Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1912 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

B. Wilson Smith, of Indianapolis, one of the oldest school supply men in this state, was here on business today. Mr. Smith formerly lived in Lafayette and is well known over the state. He had much to do with the drawing up of the public accounting law and has furnished evidence - by which a number of school supply grafters were put out of business. Mr. Smith bears the reputation of being an honest man and has the confidence of all wherever "known. Hero worship is always dangerous because it is apt to lead to blind infatuation. The world’s history is full of such illustrations, notably that of Napoleon, who sacrificed the life of his followers without compunction in the gratification of his personal ambitions. His famous retreat from Moscow, which city he went to conquer, was marked by death and suffering, the like of which the world has never seen, and all because Napoleon wanted to gratify his personal ambition. Even in these modern times, conditions being substantially the same, hero worship might lead to ithe same sad end. The senate Monday passed the house bill putting motion pictures under the distinct protection of the copyright laws of the United States. The bill provides that in case of an innocent infringement the total amount of damages shall not exceed 1100.