The Pensacola journal., 1922-11-05
BY w. cAlPLEY JONES

for the matter OF that, with a record OF
What fellows who hunt are doing afield.
But simply because of the human in
terest Of It, I can't refrain from includ-
ing in this weeks installment of With
Rod and Gun a true story which I heard
n few days ago of the life of a man
whose name is familiar to all of us here
in Pensacola, or for the matter of fact.
TO every man, woman and child who
lives in West Florida.
Will Remain Unnamed
I am not going to mention his nanoe
nor shall l identify him by stating where
he lives
However, he has been a resident of
this section only about ten years, in
which time he has ingratiated himself
into the admiration if not indeed. the af-
fections, of hundreds upon hundreds Of
people who admire man who has made
marked success in life despite the
most discouraging adversities, and yet,
VINO hasn't been spoiled a bit by his
success. In other words. a successful
man who is normal in all. of the rela-
tions of life and to whom money is but
an instrument 10 be used TO build and
the while the buildings being done. to
better the world as a place in which to
live.
In His Prime.
This man is yet in the prime OF his
mental and physical vigor. and he keeps
himself mentally and physically fit
through 4 normal indulgence Of his
tastes for the aIlurements of Gods great
out f-doors. Throughout the year, he
is an ardent devotee of the fishing
game, and during the open season. he is
an equally ardent devotee of the sports
afieid.
He was born sixty-one years ago in
the old Palmetto State of South Caro-
lima and within hearing distance of the
guns which fired upon Fort Sumpter
and precipitated q war that left the
state Of his birth, aye, the section of
his nativity, in the sloughs of financial
despond.
Forebears Men of Old South.
His forebears had been men Of wealth
and power, men of the Old South, but
their all was sacrificed to the greedy
lust of the four years of war, imme-
diately following his birth. And when
the men of the Southland, exhausted
physically, but undaunted in spirit re-
turned to their war-ravished homes his
kinsmen were among them. Aye, in
deed, all that his father had possessed
four years before, had vanished with
the smoke of war, and, like so many of
his contemporaries of the period, the
was spent in poverty-the direst. most
abject poverty. Nor had he, the s.d--
vantages which accrue to an education;
indeed, I've heard this remarkable man
say that he had less than a. year Of
schooling.
Pennlless at Twenty.
At twenty years of age. penniless and
without the aid of anyone to give him
Lift, in the world, the man Of whom
: write, and who is a multi-milIionaire
now left his ancestral home to make
a place for himself in the world His
first employment, which was secured
only after he had wandered into the
state of Mississippi, compensated him
in the insignificant per diem of 75c. Nor
did this serve to daunt his indornitable
spirit. On his pay he saved money and
within year he secured other enploy-
ment which yielded him wake of 25
per day, which enabled him to increase
his savings. He was intelligent and in
dustrious and was not a time server,
which characteristics were noticed by
his employer and he was promoted to
positioRs of greater and greater respons-
ibility until he reached an executive po-
sition in the organization of his employ
ers. Then the opportunity presented it
self for him to launch out into the world
Of business upon his own account. From
his savings, which he had judlciously
invested, he had accumulated $4,000,
which proved the nest egg of his present
fortune Of millions.
Never Gone Backward.
Not since he ventured into business
for himself has he made one retrogres-
sive step; he has succeeded all of the
way. And now, at the very zenith of
his mental power. fortified by a physi-
cal vIgor which makes him a very Her
cules of strength for a man OF three
score years, because Of a rare genius
which has developed in him for picking
his iieutenants, he is enabled. with but
4 cursory supervision of his widely dis
interests to crafty his
tastes for the wonderful diversions OF
theout of doors.
Works Like a Trojan. |
But don't get the impression that he
doesn't work any more. He does-lille
4 Trojan! But he plays at play time,
lust as hard as he works; and the
numblest man who knows him when
le sees him, can approach him and
buddy" with him, because he's a man
n the truest sense of the designation
me who hasn't let his success spoil him
md his money hasn't had the effect of
welling his head.
And yet We are told that the days of
opportunity nave passed. as a nlatIC%
# fact. the contrary is true. The op-
,ortunities today are infinitely greater
han were presented to the hero of this
title human interest story when he
aunched his bark upon the sea of life.
And the future is going to- prove it.
Big Doings in Piseatoria.
Well. notwithstanding the really un-
ropitious weather for fall fishing which
las obtained throughout the week which
as passed since I last communicated
With you through the medium of With
Tod and Gun. the Dips have been rails
ng merry Cain and I don't quite un-
ersband how it has been done. But
here arc lots and lots of things in fish
ng lore which 1t isn't given to us finite
eings to understand. so I'm going TO
ct the unusual occurrences of the past
geek go at that and then do my best
o give you little personal. heart to
cart insight into what the Dips have
cen doing in real life the past week.