The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-11-28
Thursday, Nov. %, 1907.
Our New York Letter.

ssfeW wears ago, trip TO new 1Ork
from any Of the States except those
contiguous to the Empire State was
looked upon as an event in the life OF
any one. In these days Of rapid
transit, the boarding of a train and
arrival here next morning, has
changed all this; formerly days,
weeks, sometimes a month or more
was required to make the trip. Peo-
sple as q rule now look on a trip to
This great city as formerly run. to
tie nearby home city, no more.
sta l1t the hotels, theatres, on the
streets. any day one can meet by the
score. men and women from every
tatein the Union and every quarter
lSf 5heglobe. It's interesting to mix
and Iningle with the masses, and ne
Nth an mquiring mind can gather
sffom these much of interest and
more to wonder at; first stopping an
sS1d ddaa, lame and limping, who will
resent, your approach; get his conf
Sidince. hear his life, you are led to
iiISterVieW others.
Said the old man, Il was born OF
ssSaal althy parents in the State Of,
ad the benefit Of a collegiate course,
studied aprofession, practiced it with
s5srf0nderful success, the admiring eyes
my native section constantly
neSnsed on me and my career. /
Eaxne % this city, started under Ia
orabie auspices, friends, reputa alton,
SiIey. and q loving and devoted
q 1r,ii]ly circle, what more could the
4 5iitiions human heart aspire to? In
& fWink king the Yicissitudes of a
atst city, ah was changed in a night;
{ {6day Without friends, family or
Z ss;6hey and 50 for years go in and
3H sleeping wherever I can, picking
4 eSa the garbage cans my food, no
|3;i BsEsbi 81 fo f love, lean upon, nothing to
u IS if / had no desire to do it,
e for 3 brief while, then the pot
q 2 field. "
81 s. he tottering unfor ortunate moves
8 sy YOU turn to another Just
q itln9 at q great business build
from his automobile, clad IN
SSsSl and furs Of costly quality; at
81 ut 10 address hims his footman
4 possibly q detective or two to
!; event getting "a word from his
htinessv Here is his story:
was born poor boy IN q log
s9iii1 Sn attended country schools, car
M nv lunch in a tin bucket, SIT
\ 7EIt ola q backless bench. studied the
b rs black, sspeller, learned q little,
8 DO without prospects, no hope,
ambition, ledSan aimless life, by
& siident dirriifted to the metropolis
fIout q atiimeor an acquaintance,
s. 81 1saa work in, menial position,
Z so1fent TO continue at six dollars a
4 e for life; unexpected success
{ sfnes 30 me, then other, step by
s. was waited on to still greater
si0 HIS, and today without effort on
|)iiil5 III part ] am worth three millions.
fhOsesWho know me say no, man
f IS this city stands higher for thrift,
eg4iitty and socially.
low who can explain these strange
6&ions that do exist and appar-
without cause in either IN
b iice Thousands Of other similar
s. s E d ;iingiy wonderful careers could
sabor has sure reward" I" but in
4 ms Instances it meets with pun
1ent. and idleness gets the price.
3ays. weeks, months, years could
r0f ftably put it here, hearing the
& M II Hing stories Of lives of male, fe-
31a1e, successful and failures. To
e square inch there is more for the
& of human nature to ponder
S6Wer III the city of New York than
siMkere on the globe.
Iere can be seen not one, but
thousands of cases that puzzle phil
oSsefsihers. II. w. FINLAYsoN.
50 50 Broadway. New York.
Negro Child Burned to Death.
So JOHNSTON, Nov. 21.-Willie, the 4
old child of VIM. Mobley, color
Sed Who lives near Johnston, was
hurried 10 death yesterday morning
while playing in the fire while his
mother had gone out for a few mo-
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