The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-16
whv Young Men Go West

| Go west young man! 60 west; IVES ID and and
Il is Being generally ooeyeo +hsv Ds be-
vonnc men Of this place, as 'n occunv
sone sUu fitted and qualified TO .Sa1- GeSupS go
bnsiness @ positions in life. YES, .nes her s
Let us and Prosperity loses mucn o. ot H =
We. "s.S' | hast material-materlal tha' 20
cnsy;fed ov,y and skilled and that IS ~
qh tq1','oh needed to make thriving "" @ no
nGIn nud Ioommunities. During the last 1"o ao
CO. Cos the town has lost quite a nuniuea
of her yery best young men-yo:Itts
mon who We're bright and SHINING re ~ y.
IN NC church and in store, and an hohol a', W
nn, ir tom or community-young men
thst any Wv we all felt proud of. r. 7. Boozel'
! Hayne Boozer, Fred l.. HciiuH;I S4!;ISon
Ernest H. kohn, Frank u: 1852 w tl1ot
FrankT Schumpert, James oenu on1i ~
and y. S. Maffett. Ihls may sen 151 ,,sr
be small number, still 1t is JUST -: petf of
cent. of the white voting population oo
The town. Besides these young men, s
Who I with one exception, have gont;
"ast wa and south, we find Messrs. lev
Slswson % Wallace Bruce, ?. l.. Lang,
ford G. 4. Norman, DR.. E: Z. hldgell
snd % other staunch, good citizens nave ave
left for other fields Of labor where more
lucrative nositions are offered. no"
we do think that town OF only elSh!H,
"odd'' white voting populatlan, can ~. ~
afford to loose such a nulhDei - ,,.e @
best citizens. These men co. anu "f
do not blame them for going; i'lloit %!
us would 90 if we could get away tneS
90 where they get better salaries, Det!ei
positions, and where there Is an intllii-
sic value placed on merit, worth % a.'u
Qualifications. In our opinion fros,
nerity will never be what she should
be. and what her geographical position
entities her to be, as long as our e'cpo'!S
are of this character. Now there IS
cause for all this migration, ana IL
ought to be patent to every perlnale!!t
business man and property holaer III
this town. There seems to be rulnous
tendency among the business men OF
the town to secure cheap CLERKS aou
cheap book-keepers; hence they draw
from the country every fall season
inexperienced persons who are sadly
deficient in every avenue ol oueinVa' ,,n
qualifications, hence we not un-
frequently find clerks in the most
prominent houses, who, for their lives,
cannot demonstrate by system
of figures the cost Of 81 yards OF PRINTS
at 6{ cents per yard, or who cannot tell
YOU the difference between pound
ayoirdupois weight and pound troy
weight, or the difference between a
ward and a metre, to say nothing OF
Tspresent WORTH" discount" and per,
centage.n Now we have not intended
to speak disparagingly of any one, or
to cast a reflection on any one, out
simply to call the attention OF the ous-
mess men and the other men OF the
place, who have the growth and pros
perity of the town at heart to state OF
affairs that are entirely inconsistent
with the growth of any place. On the
other hand, if it is the intention OF the
property holders and the business men
Of the place, to confine the business
men and population to the narrow cir
Gle in which we now find it by failing
to properly encourage merit and worth,
by asking exorbitant prices for real
estate, and by giving the cold shoulder
to, and discouraging newcomers, then
we are moving in the right avenues
and we will succeed most admirably.
EUBE.
Prosperity, August Is, 1888.