The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-01-05
9 o 9 o q o @ o o q o 3 o 9 . q o
THE IDLER.
o g. . 9 o 9 @ o q o o y o . o "

g. 9 o 9 9 o q o o y o . o v
read a book few days ago IN
which paragraph appears that IS
rut down as the creed or philosophy
or religion Of one Of the characters
and in this paragraph he expresses
his creed in four words. The para
graph reads like this:
"At eighteen he had delevoped a
philosophy OF four words. 1t took the
place of the Golden Rule, the Ten
commandments, and the Catechlsm.
1t was: Mind your own business.
Now, that is a pretty good philosophy
but was thinking that somewhere
in that good book it is recorded that
in a sense | am my brothers keep'r,
and that so long as We live in the
present state and have our social
feelings and dispositions there must
be some sort of fellowship. | have
to from time to time tell what think
should be done, and sometimes l know
just how it should be done, and fre-
quentiy it seems to me that l can do
it so much better than the fellow
who is on the job, that l only have
longing to tell him how it should
be done, but there is also longing
to do the job for him. Now. that may
not be considered minding his busl-
ness. If this philosophy refers to the
fellow who is only meddling and try
ing to run the other fellows job JUS!
because he thinks he is smart, then 1t
is good philosophy. But it is not
bad for fellow to keep those four
little words in his book of creeds,
but | would not like to make them the
whole show. But this is not what
started out to write this time.
+ think this is a good time of the
year to start a movement in this town
for closer fellowship and closer
union of all interests of the communl-
ty. We should be thinking about get
ting together. And We should be
thinking about helping to push the
old town along, and doing something
for the general welfare, and to help
by cooperation. This is mighty
hard place to beat in great many
things, and it is hard place to beat
in some other things that are not 80
good. l don't believe there is a town
in the State of any size that can beat
the good people Of this community in
entertaining and being nice to the
stranger when he comes to see us So
cially but when he somes to Us with
a business proposition it has ap-
peared to me that there is a cold
ness and this is true as among the
people who live here or it appears
to me that way sometimes. Of course
T know very little about it from ac-
tual experience. because I am no busi-
ness person and know nothing about
business or the art of making money.
But there are so many things that
would make this better place and
more attractive to the stranger, and
we don't have them simply because,
we cannot get our business men to
pull together. that l thought this
would be a good time for me to say
something along this line, and plead
for coming together and for more
cooperation in business way. Why
T was over at Greenwood little while
ago and I had heard about that Ore
gon hotel and no wonder they have
talked about it so much. 1t is peach
of a hotel, and if I was travelling
person and had to live in a hotel the
half of my life, I certainly would trav-
ell a good many miles to spend the
night there before I would stop at
some little cheap place with none of
the modern conveniences. Now. don't
you know, that this hotel is big as
set for that town. Why couldn't we
have one here in Newberry. I don't
care how much labor the good people
who are operating these things in
Newberry put on them. with the build
ings they have they cannot offer the
inducements to the travelling man that
are offered in place like Greenwood.
for instance And I have no doubt
that the gentlemen who are operating
the hotels in Newberry furnish just
as we'll cooked and served meals as
the Oregon. 1t is not the cooking o"
the eating that attracts so much as
the conveniences that go with a mod
ern and up to date hotel.
o.
Then we should have chamber of
commerce or some sort Of organiza
ton that would look after these things
and get the people to work together
just a little bit for the general wei-
fare. Don't you think so, Mr.. Busi-
ness Man 1t would be one way to
get the people together and to work
for the general welfare. You know,
that's a good word, general welfare.
Had you ever thought of it. II not
stop and take thought. 1t will do
you good. I would like to form some
sort Of club-no, there are people