The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-23

SitiS'i4S Will t..
The best thing Sumter can do is to
| build modern Y. NJ. C. A. 1t will
| be paying investment. 1t will be
| an insurance to provide a place of
recreation and amusement. where
| young men can cOngregate. The best
| way to get results is to organize
regular campaign and all work to-
gether.
Mr.. G. G. Huntington, Secretary for
| the Carolnas, told of what the Asso-
citation is doing in the two States
The material growth in the South
has been marvellous, but the growth
of the Association has surpassed that
growth
He gave a short history of the eff
| forts to organize Associations in. the
| two States and the causes Of the fail
| ures. Now the Association is build
| ing only on permanent and definite
| lines.
The influence that predominates in
| child is that Of it's mother, in the
| lad, for a few years the fathers in
| f1uence, but after that till manhood
| is reached the predominating in
| fiuence is that of his associates. This
| being true, the thing to do is to pro-
vide the proper associates for the
| young men by giving them a place
| where they can have associates that
| will not throw temptations around
| them.
1t may look like a hard task to
undertake to build a $4,000 Associa-
| ton building. 1t was hard for Co.
lumbia to raise $4,000 for the same
| purpose, but the spirit was there and
| it won out. The captain of the team
| raising most money for the Columbia
building gave him the following.
which was the spirit that helped
| them to win out:
TACKLE 1T.
What if job looks big to you,
Tackle it;
Something you think you cannot do,
Tackle it.
Wade into with uplfted chin,
| Determination and a grin,
| Take off your coat and buckle in,
] Tackle 1t.
| Don't say you can't until you try,
Tackle it.
Suppose you fail you will not die,
Tackle it.
| The way to know what we can do,
| Is to see our difficulties through.
| And may be We'll succeed if we
Tackle it.
The last speaker for the evening
| was DR.. George B. Cromer, Of New
| berry. His was a happy climax.
With every word he nailed a message
| home and put the matter right up to
| Sumter. Either Sumter must do
something or back down.
Some one referred to idleness be-
| ing the DEVILS work shop. He asked
where the devil was and answered by
saying, Just down town" He ask
ed where the boys were "Just down
town. The parent lies restless at
night when the bays are just down
town, but when the father and moth
er know that their sons are down at
the Y. M. c. A. they have no un-
easiness.
| All good hunters single-shot their
birds. The devil does the same thing.
, He single-shots his victims, and when
the young man is out seeing the
town he is led by his santic majesty.
| The country guarantees life, liberty,
ETC., but what is it doing for the NOR
| al side of the young men. 1t is a
| glorious privilege to be a citizen Of
| country whose constitution and flag
| protect them in the utmost parts of
| 1othing for the moral nature. That
| must be done by the individuals and
the community
He very tellingly asked what
| young man is worth. That depends
upon who the young man is. If he
| is your son, his value is beyond cal
| culatiOn.
There are some, no doubt, who will
| ask when the committee comes to
| them for a contribution, What is
| there in it for me? Where do l come
in?" The profit to you is in proportion
to what you put in it. The more you
| put in it the more you will get out
of it. This is a matter Of patriotism
| and not Of selfish gain.