Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-08-22
THE NEWS BOY BECOMES GOVERNOR

THE NEWS BOY BECOMES GOVERNOR.
Now that you have already
guessed who this brave little
newsboy is, he shall be formally
introduced to you-Miles B. Nc
Sweeney, Governor of South Oar
olina, by the grace of God and
true Democratic votes.
There is many a clever boy
whose manhood fails to come up
to our expectations. Let us see
about our Governor, let the
fierce white light" that ever
beats about a public man, envel-
ope him While selling papers
our hero meets with a friend and
commences to work as 9 printer
IN his office. All over the world
the good God has scattered just
such noble men and women
whose mighty hearts and tender
vision cause them to be stretch
ing forth q helping hand to the
struggling soul. Perhaps it is
only a cheerful word, but that
glad word IS a golden bridge
over raging waters. He COM
pletes his apprenticeship as a
job printer, and scholarship for
merit is offerd him in Washing.
ton and Lee University, but ow-
ing TO lack of means, he was able
to attend only part of one ses
sion. So young McSweeney
came back to South Carolina and
began printing In Columbia. He
served Colu mbia Typographical
Union as corresponding secre-
tary and afterwards as president.
He served as secretary of the
Phoenix Hook and Ladder Com
pany for q number of years. In
1876 he was an active Democrat
and did faithful work for the
party IN that never to be forgot
en- time of peril and strife.
About this time Mr.. McSweeney
moved to Ninety Six in Off ooun.
ty then. He belongs to old Alb.
beville county after. He came
to Ninety Six with a capital of
sixty i've dollars, and purchased
a secoud hand press and out
fit for $500 paying $55 cash as
first payment.
| FRANKLIN AND M'swEENEY.
Like Fraklin he worked early
and late.
Unlike Franklin, who ate
his bread on the streets, Nc
Sweeney went to bed supperless,
because, when he went to Nine
Six, he was unable to buy three
meals a day. Like Franklin, sue
cess came to him, and now the
boy who once was able to buy
only two meals a day is well
provided for, and he has no fear
of becoming charge upon his
country. The people of the
State of his nativity give him
their hearts affection, while they
bestow upon him the highest
homer whicA any people can con
fer upon any man. Ambitious
to win the respect nf his fellow
citizens, honest in the perform
ance of every duty, courageous
to defend the humhles, while
able to resist the designs and the
power Of the great and influen.
tial, he has given to every South
Carolinian a good governor who
administered the affairs of the
office without fear or favor.
Without yielding to the mob or
clinging to the social power of
any. set Of men, he has nobly
done his duty. He is man Of
the people, and however much
he may have been elevated, his
heart is true to all. He loves the
honest laborer and his hand il
ever stretched out to help the
struggling brother to higher and
better things.
August, 1879, the first issue of
Hampton Guardian appeared
and it has been published ever
since by Mr.. McSweeney. He
has taken a deep and abiding
interest in the development of
his town and county. He is re
garded as a fine business man of
wide public spirit in regard to
building churches and school