The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-10

6uC l-ere is the cOmWuNlcaLlOu IG'
ceiyed. Read it and tell me what it
refers to and what it all means:
To Idler: 1t is said that a. prophet
is of no avail in mis- own homestead
A community, a province, state be.
comes prominent by the acts Of its
progressive citizens. By their example
civic pride is born. 1t should be the
pride and ambition of every citizen
OF a state to accomplish something
that will permit him to realize that
he is one Of the factors in its welfare
and progress. If he is convinced Of
his lack of usefulness, and concludes
he has, no influence that would aid,
t en- at least it should be his duty to
help boost those that have the true
spirit of progress and upbuilding.
Charity, it is said, begins at home
So should appreciation of progressive
citizens. The man who develops an
enterprise Il at becomes unusually
prominent, mainly because of origi-
nal ideas and intelligent application
Of good methods, should be encour-
aged and congratulated at home. But
such does not seem to be the usual his
tory. Usually recognition Of merit
Of men who meet with great success in
special callings or occupaSions-or, in
other words; who Fave become ex-
perts, comes first away from home.
The average sign of mans success
at home is when his neignbors begin
to remark he is a crank, because he
is devoting studious attention to his
occupation, and making it a remark
able success. Every community has
it's individual live wires, and the
chronic rest-takers who try to pick
them up naturally get shocked, but
not as severely as they should be.
said little while ago that what
this community needed most was a
spirit of optimism. might add that
T-e community needed as we'll the
ability in it's citizens to get rid of the
crouch which some of our good peo-
pie are carrying around with them
all the time. And by the way l read
the OTTER day a number Of things that
crouch will do and I believe that 1
am going to quote it here for the
benefit of our grouchy people around
town and I hope they will all read it,
and then shake the thing off
and have pleasant smile and kind
word for every one they meet. 1t will
do them good and do their community
GOOD. Here are the items and speci-
fcations:
eff you ever have crouch, get rid
of it-shake it of in rcurry-for 1t
is about your worst enemy.
"a crouch will turn the sweetest
disposition to vinegar.
at will set you against your fellow
man.
"It will impair your intellect, inter
fere with your appetite, cripple your
digestion, and make you an object of
ridicule in the eyes of other people.
at will retard your work, drive your
friends from you, cause your children
to fear you and your relatives to shun
you.
SIT will turn the brightest day into
murky fog, obscure the sun witch
God gave you to enjoy, and transform
the sparkling waters of purity into the
bitterness of gall.
'It will strip you of ambition, pull
you down to the depths and write
'finis" to an otherwise brilliant career.
"It will chill the whinny of your
horse, kill the affections of your faith
ful dog and send your cat scampering
to cover.
"It will rival the below of bull,
put your fowls to fight and make mu-
sic the grunt of pig.
cit will make you byword in the
community, an all around nuisance to
humanity, and an object Of disgust to
yourself
"It is full of peril and without
single grace, for it is the hand Of the
devil beckoning you down to fhell.
"Get rid of your crouch"
The Idler.