The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-21
DOING ONES DUTY.

1SOA%NN WIZ
Sometimes IL is hard thing to do
ones duty. II one stands for con
victions which run counter to other
peoples views--nnd anyone who has
real and sincere convictions is likely
10 run counter to the views of those
persons who are of opposite opinions
the standing for them brings ;i:f-
ferent molds and no two persons see
the same thing in the same manner.
Then. what ia conviction for one
person, and hence n duty to perform,
TO another is nothing but a passing
thought. One man makes a mountain
out of O mole hill and s,lother makes
molehiil out OF mountain. So this
is life. The thing, therefore. for one
10 do is to live his or her own life,
and satisfy that inward monitor
which makes for peace of mind and
personal happiness. True. you will
not please sumo people, and there
will be some against you, but the
most important person to please after
all Is ones own self. You have to
+ live with yourself all the time, and
see that other person who thinks
badly of you but once in a while. 1t
is OF vastly moro Importance, there
fore, to please that person whom you
see most. and whom you know best.
One who stands for things that are
right, and pure and holy. need not
expect to be popular with those who
have evil thoughts or who do not
stand for those things. As one so
we'll said to the writer sometime
hack: They do not ring true, and
you need not hope to stand in with
them It is with feelings of respect
that one runs yp against man who
has honest and sincere convictions
end 10 mot afraid to stana for them.
From what we have been able to see
Governor Manning Is such q man. and
he Is getting tie plaudits OF all peo-
sple, whether or not he belongs to
their political faction, except those of
course whom he has to condemn in,
the performance of his duty as the
States chief executive. is
Newspapers also should haye con
! victions. A newspaper IS bpl the
mouthpiece for the thoughts and con-
victions of its editors. and II news
paper really has honest and sincere
! convictions. there viii be those who
viii differ. from It's views. A real
newspaper man likes to have persons
{ take issues with opinions expressed
differing from those of the newspaper,
and an editor usually Is never bet
ter pleased than when he can con :
troyert some opposite opinions. A
knise Is sharpened by whetting 1t
aaainst a rock. So is q mind bright
y eIed by rubbing It agaiitst some other
mind, But an editor despises q little
BIZ OF q mind which feels an afsront
at an opposite expressed. and which
seeks to do the person or the paper
8 an injury hecausA fofsoosh the news
( PAPER man does noss Sgree with the
views held by the persons All tesn
Should learn the diffcrence between
convictions and person thought. We
have heard Of tnien WHO tioaght they
were almost annihilatsng newspaper
whea they stopped 8 subscription for
these differences Of opinion. but al
most In every such case there were
always two oremore "a sses IN and
fpsss his place
TIE sssitor OF The Inteliigencer has
j enjoyed the discussion zaver the road
bond Issue We feel that, with the
good fseiing displayed by those de-
hating the di,estson. only good has re-
suited or can result,
BnE what wr started out 10 say was
! that one should do ones full duty at
oil tllnss so as te ussasa that inward
li5shitos crns science,