The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-29
THE DAY OF EFFICIENCY.
Mill Life.

More and more, every day the de-
mand and the cry for efficient men
is being heard. BY efficient we mean
the getting of the best results from
machine, or from any organization
for the smallest cost. In other words,
let us take two men as an example.
Suppose the first man runs a weave
room and gets ninety per cent pro-
duction and twenty per cent seconds;
then the second man comes along
and takes the same weave room un-
der the same conditions and gets one
hundred per cent production and ten
per cent seconds, and does not in
crease the expense of that room. Such
cases as this are often seen and which
man do the authorities alwavs
choose? Not only that but the eff
clent man is usually the most popu- I
lar and respected among the help.
me business world is calling for
such men as the latter. so let us men,
ana especially the younger men. tako
notice. 1t is in every man to acco,,
phsh something worth while in life
II he will only go to the task with
the determination and grit of his
manhood. and not drop out bv the
wayside while others go passing nv
10 success. 1t takes good hard deter
mlnation and difficult work, but who,
is ever accomplished in this life with
out those two things? The man who
cannot endure hardships in order to
rise in the world and in map,s oct;
hatioh is not worthy of the honor.
There are two ways for the young
man OF today, who has not had the
opportunity to attend school in bis
carly NE to equip himself for the
battles that he must fight. The first
is TO attend every school. night or
DAY, that 1t is possible for him to at-
tend. Many high mill officials Of To-
day acquired all they know bv at-
tending night schools. One mill Sill
perlntendent told me that whom .
ooy he had to work in the mill all
uay' but that he and several other
young fellows hired professor 70
'each them arithmetic at night. and
Ihat they walked over a mile tn at
tend this school. What is the con-
sequence? Every one of those hoys
now men, are either superintendonts
OF oVerseers in the mill business
nose boys were determined to make
men out of themselves and to occo,,
push something in this life and tho,,
ana it. Every boy of today can do
the same.
ne other way to equip oneself is
ny inc correspondence school coursos
IhiS requires night study and worI,
al nome and is often very discourop-
ing. These courses are often taLon
IN connection with a night scboo,
ana both together work very salts
factory. 1t is easy to look around
ana sec the men who have forged
ahead by taking correspondence
course.
Men, 1T is not an impossibiity for
ior you to accomplish what these
others have done, if you will but stick
your shoulder to the task and push
on. There will be no need of going
out and getting to take the better
positions, if you will but be up and
doing. Look to your own interest and
stop loafing around drug stores and
"one horse shops" throwing away
YOUR money on such gambling
schemes as punch board
Stick to the things that tend to
lead YOU toward efficiency. The man
who can take best care of his own
money and property can best care for
that which belongs to the man for
whom he works. BE up and doing
young men and keep such words as
these before you for your guide.
Men who accomplish great things
| in this life do it by study, suffering,
perseverance, and the sweat of their
| brow"