The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-04-22

flng. ana lhgN fasIit.Ai ms IffltinS
I II took him by tha lar draggsd
him oGt o! his scat and sayc hun Il
thorough Wrapping Re turned OUT
TO he the son o: TIE chatrcsal Of the
i.prGacntili committee The Old ran
mover spoke to me again. not even
when | met nim N the road be rid
! ing IN n buggy and waking to or
/ trocl Ey worlar
Wont to Sea for Two Years.
On his graduation at the Annapolis
f Naval tcaGe1ay- young ioh1 VIM
gate Weeks ~c1t to sea icr cruise
OF two years Sesyasy !aon were III
hs class. hdt there VAS room f0r only
I 10 OF them in the navy. The navy
itself consisted of hat Eve steam YES
scis sclassed as iirst-ra.es. and they
were obGoiete Cud uutt Tor active
duty. George Barnett. his roou-uate,
went into the Marine Corps and is
, NOW iur general and the com-
ma ndant OF that branch OF the nava.
service.
In Florida. where he had been en-
gagged as . surveyor on railroad The
late Midshipman Wccks learned thNt
an cid Erm In Boston WIS goiuG -oat
Of business. One OF the partners had
died and another had beeCfGe blind.
Henry HoTnb!cwer, son OF one os
the partners. 0nd the youthful 1ir.
Weeks bought the business. the lat
tor borrowing the money With Which
10 begin his career rs banker and
broNer.
uornhlower acted fer the firm on
the floor OF the 9osten Stock Ey.
change, Wocks kept the books and
waited on tho customers as they ap'
peared. In a Jew years the two Young
mon had Offices all over New England
and in cities as far away az Chicago,
Il got my first valuable business
idea from u famous New nglaac
dressmlkcr." Captain Weeks said TO
tho writer Of this Crticl ~ friend
M.ao came to spend .he night at our
Eouse was talking TO Mrs. Weeks
while | wcs reading a newspaper.
heard her say that she had bought
dress In Boston. and that soon after,
on returning to the store. the pro
prictor. noticing her at the counter.
asked If she had purchased the dreas
she was wearing at his establishment
On learning that she had. he said:
1T is no; right. Please give youI
name and address 20 the clerk ami We
shah correct the matter at once
n story of Great aiue.
Eat The conan replied. the dress
Is satisfactory to me. Whatever is
wrong ia so small that it is not worth
mentioning
Small to you. -ladam.' TIE mar
angwcrcd. hut very large TO US
And DO You know the woman
told Mrs. Weeks. the dress was no,
only taken back. but it was kept and
! was given Il new one.
Il repeated the story to my rartne;
nc1t day" Captain Weeks said, "and
from that time onward we tried IL
Please our customers before We
thought of ourselves and the probable
profits wo could make in our trans
actions"
Three years ago. following at once
his election to the upper House OF
Congress, Captain Weeks sold out &c
his partners and disposed OF every IN
tcI'cst that might 30 Thought. even IN
directly. to Influence his Judgment as
q lawmaker. II it said in New Ens
land that he has always been very
careful about his reputation as busi
ness man. An nnecdoto told OF hin
in State street, the Wall street of POS
ton. shows how his sensltiveness tc
public opinion on one occasion proved
highly profitable TO his partner aIc
himself
y run on bank in which Captain
Weeks was n director. though hj
owned but $500 OF thc stock. ;hrcat |
caed. so he feared. to iniuro his stand |
ing in the community. He npent S
day aud a night at the bank. pledged |
two-thirds of ell the property he anG 1
his partner owned for the payment o.
tne banks debts and put through q re !
hahili.ating plan under which tho
charchc!dcrs were assessed 80 VCi |
cent. on their holdings. The hgal /
nj ant ~ frfp
encd shareholders sold out. Their in .
forests were promptly bought by .
Captain Weeks. T"hc bank prosperet |
and later wCs comAin with other I
large banks Boston fnunciers say
thHt Pgr. Ilornbsower and Mr Weeks .
ultima ely made s25o.00o on the stock .
which they purchased whom the bank
seemed to be on the verge of ruin /
when asked Captain Weeks about |
the matter. he said; Il was a YOUNG .
man and couldn't afford TO he q di .
rector in 4 bank that had closed It's |
doors in the faces OF its depoGitors /
,nRnp OF whom were poor and mos,
of whom wee small merchants anc
wagc-earners.
How" asked him. inasmuch a.
he was sailor himself once, and is
now on terms OF intimacy with many
high officers. would You describe The
navy ctthe United States?"
AT tho outbreak of the war in Eu.
rope," he answered "our navy, in my
opinion. was the second best I'm exis
tencc. Authorities for whom | have
great respeot did not agree with me-
They ranked cur navy third or fourth
some giving Franco second place
and some hehovinE Germany was
stronger ct sea than ourselves.
"I still think that in ships alone we
were the equal OF France or Germany
and much the superior CT Japan. our
officers are the abiest IN the world
our crews are The most Intelligent No
nation gives its officers the training