The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1890-11-05
Mr.. W. DUKES LOGIC.
He Writes a Letter Full of Sound
Advice
And Explains How to Succeed in the
Business World.
MUST SAVE SOMETHING EVERY DAY.
Be Industrious, Sober and Attentive to
Business and You VIII Win
the Battle.

Business and You VIII Win
the Battle.
AT the Union Bethel A. Nj. Z. Church,
at Hayti, last evening, the literary exer-
cises of the festival, which had been in
progress, and which will end this even
ing, were held in. the church. Mr.. w.
Duke, of this city, lad been invited to
address the people, but as he could not
be present, he sent the following abb.
address, which was read 10 an 'apprea1a1
tive audience by John w. Wright. The
address was well received and pro-
nounced the proper thing by all who
heard it. THE GLOBE prints it in full,
and wants to say that it contains good,
sensible advice that all people can follow
with profit:
DURHAM, n. c., Nov. 1, 1890.
Mr.. John w. Wright, Durham, North
Carolina.
SIR-Being plain, blunt man, speech
making is not in my line; so shall
embody what have to say in this form,
with the request that it be read before
your people.
Five years more and will have lived
three-quarters of a century; nearly three
score years and ten have already marked
their courses over my head. Not long
before | was born the cannon of Napo-
leon thundered at Waterloo as the Old
Iaf ha ho1
squares of the English army, when Eng
lands Iron Duke conquered the worlds
most magnetic leader. Since then the
destiny of nations has changed, Ihave
seen the countries OF Europe rocked by
terrible wars. And here in our own land
have witnessed the greatest revolution
of them all-the emancipation of your
race.
Through all these years my life has
been an active one; and do you not be-
lieve the experience I have gained during
so long a life enables me to give you
good advice? | have always had a
friendly feeling toward you, and now ad.
dress you in the spirit of friend, wish
ing if I can to help you overcome the
hard conditions Of your life. - g. r.
I have no doubt that each one of you
| would like to be successful man, to have
your neighbors point you out as an ex-
ample to be followed by their children.
1t is right that you should have such a
feeling, for ambition is Gods call to
higher living. But how shall that sue
cess be gained how shall that feeling be
realized?
Now, upon every man there are i'm
posed certain conditions which he must
observe, else he cannot make his life the
noble thing he should. There are certain
laws which are always in force, in all the
affairs of life. If you break those laws
you will be punished. | do not mean
you will be punished by being placed in
Jail (although that may happen, too,( but
you will be punished by your own un-
happiness. Cut your finger and the
blood will flow. Drink poison and you
will die Be untrue to the natural re-
strictions of your life, your body, your
mind, your soul, and you will surely suffer
for it. But live true to yourself, true to
your higher selves, and you will as surely
be happy.
Now, let US see what some of those
are-the laws you must observe or take
the consequences. Well, one of them is
that you must be sober. If you violate
this law, if you pour down your throat
that fiery enemy to steal away your soul
you will suffer for it as surely as when
you drink the poison. Your own body
will suffer for it, your wife, your children
will suffer for it, your soul will suffer fol
| it, it will be lost to every hope. In this
life men will not respect you, you cant
respect yourselves, you die like dog
| YOUR life a miserable failure. Strong
drink is an iron hand with its fingers
clutched about your throat, ready tc
strangle you.
| Another law is that you must be honest
Some people think there are short cut:
to fortune, that if they steal they viii
have more of the good things of life. But
that's all a mistake. AN honest man il
the noblest work of God" 'Tis better tc
enjoy your honest dollar than your stoler
| thousands.
Then again, you must be industrious
An idle man is the meanest work of God
Don't be afraid of hard work, don't b.
always looking for a soft place, that vii
come later | have made more furrow.
in Gods earth than any man 10 years OLD
in North Carolina. And when you have
made yourself industrious, you must b
frugal Establish il as a rule that yol
will always spend less than you make.
never closed years work in my lift
without being happy in the knowledg'
that / was better off than | was when j
began. There is no use in thinking. be
cause you can't save great sums of none.
at once that there is no use iE trying
Be sure to put away one dollar ever.