The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-07-31

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Jump On 49, ..an-l-r: With
Beth Fec, Is, .sce-ic Fce;-Lct
Us Bury tnc iias-net ana .sammer.
1t has been said tnat ;.!efe Is time
and place for everything and that
everything has some good and prac-
tica use in the universal plan While
this may be true. there remain to be
discovered the :leaeiiis 10 he derived
from the man with the hammer"
This does not refer to the man who
wields that useful implement of toll
but to the fguratiye hammer in the
hands of that species of the human
animal known as the "knocker."
The real man with the hammer Is
builder. He Is one Of the most neces-
sary and beneficial of our citizens.
The fgurative man with the hammer
is a tearer down. q hindrance. an OBJ
stacle. tumor ron the body polite,
municipal cancer, menace to prog
ress, a breeder of dissatisfaction.
promoter of trouble
Thank heaven Beaumont has rot
many of these enemies of peace and
prosperity. editorially remarks the
Gateway Gazette, published at Beau
mont, CAL There may be one or two
of the species among us, for it IS
said that no community is free from
them. Some recent editorials and con-
tributions in southern California Pa-
pers indicate that there are men with
hammers in neighboring towns. Fer
this reason warning is here given
Let US qua r"ntine against the pests.
One OF thc towns which seem to be
infested is Huntington Beach, and an
editorial in The News Of that city con-
tains so mu;h good and sensible ma
terial that It is here appended:
Much has been said and more has
been written Of the person who is al
ways bewailing the fact that the town
in which he lives is doomed to be for
ever small and nnimportant. its people
shiftless ana incompetent In business.
it's streets in filthy condition-in short,
the other towns are in every way
more desirable rs places Of residence.
TO define his qualities, the WORD
'knockcr' has been coined. 1t is i'm
pressive. 1t is even emphatic, yet II
is not strong cough.
'This kind OF alleged citizen is found
everywhere, even in Huntington Beach.
The News meets him occasionally and
tries to talk. HIN out Of his dumps
No one so qni ky contracts disease
physical as the 'ine who always seems
to think that he has it. No one con-
tracts disease financial so certainly as
he who is alwa. s telling and finally
persuades himsc.f that he is doomed
to be pauper: hat his town affords
no opportunity Of earning q decent live
!ihood Brace up. Talk cheerfully.
Make your opportunities. Boost your
town. Join the board of trade. Try to
have some enterprise. Try to believe
that others have. Be sure that your
town is the best in the country. Why,
the members of our Woman's club ar"
more manly in spirit, more helpful to
the town, more likely to build it up,
than a male knocker.' An admonition
that has been given ever since the ad-
vent of the Prince Of Peace is. Bury
the hatchet' Quite right Favor al
ways peace, but Bury the hammer is
not a bad motto, either"
Deducing from poetical contribu-
tioneto the Chino Champion, the sugar
beet town is not all sweetness. The
article is entitled Boost Bit" and Is
contributed by one Of the merchants OF
the town. 1t, too, is worth reading,
and'it Is here given:
Growlin' bout the country's ill5.
Ch'oroform yer dismal talker;
Take a course Of liver pills.
Stop yer durn kiotee howlin'.
Chaw some sand an get tame grit.
Don't sit in the dumps a-gfowlin'.
Jump the rooSt
An boost
A bit!
Fall in while the bands a-playin,
Ketch the step an march along.
fStead 70 pessimistic brayin'
Jine the helleluyah song!
Drop yer hammer. do some rootin',
Grab a horn, you cuss. an split
Every echo with yer tootin'.
Jump the roost -
An boost
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