The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-01-16
PROMISING YOUNG MAN.
He Wins Distinction by His Relia-
biltty and Integrity.
How Leroy j, McNeoly, Mere Youngster,
Secured Executive Action by tho SEQ
rotary of the Navy, Single
Han led and Alone.


de9vor tnd GoteMorthy achievements
Negy often in the newspapers and
Sometimes on signs la front of store
doors we see the words: hoy wanted"
| But did u ever occur to you how few
boyS there are TO be had, who are WORTH
/ having, TO merchants and otbci bust
ness men?
Four years ago WANTED boy; an hon
| est industrious and educated boy. You
tnay advertise day after day for weeks
| and possibly for months, and not get a
good, wcll-bred, honorable, gentleman
| ly, capable boy, But when you also
want a boy who can write shorthand
md transcribe on typewriter the df.
flculty becomes the more pronounced.
A longtime personal friend one Sum
day afternoon came to my house and IN
troduced a slender, modest unpreten-
tious youth, who had seen so little of
the world that he blushed like a school
girl when he was addressed and made
answer TO inquiries lie did not claim
TO be an expert stenogropher or rapid
typewriter. lie simply wanted an OPP
he might possess, and he was willing to
learn. Gentlemen who had known him
from the cradle spoke Of him in tbs
highest terms, He seemed TO be just the
boy wanted and he went to work.
Gradually, timidly, gingerly he began
80 learn the corridors, committee rooms
and Offices in the big capitol building;
hA t,1n r,rh. 4
tanned by the diligent correspondents
Ct metropolitan newspapers, Within \
month he knew all Of the routine work,
aud performed it like a veteran. lIq
was, first OF all, a reliable young man.
Not one out OF thousand is always and
Under all circumstances reliable, But
when this young mnn had learned the
work he did it well, and, when evening
came, his employer was satisfied that
no news item had escaped the vigilance
of the youthful worker He was we'll
assured that the young man had done /
his duty every day, just as well and as
faithfully as his employer could have /.
done it for himself.
Then the young man had another les /
son to learn, and it was not so easy. +
DitHdent men may learn places, things .
and dates without embarrassment, but /
" hen 1t comes to making acquaintanccs
with many men II is different This
y Young man was obliged to become ac-
quainted with a number of senators and
representatives IN congress. He not
only was obliged to become acquainted
with them, but to see them every day,
and ask them all sorts of questions.
He was taught to approach public
men as the fully accredited representa-
tive of his employer. Public men were
told that the young man could be trust
ed with private affairs, and they were re-
quested to talk freely with him. His :
modesty Of demeanor proved to be
-aptivating, and he soon won his way
into the regard and esteem of many
men. He worked for man who repre-
7ented daily newspapers in Phila-
lelphia, New York, Detroit, Milwau-
zee, st. Paul, Omaha and other cities.
Therefore he was obliged to become &C.
Iuainted with the senators and repre-
entatiyes from Pennsylvania, New
York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota.
owa, Nebraska and other western
tates.
You may well imagine that II was no
'asy task. Your young friends will un-
erstand very well that it must have
'een embarrassing to meet with popu- ,
ar political leaders from various sec
ions Of the country. 1t would embar
ass any young man But it was a part
+ the duty Of the profession which this
ld sought to learn and he went about