The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-23
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1.-THE man who lifts up every chip
he sees to find bug under it., Is Il
able to come across good sized rep
tile from which he is liable to get a
bite. Just so with the fellow who
carries chip around on his shoulder
is liable to get knocked down.
i saw the above chunk OF wisdom
somewhere and it is worth passing on.
In other words, the fellow who Is al
ways looking for trouble soon finds IL.
Don't YOU find it that way? Or
maybe you had never thought OF 1t.
The moral is, don't 60 around with a
chip nyour shoulder OF if you do
You'll be sure to find some one who
is ready to try his hand on knocking
lit off.
s By the way, had you noticed that
early Friday morning man went
around and knocked those pretty red
signs off the telephone poles. Well
It's true, sure as you Ire. They are
all one. 81 = ~
z Now, if:eouneil viii just light up
those dark places. You know, I was
thinking this thing the other day. The
Crearor knew what He was about
when He spoke. this world into ex-
istenee and He would not have divid-
3 ed the day into light and darkness II
It had not been for a wise purpose,
sand possibly it is best not to have
So much light. I believe these cleo
Z: t7ic lights We have, caused many
people to put on glasses who would
not have done so but for the use OF
electric lights. But then they are
mighty nice and if we are to have
them we ought not to have so many
dark places. =. -~... T..
' I read the other day in the Record
you know I told you I read the
Record, though Mr.. Hoyt still writes
long editorials read where the
dispensary winding up commission
was still winding up and that they
had saved to, the people Of the State
a big sum Of money, a large portion
Of which went TO the Atlanta lawyers.
Now what I was thinking about is
that this money which Is to be re-
funded belongs to the people who
consumed the liquor that is the part
that is left after the Atlanta lawyers
get theirs If there was overcharge
the profit to the State was put on the
oyereharge and the State got the
profit on the overcharge and she poor
fellow who drank the mean stuH is
the fellow who paid the bill and the
one to complain and if the State
wants to be honest 1t ought to divide
fhis overeharge with the fellow vino
consumed the liquor and paid the bill.
That is the way it looks 10 me and l
would ike to have my part but then
] reckon I can't get\it and I just as
wei hold my peace. But now lsn't
that the honest thing? But you say
tSe State is the people but not so IN
this case for according to the. num-
Der Of prohibitonists we have now the
consumers who paid :hese big over
charges are a very small minority OF
the people ...
But, gee, wasn t that big fee those
Atlanta lawyers made out of us. And
tha, was no small potatoes paid to
Mr.. Stevenson and Mr.. Abney. Well,
T reckon their services were very
necessary in order to get results.
And the end is not yet. The winding
no commission is ike Tennyson's
brook, it goes on forever, it IS wound
up and can It run down.
That suggestion to put Pullman
car on the c., n. & L. and Seaboard
between Columbia and Atlanta is a
good one. I mean for the people who
travel and then we would have a Pull
man car passing through Newberry
on both roads. We Will be city yet
even if Scott s creek does not get big
enough. to make US a seaport.
=. There is no telling what fool
some women are. Now, donit mis-
understand me for I have great rev.