The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-01
A HAPPY NEW YEAR

This is the G-st issue OF The Intel
ngencer in the new year, and II will
carry the best wishes OF The news
paper TO all it's readers anL friends.
The year that has just gone, has beer
one OF the most remarkable In the his
tory OF the world. Great and strange
things have happened. and tho closing
OF the year sees much that is food for
thought. much TO wonder at and phil
osophize over.
But whatever the past has In it's
s~torehouse, let IL remain there and let
us turn our faces resolutely to the
future. and make the year 1915 the
best that has ever been for ourselves
and for those whom we can help.
Three hundred and sixty-nye days
seem Il long time when viewed from
the starting point, but will it seem as
long when viewed from the other end?
There arc bound L % be many things
we Ghali wonder at during this time.
Men n arc prosperous now mry be
unfortunate during this time ard may
be ronr at tho end. Men who arc pow
e'ty stricken now may be wealthy
then, 20 wonderful are the mutations
OF time in this county. Good health
luay give way to disease; sicltnose
be changed to health. Families that
arc united now and happy III be
separated and unhappy; some mem-
bers may pass on t. await the coming
on the other side.
But whatever may be the vicissi-
tuces CT life, one a only do what he
foels L. be the best. We must think of
the future when We act in the present.
Life crowned with age was no: lived
In one year, but the product is the
accumulation Of years of experience
and thoughts. One becomes what M
really wishes to be. We grow to BE-
like those we love. and we grow to
Re like the ideals we have formed. To
one. therefore. who has not high
ideals, we urge The study Of the tru,
and the good. not to the great.
The passing Of the years for th.
Young seem frought with most posi-.
bilities, and with their faces turned &c
the sunrise. may they emulate those
good souls who have finished the climb
and whose faces are turned t. the
sunset. How the years scamper ON in
middle life. They pass as swiftly az
do the telegraph poles as viewed from
n fast moving train They seem to the
busy man or woman ell to short for
the accomplishment Of LIES duties,
but each n is q unit in life's span,
and the deeds done In them make up
the history OF the man or the woman.
How 10 that history being written In
your life?
So, let us all be q bit moro kind In
1915 than we were in 1914. Let us
help those who have been unfortun-
ate. and let III strew roses with the
thorns cut of. What a splendid place
this world would be IL all mer were
pnly kind and thought Of the right.
Of others as they would have them
think Of their rights. Be unselHsh. and
work for the public good q little dur
ing the year.
Knock OF from the knocking and go
give yourself a change;
Just try your hand at hosting. though
the art be hard and strange:
Just knock of from that grumbling
and crouch a little while.
And see how things will brighten
when you touch them with q
smile.
Just knock of from that habit Of a
smoker and q eneer,
And go out scattering roses over peo-
pie far and near;
just knock off from hat knocking
both yourself and other men,
And see how life grows brighter when
8 you help to boost again.
s Z = -Bentztown Bard.