The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-06-24

| on down to the little felloW VINO OIun
vote for him because forsooth he had
some little unfounded prejudice
against him are saying nice things.
Wonder it don't turn his head. But
il all reminds me of putting flowers
on ones grave. 1 don't know how it
strikes him. have about come to
the conclusion, from observation, that
any man who has any opinion Of his
own or who ever does anything and
especially has the courage to say
what he thinks has no business run
ming for any Office. The people won't
elect him. They don't want that kind.
Of course there are notable exceptions,
but they only prove the rule.
was reading the other day in a
book something about the heartless-
ness of corporations and so on
and this observation was made
by the writer: They never do
anything honest. From the stock
iobbing owners down to the
nickel-ilching conductors they steal
-stsal-steal. What did it matter?
An ant pilfering from another ant and
sparrow stealing the crumb found
by another sparrow-a man robblng
another man-all part Of the univer-
sal scheme. Only narrow-minded ig-
noramus would get himself wrought
ND over it; philosopher would laugh
and take what he needed and hap
pened to fancy" Now, 1 don't know
so much about this. That may be
true up in New York, but not down
here in Newberry, South Carolina.
Some people do do something honest
now and again but the pity is that
more of them do not. And there are
lots of ways of being dishonest be-
sides stealing the dollar. In fact
think sometimes that the stealing OF
dollar is the least criminal of the
many things that we take from 9TH
ers. Didn't some old fellow way
back yonder in the good old days
write something about the man VINO
steals my purse steals trash, but he
who flches from me my good name
steals that which neither enriches him
but makes me poor indeed. And that's
where the trouble lies. When we get
too much wrought up over accumu-
lating the dollar we forget almost
everything else and in order to secure
it we will do almost anything. I think
the great trouble of this age is its su-
perlative selfshness.
And that reminds me of another
paragraph l read in a book the other
day-you see, I am getting to be
reader of booxs-and this paragraph
contains a great deal Of truth and
great lesson. I hope you will note
every word of it carefully. "The rea-
son most Of US are so uncomfortable
downright unhappy most of the time
is that we never take our thoughts
off our precious fascinating selves.
The result is that some day we find
that the liking-and friendship-and
love-of those around US has limits
and we are left severely alone. OF
course, if one has a great deal OF
money, one can buy excellent imita-
tions of liking and friendship and even
love-I ought to say, especially love"
1t will all be imitation if we buy it
with money. If you don't believe 1t
just observe an example of such pur-
chase where the money gives out, be-
cause when it is the bought article
you have got to keep on buylng every
day and every hour.
What do you think about this
Don't bother about the mistakes OF
Yesterday. Remember them-yes. If
one has a good memory, to forget is
impossible-not to say unwise. But
there ought to be more heat or sting
in the memory of past mistakes than
in the memory of last years mosquito
bites"
And the conclusion of the whole
matter is: "And the first thing you've
got to get rid of is the part of your
vanity +hat nreyents YOU from grow