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J 'J'Ksl tJgyy^Oj-^ IaJittM-. ***«*«; couccw Per Copy Per Y ear 5 Cts. he future Citizen $1.00 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 .it *. Kj\