Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24

man the slave OF any man that mas doaAl Is necessary
happiness
Keep out Of poyerty-keep out Of debt
Remember that the dollar you spend quickly today, and
the other day after might
dependent manhood power to control your time your
own career.
Money enough-tbough be day than
YOU spend-mea freedom Independence look any
in the eye his equal.
poverty debt the spending Of little than
actually have slavery anxiety humiliation in the
future
Poverty dprives children of education igno-
rance
Poverty deprive children care and good
disease.
Poverty away courage them despair,
makes them seek relief wherever can be oundand poverty
drunkenness.
Wherever You find miserable poor mderpaid you
find ignorance and drunkenness
you better conditions lift weight pow
erty drunkenness and ignorance diminish
Whatever your habits condition there
things that you doyou better yourself you
make things
you young woman starting in life or one
young enough have good years ahead of you is abso
lutely power to make your life dgnifed independent
and satisfied.
you may be- discouraged ism too late to
fight against the that weighs millions of men, The
present poverty that other
of poverty in the future
your power be free if you will do it Spend
most every earning
man puts learning thinking the hours and the
vitality formerly devoted frivolous spending he will find
his power to increased.
You remember however if the majority of
worried hard up living along from day day is because going
in debt is very easy and keeping out Of it difficult.
Every day the temptation to spend this and spend
that
On certain day everybody hat, and he gets
1.-THE thinks spend anybody else
goes chance Of saving
Each thinks that he must dress wen somebody else
million young that they must take a drink
when them-and also that they must buy drink
their which is idiotic
And of thousands of kept poor
they imagine that they must do well somebody else doand
often their wives help them keep poor
Try bear in mind that few years from won make
much difference you whether you got September
To- 1918 not-but viii make very big difference
time whether you have few thousand dollars up
dozen men trying to collect bills from you
Remember that when well off when you say truly
that you dollar people always like way you
They find no fault with your dressing.
Remember that all the varnish all the fine clothing
can't you bit of good you everybody else
know that you can't afford those things
isn't easy to save and be independent If it were every one
would be prosperous and independent possible to keep
poverty away.
1t is possible to be man, afraid one controlled and
oossed by nobody.
Many win this today who if he could see
again twenty years from would wish with bitterness of
that he had paid that it was in
tended for him
Few live happy independent free from the other
menand great majority live with poverty always
above them fear of the future pnched in the
present.
But can be free if you will It is your power to say to
yourself Il may be rich but will poor I'll earn
all that can IN the present and II much of every dollar
for She days that are to come.
And nineynne out of hundred know poverty means
but ignore the knowledge
They know perfectly well tlat if they save and begin
p get ahead today There earthly reason why they should