The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-07-26
Hickman Young Mans
UncommendabIe Goal

remarked addressed 10 a Courier
man one day this week by a Young
man OF Hickman. Tie further ada.
ed That he would use the whole
amount having a good time.
What a grave mistake. Money
dosen'i make happiness, neither Is
sporting lofty ambition.
OF course, We are an after money
more OF less, still not every one can
be rich, OF wants TO be. Bot every
one should be thrifty. Learning With
Il the art Of saving. which IS Tar
better. The first lesson one is given
20 learn when he enrolls Ia the shool
that qualities for success is 10 put by
part OF his earnings each week.
The truest friend in times Of ad.
vefsiiy or IN moments Of opportunity
and the suresi foundation upon which
TO build a fortune, Is the accumulat.
ed savings Of months and years.
The habit Of putting money away
Is feher in iis action. The money
Itself Is a valuable accessory. and
the quality Of mind and character
developed through this habit makes
Tor ultimate success
A skilled and high-salaried ma
chinsl Eho al fifty has been forced 10
sell a valuable invention for small
amount, because be has had no cap
iial Of his own 20 float b, remarked
"li ! had only little money I could
have made a fortune out OF that
device"
lie Is badly mistaken. The fact
that he has reached the age Of City
IN a high-paid position without hav-
ing saved any money, Is proof posi-
tive that be has not the temperament
and habits that insure success in
business enterprises.
However much money be might
make. sharper and shrcwder people
sculd get i asay from him. just as
they have been getting Il away from
him for thirty years.
A man Who cannot Withstand
trivial temptations 20 spend money
has not IN him a stiff enough hnanci.
al backbone % make success OF any
big business venture.
The stores. the streets. the place
OF amusement. al furnish temptation
10 young man 70 part with his
money. II his deal. the purpose
within him. is rot stronger than these
outside inducements, his salary, be
D. large or small. gill be FILTERED
away % unuectsEarv expenditures.
ans opportunity vill alvays ind him
empiyhanded.
u Is the order Of mind such a
course indicates which spc lls failure.
not the mere fact Of being without
ready money. though the posses
sion Of small savings has oitca been
the stepping stone 20 great success.
Ready cash is the greatest nov
ing force in the business world. 4
speaks With the loudesi voice. Il
clutches things With the hrmest grip.
Il commands the surest confidence.
Il Is 20 the bank which has the
largest capital that ve like 10 en-
trust our savings, and Il is the man
vho has made the wiscs; use Of his
own money that ve credit 9Th BUSH
ness acumen.
Cornelius Vanderbilt worked day
and night. saving every penny. I'M
iil he had So 900. the nest egg abou,
Which be gathered one Of the largest
fortunes ever amassed.
John WaLamakef's first pay vas
only Si.20 a week, and be walked
four miles 10 and from work each
lay 10 save a part Of IL. as a corner
stone for the gigantic fortune he has
built.
John d. Rockefeller still has the
little book IN which ne kept account
1f every penney al a time when his
salary was smaller than is that Of
any OF the IS 900 men Who work for
him today.
Not all Of Us can be Vanderbilis
lr Wanamakers or Rockefellefs.
Dr. wants 10 be but their experiences
point out the way to money-making
md housekeeping. and most OF US
an, # We viii. 60 a reasonable
engih in that direction.
And there are other uses tor saw
ngs than getting rich.
James A. GARFIELD. teaching school
It Si2 a month. saved money 10 car |
y him through college Most OF |
he really great men Of the pas, and |
II the present in all lines OF endea-
sor are self-made-made through
heir own selfdenial and fixed pur-