The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-02-07

tilcf are women ana cnllurCn VINO are
helpless and cant get start There
is no work for them and so they have
to beg or starve. The other day |
dropped quarter in the tin cup Of a
poor i'd woman who was crouchcd on
IT," sidewalk Of Marietta street, and
her look Of thank kfulncss paid me.
The winter wind was blowing and the
! paving stones were cold, but she sat
there and watched for charity She
was old and pale aud ptiful and the
skin stuck close to her bony hands.
eros cd the street and stood and
watched for many minutes and never
saw anybody else pat any money in
her cup. She may hc fraud AN
impostor, but | am sure tina, she is
! not impovcri-hing he millionaircs or
anybody else. My idea is that ii good
Samaritan would stop aud investigate
| that woman : condition and lift her
up from the cold sidewalk and see her
! to a warm, comfortable home. and buy
y
| her pair Of blankets and some coal
and speak few kind words and com
fort to her children if she has any. City
people get hardened to such things
and pass by and say why does she not
go to the poorhousc. Where is the
poorhousc and who will tax e her there,
and would not she be separated from
those she loves? know a man whose
charities are more to be commended
than all the munificcnt gifts Of the
millionaircs. lie is not rich nor old,
nor young, nor childlcss, but he makes
more than good living and is always
helping some poor young man or wo-
man or orphan children. Helping
them not only with money, but with
hope and good cheer, lifting them up
out Of despair and planting them on u
good foundation. lie has bcfricnded
hundreds in this quiet, transformations
way and it is not blazoned to the world
nor heraldcd in the press dispatches.
What he has done is now his greatest
comfort in his declining years, for he
has without exception the love and
gratitude and loyalty of them ALL
There is no system to his charities,
Tor every case stands for itself. [
knew him on one occasion to send
check TO poor young girl with which
to purchase her wedding apparel, the
dearest thing on earth to bride, for
ell her earnings had been expended in
support Of a widowed motherand some
small children. Well, that was
thoughtful and generous, but who else
would have done it? l wish that
was rich SO that could do as they say
the good Prince Rupcr. did-ro
around in disguise and find out who
were needy and deserving and help
them in secret. Ewould take note
of the poor girls who helped their
mothers and the young men who wrote
kind, loving letters home and l would
set them up and make them happy.
Yes, l would like that sort Of fun,
wouldent you? 1t would beat libraries
and colleges all to pieces. But like
Carnegie apd Rockefeller, too, though
they don't see through my spcctacles.
1t is hard for millionaire to realize
that the money is not his-that he is
only trustee with the privilege of
using it for the good Of his fellow
creatures. 1t has been said by phil
osophers that no man ever earned
million honcstly-that if he found
gold mine and it paid him thousand
dollars day he was entitled only to
good living out Of it. and the rest was
God's and was put there for his fellow
men.
DR.. Hedley told good story about
Persian who bought piece Of land
for small sum and when plowing it
found rich vein of gold. He care
fully saved all that came in sight and
took it to the man from whom he
bought the land, saying that he did
not buy the gold-he bought only the
land. The man refused to receive it
and their dispute over it got so warm
they went before the cadi to have it
decided. The cadi knew them very
we'll and knew that one of them had a
son just grown and the other had {.
pretty daughter little younger, and
they were good, Industrious children.
So he had them brought before him
and married them and gave them the
gold. Whether true or not, this is
pretty story for the children. Every
girl l know will say, 81 wish it was
l."
BILL ARP.