Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-01-18
WANTS TO DIE POOR.
How Andrew Carnegie Would Get
Rid of His Wealth.

Andrew Carnegie Is a man who
would have the world know that he Is
ambitious. He Is not ambitious as Cae-
sar was, and his ambition will pre-
sumably not stir into pernicious activ-
ity any Brutus. But Carnegie has
said that "he who dies rich dies dis
honored"-and he is ambitious to leave
behind him an honored name. Most
people manage to die poor without any
very great effort. They do not find 1t
any more difficult to be "broke" dead
than to be dead-broke while alive; but
in the case of Mr.. Carnegie it Is diff
ferent. He is in financial difficulties
all the time, because he has more
money than he knows what to do with.
He Is working along the lines that he
has mapped out, however, and whether
he will ever be able to get his assets
down to an honorable figure or not, the
world gives him credit for conscienti-
GUS endeavor.
The fact that he gave away $4,000
900 last year is a very fair indication
of his earnestness Of purpose. or
course by far the greater part Of this
money has not yet been disbursed, but
It is no easy task to get rid Of $4,000
900 in a year. Anybody who thinks
it is should try it. There are about
70, 600, 900 people in the United States
alone who are willing to aid Mr.. Car
negie in his difficult task by rendering
good advice, but Mr.. Carnegie is an
author and a musician, and therefore
his ideas turn naturally to libraries and
pipe organs.
One Of the wealthiest citizens Of New
York said not long ago that he could
do more real good with $1,000,O00 than
Mr.. Carnegie does with $4,000, 900.
With him this is only theory, however.
He has not yet announced his inten-
ton Of proving his assertion.
There Is probably no living man
whose life's story is better known than
that of the Dunfermline weaver's son.
It is known among the peasants OF all
the nations of Europe, and when the
young and strong start for the promis-
ed land the proud and fearful ones tell
them Of the Scotch boy and say: go
thou. my son, and do likewise Amer
lea, however, will never know another
Carnegie.
Andrew Carnegie was born in Dun
fermline, Scotland, November rs, 1885.
His father was a weaver-an humble,
hard-headed, sound-thinking Scotch
man. who, when his boy Andy was on
ly ten years old, took the long step and
brought his family "across the pond.
He settled in Pittsburg and two years
later Andrew started out to make his
hundreds of millions. He tended
small stationary engine for time, and
then become a telegraph messenger
boy. If ever he stopped while deliver
ing message to read penny dread
full" there Is no record Of the fact.
There Is his success in life to prove that
he did not-and yet it Is to be remem-
bered that he Is Of literary turn OF
mind. He became an operator and a
good one. He was one Of the first to
read telegraphic signals by sound. He
became a clerk to the superintendent
of the Pennsylvania railroad and then
manager Of the telegraphic lines. 1t
was while holding this position that he
got his start on the road to wealth. He
met Woodruff, the inventor of the
sleeping car got an interest with him
through his work to have the Pennsyl-
yania and other railroads adopt 1t, and
made q large sum. He also got pro-
motion to the position Of superintend-
ent of the Pittsburg division OF the
Pennsylvania railroad.
Then he struck oil. He was one or
the syndicate that purchased the Story
farm on Oil creek. 1t cost him $4O.OOO,
and it paid s1.OO0,OO0 clear profits In one
wear. With plenty of money behind
him he went into the iron business,
and his success in this line made him
the wonder Of the business world. Ev-
ery one knows the history Of Andrew
Carnegie as the "ironmaster.' His
income became enormous: his millions
became hundreds Of millions; and final
ly money-makipg lost it's charm.
There is only one man in the world
richer than 1 am," said he-and he
stopped. Then he started to teach
other multimillionaires how to give,
but he has set such pace that no one
has cared to attempt to rival him-not
even the one man who alone, according
to MIR. Carnegie, is better able to give
than he.
In all things Andrew Carnegie is