly Ovsr the Keys."
'A story is told of Mendelssohn to
the effect that the charming arpeggio
figure in the Spring song of his "Sung
Wilhout Words," came to him on u
day vyheh he played with his children
at the piano, und allowed them to
catch his hands, as they wandered i
over the keys; and It Is a fact that
many of our most beautiful musical
productions owe their origin to extem?
porising on the piano.
This is not to be wondered at for
many of our greatest musicians have
poured out their heart's deepest feel?
ings as their ringers have flitted, In a
desultory fashion, over the keys, pro?
ducing corresponding notes and chords
io their ever-changing moods; finding
at the keyboard a vent for their In
tQOgJ thoughts and desires, often meet?
ing with that triumphant response that
time c:in uever diminish.
We cau see in the works of Chopin
and Schumann a pnnvf that In the
piano Is the origin of many of their
most beautiful productions, while In
the great symphonies of the old mas?
ters their shape, form, and color have
been gained at the piano where their
fingers "wandered idly over the noisy
keys."
This Is not so hard to understand
when we consider that the method of
composing a melody la, In essence, but
the picking out and assimilating some
melodic tune to which the harmony Is
afterward added. From this primitive
Instinct Is ultimately produced the im?
mortal tone pictures of the* great mu?
sicians.
FISH LIAR WORKS OVERTIME
-- v
Here le Ons Concerning a Salt Her
ring That Is Challenge to the
In.aginative. *
That Is the worst of those fl*h sto?
ries. Somebody always comes along
with a betterVne.
Recently the Evening News told the
V. A. D.'s story of the frozen fish that
came to life in the cooking pot. Then
a correspondent?a naval officer, it
should be said?easily puts that to
shame.
"An interesting experiment was
tried some little time ago," he writes
to us, "with an ordinary herring.
"The fish ?was put Into a large bowl
of salt water and every day a small
quantity of water was removed snd
an equal quantity of 'frevh' was sub?
stituted, until eventually the fish lived
and thrived In purely fresh wuter.
"The owner was so pleased with the
success of his experiment that be then
tried removing s very small quantity
of water dally until the howl was
empty, and found that the herring did
excellently, entirely without water,
end as he was so lively in'the empty
bowl he had to put him In a cage.
"Here he lived happily, hopping
from perch to perch Just like a bird,
until oue dsy some sudden noise star?
tled him and he fell Into his water
trough and-?was drowued !M
W?rde snd Music,
The value of words Is going up, at
least In Rouen. There the courts
have decided that the artistic values
of the words and music of a poem are
equal. At present In the United
States snd Canada ths writer of the
words of a song gets only a pittance
^f the royalties or a small sum out?
right at the start In England many
of the most popular ballads have
brought their writers no more than
two or three guineas, while the com?
poser goes on cashing his royalty
checks for years. What measure pub?
lishers apply to the two arts thus
combined to make words so much less
valuable than music Is rather hard to
understand. Verse writers might well
seud n little gold medal to the Just?
in In (led citizens of Rouen who have
ruled it a false one.
Unusual Methods Used.
With the end of the war {have come
many revelations* of the unusual meth?
ods used by the Uermau9 to spread
their harmful propaganda In the coun?
tries arrayed against the central pow?
ers, and of the clever work which
often frustrated their well-laid plans.
In one cuse, mentioned In Popular Me?
chanics Magazine, what appeared,to
be an old and worn copy of the works
of Homer proved to be a volume of
attacks on British rule In India. Only
the first few pages of the book were
printed with the words of the undent
poet. The remainder, though In Creek
tjpe like the beginning, was tilled with
the diatribe. The volume was ad?
dressed to an educated Hindu capable
of translating the Greek into an In?
dian diniert.
Costly Parking Space.
Tired of being taken Into court by
traffic policemen, because at the time
he goes to business his car has to be
parked In the street, as day storage Is
at a premium and access to a pub?
lic garage at those hours is difficult,
Philip ltosenbach, art connoisseur of
Philadelphia, has Just paid $10 ihm? fof
a stable property which lie will con
vert Into u private garage for blattet*
It is near his place of ^business.
Babies More Plentiful Than Houses.
"It Is easier to find s baby than a
house in Sydney now," reports ti e
Bulletin of that Australian city, con?
tinuing tliusly: "Writer knows a
young bride who went to live with her
mother pending the dscovery of a
suitable residence. She has two in?
fants now and la still living with her
mother."
DATE THERE, THOUGH HIDDEN
Information en Peace Tower IrectfB
in Canada Would Puzzle Aver?
age Man to Find.
? 1
Back to the earliest tiroet when man
erected public or memoriul buildings^
i Is said to run the practice of recording
the date so thut it remains hidden
from casual view, iu an ornament of
Inscription, and can only be read by
j careful 6tudy. Why the practice
; started it is now Impossible to say; It
1 looks almost like a playfulness on the
. part of the first builders, hut it has
I coutlutied down the ages, and It^s latest
[ example occurs in the great i>eaee
i tower of the government buildings In
I Ottawa. Uere one reads the iuscrip
| tlou:
This Stone was laid by
Edward, Prince of Wales,
! 1 September 1.
In this Year pf Victory.
Finis Coronut Op vs.
1 The hypothetical, stranger from Mars
! might reasonably ask when was the
! Year of Victory; and if he examined
the inscription closely he might rtis
j cover that certain letters, beginning
with the first "1,** are distinguished
j from the rest by having an Inden ta
! tion under them, and that adding these
j letters together answered his question
I In Itoman numerals* Most of us, per?
haps, would have^to take the dic?
tionary to help us translate them, hut
rone the less ILIDDDICLIIIVICIICV
, means 1919.?Chrial!an Science Moni?
tor.
NEW STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE
I Long Sought and Made Possible Only
j hrouflh the Employment pf Mod?
ern Reinforced Concrete.
IMnnnlng a memorial church to be
built entirely of concrete, an American
architect Introduces a novel mode of
construction-and clilms to have found
"what architects far4, centuries have
i failed to produce?an entirely new and
pure style of architecture. Pure, be?
cause It conforms to all the essential
Ideas of architecture; | new, because
only "modern reinforced concrete has
made It possible/* The structure lakes
advantage of the plasticity of rein?
forced concrete, arlTl the hulldinir,
which would be practically monolithic
when finished, woud have Its external
and internal fortas Identical to a
degree now to architecture; Its vaults
would spring direct from the floor
level and there would be no separat?
ing distinction between walls and roof.
In fact, orte might say that the buird
lng would be "all roof, and have no
structural walla whatever." Archi?
tectural opinion mny fail of unani?
mous approval; yet It must be ad?
mitted that the plan seems to adapt
itseif logically to the medium in which
It Is to be worked out; which is an
important point in its favor.?Ex?
change.
1 "TT. 1 ?'
Recalls Roman Conquest
The said is announced of the an?
cient Caerwent, Monmouthshire, Eng?
land, which Is mentioned in Domesday
Book. This towti 'Benta Silurium)
was the headquarters of a powerful
and warlike tribe called Silures, who
occupied "approximately the counties
Of Montnouth, Brecon and Glamorgan."
In spite o| the fierce resistance offered
by them, about 48 A. D., to the Ro?
man conquest, their town In time be
cuine a Roman city, not unlike Su?
chest or, but small sr.
The old walls and gateways still
survive, and the many excavations car?
ried out have discovered Roman relics
of much interest?a town hall and
market square, a temple, baths, fres?
coed panels, and also water pipes, said
to have carried drinking water from
the hills.
Shof) Talk.
A school teacher was discussing the
way she had been'ehauged from one
building to another. "The manna! train?
ing supervisor was with ''he superin?
fendent when I went In to see where
he was going to send tne," she said,
"und I just asked them if I was to
eweop shavings up in that depart?
ment.**
Her listeners smiled; they smiled
again when she 'continued: "Then
the superintendent told nie to go to
the high school and sweep shavings
up in the history department there."
"Why," mildly put in one of them,
"are they blockheads down there?"
Plant's Name Significant
The spelling ol Mangel-Wurzel Is a
question which appears capable of be?
ing settled In different ways. What
is really Interesting about the word
Is the fact that its name was altered
from Runkelr?ben by the Genna it
I people. At a tltne of famine Rutikel
; ruhen saved the people from starva?
tion, and was for that reason given
the new name of Mangel-Wurzel, lit?
erally "famine rout." The plant stood
the Germans In-good stead during the
hitter days of the recent war, thus
once more earning Its sobriquet, by
which it is known everywhere in Kug
laud.?Christian Science Monitor.
Counting the Cost.
"How much do you pay for beef?
steak?"
"Not much. After the talesman
gets through charging for the suet and
the bone the cost of the edible por?
tion Is scarcely worth mentioning."
Valuable.
"Guess 111 have to go without any
sugar at dinner."
"Couhm't you get any?
"It Isn't that. I have quite a little,
but I've lost the key to my safe de?
posit box."
Rates Are Approved
Coif! miss ion Will Not Allow In?
crease in 1 Mirastate
Charges
>. Colombia, August l?m- Tiu> South
Carolina railroad commission is today
Issuing an order authorising the rail-i
August as tntrastate Freight rate?
I promulgated by trie tnte'rntjate Gom?
mern* CommheWon. The order prohi?
bits the railrouds from tncreusng the |
intrustsle pasenger rates and the
switching charges as these are lixed by
statute. The switching charge being
one dollar per movement except in Co?
lumbia When it is a dollar ami a half.
The Commission is not allowing the
express company to increase charges.
This matter is still in suspense. The j
commission Is today making an inves?
tigation ef the aflfajftri of the express
company with a view 01 determining
what the American* Railway Express
Company is. who" Owns it, and where
its revenues go. Rome order will prob?
ably be issued with regard to this com- I
pany charges tomorrow*.
No Korean Plot
Washington, Aug. M.? The cabled
reports from Tokio of a plot to ho!-..
American congressmen in Korea was
characterised as groundless Japanese
fabrication, by the chairman of the
Korean commission today.
Ray Chapman is
Buried Today
Cle\/el;ind. Aug. 20.?Thousands of
persons were unable to obtain admis?
sion to the church today at the funeral
of Raymond Chapman, Cleveland ball
Player, killed by a pitched ball. Pe?
destrians StOOd at attention during the
passage of ih< cortege and 'many in-/
dustrial plants ? losed a few minutes
as a tribute.
Paxville News
Voters ??f Paxville and surrounding
precincts gathered al Mrs. S. EL Curtis
grove on Tuesday to hear the candi?
dates for Clarendon county offices. The
usual good feeling prevailed and the
day pased off quietly. The ladies of
the Methodist ChUh h served a splen?
did dinner consisting of barbecue, fried
chicken. etc., realising a neat sum for
I the building fund df their church
Misses? Betty Bagnal, of Alcolii. and
E*UClla Bagnal, of Ellenton. have been
on a visit to their sister. Mrs. \V\ C .
Pack.
Miss CUM "Lackey, of the Connie
Maxwell orphanage lias returned to
Qreenwood ?fter a vacation spent with
relatives M this vicinity.
Mr. A.?B. Curtis, of Annist6n. Ala.,
recently spent 1 few days at the home
of his mother. Mrs. S. E. Curtis.
Miss Iva Cieddings has returned
from a visit to her friend. Mrs. Ada
Crumley, at Saluda. S. C.
Miss Annie Kate Tisdale has return?
ed to her honie at Eastover after a
week's visit at th? home of Mr. H. J.
Tisdale.
Mr. Joe |jb|dgf of hanyir Is spending
awhile With relgtllSBS here. ?
Mrs. Maud Hodues and children of
Sandcrsviljo. Ca.. are visiting her
brother. Mr. C, II. Broadway.
Miss C. E. McLaoren. of Wedge
Held, spent the past week-end at the
home of Mrs. S. E. Curtis.
Miss Varhle McLeOd has returned
from a visit to relatives at Charleston
and Mt Pleasant.
Miss Ethel Corhett entertained on,
I last Friday evening in honor of her
Iguestg, the Misses Creery, of Wllson'Sj
Mill
Mr. O'Donnell McLeod and Miss*
Jessie ArdiS of Pmewood were mar?
ried in Sumter last Wednesday. They
are making their homo w ith his moth?
er. Mrw, Mary A. Mcl^ood.
Miss Jessie Curtis ?has hen ap?
pointed to teach the Home Branch]
Adult BChpol apd Is now rounding up
'three weeks work. The class Is small
'but enthusiastic.
I Mrs. Carrie 0 tu bus left Monday
j for Not/th Carolina.
INVENTIVE
ROSS CALOI
NAUSEA AND
Doctors' Favorite Medicine
Purified a.nd Refined frojil
Objectionable Effects
tabs"?the New Name.
What will human ingenuity do nei
?smokeless powder, wireless tebgrapbj
IwrKcless carriages, celorlcss iodine, ti
irss quinine,? wow eoines nauseates* o
rnei. The new improvement called
labs" is now on sale at drugstores.
For biliousness, constipation and ii
rrstion the n< \v calomel tablet is a pri
lically perfect remedy, as evidenced hj
the fact thai; the manufacturers harfMT
:l;oii/t><l all druggists to refund tae jn
! the customer is not "perfectly dejighfc
with Calotabs. <hie tablet at bedtime wl
a swallow of water?that's all. No tan
no nausea, no griping, no salts. By men
ing your liver is thoroughly cleansed'
vou are feeling fine, with a hearty a]
tite. ICat what you please?no danger
abont your business.
Calotabs are not sold in bulk. Get ax
original package, sealed. Price, thirty
5 vc ceu ts.?(ad v.)
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Klom-Irity for Kvery 1'arm
An advertisement, published recehtP
ly by the Dck-o-LigW Company
Dayton, Ohio, announces thai: there
are over 100,000 Delco Light electric
light und power plants in service or
American farms. To those who have
watched the progress of agricultural
improvements und advancement in1
this country this announcement givfefl
I cause for thought as to the future of
[electric service for tne farm. ?
In September, 1 902, the town of L#e-^
I banon, Ohio, held its first Centennial
j Celebration. There were at that tims
[two residents of the village who owned
'automobiles, wheezy and asthmatic's^
I furs of th<? ' one-lung" type, resembl?
ing made over buggies in appearance
Occasionally they could be percuadetf
to run for u short distance, but most
of the tfni" they were stalled in trje
barn are on the streets, and their ow*
i net s were stretched on their barks un?
derneath, tinkering with the insides.
The history of the automobile ii
dustrj suggests a prophecy for the fu-f
ture. And indeed today we fi'oi ilist
prophecy well on its w.<. toward i''il?
lillement.
Tlx first farm electric plant-was in?
stalled sonic thirty years ago and there?
seems to have been little progress!
ment along mechanical lines. LMoee
the first automobile it had a gnat
many mechanical faults. Furthermore
little If any effort was made toward'?'
stimulating interest in tbt idea of elec?
tric service for the farm. The natu?
ral result was that despite the funda?
mental soundness of the idea, only
12,040 plants bad been installed on
farms in this country ?ip to four years
ago.
Thru suddenly a change took place.
The payton Engineering Laboratories
Company of Dayton. Ohio, known all
through automobile world as maker*
would market a farm electric plant
[of "Delco" starting, lighting and Ig?
nition eouioment. announced tnat it
designed and built upon new lines.
The experience of this company In
building electrical apparatus for u;
tomoblles was doubtless of invaluable,
assistance in the early engineering
work and probably helped them to
produce a plant which was successful
from the first. A new concern, now
known as the Delco-Llght company,
apd also located at Dayton, was or?
ganized for manufacturing and selling;
work. The product was produced un?
der the name "Delco-Light"
It's a long cry from the centennial
celebration in I/ebanon. O.. to "elec?
tricity for every farm," and the aver>
age eitisen of that duy probably
dreamed neither of the automobile as
a real means of transportation nor of
the even nemote possibility of electric
light and power for the farm. Yet to?
day finds one of these dreams realized
ami the other rapidly dawning.
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Mrs. Heyward Crowson \\ ho hae
been visiting relatives inNorth Cnv~
plinu has returned home.
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