Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-21

strip bis widow OF everything. Aha
| that young man did not realize what ;
| keen, shrewd, farseeing, Satanic plan
| ncr | could be when told him to In
| crease his outgO over his financial in
come. am well worthy to be called
thy child, mother. carry misery and
woe wherever | 60" Such is nearly
q always the outcome of every mans
y life when Pride and Debt 90 hand In
= hand ana are allowed to sit down by
the domestic ircside.
The Tyranny of Debt.
This tyranny Of debt, which Is the
offspring Of false pride. makes its con-
quests over those who have large in
comes as well as those with small.
Only the other day there was buried
in one Of Chicago's cemeteries a man
who for ten years had Il salary OF over
$4,000 per year. Yet that man was al
ways In debt. While he had an in
come of 5000 he was trying to live on
the scale OF those who had $1,000 I'm.
come When he was appointed a gen
'''N' '''l'N Aiiit'i 'iiAi'lA VI a lUIEt NOIDOTU-
ton, at $500 per month salary, he i'm
mediately moved his family into Il
new ncighbOrhOod and tried to associ.
ate with ChicagO's milionaires. That
man, when he died did not own the
bone he lived in. He did not even own
the bed on which he died. Every parti-
! Gle of real estate held in his name was
| plastcrcd over with mortgages. Last
fall he even allowed his life insurance
policy TO lapse because he could not af-
ford TO pay the few hundred dollars
necessary to keep 1t up, though he had
n salary Of $4,000 per year. SO we find
today that many man who lives In |
| a hne mansion is in the mercless clutch |
Of debt. The financial curse of this |
age Is that multitudes of people. on |
account of false pride and perniclous
extravaganza. are eking out mlsera-
l5le existence. These people may move
in the best society. so called. yet they
are far poorer than the humble clerk
with n paltry salary Of $40 a week
Who saves at least one-tenth Of his in
dome
Debt is not only the offspring Of
pride, but is often the parent of n
ltrge family of criminal children. The
study of genealogical tables is among
the most interesting of studies. Ger.
tain families nearly always have good
children; you can trace them down
ffom generation to generation. Other
families nearly always have bad chill
dlen; there is apparently something i'm
tleir blood that is diseased and con.
taQinated. As the waters falling down
the cascades near Duluth show the dis
cold'ations contracted in passing
Through forests of cedar and tamarack
miRs away. so the blood Of some chill
frY is tainted with .cssiass1ssI tenlens
dies Inherited even before they are
bonn. They are born with a propensity
for lying. for stealing, for inebriety,
Which they are seldom able to erad-
cat. But. though those children NAV
notbe able to overcome their evil tend
endes in their own strength they can '
overcome them by the help Of a super t
natural power, which is offered to all [
who are tempted l
WiIlfuliy Running Into Debt.
Willful debt is that kind Of debt into I
which many allow themselves to run v
through useless and sinful extrava I
sances. While the young man is being =
financially ground to pieces by the up I
Ter and neither milStones Of this kind >
If debt what IS often the most natural y
hing for him to do? Ask that young g
collector who is taking some Of his -
Employers money to win, as he fool y
SHY thinks, fortune at the gamblers Z"
Wheel. lie is not at heart bad young a,
nan. He intends to pay that money q
ack. He expects to use ii only for n
title while and then return 1t with in -,
crest after he has escaped from the =,
lutches Of mercilcss debt. Ask that -
oung embezzler who has Just felt the &.
eavy hand of the law placed upon his 80 80
boulder. Did he ever expect that the 90
te suppers. the thcater tickets and -
le attendance at the races would vet -
I'd in prison cell? No. no. He was 80
d as lamb TO the slaughter by the ~ ~
I'll worryingS Of debt accumulatlng on
'bt Ask that wildcat speculator in 90,
all street. Did he ever think for one ~,
omcnt that he would lose the estate 49,,
niidod to him in trustee form when no
began to run into debt? No. no. ,n,
lese men are being destroyed by debt on,
the same way that the learned Lord CHI
ICON was led TO accept bribes. They III
e being lured to destruction as Bene. mo
t Arnold was lurcd when his debts bis
)ye him to embark in the plot to de- A
oy West Point The bloodEounds of ub,
BIT had barkcd at his heels ever since is
Philadelphia cXtravagances, and his cIoi
ITS not only made him traitor no
linst his creditors but at the last dIir
y made him a traitor against his littI
ln.ry. nan
'rookedness gambling. wildcat spec cou
tion and n betrayal Of ones best frol
ends are often found among the maj. Nov
med offspring of a hidcous parent cou-
BIT. But without doubt the greater maj
hDer or the children of this infa evel
us progenitor are those with the ia deb
marks of perjury stamped. Cain maj
!, upon their brow. Lying always no r
IS upon Debts back" once wrote One
ljamin Franklin. The second vice con,
ying; the first is running into debt" Saw
men man needlessly and willfullV half
s into debt he opens the sluice gates and
'alsehood. He processes his willing man
3 to clasp hands with deception and him
cit The debtor says to his creditor, "If
nave no money this morning, but Just
pay you next week" His words store
false; he has no intention of T., take
next week. The debtor says: Il and
now trying % sell some land. The have
is almost closed; then will send of G.
a check" The debtor knows he IS signi
lsiier; he has no land to sell. utmC
le OF the dearest friends | ever had borrC
his curse of running into debt be- oblig