Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 279, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1919 — It Is Important to Have First-Hand Information [ARTICLE]

It Is Important to Have First-Hand Information

It’s a great thing to be your own scout. Other men may know more about the technicalities of a things They may even bp able to tell you just how to make the money ffiey can’t seem to get possession of. But after all a little first hand observation added to ordinary horse sense will go a long way toward putyng you on the writing side of the desk. At Waterloo Napoleon had to depend on guides. He did not know"the ground. Lacoste was trusted and hitherto had never failed him. Now he is responsible for the loss of life that brought defeat to the French arms and exile to the greatest general the world has ever seen. It’s a great thing to have first-hand information.