Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-03-26
MARRY, YOUNG MAN, MARRY.
Rev. Sam Jones Talks to Young Men whai
He Has to Say 10 Them.

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man. I've been a young man now
am an old man, SO to speak. Adj
mitting your intelligence I claim that
Experience and observation have
helped ME TO see some things that
simple intelligence does not observe.
There are two words which cover
three worlds, success and failure.
God has endowed you with yolition,
land that means choice, and choice
| means, simply, I'll take this, you may
nave that. Choice means also two
or more things are offered. If there
was only one thing in sight then it's
Hobson's choice.
If one is good thing and the other
bad, then choose the good. If both
are good then take the gooder. If
both are bad then take neither Not
like one of the candidates for Governor
of Georgia said the other day: aOf
two evils, l never take the greater"
That's politics, pure and simple and
the devil is running that whole
business.
Real success has its foundation just
like the houses we live in, and the
very basis of success is good charac-
ter. As sure as that the constitution
followsthe fiag,so good character must
lead the way in all successful under
takings. The young man who thinks
he must drink whiskey and "ouss" to
help make man of himself is fool
to begin with. If / were running a
saloon l would want decent, sober
barkeeper.
| was not long finding place of
trust and honor for young man of
my town, some time ago, wheaI said
to a leading railroad official with
whom l wanted to place him, "that
he was not only bright and efficient
and trustworthy, but that he was as
clean in his life as his sweet Christian
mother. He has never touched whis-
key, wine or beer, swore an oath or
handled deck of cards." "Send
him to me-" said the official, and that
young man has been promoted the
third time in twelve months, and j
dare say, will yet be president of
that great railroad system. 1t pays
to be decent, it never pays to be
otherwise. The boy who knows. how
to be gentleman, and knows how
to keep from being dog, is in pos
session of the knowledge which
makes him master of the situation.
No use talking, young man, about
having self-control and will power.
The way to keep clean is not to rub
up against the things that will asmut
YOU" don't care how much you
may boast of will power, wbiskey
will make you drunk.
Again, God nor man can ever h clip
you 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 a notice of that
greatest living pianist, Paderewski,
which | saw in the Kansas City Jour
nal of yesterday. The article was
headed, "Paderewski's Success
Achieved Through Much Hard
Work" His recital is to occur here
in Convention hall, March 18th.
quote from the notice as follows:
"Paderewski has simply come to
be the dominant figure in the world
of music, a dominancy acquired by
years of patient struggle and privs-
tion. The success achieved by Pad
erewski is not the result of chance,
but the outcome of sweat and sui
fering, heart-burnings and humilia-
tions."
The press has given to the world
the story of his life how at 10 years
of age, he softened the sting OF pow
erty by marrying girl equally aspoor,
1t is now almost impossible to esti.
mate Paderewski's wealth. His first
tour of America netted him $108,0 600;
his second $4,000. This is the fifth
and each succeeding one has marked
a financial gain over the preceding
one. When it is considered that in
all the European countries Pader-
ewski is equally favorite, it will be
seen that his ten years of success
have netted him millions. Even
with all his immense charities and
open-handed generosity, he has not
been able to despatch all his wealth.
He has a magnificent .iome in Po-
land and Switzerland and priucely
apartments in Paris. The news.
papers no longer busy themselves with
his flame coiored hair, or melan.
choly eyes or how he appears on the
stage, or how he holds his knife at
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