The Brandon news., 1909-08-12

In the great work of developing
| the best that there is in a munich
pality, district, state or nation, there
are two forces continually in con-
flict striving to overcome or count
eract the influence, and achievements
of the other. These are, the build
er and the wrecker. One striving
to build up and the other endeavor-
ing to tear down. One trying to
create and the other just as active
In the effort to destroy. One with
fixed and steady purpose to improve
and the other equally as detarmin-
ed to counteract the effect of the
work of the first.
AS result of the success of the
secand, there comes a third that
can best be termed a scavenger.
One that feeds upon the wreck made
and the decay that ensues. Finding
no place with the creator or builder
nor with the wrecker until the re-
suit of his efforts has brought
decomposition suitable to his lik-
ing. Best described as contemp-
tible being that exists upon the
wreckage and rotten debris produc-
ed by the second.
1t is a fact from which those who
would see the great state of Missis-
sippi come into her own, that the
second and third in this triumvi-
rate are few in numbers and almost
entirely lacking in decency and in
fluence. The great army of build
ers has recruited it's ranks within
the past few years until no state in
the sisterhood can present more
solid phalanx life. They come from
the mansion to the humblest home
in the land. Their labor is freely
given for a cause that has for its
object the general betterment Of
conditions in Mississippi. They are
loyal, true and generous, willing
that the neighbor may profit as we'll
as themselves. The result of their
efforts is to be seen upon every hand
and the state is undergoing a trans
formation for the better that is ex-
ceedingly gratifying to ALL
The few wreckers may be no less
active, but their puny efforts are of
little or no avail. Their assaults up
on those engaged in the building
process are usually understood and
without effort Malicious attacks
upon the men who are endeavoring
to create fall flat and little in the
way of destruction takes place.
Hence the last, the scavenger is al
most without place and not deserv-
ing of consideration.
Now my dear readers, you are al
ligned with one of these forces.
Which Is it? Are you engaged in
building, trying to make the coun-
try better and more prosperous, or,
are you endeavoring to tear down
counteract the work of the builder?
Have you enlisted in the campaign
to make our people happier and
more prosperous, or, do you sympa-
thize with and actively aid the
wrecker?
This is a proposition well worthy
Of consideration by every good citi-
zen. We need builders and not wreck
ers. When a movement for the
general good is inaugurated, there
should be a hearty and willing sup
port and no pulling back or hinder
ing. Mississippi is moving upward
and pushers are needed and not
knockers. Tre men acticely engag-
cd in the work deserve cooperation
and not maligning.
Conditions are improving and the
army of builders is growing. The
wreckers are growing scarce and
the scavengers are almost without
job. Let it be sincerely hoped that
both of the latter classes will be-
come totally extinct during the
next few years.