The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-07-16
ASVIEWED BY HlSFELLOW
MAN.
THE TOWN VAMPIRE.

THE TOWN VAMPIRE.
The vamplfe fattens on the bloee
of its victim, so does the human
vampire, but of the two the human
vampire is ten times the worse, be
cause he knows better. Take the
town vampire and look him Over
and think what terrible thing he
is, how loathsome to look at; think
of the widows and orphans he has
drawn the life's blood from by his
strategy; of the homes he has de-
stroyed because his money-fngers
clutched numerically at the Threats
of those who could not help them
selves at the time but who could
have come to the surface had they
been given an opportunity, think of
the deep stabs inflicted by the back
hand movement, of the heartaches
and desperation caused by this
heartless wretch, the fiend incar-
nate, who strolls the streets by day
and lays awake at night schemine
to rob and destroy his fellowman,
to get an undue advantage of this
or that fellow. He becomes rich,
yes, but he fattens off of his poor
unfortunate victims; he prospers
and is looked up to by. those who
consider money the standard of
character; but there comes time. a
time when the scores of people he
has ruined, of those he has sent to
an untimely grave, of those whose
lives and homes have been made
desolate by his iron hand. all of
whom rise up before him like a
thousand ghosts to destroy his soul
and he retires from the stage of
action and sinks into the bottomless
pit of destruction, to add his gnash-
ing of teeth to the countless thou
sands that have preceded him There
is retribution in life just as surely
as there is life itself and it comes
sooner or later and if one inclined
to such dirty tactics could stop for a
few moments and take inventory
the tale would perhaps be different.
The question resolves itself into a
solemn fact, what's the use of it all,
what's the use to destroy your fellow
man when God put you here to help
mankind" not simply to exc out a
miserable existence but to be of real
service. AS in all other towns of
any size High Point hasa few such
vampires and they are marked and
sooner or later they will reap the
same reward.
THE POOR COLLECTOR.
A man who collects bills or tries
to collect them monthly knows how
to sympathize with the other fellow.
You present your bill after the goods
have been delivered nearly thirty 4
days and you are put off by an ex-
cuse of some kind. You 90 again
and another promise is made, then
again until another month rolls
around and then don't get it half the
time, it soon becomes a joke Why
should all this trouble be incurred,
what's the matter with the haman j.
family, anyway. Is there dis.
position to dead beat or stave off a
just bill because it has more or less
become practice A law should
be passed in North Carolina com {
polling people to pay their bills
promptly. The best way is for every
one to sell for cash but in some k
businesses it is hard thing to do.
How much more pleasant and al
together better it would be for the
people, to pay their bills upon pre- {
sentation. The editor of the paper
has tried to do this since he launch
ed out in business but it is a hard
matter to keep up these days when ,
collections are as slow as the proven
bal snail. ,