Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-07-04

endowment Of $4,000 for the College
are not trying to raise this amount In
order to secure its removal from Clin-
ton, or to any place In the state. They
ere trying to raise 1t for the college at
whatever pace 1t rray be. whether a.
CLIFTON or elsewhere.
Hoping that have spoken clearly
and fairly to what I conceive to have
been the main matter before Mr.. VIII
.oE's mind in the question he pro-
lpouiided-a matter. no doubt, just
nov before the minds Of the Fresbyte-
rians of other communities than sum
ter,
| I am yours fratrrnally.
w. M. McPHEETERs.
RICH BOYS LIFE OBJECT.
Young ZiesIer Win Use His 10000 900
= i to Find North Pole.
Fourteen-year-old William Ziegler
the richest boy In the world and the
adopted son and sole heir Of the late
William Ziegler, the baking powder
king and protector Of polar expedi-
tions, recently told for the first time
In an interview with a New York
Journal reporter how he has deter
mined to devote all the millions left
to him by his foster father to seek
ing after the north pole and how he
plans upon reaching his majority to
personally lead an expedition into the
frozen arctic regions to place upon
the worlds map for all time to come
the name of his father. who has
left him such great riches.
Here Is his own story:
81 will be one OF the richest men In
the world. But know 1t will not
turn my head when / gain possession
Of all that money. I will try and do
the most good can with my millions.
"The big task Of my life Is to find
the north pole. Many brave men
have tried to do 1t and failed. II
by the time I become a man no other
man has made great name for him.
self by doing 1t will start out to
discover the pole. I am only four
teen years old. I must study hard
for years to fit myself to be the right
kind Of leader.
Human lives will be in my
hands. 1t will be dangerous. / may
sacrifice my life. I understand all
this. I talked 1t over with my father.
1t will be In honor of his memory
that 1 will try to find the north pole.
He dearly wished to be the father of
the expedition that would do It,"
And the boy fully understands. so
that while at most times he is a
happy, rollicking youngster. with
laughter always ready to his lips,
when he thinks Of these things the
gravity OF a man comes into his eyes
and his speech.
William Ziegler Is the boys name.
Chance laughed at Fate in the mat
ter of little Willie Ziegler. He was
born to the name Of Brandt. His
father was a poor man. But he
was a half brother to William Zieg-
Ter. William Ziegler made millions
out of baking powder. Brandt died.
His children were taken to the home
Of several of his relatives. Ziegler.
the millionaire, childless, picked VIII
lie from among his brothers and sis
tcrs. And SO while Fate had oriain-
ed seemingly that Willie was to be a
poor boy chance laughed at the
scheme and led the millionaire half
uncle to the babes cradle, and out
OF 1t the child came into the arms or
his new father, destined to be the
richest boy in the world and destined,
too. to have his whole future taken
away forevermore from the Influence
Of Chance-a future tkat was % be
laid out for him and n future that
demanded Of him that he should he
otherwise famous than as a very
wealthy man; that, indeed. he must
make for himself an Immortal name
by the achievement o. Great and
dangerous task from when other men
had flinched; died, soma nf Them, and
failed, all Of them--the task If the
discovery Of the north pol,.
| This is what the richest hoy in the
|
He Is sturdy. His nair Is brown rnd
curly, his eyes blue. He has 1 small
nose. a bit tilted. pert AID assressise.
His mouth Is smiling, his ..ompiexion
glowing. He will probably grow up
into short, sturdy. active, round
] headed. frank eyed man. He has 20
sit propped In a big chair now be-
cause he received an injury to the
| tendons Of a leg in a boyish game.
His possession Of the fortune
does not hunge upon his making a
hazardous attempt to find the north
pole. He may abandon the project,
and still, according to his fathers
will. the millions may be his. But
the boy says gravely that he will do
the thing that he knows William
Ziegler would be most proud to
have him do.
1.-The big thing that I have to do
in my life is to find the north pole"
he said solemnly in full sincerity. ut
is the greatest thing open for any
man to do. 1t would be great to do
what so many others could not do.
I would place my fathers name on
the map to remain there as long as
the world lasts. Wouldn't that be a
fine way to repay him?
my father first sent Captain Bald
win, but he failed. Then Mr.. Fiala,
Of Brooklyn, undertook the task. He
has not been heard from. and Mr.. w.
s. Camp, my fathers secretary, went
away a little before my father died, to
start a relief expedition. OF course
Mr.. Fiala may. for all We know. make
the great discovery. have to wait at
least until I am twenty-one. Some
one may get ahead Of me. But II
the pole is undiscovered when I be-
come a man will surely try to make
the discovery. My father and I never
settled on any plan. That would be
& foolish thing now. because time, my
father pointed out. would make many
changes in the machinery Of steam
ships and perhaps by studying the
failures Of others. new and better
routes would be found when l came
to mako the trial /"