The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-01-12

!, rjsht that We should have twelve
,..u,h, in a year, four weeks in a
,,,utl. seven days in a week and
..ou, twenty-four hPurs in each day.
r .ay the least of it, we have thor
o,,blv adjusted ourselves to the
,,r. days and weeks as time goes by.
4, we wind up orc year and look
,,cl over its record there are many
,,;... to think about, many things
,.a, we carry along as pleasant memo
,;c, il.tn the coming year, many th;Hgs
,I,a, we regret and would blot out of
memory forever. The good we have
i,.,. we never cease to remember with
u,ca.nrc. The evil is a constant source
= rriee and care If we could only
rsalizc that it makes an eternal differ
once whether we do right or wrong
each day. 1t does not make so much
difference where we were, or the hour
o., the day OF the day of the week that
,be deed was done, but it makes an
eternal difference whether the deed
Wa, right or wrong.
This is the time Of year men reflect
anil resolve. Reflections and resolu-
films are close akin to each other.
toci resolutions are always based on
wise reflections. 1t saves us some
time, from making the same mistakes
again. falling into the same sins and
errors again. 1t is the time of settling
NJ, between debtor aud creditor and
set two-thirds of the human race will
20 into the new year as debtors. Oh,
debt. debt 1t is like dirt and the
devil it takes washing and pulling
and fighting TO overcome either. I
reckcn most men, like myself,
year ago determined they would
ret out of debt within the next
Twelve months. 1t is easy to figure
Yourself out Of debt, but it takes one
hundred cents in the dollar, with in
terest, counted down to pay the debt.
have struggled fol twenty years to
&c, ont Of debt, sometimes sit down
and wonder if it will be true to the
end always resolving and struggling
to get or. cf deb. and die az last owing
somebody something. I have paid
enough interest in the past twenty
years to have made man compare
lively rich. Instead Of putting the
old saying, "the rich getting richer
and the poor getting poorer" we
ought to say ''the creditors getting
richer and the debtors getting poorer. !"
There is an infinite difference between
debtor and a creditor. If / pay a
man per cent. on 500 he gets the 8
Per cent. and L pay it. Therefore,
there is 16 per cent. difference be-
tween us. He has got l6 percent. the
advantage of me, and that gives the
Eeditor such start in the race that
NE saa never overtake MIN.
Again, / could have paid my own
Eiebts long ago, but Il have had the
fun Of paying other fellows debts,
land it is about as hard to keep from
Endorsing other mems paper as it is to
pay the debt after they saddle iton
lyu. reckon [ have told more lies
zaOut that thnn any other enc thing
5s the world, saying that [ would
ltrer 80 on another mans note while
lived. and then go and do it. The
Bible tells us not to be security for
anybody. A man who doesn' t make
3ap his mind fully to pay security
aaebt is fool if hesighs his name as,
jesurity. I find the world willing TO
sait on me for my own persona! debts.
abut nobody seems willing to wait on
!ne as security for anything. They
want the money, au:l I hsve had, thc
Fua Of paying other fellows debts and
|payiDg interest on my: own. But /
fn going to quit now, if Iiton'ttefl
mother lie about the thing, and zneyer
10 on another mans paper for any,
Ith'ng until I2get out df debt myself.
mean this now, but ] don't know
bow long it will stand. I hope the
public will take notice and not lead
He into temptation, but help 70 de-.
3lyer me, rom the evil Of the thing.
Well, | am glad it as no worse than
atis. I amt a-kicking. Ihad rather
ea gentleman and pay a dog s note
han to be- 4 dog and have. my note
8aid for me. Iwouldn't mindsso much
Paying a fellows note forg him If he
hdn't get mad With me about it and
3hlnk hard of me and soon conclude
Aat am a hypocrite: and 80 on. I I
q sure ifSI were TO go before the
eurts Of the country on an isrsss6f
y kind E would suffer no man on
Pc juryfor whom { had paid d debt.
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