The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-09-29
Practical Advice from a prac,;.,, :,
ID. l.. Gore in Lumberton ,,o,,.

~ L. "o'e !" Luihperton Argus
The young men are the ho,
country, and we must do al Al y ,oG
possible to instill in them n'' that
moral and business Ideas ~ IT., gorNc
do that, and they will thsn ana i 9
right kind of books, maga :, in.d y.
newspapers. they will have 1 ths aH
kind OF political ideas. If ' Ma nsi'
not what party rules tha - ~ ,lat'es
the nation, SO they do II ' sS g
want the party to rule tb, %rn
best. Who does not recoller, +, a. fgt,
the latter part of Mr.. ClevelorrSauff ls
term as President that the rr; sfS
do was to revile him. and il , r %
not you were politically ostrs oG Os
But now most of the ostr aS;s'i'
crowd have forgotten thav an acNlls
it and think Mr.. Cleveland tb n,er I'D
est OF living men. Some ono great
"Oh, Justice, how many crimes Mud
been committed in thy name. ''a ~
newspaper or magazine shon,a 40
read by our youth which has = pa .
aim than the New York Times w ,I"s'
motto is: 'All the news that i , s.
print 1t is u good and decan II 70
per and we'll fit for youth ia reaa H.
The rearing of children comma.
as we all know, with the motMr a'1
if the mother is n good mn "la
brOad-minded woman. she will ;n,M
her offspring that way. and T" ' ai5
her in being the right kind of y T N.Y.
man she must read the RIGHT kind w. u
literature. You can tell rs sn"" 1 u
you get to the mans LIVING roo~
and see the papers and books ba Ssa
around him, who he is. without Saa
ing him. The literature he read< ~
part of him, and that the peonla 10
associates with make up his char.
acter. N'"''
The boy should be taught thar !,
is disgrace to be idle and an hona,
to work. One who thinks if = d.
grace to draw on a pair of overall,
and 60 to rough work has nv com
miseration. OF course. if bow can
make more by doing cleaner ioH
than a rough one, then he is wise ia
take the cleaner. | think bookkee,.
ing, which seems to be the height q
so many country boys ambition
not SO healthy, aud when IA bows
heredity leads to consumption by an
means let him avoid book-keeping.
and some physicians say more men
die OF consumption in this State than
of all other diseases.
Anglo-America with one-tenth d
the worlds population possps.r,
more than two-thirds of the money
the commerce, and the commprcia
industries of the human race. an(
this being the case, our bows oucht
to feel proud that our ancestry ha
done this, and let this be an inpell
tive to go forward and do create
things and do them honestly. ANY
thing achieved any other way thai
by honest methods is only specie
of stealing.
Young men, as soon as YOU ge
able you should marry. Some sill
young man said he was afraid h
would make mistake. II the youn
woman can take the risk on him, b
surely can on her; but "A man shoul
be very careful in picking out IA wifi
Ii the mother of IL child is not tn
right kind of woman the child is Dor
with disadvantages he never gel
finally over, but is more or le.
handicapped all his life.
The youth of today has more al
vantages than the youth of thirt
years ago. He reads or should rea
a better class of literature; we hay
much better public and privai
schools, and books and papers al
cheaper. Further, we have MOI
energetic men who have left the foo
prints Oh the sands of time that tt
youth can use as guide-posts.
U, to be a young man of today!
ought to be a great pleasure. BIT
money getting should not be ii man
highest aim in life. OF course, va
should strive to make and save
reasonable amount that you may |
independent so far as sustenanC
goes, but let your aim be: Il shouI
feel my life insupportable and "a bu
den if | had not an aim to be OF 81
vice to mankind in my day and gel
orof inp /;