Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-22
PITFALLS FOR THE UNWARY.
Or. DuIln Makes Interesting AddreS:
Al Forest Hill.
REASONS FOR RURAL ORGANIZATION

Let the Strong Help the Weak, ant
Let Both Get Closer Together fol
Mutual Proteetion-Some Of the I'm
positions Against Which the Pool
and Humble Need Protection.
Following is the text Of the excel
lent address that DR.. T. N. Dulin
president Of the Bethel Improve.
ment association. delivered at the
Forest Hill picnic last Friday, the
copy of which was not obtainable ir
time for publication in The Enquirer
of Tuesday:
When 1 first began to think about
an organization or the citizens OF
bethel township, 1 struggled with the
idea Tor quite a while before giving
expression TO 1t. / realized then only
to limited extent the work that was
TO be done II such q venture was to
De maae q success. But since We be-
gan this work realize more fully
mat II we succeed there Is a great
deal OF work to be done. But we be-
lieve the dement's to be derived from
such an organization will more than
repay the citizens Of our township.
1 also believe that great majority
OF men ana women wish to be honest
and progressive and that they would
Join ana lend all the assistance pos
slble II they thought 1t would be bene-
iiciaI to majority OF our citizens.
The aim and purpose Of this as
sociation IS improvement in all lines
and to bring about better and more
kindly feelings between man and
man, ana 10 enable us to realize more
fully that our little differences OF
ing success Of an undertaking that
Is for the general welfare OF our
community. Would that we all could
realize the importance of 1t and the
dement's to be derived from such an
association. ... Et,
am going to call your attention
to few things that are injuring our
country and bringing about discord
and sIrite, and 1 believe that II
our citizens Will think in a right man
ner that a great majority will agree
with me in the main.
We do not come to you in a mys-
terious way, claiming to give you I'M
munily from all the ills OF life, neith-
er do We come telling you that you
can supply the physical or mental
man with good, without honest toll
and intelligent endeavor. There is no
one in this country that believes more
than l the importance Of each and
every Individual making an honest ef-
Tort to provide for the individual or
1amily depending on him for support.
l also believe II an honest effort Is
made this can be done in a great ma
Jority OF cases. l say great majori-
ty because all or us have seen indi-
Wduals that were physically or 9TH
erwise unable to provide Tor those
near and dear to them. These should
nave our sympathy, not in words only,
but in deed. On the other hand,
we have seen people that would
make almost any excuse for not pro-
viding for those depending on them.
/ use the word excuse, for they have
no reason why they should not thus
provide. Such individuals belong to
a class that deserves no pity, but
rather, the condemnation of all right
thinking citizens. Did you ever con-
slider who are supporting this class
1t Is the honest toiler, the man who
is struggling with might and brain
to make an honest living for his fam
lily. Would that we were able to
show this class that they are vam-
pires and thereby enable them to
make an honest living. .s
There Is another class even worse
than the above, and in this class
would include agents and others that
put out their money at usury and
take reward against the innocent.
And what do l mean by this? We
mean a travelling or any other agent
or salesman that sells his goods at
from one hundred to four hundred
per cent profit. You say that you are
not aware of the fact that any such
thing is being done. But I tell you
that 1t is, and that you and are
largely responsible for this state Of
affairs. For example, take some Of
the people selling organs. He will
go into the house Of those who are
not posted in prices and sell an in
strument that cost wholesale, from
fifteen to twenty-five dollars, for
from sixty to one hundred dollars.
Take another, the book agent, who is
selling Bibles at an exorbitant price.
He reminds me Of a story ! heard of
one Of our preachers In the early
days. He rode horseback to his va
rious charges and as protection
from cold and mud, he wore leggins.
On one occasion he forgot to examine
them before putting them on and as
a consequence had trouble. He
preached with his leggins on as was
his custom, and in the midst Of his
sermon, something began to sting his
leg. He made several attempts to
get rid Of 1t by scratching or rubbing
but failing in this, he stopped alb
ruptly and said: Hold on, brethren,
the Word Of God Is in my mouth, but
Satan is in my breeches!" So we may
say about the book agent who Is SELL
ing Bibles at an exorbitant price, that
he Is selling the word Of God but Sa-
tan is in his heart.
Now, seriously, these things are
taking place right in our township,
and we can prevent 1t to a great ex-
tent IL we will. Do not allow this class
to interfere with your laborers.
You say, how are we going to do
this? By forbidding them on your
farms, and by warning the unwary
these fellows following the plow our
country would be better and their
rest would be sweeter, both by reason
Of honest toll and a clear conscience.
The above subject gives me a great
deal of concern as go into the homes
of this ignorant and unwary class
from year to year and see the con-
ditions as they really are.
We do not have to go to the cities
and towns to find poverty and misery
and to see the squalid conditions that
usually exist in the larger cities, but
we have them right in our town.
ship. l have gone into these homes
and found the consumptive lying on
bed of straw, or an improvised
bedstead, in a corner Of small hut
with but one small window in 1t, and
perhaps one or two doors, and find
the patient covered with flies, and
only attended by a small child. And
remember, also, that six to eight Of
a family lived in the same room. I
speak Of the consumptive as an ex-
ample, for the same can be said Of all
their ills. And l will say IL any hu-
man being can look upon a scene
like this and not shed a sympathetic
tear and lend helping hand, I feel
sorry for that person. I tell you that
Ignorance in the one class and indif-
ference to the suffering by the 9TH
er class, Is largely responsible for this
state Of affairs.
Another most awful drawback to
true progress is the spirit that Is per-
vading nearly every profession and
calling in all the walks Of life, Of
getting all they can whether they
give value received or not. In other