Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-13
STORIES ABOUT Mr.. CARNEGIE.
He JoklngIy Declares That Golf is the Most
Serious Business of Life.

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Serious Business of Life.
Mr.. Carnegie will go away all day to
play golf, which he jokingly declares
to be the only serious business Of life"
A correspondent once went to Cumber-
land island, his sisters home, on the
Georgia coast, to interview him on
some event Of tremendous Importance
to the world Of steel. He found him
on the golf links and fired at him, point
blank, long list Of carefully prepared
questions concerning this matter. Mr..
Carnegie listened with patience till the
newspaper man had finished, then, he
broke out:
"Oh! I don't know anything about
all that but yesterday broke my rec
ord. I just went around this course in
five strokes less than ever before"
Mr.. Carnegie is fond Of telling how
he was once asked by the editor Of
popular magazine for an article on
Reorganization in Business"
WELL" said he, II think I could
write that article. But I'm afraid the
price I'd have to ask you would be too
high"
"Oh! no. said the delighted editor
with a vision Of a magnificent feat
ure" in an early number; "I'm sure we
could arrange that satisfactorily.
Name your own price"
WELL" replied Mr.. Carnegie, Il
could hardly afford to do it for less
than IS, 900 O0O." He smiled little at
sight Of the editors face and then he
went on: mo, I must withdraw that.
What I should put into it has cost me
much more than that and, Of course,
you would not expect me to sell it to
you at less than COST"
AS the diplomatist puts it, "The ne
gotiations fell through"
An old friend Of Mr.. Carnegie's who
kept his fast trotters and held the rec
ord, was beaten in brush by a young
man. The old gentleman disappeared
for some time. He had gone to Ken
lucky to get horse that would re-es-
tablish his supremacy. He was being
shown over a stud and had already
been past long string Of horses with
their records on the stall and the VIC
tories they had won. Then he was TAX
en- through long line Of young horses
with their pedigrees, from which the
dealer was proving what they were 60
ing to do when they got on the track.
The old gentleman, wiping his fore
head-for it was a hot day-suddenly
turned to the dealer and said:
Look here, stranger-you've shown
me have beens,' and you've shown me
your 'going-to-bes,' but what I am
here for Is an iser."
Some Of Mr.. Carnegies sayings are
as follows:
IF a man would eat he must work.
A life Of elegant leisure is the life Of
an unworthy citizen. The republic does
not owe him living; it is he who owes
the republic a life of usefulness. Such
is the republican idea. a."-Triumphant
Democracy.
LII UdSh yOu iiCNSi ASSi sA'e~s
upon any occasion you have acted too
generously, but you often regret that
you did not give enough."-An Ameri-
can Four-in- Hand in Britain.
Among the saddest Of all spectacles
to me is that of an elderly man occu-
pying his last years grasping for more
dollars."-An American Four-in-Hand
in Britain.
"The monarchist boasts more bayo-
nets, the republican more books. '-Tri-
umphant Democracy.
There are a thousand heroines in
the world today for every one any pre-
ceding age has produced. ."-Trium-
phant Democracy.
Put all your eggs in one basket and
then watch that sket."-Curry In
stitute Address, 1SS5.-H. w. Lanier in
Worlds Work.