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

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Beth Fea,, .'->-ic Fcc:-Lct
Us Bury tic i,@s-"-. S.'l hammer.
1t has been said iAut ,..si'r Is time
and place for e.cry ti.iag and that
everything has some good and prac-
tical use in the universal plan While
this may be true. there remain to be
discovered the :.VleiitS 10 be derived
from the man with the hammer
This does not refer to the man who
wields that useful implement of toll.
but to the fgurative hammer in the
hands of that species of the human
animal known as the "knocker."
The real man with the hammer Is a
builder He is one of the most neces-
sary and beneficial Of our citizens.
The figurative man with the hammer
is tearer down. hindrance. an oh
stacle. a tumor rop the body polite. j
municipal cancer, menace to prog
ress, q breeder of dissatisfaction. a
promoter of trouble.
Thank heaven Beaumont has not
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 Pc
pers indicate that there are ''men with
hammers" in neighboring towns. Fer
this reason warning is here given
Let us qu;! "atine against the pests.
One of tie towns which seem to be
infested is Huntington Beach, and an
editorial in he News Of that city con-
tains so mu:.h good and sensible ma
terial that it is here appended:
much has been said and mole has
been written Of the person who is al
ways bewailng the fact that the town
in which he lives is doomed to be for
ever small aud nnimportant. its people
shiftless anal incompetent in business.
it's streets in filthy condition-in short
the other towns are in every way
more desirable us places Of residence.
TO define hi, qualities, the word
'kncckcr' has been coined. 1t Is i'm
pressiye. 1t is even emphatic, yet IL
is not strong cough.
"This kind OF alleged citizen Is found
everywhere, even in Huntington Beach.
Tie News meets him occasionally and
tries TO talk hi"l out Of his dumps
No one so qni KY contracts disease
physical as the me who always seems
to think that hc has it. No one con-
tracts disease ti..lncial so certainly as
he who is aiw:.. s telling and finally
persuadcs himsr'' that lie is doomed
to be Il pauper: that his town affords
no opportunity o? earning decent live
lihood. Brace up. Talk cheerlully.
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 bad motto, either"
Deducing from poetical contribu-
tioncto 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 or
the town. 1t, too, IS worth reading,
and'it is here given:
Here, you 'discontented knocker.
Growlin bout the country's Ills.
Chloroform yer dismal talker;
Take a course of liver pills.
Stop yer durn kiotee howlin'.
Chaw some sand an get came grit.
Don't sit in the dumps a-gfowin'.
Jump the roost
An boost
A bit!
Fall in while the bands a-playin',
Ketch the step an march along.
STEAD o. pessinistic brayin
Jine the halleluyah song!
Drop yer hammer. do some rootin,
Grub a horn, you cuss. an split
Every echo with yer tootin'.
Jump the roost
An ljuSi
Lit.
A Hint 10 Home Merchants.
Most farmers would rather trade
with their local merchants than send
off for goods if they can get what
they want and at something near the