Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-03-15

\tioh. " ILL., ". MCAuOO. Tie author
OF the article below, is Secretary of
the United States Treasury, and SON.
in-law Of President Wilson. He was
born near Marietta, Ca, in 1863.
He has won fame as a lawyer and as
the builder Of the gigantic tunnel un-
der Hudson river. He entered the
Wilson cabinet in 1879.
TO the Boys Oh Southern Farms:
| have been asked to tell you what
quality l think will help you most to
meet success either as business men
or farmers. This Is what may be
called tall order, because success
does not depend upon amy one quail
ity; 1t depends upon combination
OF qualities. If, however, should
limit my remarks to what think is
the most important factor in the sue
cess Of an individual whether in
farming or in any other calling,
would say this: The surest road to
success for any boy Is to do The work
or the task allotted to him better
than anybody ever did it before.
No matter how humble the work
or insignificant the task, do it better
than anybody else ever did it, if that
be possible. If you go at your work
i'll this spirit you will get results. The
boy who has this kind of determina-
ton will do his work better than the
boy who hasn't it and who doesn't
work in that spirit. The willing boy,
the eager boy, the hustling boy,
whose mind and heart are in his
whole work, will outdfstance all the
other kinds of boys, and sooner or
later his employer will fix his eye on
him and give him promotion when
opportunity offers.
| have very little confidence in the
thing that people call luck" Most
'luck' comes from what one does
for himself. Every boy and every
man creates largely his own oppor-
tunity. If you work hard enough
and intelligently enough and show
that you have ability and character
it won't be long before it is recog-
nized and the minute it comes to be
recognized, then opportunity will be
seeking you all the time.
Take the case of a lawyer: AS soon
as 'he begins to show that he tries
his cases as well or better than the
other lawyers in the community, peo-
pie who need the services of a law
yer Will be attracted to him and the
first thing he knows he has all the
practice he can take care OF. 1t is
so in all walks of life. The boy or
the man who proves his ability is
sought after for the best positions
and Is given the est opportunities,
because he creates them by his own
ability and his own force.
Learn to rely on yourself and do
your task, as l said before, better
than anbody else ever did it before
you, and you will certainly get there
on the farm or in business or In pro-
fessional life. l was brought up
partly on farm myself. Many times
have | chopped wood, picked cotton.
MIXED cows, and washed dishes.
and have done almost every kind of
chore about a house and ON a farm
This was made necessary because 7
was 5rC Ight up in the wide path of
desolation which Gen. Sherman left
behind him when he marched
through Georgia in the Civil War.
But it is all experience of which
am proud, because it fitted me in
larger degree for the bigger tasks of
life than | would have been had |
not been compelled to shift for my
self.
This is land OF rare opportunity
and the American boy has a great
heritage Of freedom and liberty and
independence. What a glorious thing
1t is to have such a birthright and
what a splendid chance every Amcri-
can boy has to make a career for
himself that will shed lustre on his
country and prove himself worthy of
the distinction OF being an American
citizen William G. McAdoo.
\ Good Family Cough Syrup