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A Paper With a Purpose, Printed by the Reformatory Boy3 Doing the Best They Can.
Volume III.
Milledgeville, Ga., Saturday, Ju*v 29, 1916.
Number 16
DEFINITION Of THE WORD IMEIEM
The Word Refinement As Defined
By Daniel Webster Means
Elegance, Culture And
Also Nicety
Refinement, as defined by Daniel
Webster, means elegance, culture
and nicety. Now days we run a-
cross so many precious imitations of
the above three words, that the real
article is about as scarce as teeth in
an old hen. If l were given the
privilege of defining the word, I
would say it was poise, sell control,
and consideration for the feelings of
others. Culture we always associate
with higher education, and it is a
big asset to possess in this world,
but it does not. always inciluie true
refinement. We all have met men
and women that would be better
and we could appreciate them more,
if they were not burdened with so
much so Sailed culture. Some people
seem to think that culture consists
of on attempt to pattern ones lan
guage after the dialect used in the
average paper-backed novel which
nobody with any common sense in
real life ever uses ; cr does it consist
of acquiring a vocabulary of ones
own invention, or because otic
happened to walk across the gang
plank of an ccean steamer, putting
attempted foreign accent on their
conversation there after. Nor does
it consist of greeting those we meet
getting a hammer lock hold on the
ends of ones fingers, and wiggling
your hand to the right or left like
a terrier putting a rat out of business
ins'ead of the good old pump
handle hard shake indulged in by
our forefathers, or does it consist
of being able to juggle ice cream
on the way to the mouth with a
fork, when a spoon is the tnn-u
practical implement fo r that
purpose; nor is it any sign of true
refinement to be recounting ones
own virtues, or indulging in “Hot
Air” about ones imaginary superior
I AM A WORLD POWER
1 spare no one and I find victims
among the rich and the poor alike,
the young and old, the strong and
weak ; widows and orphans know
me.
1 loom up in such proportions
that I c ist my shadow over every
field of labor from the grindstone
to the moving of every railroad
t rain.
i am relentless \ am everywhere;
in borne, on the street, in the
factory, printing office, at railroad
crossings, and on sea.
1 lurk in the unseen places, and
do the most of my work silently.
You are warned against me but
you heed not.
I am more deadly' than bullets,
and 1 have wrecked more homes
than the mightiest of siege guns.
1 massacre thousan d s u p o n
thousands of wage earners in a
year.
I steal, in the United State*
alone, over $300 000,000 each
year.
I am more powerful than the
combined armies of the world.
I have destroyed more men than
all the wars of ihe world.
I bring sickness, sorrow, de
gradation, regrets; avoid me.
I destroy', crush and maim; 1
give nothing but take all.
1 am your worst enemy.
I AM CARELESSNESS!
TO Be SUCCESSFUL YOU MUST 3E USEFUi
To Be a Success In This World You
Must Render Useful Service
And Show People You
Arc Some thing
social position We are all made of
iel'ty, we are just a hunk of mud if
I you please, but some of us have
tumbled into the river of wasted
opportunities imd lost all the sand * 1
I and good soif that we were orig.
finally composed of, and we have
become a hunk of yellow mud at
that, but it is never too late to
mend, so^it behooves us to scramble
for a foot bold on dry land and
endeavor to regain wlmt was our
{heritage in *he beginning.
—The Bov Agriculturist
“All who prosper in the world,”
says an English essayist, “are
usually men of one maxim.”
The affirmation is illustrated by
the progress of a clerk in ttie em
ploy of the East India company.
His name was John Shore.
One day, when tie was toiiii g
at his desk in Calcutta , an old
gentleman said to him,—
“Young man. be useful and
you will succeed.”
The words sunk into Shore’s
memory and became the rule of his
life..
What other clerks neglected he
was willing to do.
He became known,as a service
able man and was promoted to a
petty judgeship. In a single year
he had six hundred cases. The de
cisions were so satisfactory that he
gained a judical reputation.
The Governor, the famous
Warren Hastings, discovered that
tiie industrious young civilian had
mastered the Hindostanee, Arabic,
and Persian languages. He was
then summoned from his petty
judgeship to occupy a high station
where his linguistic knowledge
would benefit the company.
There he proved so faithful in
his rule that he was given a seat in
the Supreme Council of Four which
with the Governor, ruled Inina.
Elevation stimulated him to more
work. His Colleagues disliked
drudgery. What they shirke d ,
.Shore attended to, gl idly' finding in
their neglect an opportunity 10
make himseP useful. Hastings was
recalled but under Cornwallis the
ever useful Slu re lived up to his
(Continued on page 8 column z.)
HAVE YOU A LITTLE FUTURE CITIZEN ” Y'HJR HOME? WrXL
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