The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-03-31

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mus pass any part ~ my aayina Uut
~ pe0pie who am poo ffew their own
iAuiip Whhf' ! have worked ihey have
l0afed Whar' I have pinehed dsy have
squandered Whaf' I have d0nied NY.
anlf dey have ont loose Wild y free hand
"Daf' am not an able bodied man In
America WIN can't aifn sufficient ~
board, cloiho and school n family n rs
and send his wife ~ church ~ ennaays
Dar' am moi a wldder In dis kontry who
cant attn nj least n dollar n day NJ some
o%ccupashun. liar am not m offan who
has De shadow u n right 10 ask any
man fur a nickel
"Cur public charities nm 80 many
frauds upon Taxpayers. ! defy DE- most
ardent phnnnihropiS In dis kenlry 10
show me one cnse whar' q city poo
fund dealt ont 10 panpcrs has latod any
body above akin ngin. De city which
raises dc mons' money has dc moas'
piupers. fiEgers prove u, an yet
philanthropist. won't admit dat u
proves anything.
'lst me start out to morrow an han
Ave dollars oacli 10 one hundred solicit
ors Of charity an how many would have
a dollar left by night. Az least half
would spend u portion for beer, whisky
or tobacco, and not twenty OF do lot
would buy wood, -four or clothing.
ale who gives To n tramp oncour'
ago. ~lohferism, thieyfng an a dozen
crimes.n
"lIc who gives TO man or woman able
TO walk lie streets am u supporter Of
vice an ldlcness."
"Dat's whar' STAN on do ono
side Of do queshun Of charity, an each
passin' day turns up somelhin' to con-
vince me dat | am correct. But now
whom | do feel fur, an 10 whom kin |
giveP II | assist an able-bodied man TO
arm his own bread, dat am charity. II
| kin praail upon q father who am
wastin' his money In drink or at cards
TO put II into his family, dat am charity.
II my poo nay bur loses his horse ! have
n FIVE dollar bill fur him. II no loses q
child | have ten. II ho breaks n log or
an arm III sheer my meat an taters
an wood wild him until he kin work
agin. II n father falls sick an has
muffin ahead my kind o. charity chips In
fur n shake-purse TO pull him frew. II
q stranger m among Us an am Ill
let us make him well. II fro or food
devastaio a section, lot us send relief. II
q widder AM left helpless let us fill her
coal. ban an Hour. bar'l.
"ln twenty years America has raised
up q class numborin' tens Of thousands
who shirk work, who make saloons pay,
who have doubled the number OF police
and jalls an prisons-who steal, rob
and ravish-who infost street corners
an prowl frew alleys-who add moth.
ing except TO illiteracy an vice, an she
has raised 'om up by hor system Of mis-
taken charity. philanthropists may
sqsirm an women make wry faces, but
do proaohins OF de one an dc sympa-
thies Of do oddsr have made de word
charity synonymous wild Woo and Wick
edncss. Lot us now assault do usual
programmy. "-Dctroh Free Press.