The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1871-02-25

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Mn EniroR: / was much struck
with an editorial in the Memphis
Aro'aarhc, fow days since giving
some good advice to many Of our
young mel seeking situations in our
Towns and Villages, as clerks in
Stores, Hotels, Railroad births, In
suranco offices, etc, etc, rather than
seek their living in the field, in the
healthful and life giving pursuits of
agriculture. An advertisement in
that paporior a single clerk brought
no less than hjrty-niae applications
in the brief space Of "a hours.
How mistaken the policy, even rs
a means ofseeklng a fortune. Ihayo
in my mind an lilustrious example
of what earnest, honest, perseyer
ingindustry will accomplish in the
field, together with frugaIity and
economy in the uso Of the fruits Of
honest toll and here let me remark
that this individual is only one Of q
type Or class Of men, thai could be
made far more numerous, if the
young, the healthy and the vigorous
would but follow his example.
Onlya few years since Col. WIN.
L. Archibald, of Oxford, was a dali
ly laborer in the field, following hls
pillow with the regularity Of the re-
turning sunrise. lIo soon began to
accumulate, and BY judicious man
agemont, and investment Of his
funds, he is to-day worth, at mod
crate estimate, three hundred thou
sand dollar8. And here lot me cor
rect an injustice done him in one d
the Northern commercial periodicals
which recently fell under my eye
which placed, or estimated, his entire
fortunate seyenentyfiyethousa dol
lars, whilst, repeat, he Is worth, al
least, four times the sum. His reai
estate alone, IN this and the adjoin-
ing counties, is worth double this Of.
innate. Had he been % Northern
man, his wealth would have beer
donbtless greatly exaseratcd--but as
a Southern man, in d Northern jour.
nal, one fourth only, (or even less,
is estimated.
At the closed Of the war, Col. Arch.
ibald came ont Of it like the most o
us ruined and poor. lie, with lin
tied education, no capital, and nt
monied friends to back him, sough
fields Of labor, where his untifinl
energy, unaagging industry, pru
dence, frugality, temperance, ant
economy, was well repaid by fruit
ful returns Of earth's products, ,whicl
was rapidly turned into ready mo
ney, and invested with rare wisdom
and sagaclous foresight, sometime
in one property and sometimes il
another, always yielding proftabl
returns, until now he il one Of til,
large monied men Of the country
and, as the writer Of this il informed
will soon open u private bank il th
| town Of Oxford, entirely out Of hi
own resources and capital. Is no
this far better than seeking easy an
soft places with meagre salaries
lounging about hotel doors, III idle
ness and Incidence, rather than see
labor III the field? rs not Col. All
Iibald's. career worthy Of emuls
tion"-an example to DO initiate
and followed? Tic was poor an
needy, with but limited education
without money, rich friends, or a.
lextraneous influence, Or adycntitiot
aids whatsoever, lcxcept respectful
character and family, and an iinsu
lied name,) but sobrlsty, frngalit,
, industry and energy of' 'characte
and now he IL, az we commonly III,
lone Of the millionaireso Of tile coul
try, surrounded with everything Til
wealth can command, or that tt
desires Of himself and family ca
for.
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