The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-19

ploW Is like casting pearls before
swine It is not work they want, but
a soft snap which will allow them
abundant time to SOW wild oats or
at least to loaf.
But to young men Of the cities
generally this advice is good advice.
If they would take it they would de-
rive benefits from such a course
which would last through life. There
is talk now of adopting compulsory
education for our state, and such a
law may be a wise one. But if law
were passed requiring every young
mon, on completing his school course
and before he engaged in any busi-
ness in town, to work at least one
whole year on a farm, it would do
intellectually more good.
Having lived in town, and not en-
joyed to the full the advantage of
sun, open air and physical exercise
to develop physically, and having
been cenfned more or less closely to
his studies, the young man in town is
released from school with his mind
much better fitted for work than his
body. A year in the country, not as
an idler but as a worker on the farm
would benefit him physically all and
more than is so enthusiastically
claimed by the Jefferson Reporter.
It would be beneficial otherwise. It
would broaden the young mans
views. He would be brought in
closer touch with nature, and in see-
ing plants grow, learning the ways
Of animals, in the experience Of the
farm and the course of thinking In
duced by the simple life, he would
expand mentally as he would grow
strong physically.
Not a few young men, after such
all experience, would elect to remain
on the farm permanently, but those
who should return to the city after
one year Of such work would be bet
ter equipped, physically and mental
ly, for their ife-work in the city.
Another thing I have noticed is
that as a. rule the young men who
make the towns grow and who throw
life and vitality in the great arteries
Of trade are the young men who had
their early training on the farm.
Look around and see the men who
are doing things in the towns and cit
les and see where they came from.
Ask yourself where they had their
early training. If it was not between
the plow handles following a mule.
Now don't you for moment con-
clude that I am in any way talking
about myself because have said
heretofore that I once lived on a
farm, for I would not have you to
take me as an example; because as
the world counts success [ have been
a monumental failure lam talking
about the general rule.
But as this Georgia editor says to
succeed anywhere there must be
willingness to work. Just as I have
said before any able bodied man or
woman anywhere in this country who,
wants to work can find something to
do. It is a question Of being willing
ITO work. There is plenty Of work to
do on our streets, for instance, and [
suppose the city would pay for the
work if the unemployed wanted to
work right bad. The city ought to
be wiling to give employment to more
than are now employed. There is no
doubt about that in the mind Of any
half Informed person in Newberry.
To succeed at anything, even as
the world counts success, there must
be a willingness to do things.
The founder Of the great Colgate
soap was poor country boy who
worked his way from nothing to one
of the biggest manufacturers in this
country. II seems to me that | read
something about him once working
his way on boat on the Mississippi
river to get to New York. Well, any
how there are great possibilities for
the youth of this day if they are
only wiil.ng to work. I could give
you an Illustration from one Of our
own county boys who has risen
rapidly and is now the head of one Of
the biggest industries in this coun-
try and he did il by dint of his own
worth and indomitable energy and
determination to do something and
TO be something. Nearly all of the