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CALL AT YOUR CONVENIENCE AND YOU
WIIL ALWAYS FIND US
—PREPARED TO SAVE YOU MONLEY .—=
MONTICELLO CUT PRICE STORE.
T. 1. JOTINSON. MGR. = THE MONEY SAVER.
Extracts from the Speech delivered
by Hon. Chas. D. Jordan, President
of the Pharmaceutical Association of
Georgia, at the opening exercises of
Mercer University, September 25th.
From The Macon Evening News.] ‘
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“Ishall not talk to you today |
about natural orders, lmlunical‘
origins, doses, alkaloids or gluch- ‘
sides, the atomic theory, macera-|
tiop or perolation, bnt rather|
would I impress upon you the ad- ’
vartage of an education, intellect- |
ual development and individuality 1
In my fourteen years' exper
ienge in the drug business I have
abserved one thing—the want of
push and individuality in our|
pharmaciste. Young gentlemen,
Vou have dhosen w noble proses |
sion, one of the oldestin the his
tory of man, and yet it is just bc-‘
ginning to dawn in this bcuutituli
Southland of ours.” When yon|
leave thigcollege and enter thc]
theater of the earth where human |
drama has been played for mzmyi
years, you will accept parts that
are new and confusing, the sur
vivors of many mornings will have
entered and hung the walls nnd}
ceiling with gorgeous draperies,
the dust has been sprinkled ; fresh‘
airs will be blowing; and there
will be music, the living orulws-*
tr:;z of the living earth. Well forl
you then it you can look back up-|
onthe role you have played in|
college with a quict conscicnce, |
and as naturally as the earth greets |
the sun step forth npon the stage;
to continuc or to end your brief |
part in the long drama of destiny :
“Every round in the ladder of/
fame, from the one that touches'
the ground to the last one lhul;
ledns against the shining summit |
of ambition, belongs to the foot |
that gets upon it first,"” f
The hand of fame is beckoning |
to you from the horison of pros.
perity and the epening of this col-i
lege to day, the second of its kiud!
in the state is a great step in that |
direction, 1 hope the day is not|
far distant when it will be sccondl
to none in the Union, i
The time demands intelligent
men. It is not necessarily a man |
who can speak Latin, or (ircck,;
or Hindoo—one who knows all
about the Romans and nothing
about the Americans. No, not
that. An intelligent man is one
who thinks,and thinks for himself;
thinks long and laboriously ; gets |
all the information he can on every
side of every question: weighs
well the consequence of every
step he takes, and never speaks’
unless he knows what he is talk.
ing about. Yes, we need active
intelligent men and the price of '
knowledge runs high, It la\kt‘s!
work, hard work to ever gain an
education, 3
Mr. Jordan then proceeded to!
point out that there was no pro- |
session which employed to a
greater degree the quality, of a|
well rounded and systematically |
developed manhood. After his |
remarks directly concernad with!
the progress and the study of |
pharmacy. President Jordan paid |
a spleddid tribute to self help as
the mainspring of success. He|
said : l
Self help is the power that has
moved the world and made his.
tory., God gives keenness of
vision to the fish hawk to see his.
prey for miles; but the swiftness |
of wing with which it drops like a
star, comes not from IHeaven, but
from its own constant exertion.
He fills the earth with silver and
gold, but they are buried beneath
the quarts so that their value is
increased by the effort required
to obtain them, He has given us
minds clear and penetrating, but
the power to use them comes from
our own unremitting toil. There
is no royal road to Heaven, and
certainly no near cyt road to fame
and fortune. 'The hattle of life is
to be won by hot and heavy blows, l
“nd 1o the stern contest there :-:‘
no room for the sluggard, the
coward, the idle dreamer, the par
lor soldier, or the carpet knight,
Itls 4 wise providence that ¢yerys
thing worth the having must be
paid for with labor, Would you
be educated? Would you become
firmly established in business?
Would you do anything worth the
doing? Would you be a man?
Then set yourself to the task,
whatever it is, with an unwaver
iug purpose like a beacon light
before you, and undaunted by de
feat, undismayed by despair, fight
on through bitter disappointments
till the goal is reached.
E\'crythlhg that is \:\'orth hav
ing nust be paid for in labor.
You have often heard the expres
ston **this world owes ‘me a liv
‘mig.” In many cases ‘it i 3 false.
There are many te whom the
world owes nothing—many who
have never done anything to bring
the, world under obligations to
them. Andsol do not believe
that every man is eatitlod to a
living. but I dobelieve that every
man is entitled toan equal chance
to make living. Ido not believe
that cvery man is entitled to a
successful career, but I do believe
thatevery man is entitled to op
portunity, and with opportunity
he can win if he will. I'do not
believe that a just God who notes
with Impartial eye the hero's
‘death and the sparrows fall, who
spread the clouds as a signal of
Ampending sterm to warm the
wandering linnett back to her
’ncsl-—l do not believe that God
‘has ever decreed that some should
‘be hewers of wood and drawers of
‘water for the rest of mankind,
’ But wherever His hand has plant
‘ed an aspiring ambition, if it be
in the heart es the poorest boy, it
developes upon him to let that
ambition fly, and following in the
‘broad sweep of its wings at last
mount up to victory,
To all of us however dull or un.
ambitious, comes hopes of success.-
ful achievinents. Success is the
first dream that comes in the cra
dle-song ot the mother, and the
last to close the lid of the sleeper
atthe end of life's weary way.
But too many of us lie and dream
of success when we should wake
up and win it. I bring vou Cath.
olic message today. It is this:
Success is not the birth right or
heritage of the favored few, but
lies within the earnest grasp of
every man God has made, 1 am
fond of people and especially
young people, I feel the same
kind of interest in them that
Leonardo felt as he stood facing
the blank canvass, and saw there
THE MONTICELLO NEWS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1903.
on visions of beauty and lovliness
waiting to be caught and clotked
by his magic pencil.
Do not let your poverty give
you too much trouble. Poverty
is a blessing toa man of metal. It
is the mould into which™ fate
throws a man when a hero is to !
be made. Homer was a blind
begger, and yet we are told that|
seven Greecian cities fought for
the honor of his name after he |
wasdead. Columbus was the son
of a poor wool-comber, and yet
he looked beyound the muystic
bounds of the Old World and saw
a New Continept swinging out in |
propless space, Andso if I hadi
time I could prevs to you, that the
triumphs of time have been thcl
triumphs of toil. Let us have faith
in ourselves. A man cando whatl
he belives he can do and no more,
Qur destiny is in our own hands,
There is in our literature a thous
and old adages, many of which
are petrified lies, and one of thc}
greatest of these is the adage,
‘wll things com¢ t¢ nim who
valts,” They come but they
come to the man that works, 1f
I had my way 1 would change
that maxim as follows: ‘‘all things
come to him who works.” The
world is full of * people who are
waiting. Boys who are waiting
for. their family position to set
them forward, and girls, waiting
to set their family position _for
‘ward. Citizens waiting”’ for*Con
giess to make their cérn ‘and ‘cot
ton grow, and fill their smoke
houses with stull for which they
did not labor., Men. .who. are
waiting for the church to, pull
them up out of the gutter and
make them respectable. This is
the only country in the world
where the useful man is the aris
tocrat. However if the time ever
does come when these old maxim
shall be cast out there is.one 1
shall plead for, Itis this: “every
man is the architect of his own
fortune.” That man who cannot
think, that man who cannot give
birth to an original idea and bring
1t to maturity, That man who
has no opinions of his own but is
swayed by public opinion must
get out or he will be kicked out,
he is simply a unit upon the face
of God's creation.
Action, earnest intelligent ac
’tion is demanded of all who have
'an object in living or and end to
‘accomplish. Concentration of
thought, association of ideas, at
tention to details. There is no
such thing as fate, chance or evil
fortune, We are what we make
our lives, The all wise God saw
fit in the creation of man to endow
‘him with one power relative to
‘himself. The human. mind, the
creative power. Would you abuse
that power? No a thousand times
no, cultivate it so you can enter
all the fields of knowledge and
gather f{rom _them their rarest
jewels, and present the world with
some tact which has heretofore
remained only in the knowledge
of your Creator. I donot know
what science will do forus? Ido
know that science has extracted
from the crude opium the beauti
ful alkaloid morphine which in it.
self contains a heaven and a hell. |
I do know that science has manu.
factured from acetone chloroform |
the anaesthetic which is used thcl
world over, and which enables
man to withstand the pain of sur.
geons knife, and dream of a land
more beautiful than Eutopia. I
do know that science has taken
the elements, the leaf, the stem,
bark and roots of plants, the min
erals of the earth and manufact
ured therefrom medicines for all
the diseases of man. I dc know
that sciencc has made fron the
sand the telescope with which we
look into the beauties of the in-i
finite meadows above. I do
know that science snatched Ihe‘
lightning from the clouds and ap
propriated it to the use of man,
now it flashes from one side of
this continent to the other bearing
messages of thought and love. 1
do know that science took a beau-i
tiful sparkling drop of dew and
converted it into steam, creating‘
w giant that turns the wheels of
commerce. 1 know that science
has used the force of gravitation,
‘made a machine with which we |
van look inte the laechanism of
the human body, and liquefied|
the air we breathe. And yet 1‘
believe the work of science has
jusi begun, there is no field in
‘which the possibilities are greater
than the one you have chosen.
| \ly hope is that to day I am talk
ing to some scientist of the future,
lk\vho will some day startle the
world with his ainouncements,
‘and at last in the matchless words
of Mr. Abcrnathey, “‘After the
‘ropes that anchor us to this ter
iraqucous speck have been cut and
our souls are freed from these
lclpgs of clay. the imagination will
‘thep be untrutfiméled, and "will
| spend the ceaseless cycles culling
‘lhe sweets of science from every
istar that garnishes the concave of
‘ Eternity. : ;
' Onre Minute Covgli Cure, curzs
;’ That is whut it was made for.
READ.
WE WILL SOON MOVE IN OUR NEW
SHOP.
WE ARE IN THE CARRIAGE BUSINESS
IN MONTICELLO TO STAY.
Our Motto.
FIRST CLASS MATERIAL,
FIRST CLASS LABOR,
“RESULTS” FIRST CLASS “WORK”
Mr. J. D. Valentine is with us now. He has
been for thelast 12 years with J. R. Carmich
ael Mfg., and is prepared to do first class
Trimming and Painting.
We can furnish Tops from SB.OO up to
$24.00 also Furniture upholstering. Give us
a trial.
Macon Business Men's League bids for your
trade. It givesyou free trips to and from Ma
con. For particulars write Eugene Anderson,
Secretary and Treasurer, or call at store of any
MEIREE N L . .. i s e o
ANNOUNGEMENT.
e o S AR e e st
S _
In making this, my second announcement, allow me to thank
a generous public in aiding me to do business in the midst of the
livest and sharpest competition of any town in Middle Georgia.
If close prices and fair dealings will continue to merit your pat
ronage, | shall always be found working to increase my business,
which so far has been pleasant and reasonably profitable. My
working force is now more experienced, and my stock of goods
more varied and complete and better equipped every way to treat
my patrons more liberally.
My stock of shoes is well nigh complete, and will be sold at rea-~
sonably low prices. My stock of Dry Goods comprises the lead
ing Staples, and will be sold on a basis of 8 cents for Cotton, as I
bought them arly on this basis.
MEN'S READY--MADE--TO--WEAR GOODS.
Have them is.stacks, and all bought before the recent sharp ad«
vance, and am in position to save you money. Come in and logk,
will do you no harm, and we take pleasure in showing you any
thing we carry. Yours, anxious for business,
D. B. BENTON.
