The Holly chieftain., 1912-03-15

We are anxious for spring to -
what the Turkish towel girl viii iooe
likA
The Tsisphens In Emergencies.
at ID . peculiar fact" said q prom
inent representative Of The Mountain
States Telephone and telegraph Con
pany the otbsr day. that while The
telephons enters 20 largely into The
commercial and social life Of the peo-
pls. it, real value II raSeiy recogntzea
until some emergency arises. But once
having played Its part In an emer-
gency the little instrument II immo-
diately given . high place In the 70
Gard Of the people interested.
Let me give you some illustra-
tions," continued the speaker. "Ons
morning q travelling salesman left his
home in the Middle West for . trip on
the road. Several hours afterward his
vito discovered to her horror. that he
had taken bottle Of poison from .
cabinet BY mistake. leaving behind his
bottle OF medicine. OF similar size and
shapA. She was unable to say where
her husband might be found. not
moving even the state he was In, but
asked tho telephone company to find
BIN at all costs. The telephone oper-
ator called his employer. got list Of
twenty towns In which he might be 10.
Gated, and began calling these one aft
or another, asking for the salesman.
In short time he was run down. and
talked directly to his wife. saying that
he had discovered the error and had
written to have his medicine sent ON.
Il had not occurred to him that his
wife would be alarmed.
"a wife left home to visit friends in
. town fifteen miles away. After she
had gone, some guests came unexpect,
edly. Her husband telephoned to .
town midway between their home and
the house his wife was bound for,
stating that she would change cars
there and giving her description. A
telephone messenger waited ut the
junction point. intercepted the woman.
brought her to the nearest telephone.
and started her back home.
"A physician was called Ia the night
to the home Of patient twenty miles
away. After he had departed. news
came that visit was unnecessary, a.
the patient was better. The doctors
wife esked the toll operator at tha
telephone exchange to intercept her
husband. giving the direction in which
he had gone. Within fifteen minutes
he was found and turned back home,
saving . long, useless journey.
"A serious emergency arose In
country home several miles from the
railroad. The head Of the family was
off on an automobile trip. and his
wife, with her sistel, had gone to visit
q friend. The latter's name was not
known, nor anything except that she
lived in a certain indefinite locality. II
was most important to find one or
both parties Immediately. The tele-
phone operators went to work on the
clues. Railroad stations along the line
most likely to be taken BY the two woI
men were called up, and the agents
given their description. Presently
station agent was found who had seen
carriage. Livery stables in that town
utes the women were found and con-
hotels along the route taken by the
father In his automobile were called.
Finally 1t was learned that he had just
Ao1b- q CCIL0lH luWu, tAAluH LQ0 TU6U
leading to. neighboring place. The
telephone exchange at the latter point
was notified, q messenger stationed In
the road, and the father stopped wheu
ne came along. Both parties were To-
Gated In less than two hours.
Tn case OF serious illness at night
. trained nurse was wanted At .
country home. Arrangements had been
made for the services Of nurse near
by. but shs could not be found. In
this dilemma the telephone located an
other nurse in neighhoring town and
send her to the subscribers home In
little more than an hour. These inci.
dents are typical.
these people have learned that the
telephone 10 far more than conven.
isnce for ordering groceries. To thenl-
IL value cannot be weighed ON o.
money basis. They have found It to
be invaluable.s
HOWARD {. BURTON, AssAYER { cNEHIsT