The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-03-28
Chr sleralA and Mrws
ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN.
REV. SAM P. JONES, THE EVANGELIST
Has SOMETHING TO SAY.
He Advises the Kind OF Life to Live to
Obtain Positions OF Honor and Trust.
THE Atlanta Journal.

Kansas City, Mo-, March 6.-Glve
me your attention, young man. I've
been a young man; now I am an old
man, so to speak. Admitting your
intelligence I claim that experience
and observation have helped me to
see some things that simple lntelll-
gence does not observe. There are
two words which cover three worlds,
success and failure. God has en-
dowed you with volition, and that
means choice, and choice means,
simply, I'll take this, you may have
that. Choice means also two or more
things are offered. If there was
only one thing in sight then it's Hob
sons choice.
If one is a good thing and the
other bad, then choose the good. Ii
both are good, then take the gooder'
If both are bad then take neither.
Not like one Of the candidates for gov.
ernor of Georgia said the other day:
"Of two evils, I never take the great
er." That's politics, pure and SIM
pie, and the devil is raining that
whole business.
Real success has its foundations
Just like the houses we live in, and
the very basis of success is good
character. As sure as that the con-
stitution follows the flag, 50 good
character must lead the way in all
successful undertakings. Theyoupg
man who thinks he must drink whls-
key and ''cuss" to help you make a
man of himself is fool to begin
with. If were running saloon l
would want a decent, sober bar
keeper.
I was not long finding a place OF
trust and honor for young man OF
my town, some time ago, when l
said to leading railroad official with
whom I wanted to place him, 'that
he was not cnly bright and efficient
and trustworthy, but that he was as
clean in his life as his sweet Chris
tian mother. He has never touched
whiskey, wine or beer, swore an
oath or handled a deck of cards"
"Send him to me-" said the official,
and that young man has been pro-
noted the third time. in twelve
months, and I dare say, will yet be
president of that great railroad sys-
tenn. It 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 a dog,
is in possession of the knowledge
which makes him master of the situ-
alton.
No use 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" 1 don't care how much
you may boast of will power, whis-
key will make you drunk.
Again, God nor man can ever help
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 thai
greatest living pianist, Paderewski,
which I saw in the Kansas City
Journal of yesterday. T article
was headed, "Paderwski's Success
Achieved Through Much Hard
Work" His recital is to occur here
IN Convention hall, March 18th. I
quote from the notice as follows:
''Psderewski has simply come to
be the dominant figure in the world
of music, dominancy acquired by
years ofpatient struggle and stoical
endurance of poverty and 2rivation.
The success achieved by Paderewski
is not the result of chance, but the
outcome of sweat and suffering,
heart burnings and humiIiations.'
The press has given to the world
the story of his life; how at 10 years
of age, he softened the sting of pov
erty by marrying girl equally as
poor. 1t is now almost impossible
to estimate Paderewski's wealth. His
first tour of America Eetted him
SlO8,OO0; his second Sl8I,0O0. This
is the fifth, and each succeeding one
hoe rnorko6 a financial oain over the