The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10
Kings brain was beginning to yearn with
vague ambitions.

veftlng II WIN Some FeputApF. puoNi' Hhh
of finance, who will roll II UP into thousands
throu Oh his men al ability: but 1t 10 another
thing for a man hedGed about with sordid
restrictions and responsibilities TO set about
making fortune for himself.
|. So 1t seemed to young Kng. HI ~ the
inclination. as every man has. TO make a
fortune, but he was not at all satisfied with
the line Of business into hich Fate had
thrust him. He longed for a change. He
hung TO Charlotte, however. until nobody
seemed to die and the obituary business las
bad, and the advertisers grew irresponsive,
and he could not see any profit In II. any way
One day he drifted down to Atlanta. Now.
Atlanta IA one OF the hottest towns. both as
to business and csloric. In the entire red
sandhill belt OF the South.
Ginger Ia tho Az.
Here was another revelation for the
younester. There was ginger" In the air.
Even the "darkies" seemed TO have so in them.
King could not seem to catch on. He had
not realized at that time that he was
leader and not a folio
He deiyed into the newspaper business
again He worked for awhile on the journal,
then on the Constitution. under that prince
Of Southern journalists. Clark Howell.
II has often been said that o sort Of sub.
liminal or unconscious working Of the brain
il responsible for the general trends OF our
lives and that many OF our dreams are the
mere prehguration OF our capacities.
It may have been this unconscious corebra-
ton which induced the impatient young
Southerner TO go to Ct. Louis Here he
plunged Into the swirl Of newspaper life
and newspaper work with increasing Fest.
Although to q certain extent he was still
dreamer, he was beginning to feel his wings.
and toll became q 10y 10 him.
He went to work on tho Republic and
became mildly prosperous. But still he
was MT contented. Dissatisfaction always
rides the wild horses OF ambition with a
merciless spur Sleeping or waking. It was
King-Crowther Corporation unconsciously
to the goal Of his desires. the opportunity to
succeed.
He remembered the saying Of that great
old Nestor Of hnanciert. Russell Sage. III
you want to make money 20 where money
is
But King curbed his ambition. He selected
Boston as his Mecca. but determined to feel
his way and be sure OF his ground before
adopting q course Of procedure.
As a special writer he secured . position
with the Boston Traveller. A column and
half q day IL not much 10 write. King had
all the opportunity he could have desired
to study Boston. Between times he organized
several newspaper leagues. from which he
derived note worthy prominence. II was
during this work that King began to realize
that bis true vocation lay in finance and Ia tho
organi zation OF great enterprises,
In his most prodigious operations he has
mover hesitsted TO let others 10 -on the ground
floor"
II IL safe to say that where this big -hearted,
vhoe-soulod hnsncier has made ono dollar
from his own shrewd and far .rea ching plans.
others-dozens OF associates and hundreds
Of strsngers--have enjoyed an equal share
OF the emoluments.
This Is mainly because King has made Il a
rule never to let letter 60 unanswered or q
request for Information to pass unheeded.
But this 10 somewhat ahead OF the proper
chronology OF the man.
The money making convoiution in his