The Lamar register., 1903-10-28


We are simply experiencing what
many others have been through, and
am as anxious to assist you in making
your plan to secure one hundred dol
lars succeed as II am to get the one
hundred dollars. In reply to your
question concerning the indebtedness
which now rests upon us the most of
which is funded, would say this was
created as follows: The present
building was erected on the site of the
old building. During its erection our
work was interrupted and the member
ship greatly reduced as there were few
privileges to offer. We entered the
new building with floating bills
amounting to $4,000 and an additional
Indebtedness of $1,000 was at once in
CURED in the purchase of equipment.
During the next two years the work
was conducted on a scale commensur-
ate with the plant Owing to the
hard times the membership was not as
large as expected and there was a def
.cit in two years of an additional ST.
500. Every year since then we have
paid all bills, including the interest on
this indebtedness. which we are now
undertaking to remove. Your under
standing that the payments were due
when all had been secured must have
resulted from lack of sufficient ex-
PLANTATION. which ! very much regret.
The agreement in the subscription
book which you signed is certainly
very clear on this point The wording
of this agreement is as follows; We.
the undersigned, hereby agree to give
or raise the sums Sc. opposite our re-
spective names toward a fund of $17.-
500 for liquidating the entire floating
inde btedness of - and we guaran-
tee the payment of the sums in equal
installments on the following dates:
-, .' While
this is practically the same as a nom
interest bearing note very few regard
1t IN the same way and as a matter of
fact we would not undertake to collect
by legal means in a case like this. But
we need not talk about the negative
sid, of this question; you are going to
get that money and If we can help you
as we'll as we would like to you are
gong to make your original plans
work successfully. 1t is easier to get
money for some things than for an old
debt. which is like burying an old
which ought to be done and we can
never be truly successful as long as
this Indebtedness hangs as a milestone
around our neck. There are men who
like tackling difficult Jobs and con-
IueIing them. Regarding the rea-
sons why business men should sub
scribe to our work the following seem
to me among the best: First, next to
Al a. q -. . l.,
moral force in the community. tho
value of whose restraining and up
building 1t is impossible to overesti-
mate.
Commercial Value.
Every business man should have a
part ir maintaining such work. Sec
ond it is work Of prevention, an
ounces OF which we are told Is worth
a pound of cure. Most business men
prefer to give ten dollars to keep a
young man from going wrong than
to be taxed hundred dollars for
taking care of him after he has gone
wrong. That kind of proposition
appeals to a business man. Third. 1t
prov ides a suitable place for young
men to spend their leisure hours. An
employer of young men Is not wor-
ried about the honesty. sobriety and
faithfulness OF those employees who
he knows are members of our work.
and spend their leisure time at our
building. They are anxious about
the young men who patronize Ques-
tiorable resorts and lead life where
the temptation to live beyond ones
means is often responsible for loss by
theft and defalcation. These men
know this and spend much money for
private detectives to study the habits
OF their trusted employees to find out
Just how they spend their time and
money. Finally. as to the methods OF
soliciting, | would say 1t Is best to ask
for what you would like and take what
you can get. Most solicitors make a
mistake by not asking for large
enough sum and in way that sug-
gests that they are extending priv
ilegc rather than asking favor, or
perpetrating hold mp. Try to find
men who have money and who are not
common marks for every one with a
subscription paper. II Is better and
more economical to cultivate few in
telligent givers for large amounts
than great number OF givers for
smaller sums. The whole question OF
getting a man to give money Is an ex-
Tenely difficult one. Some men seem
10 be naturally cnloHed for this wo.k.
but 1T is also clear that others can
acquire 1t. | an confident that II you
do rot consider yourself In the first
class you will soon be numbered
among the second. Very truly yours.
Secretary" What might have caused
nth
may on this plan OF exchanging let
ters prove mutually helpful and en-
cou age us to do what we want to do.
His reason for this change was that
he had dyspepsia and that the butter
increased his indigestion thus hinder
ing the assimilation of food.
AS rule hearty eaters are very
heshy. Some very feshy people arc
small eaters. Occasionally very thin