The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-16
Is Hind Sight Better
Than Front Sight?
Read This Article, And Then An
swer This Old Time Worn
Question.

| At first thought one would say that
1t was; but when the matter is given
a moments thought. one will won
der what good will result from learn
ing the truth ahcut a matter after il
Is too late to rectify any mistake
that has been made.
or course, We all know that it is
much easier to say | told you So,
after an event than TO be able TO forteli
what will take place under certain
conditions. BUT what does it profit
one, TO know about certain thing
after 1t Is too late to remedy a mis-
take already made? That's the point
In this connection, it might well be
said that front sight" in the mat
ter of painting ones own home, or
a tenants house Is far better bus
mess policy that leaving it without
paint, and then later when the ele.
ments have eaten into the woodwork
terribly, be compelled to pay a re-
pair bill ten times the amount of
| what It would have cost to paint it
in the first place
1t is a well known and generally ac-
cepted fact that paint protects build
lngs from the ravages OF wind, sun,
rain, frost, snow and ice much bet
ter than any one agency. And at
very very small cost This being
true, it strikes the thinking person
as a remarkably strange thing that
SO many persons neglect this matter
| of protection. of property from the
damage which the weather Is con-
| tinually doing to their property, and
yet they would think that you were
| absolutely crazy, il you should sug-
gest that they did not. carry protec-
don aaginst fire, in the shape of fire
insurance. Why Is this? We know
| that all property In this southern clim-
ate. where the suns hot rays are
beating on it for seven or eight months
| out OF every year is continually de-
preciatipg in value; and yet there
are so many, many property owners
who neglect this very necessary mat
ter of paint protection. to say moth
ing about the looks of the houses.
One should not, under any circum-
astances, think of paint as an. expense
but rather as an investment; for that
Is what 1t is,. and mighty good one,
too. Property is valuable. If it were
not, you would not carry fire insur-
ance. Weather insurance is far more
necessary than fire insurance. There
is only one defense against weather,
and that is paint OF course, one
should use good Judgment in the selec-
tion Of the paint; because If it is in
ferior in quality, there is very little
protection Afforded. We sell paint
that has stood the test OF more than
fifty years experience. Our custom
ers are those whoshave used Patton's
Sun Proof" paints. Its ingredients
are those which experiences has prov
ed to be the most, efficient in protect
ing property against the ravages of
the elements Patton's "Srn Proof
paint spreads smoothly and evenly
ut places bulwark between your
buildings and the weather that affords
you the greatest protection possible
Not only do, this we'll and favor
ably known Patton's Sun Proof
paint afford the maximum amount of
protection possible for given amount
OF money, but house painted with
this paint will present the most pleas
Ing appearance possible. We carry
you any and every combination that
your taste should dictate. We will
furnish an estimate for any job at
any time without any obligation on
your part. whatever; and we know
the paint business just as you know
your A, B. C's. "We know how"
and Guest Sells the Dest." "Paint
and Clean Up" week in Anderson
April 1924. Our phs.ic number Is
IS. 1--WE thank you."
-.Ady. c. NJ. GUEST PAINT co.