Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-15
HOW TO GET RICH.
No New Method Has as Yet Been
Devised.

Devised.
Most men desire wealth. The popu.
lar idea of happiness is associated witt
a pot Of money. He is a benefactol
Of his race, therefore, who can show
his fellows how to get rich. Generally
speaking, q man does not go to bee
very poor and wake up in the morning
very rich, although a few cases Of this
kind have happened. How, then, shall
man get rich? There are variou:
ways. A sharper who advertised the
vending of an infallible recipe for OBJ.
tanning riches upon the payment Of
paltry dollar used to send the follow
ing formula, viz: Work like the dew
II and never spend a cent?" This
scheme is not consistent with moderr
ideals.
The race track continues crowded
with those in whose hearts there lin
gers the fond hope that a lucky bel
will tempt the goddess Of fortune tc
outpour her cornucopia. Time after
time, however, she sustains her ole
reputation as a tickle jade, and statis-
tics show but few lucky strikes at the
race track Defalcations have begur
at the betting ring. and personal losses
that could be i'll afforded have beer
suffered because of the vain hope OF
getting rich by devotion to the turf.
Lottery tickets, policy playing ant
other forms of gambling, well called
games of chance, but where the chance
is all against the player who woulc
have wealth, are other oft-tried meth
DDS to get rich quick.
If man could go into Wall stree
and buy stocks or bonds at so anC
presently sell at $50 he would not re-
quire to continue such a process Ions
before he would be rich. Every mar
finds, sooner or later, that wealth has
its price and to buy even If the price
must be full paid. Self-denial is one
of the prices of wealth. He that would
be rich must save his money, moi
waste it, The rich man is conserva-
tive. A young man who says to him
self at the beginning of his career, g.
will be rich" must start out by spend
ing less than he receives. When hi:
companions squander, he must refrair
from blowing his money in," accord
ing to the modern vernacular. Ht
must learn to finance himself and tC
keep in touch with income and out
60 He must keep account OF nj:
money. A small cash book will easily
answer at first. but a careful study o
this book and an analysis Of 1t vii
teach him as nothing else will. wher'
his money goes and how to regulate
his tides of expenses.
The weak young man who refuse:
the amputation of an expense that i:
unnecessary turns voluntarily from th'
road to wealth into the side track o
self Indulgence and bids farewell Il
the goal toward which he started witt
unwilling feet Saving by a plan is
then, the first step toward wealth. IL
this first step there must be adher
ence. in season and out of season
summer and winter, day and night
The price of wealth is high, and som'
men decline to pay the price whel
they realize what it really is. To TIT
rigid keeping of personal account
much must be added. An eye. witt
the keenness Of a searchlight. must b.
trained to look out for investment
that shall first be safe and, second
profitable. Step by step wealth comes
on the average, when the man seeking
it goes persistently about amassing /
properly Independent.