The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-04-13
THE IDLER.

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The Idler has lived in this town
good many years. Just how many
years does l&ot matter. Long en-
ough to see the town grow from 3
900 to 5000 people. eNver having a
much about accumulating wealth, or
rather I should say not having
great deal to do and not caring
genius for money making or money
saving, have had opportunity to
observe men and things and | have,
according to my ability, always tried
to help on every good cause and have
not envied those who accumulated
wealth. I have managed to get three
fairly good meals each day and have
been able ia sleep and have thehggg
been able to sleep we'll at night. But
money, I have not cared much for
it, except to spend it for those things
I needed and wanted.
You know this is pretty good
town; but it has, unfortunately, some
very small people and some very mar
row gauge epople in it. I guess that is
true Of every community, but you
know this town has been an education
al centre for more than half a century
and it should have broadened its
citizenship and made its people, and
especially its business people, see be-
yond the confines Of their own selves
and further out than the ends Of their
stubby noses. -.
Now I do not intend to be person
al, especially as my identity IS not
made known, and [ am coming to She
point after awhile if there is point
to what I am trying to say.
Permit me to repeat, this is good
town and I love it. A good many
Of my idle days have been spent here
and it is now my purpose to spend
the remainder allotted to me here,
and while I am only a small atom
in the make up Of the community,
and have never accomplished any
thing myself, my leisure has given
me an opportunity for observation.
I wonder sometimes if it is the
same elsewhere. Of course that same
selfish spirit pervades humanity
wherever it is found.
Here is what I want to say: just
let anybody start any movement to
do something which will benefit the
whole community and you will hear
somebody, and several somebodies,
all about in spots make remarks that
are calculated to injure the enter
prise. These remarks may be made
in the same breath with the declara-
ton that they want the enterprise to
succeed, but they don't think the right
man is at the head of it, or he is
too slow, or something else, but all
the time they protest their great in
terest in the success Of the enter
prise.
It does not occur to me that is
the way to help build up, the COM
munity. You know what it means
to say he is a good fellow and then
add with a shrug Of the shoulders and
wink of the eye, but-You know
what that means.
T want to see everybody get to-
gether and stop saying unkind things
of others and especially those others
who are trying to do something:
Newberry has a lot of gentlemen
of leisure, and, of course, that gives
opportunity to look after the affairs
of other people. It is best for every
body to have something to do and
then 60 at it in earnest. You know
if you want to get anything done
you can accomplish it much quicker
and more satisfactorily if you take
the busy man. The man who has no
employment never has time. That may
seem paradoxical, bat it is literally
true.
I hear that efforts are being made
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