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him. md his medals were not dIs-
played In his houses
Ono underlying motive actua,lng hi g
life was perhaps best EXPRESSED 10
an Intimate friend while subject To the
solemn influence OF walk through
Arlington Cemetery. where now his
hody'rcHts beside that Of Mrs. West
inShouse. The friend. solicitous Az to
the health OF Westinghouse. urged
him to rest from the work which
threatened TO break down even his
robust constitution. adding that he
had already accomplished vastly more
than other men and possessed all tho
wealth that he could require. In a
thouRhtful manner Wes,inchnuse ro-
piled: No. / do not feel that 1, would
ne right for me to stop now; fcni tina,
haTe been given certain powers TO
create and develop enterprises in
"hich other men can find useful and
Prohtabie employment, and 90 long
as am able. II ia my duty 10 CON
tinuc to exercise those powers" Tho
great spirit within him could tolerate
no case. hut drove him forward re-
norselessly
First 10 UrnIiEe PossibIIItIcs
hrst man OF strong inGuenc. in cleo
tric development to realize tho i'm
portance OF adopting and adhering to
standard frequency Of alterations
Very early he pointed out To the STAFF
at Pittsburgh that standard fire.
Gucncy was important IN the same
sense that standard railrohd gauge
Is important. The frequency sixty
cycles. which was frat adopted by the
estinkhouse Company az a result
or Westinghouse's foresight. IL today
the standard frequency generally in
Use In the United States.
fcrhaps his most important faculty
wa. imagination. This was OF Tho
creative rank, like that of the cmpire
builders. Ike Give and Cecil Rhodes.
Next In rank we may put rortitude.
which is courage In adversely. and
which is one OF the nobIest attributes
OF man There were black moments
in tho life OF Westinghouse. There
wers times when his bravcst asso-
ciates thought that his enterprises
must 20 on the rocks: but his serene
courage was never dlsmayed In his
rhddcst rcvcrses. tho splendid spirit
famed on. unIuenchcd
Closely allied with fortitud. is au-
dac'ty. quality less noble. but use
ful in execution.
His audacity was Nel.onlan. He
would have "Copenhagcncd" the Dan
ssh fcct. or would have engaged the
French feet at the battle Of the Nils.
just as gayly as Nelson dld--and. in
The Nelson philosophy. the boldcst
means are the safest"
In certain eleven years. West
lnShouso took out I3i patents. start
cd six important companies which
sim exist, took the air brake through
It's one great crisis and. most i'm
portant OF all, started the altcrnat-
Ing current revolution In Industrial
history. How could mortal man do
so much' We have told OF his strong
BODY and perfect health. OF his now
erful mind which worked swiftly. and
without heat or friction. and his
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Compn~. station. Save 1I,.,

small nuts. hidden at variou,
points along tho seaboard. AFRO cred
tied with saving scores az lives and
VIII eventually save many more. ac-
cording to Uncle Sam. These huts
house radio compass stations ana
arc making navigation really safe.
ships which have lost their bearing,
may readily ascertain just whore
they are. Several OF tho station,
already have been erected. The arc
on the dangerous points along tho
coast and have n range OF 200 rilrs
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imagination. persistence. and energy.
But his gift OF concentration has
not been mentioned. He could close
his mind suddenly and completely.
Hc took n subject Into n water-tight
compartment. and there he and tho
subject were alone Ave minutes or
nve hours. until he was ready for an
other subject. lie could handle sim
ultaneously and without waste OF ener-
Ey n dozen companies in two homip-
phcres.
Energy and Fortftude.
Westinghouse attacked with encrRY
and audaci,y. and no held on with
'"hacitF and fortitude. and no WAC
completely sclf-rclinnt People who
"ih mot Know him very we'll arc apt
to think OF him MS imperious and
seif-snfhcient. Nothing could che fur
Their from the fact He was self
reliant. not self-sufiicient
Westinghouse sought freely and re-
Sp"ctfuily the opinion OF those about
him. lie put that opinion through the
mill of his mind. and made his own
decisions. He had one OF tho at
tributes Of gcnius--,hc capacity TO
withdraw into the loneliness of his
mediate, and then TO act. After all
can really great things be dono In
any other way Whether the result
liz good or bad must depend on tho
qualities Of tho soul. He had this
attribute Of genious and many others.
IL ~ easy TO say that man is n
genius The term IL so vague that
II fts almost any large and unusual
have tried TO SHOW that wc.tinE-
mouse was good deal more than n
genius lie was a man OF balanced
character. which genius may or
may not be. He had high and simple
standards to which he was consistent.
iie was strong and ne was gentle.
He WAS acute and he was sincere.
tarntSi" was quite cafe In saying
that he was genius. and Kelvin was
quit" right in saying he was great In
character.
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Ho had dignity which protected
hin from familiarity. but no wax
simple. unaffected ana instinctively
cordial In his nanner-what we Ike
10 call democratic. but might better
call aristocratic. His manners and
MS language were exactly the same
with princes and with machinist,
and with his old negro butler. which
rerms to be the height OF good breed
Ing. He respected tho workman and
tho prince. tho Justice OF the Supreme
Court and his butler. just a, he re-
fpect"d himself. and on that basis
rested his Intercourse with his fellow
men. Along with this basic self
r"sprc; and respect for others went n
natural kindness. II hurt him 10 hurt
mo feelings OF another. This was
the foundation OF his unfail!nE
courtesy.
In the few hours Of ease which he
gave himself In a no OF rrodIgioun
toll. no was charming companion.
genial. courteous. and sympathetic.
tnfortunatels FOR his friends. and un-
fortunately for tho world. he did not
give himself enough hours OF ease
HIS l!'o long. Westinghouse wsa tenn
perate In everything but work.
I.ifo Spent In Gigantic Toll.
Westinghouse did not work for
wealth. Money TO him was merely
stored energy. 10 he used 10 extend
Industry and TO do good. lie rccog-
n!zed tho duty OF producing proper
returns TO those who invested In his
enterprises but his own dividends
were constantly rcinvested In the fur
ther development OF those enterprises
He might have retired in middle life
comfortably right man, but he
rhos" 10 spend his life in gigantic
toll. Ho enjoyed power: but that was
only an Incident In his career, not
an end Like all noble minds, he
enjoyed tho appreciation OF tho dis
eliminating, and he was Away. So
ltcitous that no reproach should at
tach TO the namo Westinghouse; but
he did not work for glory He had
honorary degrees. hut no ono ever
heard him called doctor: he had deco
rations. but no one ever knew IL from
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riur In for Eycr,tbIrr

Al wired wireless decentralization
IN New York a connection with p.
lamp socket operated fan. lighted
lamp. heated an Iron and gave u
radio concert at the same times Ths
only reason OF hair-curling and warm
Ing pad FOR an ache were not pro-
rided was that no one in the audi
ence ask cd for them
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To Have $4,000 Rail-,

The University or South Carolina
Will have $4,000 radio broadcas;
which VIII be erected and maintained
ny popular subscriptions. Gifts OF
~ each are being asked from people
within the radius OF the proposed
station.
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WESTINGHOUSE SPENT LIFE
MAKING ELECTRICITY USEFUL
Was First Man to Realize Importance of Adopting and
Adhering to a Standard Frequency of Alterations,
Method Now Used Nationally

On March IL. 1914. a NH,
over eight years ago. tho tire-
less frame OF George Weetlnz-
houFe was laid to rest. after n
richly useful ITO OF ss years
For Its series of biographicaI
sketches OF men OF vision and
energy who have built the cleo
trical Industry along broad lines,
Electrical Merchandising" has
extracted these paragraph,
outlining tho inspiring character
ana virtues OF Westinghouse
from the new authoritative bio
graphy. "A Life OF George West
inghouse." by Colonel Henry G.
trout Just published by Charles
Scribner's Sons. Now York City,
for tho American Society Of Mo-
chan'cal Engineers. under tho d.
rection OF committee consisting
OF Charles A. Terry. Paul D.
Cravath. Alexander C. Humphreys.
James X. McGraw. Charles T..
Scott. l.. p. Stiilwe!l and Ambrose
S"asey.
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motor. phonograph- light piano
eht. electric lighted hsh howl, organ
tlower. carpet.washinG machIno;i
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D PARK COURT is not only the investor
- heStcd nike be
hs Court creating ideal community naturally
th value OF this property We Offering at verv
attractive price and
Whether IN the market home don't fail to
" 800 w ''peo'
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-04-13

trict. in number and amount eligible
to vote and voting, shall determine
| the
Proposition to incur debt and issue
bonds of the said School District, No
|. in the Parish of Biepyille, Louis
ana, to the amount of One Hundred
Thousand ($1OO,OOOOO) Dollars, to
run for Il period of twenty years
bearing interest at the rate of six per
cent per annum. payable semi-annual
~, the funds thus derived to be used
for the
Purpose of erecting and equipping
a school building in School District
No. 1, Parish of Bienville, Louisiana
The said election shall be at the fol.
lowing polling places: Peoples Hard
ware Store Arcadia, Louisiana
School District, No. 1, Bienyille Par
ish and the following commissioners
and clerk of election are appointed tC
the respective polling place:
Y. NJ. Lyons, Phillip Brantley, J
A. Bryan, commissioners, f. W
PentecoSt, clerk of said election, eacl
being a registered voter and to serve
without compensation.
Notice is hereby further given that
on the 18th day Of May, 1922, the
first day following such election, at
T. 100 o'clock NJ, the Parish School
Board will meet at the office of said
body, in said parish and there in pub
lie session open the ballot boxes, ex,
anime and count the votes, both as
to number and amount and examine
and canvass the returns, and declare
the result of the election, and pro-
mitigate the same.
Given on this 18th day of April
l922, at Arcadia, Louisiana in said
parish.
p. F. WHITE,
President Of the Parish School
Beard. Of the Parish of Bienville
Louisiana.
\ TRUE COPY:
E. H. FISHER, Secretary.
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State for registration and shall
have printed thereon certificate IN
the following words: "This bond Sc
cured by a tax, registered on TINS
day of .................. l92......
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-04-13

six per cent per annum. payable
semi.annually, for the purpose Of
erecting and equipping a school build
ing in School District, No. /, Parish
If Bienville. Louisiana.
Taxable valuation ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Signature Of voter.
Notice to vOters-TO vote in favor
OF the proposition submitted on this
ballot. place a cross (x) in the square
after the word YES, and to vote
against it, place similar mark
after the word mo-. ..->
(Back Of Ballot
School District No. 1.
Parish OF B,eDvIlle
Ward One - Precinct One
Taxable Valuation 8 ,........................
Signature Of Voter ..,...........................
(Note Commissioners may fill
blanks on face of ticket, but voter
NEST sign on back of tlcket.)
Section 3. Be it farther ordained
etc. That the commissioners and
clerks of election and said election
shall serve without compensation. and
the said election shall be held at the
Following polling places or precincts ::
Peoples Hardware Store, Arcadia.
Louisiana, School District No. 1, pre-.
cinct No. |, Bienyille Parish louisiana.
The following three commissioners and
clerks of election are appointed to each
respective polling place: Y. NJ. Lyons.
Phillip Brantley, J. B. Bryan, Com.
missioners, and +. w. Pentecost clerk
OF said election.
Section 4, BE it fUrther ordained
etc, That notice of this election con.
tanning the proposition herein submit.
ted to the voters shall be prepared and
signed by the President and Secretary
OF the Parish School Board and shall
be published by the Secretary in the
official journal by four weekly inser.
tlons, the date of the first insertion
to be as many as thirty 600 DAYS
Defore the date of the election.
The said notice shall further 70.
cite that on Thursday the 18th, day
OF May, 1922, the first day following
such election, at Il o'clock M. the
Parish School Board viii meet at the
office of the said Board, in said Par.
lsh and there in public session open
the ballot boxes, examine and canvass
the returns and declare the result of
SAID election and promulgate the same
y. ii. FISHER, Sec. Treas.
?. f. WHITE, President
Proclamation
Arcadia, La, April 4th, 1929
State OF Louisiana, Parish of Ripn.
vile.
Pursuant to authority contained in
ordinance No. 6 of the Parish School
Board Of the parish of Bienyille,
louisiana, Of date the 4th day Of
April, 1a22, /, P. F. White, presidents
OF said body, hereby give notice tina,
an election will be held in School
Dlstrlcf, No. | in the Parish of Bien.
vile, Louisiana, on Wednesday the
iith day Of May, 1922, as set forth
IN the following abstract of said
ordinance: s'iu
Section |. Be it ordained by the
Parish School Board Of the Parish
Of Bienville, Louisiana, in lawful Sos as,.
sion convened, That an election shall
DE- and is hereby called to be held
n School District, No. /, in the Par.
lsn q Bienville, Louisiana, on Wednes.
Jay the llth day Of May, 1922, al
winch election the majority Of the
properly taxpayers Of the said dis
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Whereas. it is neceS sary and desire
able that funds be "a ised for the pur.
pose of erecting and equpping a school
building in School District No., l
Bienyille Parish, Louisiana, and
Whereas, it is the voluntary will OF
this body to call the election herein.
after provided for (Section > Of Act
4G Of 1921 gives authority to theSch0ol
Board to order the election also on
uctition # 0ne-fOurth Of the property
taypaycrS eligible to vote in said cleo.
ton. and,
Whereas, Section II "a. Article
XIV Of the Constitution of 1921, and
Act &c of the special Session Of the
legislature Of 1921 declares the Par
iSh School Board of the Parish of
BilNyiIIp to be the governing author.
ity through which the said School Dis.
tMct may incur debt and issue nego
table bonds for such purposes when
50 authorized at an election to be held
in the said district and,
Whereas, the assessed valuation of
thc said district amounts to One Mil
lion Five Hundred Thousand (S1 800
OONOO) Dollars and the existing bond.
pd Indebtedness incurred under Article
2S1 of the Constitution Of 1898 and
1913. amounting to no dollars $500
added to the proposed Indebtedness
does not exceed the Constitutional
limit and,
Whereas, the special tax necessary
to he annually levied to eXtinguish
the proposed Indebtedness will approx
innate ) mills. which. added to the eX-
sting special taxes annually levied
under the Constitution and laws of the
State of Louisiana, to eXtinguiSh in
lehtedneSs incurred under said Article
will not exceed the Constitutional linn
it of ten mills per annum on the dollar
of a assessed valuation Of the property
of said district; and therefore,
Section !, Be it ordained by the
Bienville Parish School Board Of the
Parish of Bienville, Louisiana, in law
full session convened. That an election
shall be and is hereby called to be
held in the said School District No. 1,
in the Parish Of Benville, Louisiana
on the 18th, day of May, 1922, at
which election the majority of the
property tax payers Of the said dis
trict. in number and amount, eligible
to vote and voting, shall determine the
Proposition to incur debt and issue
bonds of the said School District No.
I, Bienville Parish. Louisiana, to the
amount Of One Hundred Thousand
(Sl00,0OO.0O) Dollars, to run for a
period of twenty years. bearing in.
terest at the rate of six per cent per
annum,' payable semi-annually, the
funds thus derived to be used for the
purpose of erecting and equipping a
school building in School District No.
|, Bienvlle Parish, Louisiana.
Section ,, BE it further resolved
etc, That the ballot boxes, necessary
blanks and other parphernalia shall
he provided by the Secretary Of the
Parish School Board, and he shall
cause to be printed ballots for use
in said election, in the following form
tO-wit:
FORM OF. BALLOT
Special election i'll School District
No. I, Of the Parish of Bienville, Lou
isiana.
To be held May II, 1929 in accord
ance with a resolution passed by the
Bienville Parish School Board, April
18th, 1929.
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. '''''-'.........'..........
(Fasclmile Signature) President

tf "a, signature) Secretary.
The said bonds, when prepared, NAV
De registered as to principal in the
holders name on the books Of the Sec.
rotary OF the Parish School Board is.
suing the bonds, the registration being
noted not on the bonds in these words:
This bond is payable to ............. Of
......-,.,.......-...State Of or
order
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BALLOT
Proposition to incur
debt and issue bonds Of
School District No. I,
In the Parish of Bien-
vile, Louisiana, to the
amount of $1OO,OOO.OO
to run for a period of
twenty years, bearing
interest at the rate of
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-04-13

oh 1872. School
District Number 2 of the Parish Of
Blenville, Louisiana, by the Bienyille
"a Parish School Board Of the Parish Of
blenvllle, Louisiana, governing author.
lty OF said School District, will pay
70 the holder the sum Of Fifteen Dol.
lars at the Office Of the said Board at
Arcadia Louisiana, being six months
interest then due on its bonds dated
.-........................, 1872 M
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-04-13
ORDINANCE No. 6 Of 1922
AN ORDNANCE

Ordering a special election in School
District No. |, Biensille Parish, Louis.
lana, for the purpose Of submitting to
re qualified electors Of the said
School District the question Of a bond
issue q One Hundred Thousand $500
OOOO0) Dollars, the proceeds Of said
issue g Be used to erect and equip d
1chool building In said School District,
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u FOte, anu Young Shall ueteIn1
the
Proposition to incur debt and
sue bonds of the said School DIsu1
No. IL In the Parish Of BienVl
Louisiana, to the amount Of Twe'
Thousand ($20,OOO.0O) Dollars, to 4
TOR a period Of ten (10) years. h
ing interest at the rate Of six per 9
per annum, payable semi-annualN '
funds thus derived to be used fof Y
Purpose Of erecting and equiv
a school building in School DA
No. 16, Parish of Bienville, Louiaa
The said election shall be hele
the following polling places:
Friendship postofice, FrieDdn.9|
Louisiana, in School District no J
Bienville Parish, and the follosJ
commissioners and clerk are awoIaI]
to the respective polling places; p
shively, Smith RhineEart, John y
inson, Commissioners, J. H. Hn
clerk, each being a registered w
and to serve without compensate.
Notice is hereby further given y
on the 18th day Of Nay, 1922, the y y
day following such election at =
O'clock NJ, the Parish School ~
will meet at the office Of said y
In said parish, aud there IN puJ
session open the ballot boxes, can
and count the votes, both as to ~
Der and amount and examine
canvass the returns, aud declare y
result Of the election, and pron9l
the same.
Given on this, the 4th day q e,
1922 at Arcadia, Louisiana, ID
Parish Of Bienyille.
P. +. WHITE
President Bienyille Parish q,
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its prescribed by the Constitution and
Statues OF this State, and that an cleo.
ton has been duly and regularly held
and the mourning Of debt and the is.
suing of a negotiable bond therefore
authorized by vote of a majority in
number and amount Of the property
tax payers, qualified to vote under the
Constitution and laws of the State
who voted at an election regularly
called and held for the purpose after
notice published in the manner requir.
ed by law.
BE 1t resolved and ordained by the
Parish School Board, of the Parish
Of Bienville, Louisiana;
Section 1. That the President and
Secretary Of this Board be, and they
are hereby authorized and directed to
have prepared and to execute in the
name OF the Parish School Board of
the Parish Of Bienville, Louisiana.
and for in behalf Of School District
No. 2 of said Parish of Bienville Louis
lana, Eighty (SO) negotiable bonds,
numbered one to eighty, both numbers
inclusive, and in denomination Of Five
Hundred ($5OO.OO) Dollars, bearing
the date Of June l, 1929, and maturing
and being due and payable as follows !:
Numbers ! to I, both inclusive, bonds
due and payable June l, 1923; Mum.
bers 8 to IA both inclusive, bonds due
and payable June l, 1924; Numbers
10 to q. both inclusive, bonds due and
payable June l, 1926; Numbers % tc
-, both inclusive, bonds due and pay.
able June |. 1925; Numbers 20 to sc
both inclusive, bonds due and payable
June !, 1927; Numbers 81 to "A, both
inclusive, bonds due and payable june
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six per cent per annum, payable
semi.annually, for the purpose of
erecting and equipping a school build.
ing in School District, No. 1, Parish
If BienviIle. Louisiana.
Taxable valuation ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
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VAAey III AdFUC VI
SAID proposition 81 $132 925O
Arcadia, La, April 4,1922
PRONUNCIATION
Ordinance No. 4 Of 1922
PROVIDING for the issuance and sale Of
school bonds Of School District M
. OF the Parish Of Bienville, Louisi.
ana, to the amount Of Forty Thons.
ana Dollars, and the levying Of q
special tax on all property subject
70 taxation within the limits Of
said school district sufficient to nav
lhe principal and interest Of said
bonds as the same shall mature
whereas, by ordinance duly adonted
ana passed by the Parish School Board
OF the Parish Of Bienville, Louisiana
entitled AN ordinance ordering :
special e election for the purpose Of sub.
hitting TO the property tax payers Of
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-05
OPERATORS DISCUSS
STRIKE CONDITIONS

WASHINGTON. June s. Con.
ditions affecting the coal. strike
situation in West Virgins. South.
iern Ohio and Pennsylvania were
discussed by Secretary Davis and
coal operators interested Z: IN mines Mn 7s
in those states in q conference to-
day at the Department Of Labor.
$5 Neither Secretary Davis nor the
would discuss what
transpired at the conference. Mr.
Davis explained that strike con-
3dition;s in general wered iscussed
and that as the conference was
held at the requestsof the opera
tors. and not at his suggestion,
there was little he would care to
say further than that general. ht1es
we're induIged in. The operators
participating in the conference i IN Z.
cluded f. E: Taplin of Cleveland,
Ernest H. Gilbert of. of.Morgantow1n1,
Joseph Puprslove of Cleveland,
and Hugh sKerwin OF the Consolt-
dation Co. Hywe11 Davis, one of
the department. t'sSconcillators,3 also
attended the conference.