The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-21

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many things going on and SO many
that are of more Importance than any
of my thoughts that I concluded it
just as we'll to call off for a few weeks.
I have not seen where any n has
done anything about my park. You
know I am almost about to reach the
conclusion that all our people care
about is their own personal self, and
that every one is afraid to do any
thing because some one else may get
a little more out of the park than he
will. That same old spirit of selfish
ness, and personal gain for our own
use, and unwillingness to lend Our as
sistance for the general welfare.
I read the other day an article from
Bishop Gambler in which he says:
material things, money and the
things which money can buy, are not
unimportant; but they are not su-
premely important.
ut is very easy to estimate their
possession too highly and to regard
the want of things as a greater evil
than it really is. There are many
evidences around US of this over-esti-
nation of wealth and over-fear of the
want of wealth."
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} Had you ever thought of that, you
commercialist, in your struggle and
rush to get money, disregarding
everybody and everything except
money? Again Bishop Gambler says:
"Capitalism- needs to know that a
mans life CONSISTENT not in the
abundance of the things which he
~possesseth.' Opulence in the purse
and indulgence in the soul is a sorry
sight. Plenty in the barn and poverty
in the heart is the worst sort Of
w~retchedness. All this we steadfastly
declare that we believe, but do We be-
lieve it? Why then do we envy the
rich, who are poor in soul? Why do
we not rather pity them? Why do we
bind all our energies to get money
as they do? Why are we so unhappy
when we fail to succeed in getting
money as they do? In short, why do
we pretend to believe that money is
not the chief thing while we live as if
it were the only good worth striving
for?"
Why do we? Well, I don't know.
1t seems to me if I had money the
greatest pleasure I could get out of it
would be in making others happy. But
I reckon that is the reason I haven't
got any.
Now, don't misunderstood me. Be-
cause I am no business man, I am not
Jealous or envious of the successful
business man who has accumulated
money. I am only trying to suggest
to him how he can be happy by using
some of that money in contributing to
the happiness of others, and thus en-
rich his own soul. You see what I am
trying to impress. One way to help
the others of this town and to help
yourself is to get together and build
The Idler's park.
I notice the editor made a remark
about the upper square around the
old court house. Well, it is a beauty
spot and one of which large prop
erty owners ought to be proud. /
went out and looked at it the other
day. I vas trying to. think Of the
advantages of its present keep and
concluded we could point the stranger
to these gulleys and tell him that
was an evidence Of. the excellent
drainage of the city. Then that brick
walk way was kept there as a divid-
ing line so that people who passed
along in buggies and wagons and au-
tomobiles could be reminded that they
had reached the point from which all
distances are computed-the centre
so to speak, Of the city, and to divide
the water so that all the drainage
would not be on one side Of the old
court house nor In one street VIZ
like to have these evidences OF sup
erb drainage in all Of our streets.
I wish you would walk over to the
union depot and look down Friend
Street That old burnt building there
on the corner gives the stranger pass.
ing through the city a fine impression