The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-10-03

slender, wiry, boyish figure topped by
white head, q manner self-assured,
set never coarsely aggressive. There'
On a nutshell, is the personality Of one
sf the most picturesque, interesting
axures In all New England-that OF w.
l. Douglas, Ex-Governor Of Aassachu-
settsl
But II Is not chiefly as EX-GOVERNOR
ar indeed as statesman at all, that the
~orId at large knows Mr. Douglas "A
uuarter-mile OF factories, q yearly out
nut OF something over three million
pairs OF shoes, and face that looks
out from the advertising columns OF
eisht thousand newspapers-these are
the outward attributes that have MADE
the name Of W. L. Douglas so familiar
from Maine to California.
The story Of the man who could make
himself 90 well known; his secret OF
achievement, his life history and his
hints on business success viii not only
b{os interest, but OF profit to every
class Of reader.
For the description OF q hard chme'
of q winning fight against circuH-
stances and the climbers" rules ior
victory are always worth hearing. The
world loves a fighter and takes an In
xerest In his battles.
And W. L. Douglas 10 fighter, as
even the most casual student OF human
nature could CLEAN from one glance at
the strong, prominent Jaw. the level
hrcws, the firm set Of the lips.
That cast Of features set Bismarck
20 topping European thrones The sane
physiognomy with gentler mould OF
eve and mouth has caused Douglas 10
revolutionize business, to wiring weath
from poverty and political power from
a State peopied by a majority that DIFF
fers from him in politics.
Bismarck tore down. Douglas has
built up. That Is where the milder eye
and mouth come in.
There Is a keyword to Douglass sue
cess, OF course. Several OF them, IN
fact The foremost Is Advertising"
= His Life Motto.
Newspaper advertising Is his LIE
motto in business. First, be sure you
have something worthy te advertise,
Something Just as good as you say IL
is. Struggle to keep 1t as good, ana
then advertise 1t constantly. The
newspaper Is the field in which my a6-
vertising has brought me tae only per
fectly satisfactory returns Ane I have
tried many lines before settling down
exclusively to that theory"
The same cradle" served for New
r2sIand and for the man who was one
:. 20 be Governor Of its oldest State.
:. was in ancient Plymouth. scene
he Pilgrims landing, that Douglas
was born, in lS45. His was as pathetic
I'D hopeless a childhood as ever Diok-
ems pictured for David copperfeld or
other OF his luckless boy heroes. That
Douglas rose from 't to any later posi-
ton whsaever speaks volumes for ths
stun he was made Of
In 1850 news came to o Plymouth
woman 'ts,at her husband the bread
winner OF their large famils-. had been
drowned ct sea. All the children were
young. 'Ebe mother vas almost with
out means. So two years later She
verbally "hound OUT one ot The brood
IA preuoEious boy OF seE.--to his
uncle, q shoemaker. The tih:ld:s lie
from then on became one soag era q
.drudgery and hardship. His uncle set
him at once TO pegging shoes oS hand.
This was a task for grown Sorkeis.
but the baby fingers were kar at the
incessant TOD Of 1t from dawn 70 dark.
No holiday, rzo let-up OF any xurt. and,
worst OF all, 20 wages.
The s.ven-year-uid boy 1a~ carrying
un6uly heavy weapons n his le5c-bat-
tie. He has a4een carrying them ever
since His al lity to do SO es,JlGins
why lie became Governor W1tsaro l..
Douglas. instead Ci merely Jour nes man
Bill Douglas.
Kis t,nc.e NaS 4 stern tasS-ruaSter.
Apart from the ehce-pegSing. The child
was called upon 10 perform Acore ef
equally severe duties. Among them
was toe twice-a-dny journey, Into the
woods, in bittenst New England
winter weather. to cut and drag in
wead for the shops fires.
Only at rare intervals was he allowed
TO leave his workbench for :he school
room But at such periods he proved
so apt a scholar as to make up for the
long iapses. He was greedy for educa-
uon and seemed to absorb his scanty
portion OF II without effort. 1t was
only by this strange proficiency that he
cleaned any learning at all
For four years the slavery went on.
Then Douglas returned to his mother.
Buttso valuable had he become in the
sho$ that his uncle induced him to
come back to him at the munificent
wage Of S. month. Until he was If
teen he continued to work thus. all the
time busy with new ideas aloi3g his
own line. These ideas were one day to
bear fruit.
Once, seeking to better himself. he
vent to work in a Plymouth cotton
mill $, g cents a day. This meant fully
-,o,,a .pd tho 90 rSise OeemAd