The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-04-10
away and too high up.

government, for it is still fact "that
riches and virtue are rarely found
combined" Laws grind the poor and
rich men make tho laws. A gradua-
ted inoome tax would limit these great
fortunes, but alas, we will never get
it.. 1t is too late. The opportunity
has passed, for rich men make the
laws. Millionaircs control the United
States Senate and will resist any tax
that limits or lessons their estates.
But it is wrong for US to envy the
rich. In the economy of life and the
pursuit of happiness it seems neces-
sary to have rich men. They build
ships, railroads, canals, telegraphs
and telephones, cotton and woolen
mills, reapers, mowers. -four mills and
thousand other plants that furnish
us with food and clothing and add to
the comfort of mankind. The werld
would make slow progress without
them. but when they begin &c unload
their vast profits mankind will oriti-
cize the manner of it. Generally they
unload it on their children, Who never
earned dollar of it. Some of them
would carry it all to heaven with them
if they could. Many of .hem give
part Of it to some church or ,barity as
kind Of passport to heaven. An old
friend of mine who was pretty hard up
borrowed IS from me one morniug to
pay one Of these darn little just debts,
as he called them. He said his credi-
tor vas annoying him, but before he
left my Office committee from the
country called and asked US to help to
build country church. I gave them
dollar, but my friend subscribed SIS
and handed over the bill that 1 had
loaned him. After they had left, I
asked him why he gave so much and
he said: SWELL, I always give that
much to help build church. do
not belong to any, for I have not yet
felt good enough to join. but have
lived in five counties and practiced
My profession in fourteen and have
helped to build country churches in
all Of them. It may be that death
will catch me unawares before do
join the church and St. Peter vii, re-
fuse me admission into the heavenly
gate. But I will have one credential,
for / can say: "St. Peter, I know
have not been a good man and am not
Git to mingle with the saints, but I
have got little stock in every coun-
try church from Rabun's Gap to Tai
lapoosa-and maybe he will let me in
maybe so. Major, could you lend
me another s5 without inconven-
ience?" Of course did, for he was
one friend whom / never refused. He
did join the church and I believe he
is in heaven now.
Charity is she greatest and lcost
blessed Of all virtues. As the poet
says: 1T is twice blessed. It bless
eth him that gives and him, chat doth
Ts0eive." But when man With
800, 600 income gives away 81 900 Of
it to ease his conscience and secure q
passport to heaven, he makes mis-
take. 1t will do neither. A man 8
standing in the community ;s deter
mined more by his charity than any
ching else. How much does he give
to the church and how much to the
poor is discussed by his neighbors and
he is rated accordingly.
Not long ago I gave problem tc
the young people. If man sells q
so1 aud pigs for $18 and gets as
much for one-tenth Of the SOW as he
did for nine-tenths Of q pig how many
pigs did she have? have received
scores Of answers-mos Of them max
ing it nine pigs and some say ten pigs
--one smart girl makes it seventy-two
pigs and one smarter man proves that
the SOW had 1,791 pigs. Strange to
say every answer is correct. Nine
pigs gives SO for the sow and each
for the SOW and IL 80 cents for pig
and it would take che seventy.twc
pigs to make the SIG. Nine cents for
the 5ow would give / cent for each
pig, and therefore require l, ,79l pigs to
make up the sl8. It is o see.snw
sum. AS the price of the SOW goea
down the number of the pigs goes up
and any r -.nber is correct. Now let
me ask the school boys and girls to
hold up little on compositions and
speeches. Please excuse me for ]
i have not the time. It would take
every hourin the day to comply with
all their requests. :.
i Bill Arr.
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