The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-22
CITY NEWSBOY MAY
SUCCEED MORGAN
Famous Millionaire Has Moth
ing on Joe in Understand
ing High Finance.
BUT THREE YEARS IN AMERICA
Has Purchased Residence and
Makes SIS a Week Sell
ing Papers.

/ An income that bids fair to be In
Guided soon among those which .x-
coed the exemption limit on the books
OF Revenue Commissioner Tresnon is
that of harmon Claymon. iuture o;.ri
talist and at present newsDoy ana real
estate investor Young CiavnoL has
been resident of America but three
years. all of which time has been spent
in Richmond. but during that time he
has earned as high $50 week. anc
has been able through his savings to
purchase. furnish and pay for com.
Portable two-story dwelling at eIl
East Clay street He now has $500 in
bank
The youthful business man follows
the teachings OF the now famous die
tum Late to bed and early TO rise.
work like the dovil. and advertise. ''
His time for rising is i:So o'clock: for
retiring. > \. NJ His schedule of hours
during the day reads like tho one
which William Jennings Bryan fol
lowed during the Baltimore conven-
tion. Like Thomas \ Edison he sleeps
wnen work is light. and contents his
weary body With as few hours OF res;
as possible
Barmon's division of the day might
be catalogued as follows:
i.so to 900 a M-Cries morning
papers
900 to 1920 y. M-sleeps in his own
home. 2il East Clay Street.
200 to 400 p M-cries afternoo,
i:5o p. NJ. to 200 a. M-poD, mi.
form to serve as messenger I bow IN" Fo,
pany. zap" Com
AZ o'clock in the morning harmon
Is through with his days work ana
can retire to rest with nothing 70 do
Tor two and half hours-i:so 4 NJ
Couldn't Speak English.
ms young prodigy of indps,r,
yns's put sixteen years spent on ~,
planet He is tho son of r C,e,..,' ~
a local tailor, and lives with his fa ',i1',
!" me nome which the boy himsal,
n"r om"sed' when he came with his
ie,a'S 10 this country three Years
nt ne was unable to speak a word or
,,ssi ''Sh' ana IN consequence OF his in
"oi!'tN 10 make his fellow-newsho,.s
understand his name. he is fa,n,i Sooy
street On the
Joe has an eye to the future ana
i'ouuiE asserts that he intends to keen
up ms Efforts to make and save rora,.
untll he is twenty-one wears or 49,
men l expect To go into some hir
business" he said VS.
And his foresight Is Of suH,cro,,
Nyehhoss TO recognize the benefits OF
education. He attends night school
three times a week during the fall ana
winter months. and says he intende
TO luit the messenger service in Sen
TENDER to return to study. 81 va,
10 become 4 good citizen. ana can,
be that without SCHOOLING" he com.
mented
During the Bcattie trial las. SIM
iner harmon organized a crew Of nm
dersellcrs. about six in number VIM
turned over to him half Nor the nro.
ceeds OF their sales st that time he
was regularly selling papers nj tho
corner of Eighth and Broad Streets
rms stand ne occupied for three years
Last summer he earned tho larges,
amounts OF which he has eyer been
capablc. often taking in s35 a week
More recently harmon has shifted
his headquartors to Main street and
may now he found along this thor
ouehfarc from Seventh to Ninth
; Streets Associated with him now is a
[ younger brother David. to whom he
/ is impar;ins the tricks OF the trade.
! Barmon's earnings now range from
$50 TO s25 n week He says he intends
to continue his real estate Investments
SO long as he maintains his present
J earning CAPACITY