The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-01-28
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THE IDLER.
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The State paragrapher has the fol-
lowing observation in recent issue:
'fW'e are in a perpetual tremor lest the
legislature pass a law requiring all
paragraphers to submit to the Binet-
Simon mentality test Now, / don't
think I know what that is, but l want
to say to this young man that he might
we'll be in a tremor, because if Mr..
Wolfe or some of those other legls-
!ators, Mr.. McMahan for instance,
should happen to see this paragraph
they are just as like as not to intro
duce a bill and the legislature would
sure pass it. But l believe they are
going to spare unto you that gallon-a-
month, and there is some consolation
in that. Did you read that argument
of the attorney general on the gallon
a-month law? Read it, and just see
what sensible laws some of the prohi-
oition states have passed. Why, l no.
tice in looking over tnat argument and
resume of the various prohibition stat
utes, that in one state they permit you
to have a gallon a day, and then in
some you are permitted to have as
many as sixty pints of beer in month,
either in bottles or in kegs. Just think
what great prohibition state that is,
and it is right. The idea of permit
ting a fellow to have only a gallon Of
beer a month. Why, the proposition IS
absurd and ridiculous. Now, sixty
pints will sorter do, because that is
the average of two day. Of course.
tellow could not have any friends
with that sort of proposition, but then
he could be a little selfish and get
along with it tolerably we'll. And, you
know, tnat | am Dutchman enough to
believe that it would be better for the
human kind to drink two pints of beer
day, than to dope on coca cola every
day, as they are doing now.
And then I see where they are going
I TO regulate the temperature in cotton
mills and send an inspector out to see
that the law is enforced | was just
wondering how they would enforce
that law about stopping one minute a.
all railroad crossings. Wac will be
there to see that each automobile stops
one minute, or for that matter, stops
at ALL And they are proposing to
send an inspector around to see that
no one makes a false statement in Or
der to get free tuition in the colleges.
My, won't there be lots of jobs, because
they will have to send some fellow
around to see that the other fell
9ul FT1M 9IeqM puB 'G2np STU saopm OF
thing of making jobs end. 1t will be
sorter like that fellow said in his anger
about books-to the making of JOBS
there is no end. | was just wondering
who would be left to work to make
the money to pay the taxes with which
to pay all these fellows who are going
to get jobs. Well, now, wouldn't it be
nice to be in favor with the appointing
power, with all these jobs going the
rounds. and then l wouldn't care where
the money came from, just so it didn't
fail to come. But 1 promised not to
write anything about politics, and |
reckon | better keep that promise, for
when fellow gets to talking about
something of which he knows nothing
he soon finds himself lost. But do
read the papers little, and l just
can't help thinking what has become
of the common sense Of at least half
of the fellows tat we-or the people
send to the state house in Columbia to
make our laws. I reckon every fellow
feels that he must do something to
immortalize himself, and to do so he
must pass a law and have it tagged
the Jones bill or the Smith bill, or
whatever his name might be. Well,
it is all right. 1 don't blame 'em. l
reckon I'd do the same thing if I was
there. We are all built very much
alike, except 1 sometimes think 1 am
little more old timey-a little out OF
date, perhaps.
But talking about passing a law to
require automobiles to stop for one
minute at every railroad crossing, re-
no;nde ma that uo have in NeWberry