The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-02-10
KEEP oUTOP DEBT!
a Very Timely Admoni,ion Worry Forcibly
Administered.
(fr0m tie !SWRday Mems.)

ADMINISTERED. |
(fI'0m tie !SWRday Neus.)
n Judge in Georgia has most uuex-
pcclcdiy found himself thrust iuto
prominence over all his brethren aud
!ellow-cilizcns, and become the centre
of the adinirimg aud enviOus regard of
The people of half a continent, in con
sequence of making the simple remark
that he never goes to sleep at night
until he has paid every cent of obliXu-
ton incurred during the day, and can
lie down Knowing that he is free Of
debt.
Happy man. Wise Judge! Excep-
tiomal individuaI!. The brief state
mcnt of his simple rule of conduct has
caught the eye of photographers in
every part Of the land, ami every day
'berc floats into the NetcS AMI Courier
flee one OF more newspapers bearing
the inevitable announcement, which
we have quoted, with suitable head
lines TO call attention TO Tho fact which
il sets forth and to impress the lesson
which it teaches. If one NAV Judge
from the interest which the statement
has excited, a man who goes to bed at
night without owing anybody Il cent,
affords rs rare an item for a vigilant
press as the man who has never tray
cled b. rail, nor tasted Il drop of ardent
spirit in his life. or course there are
other such men, besides the Georgia
jurist, but people do lot near OF them.
they hide in the shadow Of content
mcut, and live ut loinc-because they
have homes TO live at. One NAV go on
making debts aud paying them, after IL
time, tor years together, and nobody
DC aware of the fact besides himself
and the anxious parties of the other
part. But let him once fail. Lot the
financial sun 90 down on the third day
Of grace aud grief, and his shortcom-
ingswill be hcraldcd to all the world
ncX morning. In order to travel
safely with n crowd going down hill
one must keep his feet and keep NOV
ing, however painful and breathlcss
the gait may be. If he fall he will be
tramplcd and sorcly bruised; tor not
many will stop to pick him up. His
nearest friends, indeed, will be only
too happy if they are no pulled down
with him, or do not stumble over him.
Ii ia probably a rare thing to find u
man who keeps wholly out of debt, at
all times; who squares accounts with
| the world every day. If there were
many it is not likely that we should
IlNC ICuIt Vi VIC RCltiClIlul oNCI III
Georgia so promptly and So persistent
ly. 1t ma be that YOU ouly a
few thousands, OF few hundreds, or
Il few units OF dollars, and That your
assets are far in access of your liabili-
ties. Ii SO, blessed are you; but your
| position is not on the bench alongside
of our Georgia cxcmplar. Your
proper place is on the anxious scat;
and doubtless You occupy t much of
| your time, in the solitude of yOur office
or your library. If the balance is
against yon, Of course, though cver so
little, and the surplus assets are not in
sight, Your case is the common one.
You are in debt. If you own n dollar,
and owe Il dollar and II diuc only, YOU
belong to the great majority. You
are ten cents behind, and The odds are
that YOU will find it hard work I
catch up. That dime is tho measure
OF most of your present troubles. IT
is bigger in your eyes than the dollar,
and well nigh blots outllle light of the
sun. 1t weighs you down by it's alb
scncc. 1t letters your hands because
they connot touch it. The tiny eagle
stamped upon it grows aud becomes a
vuliurc to prey ubon your vitals, while
You, a modern Promclheus, arc help
IcsSly chained to the rock Of debt.
The safest way is the best way. You
will be richer and happier and stronger
in every way for denying yourself
whatever You cannot buy outright
what you have not yet earned. The
borrower i scrvant to tie lender, and
it YOU would be truly free free from
obligation, and annoyance, and ankle
~, and sometimes almost despair
borrow neither money nor goods that
must be paid for "a little later" II
YOU are in debt, or have bceu in debt,
You co not need to be told what it
means. If YOU have never been in
debt, and are not now in debt, do not
seek to learn by experience what il
means. The difference, in icwcSt
words, is the difference between hav
ing you mouth under water and hay
ing it out of water.
When the tide is at your chin-when
YOU arc living up to your income 1T is
bad enough. Another inch means
drowning, and another dollar of debt
means that final inch. 1t ia of not
much practical moment whether the
waters cover your eyes only, or go
owe your heat. You are in debt, are
in the sea of trouble, and can never
uraW another pcace1ul breath uitll the
Wartc"s subsidc.
lhcrc are other than pecuniary debts,
it remains to be said, and these also
should be avoided. Meet every obli-
CATION which presses upon you. There
are b%ankruptS who have a fair balance
to their credit in the bank. BE not
of these, either. Pay your debt, every
day, to your child, your wife, YOU.
nciglIbor and your God. SO only may
YOU lay your head OH your pillow in
peace every night, and so, at the clos
ing hours Of your la'cst day, may you
&c to your final rest rs n who wraps
the drapery of his couch about him
and lies down to pleasant dreams.
TERRIBLY TALE OF SEA.
Two Oniccrs Killed--The Weasel Burned.