The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-04-04

rich men make the laws. 1t Is too late.
The opportunity has passed, for rich
men make the laws. Millionaires con-
troll 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
ursuits of happiness it seems necessa-
ry 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 world
would make slow progress without
them. but when they begin to unload
their vast profits mankind will crit-
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 them give
part of it to some church or charity as
a kind of passport to heaven. An old
friend of mine who was pretty hard up
borrowed IS from me one morning to
nav one of those darn little just debts
rs he called them. He said his creot-
tor was annoying him, but before hs
left my Office committee from tha
country called and asked US to help to
build country church. gave them
a dollar, but my friend subscribed s.
and handed over the bill that / had
loaned him. After they had left ask
ed him why he gave me much and he
said: well, l always give that mucn
to help build church. I do not be-
long to any, for l have not yet felt
good enough to join, but I have lived
in five counties and practiced my pro-
fession in fourteen and l have helped
to build country churches in all o.
them. It may be that death will catch
me unawares before I do join the
church and St. Peter will refuse me
admission into the heavenly gate.
But I will have one credential, for l
can say: st. Peter ] know / have
not been a good man and am not mt
to mingle with the saints, but have
got a little stock in every country
church from Rabun's Gap to Tallapoo-
sa-and maybe he will let me in-may
be so. Major, could you lend me
another S. without inconvenience"
OF course l did, for he was one friend
whom I never refused. He did join
the church and l believe he Is In
heaven now.
Charity Is the greatest and most
blessed OF all virtues. AS the poet
says: "Tt is twice blessed. 1t bless
ath him that gives and him that doth
receive" But when man with $1OC-
900 income gives away $1,000 Of 1t 70
ease his conscience and secure pass
port to heaven he makes a mistake
It yill do neither. A mans standing
in the community Is determined more
by his charity than anything else.
How much does he give to the church
and how much to the poor Is discussed
by his neighbors and he Is rated ac-
cordingly
Not long ago | gave problem to
the young people. II man sells a
SOW and pigs for $1S and gets as much
for one-tenth of the SOW as he did
for nine-tenths Of pig how many
pigs did she have? I have received
scores of answers-most Of them max
ing 1t nine pigs and some ten pigs
one smart girl makes it seventy-two
pigs and one smarter man proves that
the SOW had 1,791 pigs. Strange u
say every answer is correct. Nine
pigs gives So for the sow and 81 each
for the pigs; Seventy-two pigs gives
50 for the SOW and II 22-9 cents for
pig and it would take seventy-two pigs
to make the SIG. Nine cents for the
SOW would give /. cent for each pig.
and therefore require 1871 pigs to
I'D the s1S. 1t is a see-saw sum. AZ
the price of the SOW goes down the
number Of pigs goes up and any num-
Der is correct. Now let me ask the
school boys and girls to hold up lit
tie on compositions and speeches.
Please excuse me for I have not tho
time. It would take every hour IN
the day to comply with all their re-
quests.-Bill Arp in Atlanta Constitu~
ton.