The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-11-19
ACTING CHAUFFEUR.

Not exactly in the capacity of a
chauffeur either, but for the lack
of better title to what am going to
write 1 have adopted the words at the
head of this article, and I had no
other business except to hook up III
and take a friend. Somehow 1 seem
to prefer to do a favor and help a
friend, to doing my own work. / really
enjoy doing a favor to one who ap-
preciates it, or makes me believe that
he does, especially when there is no
monetary compensation for it. And
in this case am sure. the apprecia-
ton was genuine. I have heard OF
people who loved the dollar so well
that they could never understand
how any one could take pleasure in
any task in which there was not hope
OF monetary reward. And they are
the ones who generally have the dol
lar, but I feel sorry for them for as
rule the only pleasure they get out
of the dollar is the satisfaction Of
knowing they have it, and they do not
know how to spend it, nor do they
enjoy the delights of spending. Well,
will never be rich or be accused Of
boarding, but I am going to get all
the pleasure out of life that am eD-
titled to, or it won't be my fault, and
the greatest pleasure I find in life,
and have had rather varied expe-
rience, is in giving pleasure to others.
This is a little off the subject, but
A gentleman remarked to us the
other day that he did not know what
the newspapers would write about
now that the war is over, and thea
answered it himself, before I could
tell him that the trouble we always
found was not what to write about,
or what to put in the paper, but what
to leave out. His answer was we
could take trip and then write about
it. Maybe so, but as I have frequently
remarked there is no compulsion on
any one to read about these trips, and
there is always plenty Of other good
reading in the paper, personals, .
and various and all about" and a
xhole lot of other things that are
worth a whole lot more than we
charge for the paper, so if the trips"
become monotonous why just skip
them over, because we really love to
take a little trip now and again, and
then we love to tell the story. not in
any ego style, but somehow we see
so many things that please, and we
always love to write pleasant things,
and try hard not to write anything
that is unpleasant or that will sting
or hurt. Sometimes we can't help
just a little bit of that kind, but We
always try to be parliamentary. But
For several years now I have been
promising my good friend, that yet
eran rural carrier, Mr.. w. G. Peter
SON, Judge Peterson, as we call him
to take a round with him some day
and let him know just how III can
carry the mail. So on last Tuesday
evening I told him we would make
that trip on Wednesday, providing it
was not too cold and could get III
started. It was the coolest morning
OF the present winter, in fact the frs.
really winter morning, but managed
to scrank up" and after that we had
no trouble. At 10:30 promptly we
made the start. We got back about
three O'Clock in the afternoon, and
could have made the trip some sooner,
DuC~ tOOk II lSlSuiSay duu VIC nAouS es
stop or two and / wanted to see the
country and the farms and the crops.
And then I have never acquired the
speed lust.
Judge Peterson had been On the
sick leave for week or ten days on
account of some trouble with his
eyes. He has been riding this route
now for about seventeen years, IN
fact, is one of the Oldest in point OF
service of the rural carriers in these
parts. The first route in this county
was from Slighs, and it was among
the first to be established. Mr.. Peter
son is riding the first route establish
ed from this postoffce. It was real
pleasure to observe how proud the