The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-06-27

Trust in the Lord and do good.
Wait on the Lord.
Those are good sermons and there
are others like them in David and
Solomon. \ man can shorten his life
and wear himself out by borrowing
trouble, and frctting and worrying
about the iniquity Of other people.
There is sight Of dcvlmcnt going on
more than ever before, reckon
more war, famine, pcstilcncc, unrest
and discomfort all over the world, and
here in our own blessed land crime is
on the increase in our cities, and what
with the negro and the corruption Of
politics and the strikes as sidcsbows
there is enough to run worrying man
crazy. Of course VIC should feel con-
ccrncd about crime and do what W.
can to prevent it, but worrying does
not accomplish anything. Let US
preach and practice and be happy still.
"Carpe dicm,' enjoy the day, saith
the poet Horace. Why can't every
body in this country be as contentcd
and law abiding as our people here in
north Georgia. There arc no murders,
no outragcs, no lynchings, no fights
here in Barlow county. There are no
divorces nor burglarics, and no steal
ing Of any consequence. Il good old
antc-bclum darkcy did come to see me
the other day to get me to sign his
sons bond and get him out of Jail.
"What is he in there for2" said /.
well, boss you see dc Nan 8 corn was
missin and he fnd dc basket at Jims
house, but he didcnt fine no corn.
But Jim aint 'cuscd Of s.calin' dc
basket "Thc basket is to be rhc
witness, l reckon" said L. ''Jcs, so,
boss-dats all-and dc basket cant
talk and tell how it got dar.
l was ruminating how easy it is for
any we'll man to make fair living in
this region. During harvest good
worker, white or black, gets one dollar
a day, and at other times 75 cents
day, and there is demand for labor.
Uncle Sam is very old, but he gets
20 cents every day for working around
in the gardens. His four girls cook
and wash and each makes about two
dollars a week. There is about $l2
week earned by that family and they
are always happy and don't give them
selves any concern about politics or
social equality or Bishop Turner or
Booker Washington. 1t is the high
strung, lazy negroes who arc making
all the fuss. Now, just contrast the
condition Of laborefs here end in other
In India they are starving
by the million. In the Philippines
and south Africa they are fighting and
dying in battle or from disease and
pestilcnce. In Germany peasant is
rich if he has two or three acres of
land, and his wife and daughters carry
heavy loads of vegetables on their
backs to market, while the sons are
serving in the army. In Italy the
poor work in malarial swamps OF beg
In Naples. In Mexico the poems get
BIZ cents day in Mexican silver,
which is worth about half as much as
ours. In England the poor arc kept
alive by charity and in Ireland the
peasantry lose crop about every third
year and the little children 60 hungry
and in rags. What is the matter with
orr people? Why don't they quit
fussing-quit onvying the rich? Why
not lift up their voices and thank the
Lord for his mercy and goodness unto
us? a diligent man or woman can
1--WE for FIVE or six months from good
garden-and besides the garden the
country abounds in fruit. Peaches,
apples, grapes, blackberries, dewbcr-
RIGS and huckleberries. 1 never saw
the like. From our own garden we
can have eight different vegetables
every day besides berries for dcs-
sert. 1t makes me proud to gather
them and show them round to the
family before breakfast, for it is my
garden. I dressed it like old Father
Adam did Eden. I'm still the boy. I
am tho man with the hoe and I don't
esteem it any hardship, either. Mr..
Markham needent preach his foolish
ness to me, nor do like the tone of
that picture-a pitiful man leaning ON
his hoe and bemoaning his hard lot.
Work, labor, toll, sweat, is the COM
mon lot and they are the happiest who
do it. Solomon said the sleep Of the
llaboring man is sweet. love to work
with the hoe. love to get all over