Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-12-06
with him mndcr nny circumstances.

case. l. red pdnk nlu got lnlU trouble
because ne had been too ready 10 loan
money to rood causes. In his excess
of -hcurtedness and readiness to
help those who need it, he had over
played his hand. Yet when he came
back, people knew thahhc was honest
and hat he wanted 10 help. They
liked him. They trusted him.
These whose business it is to make
accurate definitions for the dictionary
les say that good will is favor or adj
vantage acquired through personality,
reputation for skill and promptitudc.
Personality comes first. Just this
morning u woman said to me. talking
OF n mutual acquaintance who is start
ing out as a doctor, ed will get many
patients because everyone likes him
and trusts him So z
Meaning that he enjoyed plenty of
good will she put her finger on the
right element. \ bond salesman tells
me that three quarters Of his business
is done through. friendship or ac-
quaintanceship that is good will.
without cxaggcration, l believe that
good will is the first essential of sue
cessful living. For consider:
1t is an asset that no thief can steal
from you He can steal your money,
your goods, your job perhaps, but he
can't deprive you of good will.
It is an asset that neither fire, flood,
sudden death nor rats can destroy. In
stead, if the rest of your possessions
20 up in flames or down in water, good
will will remain and will do more to-
ward establishing you than any
other clement.
II will make you when you have it,
aud it will ruin you If your competi-
tor has it and you haven't it, whether
your competitor is the other preacher
in the neighboring church, rival
suitor:- or 4 fifth man around the
bridge table: If you are an object of
ill-wiil, the other man will get your
job
We all must have it. How do VIC
set it?
Some twenty or more centuries ago.
q man made n remark that comes
closer to the bull's-eyc than any sub
scquent attempt. He was passing the
time III meditation and soliloquy, and
he asked himself what kind of men
were the lucky orca He answered,
"Hc who gncth his word, and disap-
rointeth not, even though it were to
his own hurt
Ail the orators in al creation can
talk till their lips are blue, but they
can't So more than that For you
will discover by pondciing over it that
those words mean not merely the
PROMPT payment ot'IT l. Q. C., but a
laytu,, and continuous honesty and re-
liability. TO over your own friends
Gnd pick out those whom YOU trust
more completely; isn't it true that they
are reliable all the time. whether it's
= matter Of Il thousand dollar bill or of
q postage stamp whom your back IS
turned?
There's IN oil Chinese theatre in an
urcuutn section Of New York. 1t had
to i've closed as - theatre long ago, be-
cause the audiences developed the an
royira habit Gf. taking pot shots at
each other across tho orchestra during
performances. Each balcony became
q gnipcr's perch, and the police stepped
in and .lid niX Now the old build
irg is a show place for widc"cycd
tourists and place of rest for weary
uumYs. They drop in and sit down
Tor "a few moments on certain nights
Of the week. and hay" sort Of fire.
side evening, with soEgs and jokes.
ore night I picked NJ down there an
extraordinary character leading the
meeting. He had started life in this
country as u rrirnd!cs# immigrant, ig-
nuranL OF our language, pcnnilcss, job
Less homeless. and wanted by the po-
lice. Today hc is worth $25O,00e and
has more fricEds, real friends. than
fall to The lot Of on" man in Il century.
! asked him about his business.
"I'ow did YOU d" it, Joe" inquired,
amazed at hia progress.
Simple. nay boy, simple. 1t aint
that I'm preaching, YOU understand;
a!nt singing the mush. But all my