The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-03-01
HOW TEL B Z. ST AR Z ED.
Rich Men Saved F'romsrnall Wages.
Chicago Tribune.

| mere bagatelles; as fuaneier, bug
ing million dollar mills by telegraph,
With negotiations opened and conclud-
ed allin the half hours stopover on a
railroad, trip, are incidents which
/ make the story Of his first saving pale
into iDsignifcsnce.
Earlier records, however, tell Of the
days when he travelled in Texas on a
hundred dollars month. Here he
was inyenting ways hitherto unheard
and rndreamed Of for selling goods.
All the time outof this salary he was
saving the money which afterwards
was the nucleus of the little capital
with which he accomplished his grand
coup Of the moonehiner factory.
Later, when he married upon $4,000
yearly, he still added savings enough
TO this nest egg 80 as to have con-
siderable sum when the inspiration
came to him to start his barbed wire
plant.
Thomas W. Lawson once said the
history of his first Christmas in State
street, Boston, illustrated his life. It
was then that he received his frat
lump sum Of money. He was twelve
years old and had come into the Office
Of Armory Stevens & Co. in reply to
Q sign Of g"Ofioe boy wanted" He
was SO little his chin barely came to
the table top and was greeted vi.h
laughter, but he got the job. At
Christmas he was given present Of
$lOO. About this money he says: II
went UP State street to buy presents
for my brothers and sister, and after
spending ss7 Of it ON something for
sister was bitterly disappointed that I
couldn't get three such presents as T
wanted out Of my $780,.
Lawson started out for. himself as a
trader while with the same firm, and
when he was seventeen had 100000
in the bank. Out Of this money he
5gtatifed what had been the desire of
his whole lifeand bought buggy and
q team Of black horses. Soon after
this he was in q deal in which the
stock rose SO fast that before he could
cover in" he had dropped s59, ,84l
of his s6o, 900. II Il TsD. I'm Der, err he
says in telling Of this, Z; lat T decided
TO make aolean sweep and gave din
ner at Young 8 to q few friends with
the purpose Of getting rid Of the $l59.
left. When the dinner check was
paid there was still 81. 80, which I
gave to Horace, the head waiter. i
was broke at seventeen, after making
what some people would be satisfied
with ass 8 Fortune, Iand started il
again to pick up RhatI could here and
there. II D Sc
SSs John Wanamakyr tells that his
frat incentive toward self-denial came
20 him with his irst pennies. s.Ths
first money I recsiyed. y he says, tstwaa.
seven copper cents, which seemed TO
give mesthe idea thatif Il Was ever to
do better than my comrade q would
have 10 learn 10 save. \. Ths small
sWages be got ssh ls :llss;; + : {, ih,is drst nasi.
I'm pupiIsners oiIice he saved
5religionslT. at the same time he de-
,vlialoped the faculty Of spending gen
\ seerously e and effectively when he chose, Z
5as sf pretty story ID told Of his buying
his mother q present every pay iday.
which though small was really q sub
g stapTtial ! one as sonp pared with tho pay;
hesearned.
His first large q ssnm of ls money was
both y, y aca auired and ex pended along tho
same lines. Tn the feS Years Cd IS ji s. q. n
which he Wer keds sin a olothiogj store.
and aetsd as secretary FOR the u. lsl.
&, he saved 81 600. he aud 5 q
friend With the same am cunt of sapitai,
decided 80 start d clothing st ore of;
tllleis u SSssayin which hie ham; ,il..
3assd Ms capital this time seemed
like llls Il he Iaost reokl less extraya aganoe
stos ls' & llis business conteln porariss ii. Il.
Sengags gsd as a aaiesnia an on Or the best
men he knew to- who ID he II oifered d;
ssalssy pf $50 kishs he had to ,53l sguarsI
anses for the firstS year out of his ealpi-s
4 t,l H g drew On his exp u panse 81,
a s.aocot q. pt taking his sale esrnan with
u hen he wen 30 Jewg DIX gto5
goods 9 I6s ssssoniat Sd vii. @ Shis
Ssalesman MAS Ills inyes tmant d B apor
which shs exp BAD to gsaliss III credit
The result Has 4 eyaH moro suscespfult
y 3shsn ofssaW.
Hll Men always sss to I'd iiyo people:
ths inprsssion Ethst thsssy M ass superbE