The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-01-06
every Saturday.
NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND SIX

The Sand-glaSS OF liihc id9
another flop and the grains oil sane
are falling into the receptacle Of 1000. |
When we gaze upon the large
amount OF sand in the upper glass
and See how slowly it filters through
TO the bottom it seems that 1t "oliu
take an eternity before the last grain
has fallen And as the sand begins
70 fall one is apt to think that there
is a great deal OF time to perform
and act upon the New Yaers' day re-
solves, and procrastinatlon results
But the sand is continually falling
and before one is hardly aware OF
it the day has gone, week has
passed. a month has rolled by and
the first quarter is just upon 'us, and
II we are not true and stcadfast to
our purposes nothing yet will have
been done that was promised when
the new year was born.
PrOcras tiuatiOn is the thief Of time.
Each and every one of us has a
call in life to answer, a mission to
fulfill We cannot argue ourselves
out OF this responsibility. The call
may come from the people at large
when the responsibility becomes "a
public trust; our mission may be to
live Jour lives in obscurity but to live
for those who love us, and who look
to us for guidance and for succor. In
either case the mission OF life is
there, and the responsibility not to
be shrugged of our shoulders Even
the influence we cast about among
friends and strangers tells more than
our prayers and public suplications
whether we are answering the call
of life.
We are in duty bound to live our
lives soberly and thoughtfully, to fol
low the precepts of the Golden Rule
and lose no opportunity that will
make us a benefit to those around us.
II we do these things, the falling OF
the grains OF sand will bring no fail
urc 90 us when the end of the wear
has been reached. and a retrospec-
ton OF 1905 will hold no regrets
1t bchooyes each and every one oi
us then to watch carefully each day
and by firm resolve. patient practice
and stcldfastenss in plrpose. get our
selves out oft he ruts of living thai
belittlc and bemean. so that wher
again the new year day shall come
we shall have gained the victory, anC
orr mission shall have been filed il
SO far rs we could fiji it.
Let Nineteen Hundred and Six b,
the crouning year Of all that we hay,
lived
With this issue The Times start
not ON its new years journey. j.
every reader it wishes year D
health wealth and prosperity.
tn" past year has been one OF IN
d..E,;t ihc people oithc d 10 E:v
ever lived Even the years OF over
flows. The Delta was not financial
paraNZed asthe business .iliing quar-
antnc and short crops nave brougll
about Every person has felt it IN orj
way nr another, but it may prove
blessing in Disguise, as it Will II
doubt cause all TO profit by the econ
omy thcy have lad 10 practicc
Let gs all bury the past and loo
hopclr, 10 the new year as one OF pr
uusc nd progress. Grecuyilies iutrr
Is huahl for 600 New factories wi
ne daabt be established, new bus
MISS enterprises started and new raj
roads constructed Let every cit
zen resolve to do his or her Dart b
trading at home; contributing to til
support Of the business League ;worl
ing for the city's welfare and spcdl
ing a good word for the business
his neighbor as well as his OWE
Our interests are mutual You ca
do nothing for tle benefit ii the Gil
az yoar fellow merchant but VIII;
will benefit you. SO let US be up ar
doing for Greenville by talking
advertising it and working for it, ar
before the end OF the year bount
ful crop will again briag back to o.
people the broad siuilc oil prosperit