Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-25

faith in the future, have the few high
souls been able to lead the race for
ward.
The young Italian proved his faith
by works. He confirmed his deduc-
tions by experiments. He demonstra-
ted till envy could no longer cavi
and ignorance no longer doubt. He
proved that the thing could be done
by doing il. He swept aside the i'm
aginary difficulties invented by tim
idity.
Proved Aerial Messages Did Not Con-
fiict.
To those who objected that the all
would he filed by chaos of conflict
ing messages he said little, but prov
ed them wrong by showing that these
messages did not conflict. If the OBJ
jectors had possessed the power of
| original thought. or even of cOmpari-
son. they would have reflected that
all sorts of sound waves and light
waves cross each other without in
reference. and by analogy might
have concluded that the same would
be true of electric waves. But who
ever knew pessimist to take a
cheerful view when gloomy one
was possible?
To those who said that private
message would be impossible as II
would be taken by all instruments,
the inventor again said little, but by
system of what he called tuning, -
he put the sending and receiving in
struments on different key from the
others and thus his message was TAX
en- only by the instrument for which
it was intended. 1t is a great thing
to be in tune. If more people would
only keep themselves in tune there
would he less failure, less despOnd-
enCy and even less disease. Likewise
if these identical objectors had only
| been little more in tune with the
| living hope and faith of the world
they would not have found fault with
man who was forming a new and
great discovery for the use Of man.
Fundamental Success.
To the alleged scientists who pooh
poohed" at the idea of transmitting
| wireless messages across the ocean
Marconi said as little as to the rest.
He only erected poles far up in the
air on the British and Canadian sides
of the Atlantic and one day repeated
the letter 's'' three times distinctly
from shore to shore. 1t was a funda-
mental success like that achieved
when he had sent an impulse from
one side to the other of his fathers
room. 1t established the principle.
The rest was easy. Soon he sent
other letters, then words, then entire
sentences. The negationists had been
met by positively a fact. Ac-
| complishment closes the mouth of
doubt
Then anU>Ier discord was raised
about his ears. The cable companies
1
dangered SeIfshness can never ap-
preciate a public blessing, especially
if that public blessing promises to
cut off its own profits. With this new
invention Marconi said it would be
possible To telegraph across the ocean
for less than the Western Union
charges to wire across county. No
wonder the telegraph and cable trust
was aghast.
But the walls did not stop even
here. The little always hates the big.
| Failure carps at success. No sooner
had William Marconi proved beyond
cavi that he had made one of the
greatest discoveries i'm the history of
mankind than a thousand hands were
raised 10 snatch the laurel from his
brow. He had stolen the invention
from other men, yelled the critics.
He had reaped what others had sown.
This was only a half truth. What if
| A thousand had built the ladders? He
| had reached the summit To every
discovery many men contribute. One
makes an approach here, another
there, but each fails TO reach the
| final mark. a third takes advantage
of their work, generaliZes their facts
and unveils the secret. Shall he be
robbed of credit because others had
the genius because he drew his ma
terials from those before him? Was
Newton less the discoverer of the law
of gravitation because Galilei had es-
| tabliShed the fact of the rotation of
the earth?
Others had striven toward wireless
telegraphy, but Marconi found it,
proved il and gave it to the world
Grant every praise to them. but take
none from him. There is glory
enough for all"
| 1t is not to uplift his forerunners
however, that the cavillers have rails
conf Is there no better business than
seeking to belittle those who render
service To the race?
Useful to Mariners In Distress.
| Wireless telegraphy is only nine
years old, yet it is already an estab"
| liShed part of the worlds activities
Almost every ocean going vessel Is
equipped with wireless Instruments
Thus on the great liners papers are
printed containing the news printed
by wireless The system is also used
to report vessels as they approach
the harbor. The greatest service rem
dered by the new invention, however
is i'm the case of ships in distress
Many crews have been saved by Such
means. Most readers will remember
the thrilling account of the rescue oil
the crew of the lightship outside oil
| New York harbor. The plight oi
these men would not have beer
known save for the use of the wire
| less.
When Walter Wellman makes his
sensational aerial flight 10 the north
pole he will send back the news each
day 10y wireless telegraph. Thus two