The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-03-28
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man, 80 to speak. Admitting your
intelligence claim that experience
and observation have helped mo to
SEQ somo things that simple intelli-
gence does not observe. There are
two words which cover three worlds,
success and failure. God has on
dowed you with volition, and that
means choice, and choice means,
simply, Pll take this, you may have
that. Choice means also two or moro
things are offered. If there was
only one thing in sight then it's Hob
sons choice.
If ono is good thing and the
other bad, then choose tho good. If
both are good, then take the gooder.
If both arc bad then take neithor.
Not like one Of the candidates for gov
ornor Of Georgia said the other day:
"Of two evils, l never take tho great,
or" That's politics, pure and sim.
pie, and the devil is running that
whole Lusiness.
Real success has it's foundations
Just like tho houses we live in, and
the very basis Of success is good
chnruCtor As sure az that the con-
stitution follows the flag, so good
character must lead the way in all
successful undertakings. The young
man who thinks he must drink wills
key and "cuss" to help you make Il
man of himself il Il fool to begin
with. If were running a saloon |
would want Il decent, sober bar
Keeper
was not long finding Il place Of
trust and honor for young man of
my town, some time ago, when
said to Il leadiny railroad official with
whom | wanted to place him, "that
no was not cnly bright and ellicent
aud trustworthy, but hat he WAS as
clean in his lifo as his sweet Chris
tian mother. Ho has never tonched
whiskey, wine or beer, swore an
oath or handled a deck of cards.'
"Send him to me-" said tho Official,
"nd that young man has been pro-
motod the third time in twelve
months, and dare say, will yet be-
president of hat great railroad sys-
tenn. 1t pays to be decent it never
pays to be otherwise. The boy who
knows how to be a gentleman, and
knows how to keep from being n dog,
is i'll possession of the knowledge
which makes him master of ~ stu
alton.
No uso talking, young man, about
your having self control and will
power The way to keep clean is not
to rub up against the things that will
"smut you" | don't care how much
yon may boast of will power, whis
key will make you drunk.
Again, God nor man can ever help
yon TO be somebody, until you make
up your mind that You will be or
die, do or die.
This message to you, young man,
WAS inspired by notice of tha
greatest living pianist, Paderewski,
which | SAW in the Kansas CITY
journal of yesterday. r article
was headed, "Paderwski's Success
Achieved Through Much Hard
Work." His recital is to occur here
IN Convention hall, March 17th. I
quote from tho notice as follows:
"Paderewski has simply come to
DO the dominant figure in tho world
Of music, a dominancy acquired by
XS"rs of patient struggle and stoical
endurance of poverty and 2rivation.
The success achieved by Paderewski
ls not tho result Of chance, but the
outcome of sweat and suffering,
rt.burnings and humiliations.
The press has given to the world
tho story of his life; how at 10 years
of ago, he softened the sting of pov
erty by marrying girl equally Ms
poor. 1t is now almost impossible
to estimate Paderewski's wealth. His
first tour Of America netted him
$lOS,00O; his second S1SI, 900. This
is the fifth, and each succeeding ono
has marked financial gain over the
preceding one. When it is consid
ered that in all tho European coun.