The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-04-21
INDIFFERENCE AND MORALITY.
(By L. H. Smith.

WOriu 8 history tnan one can imag-
inc. To my mind they are more dis
astrous in the physical and spiritual
life Of mankind than famine, war;
disease or pestilence.
These evil spirits, through the law
OF heredity, from the fact that we
do not accept Christ while young,
sasten their poisonous fangs into our
lives. and as result, individual, ma
tional and world life suffer greatly,
and the fact, that its work is SEEM
ingly slow and silent is unobserved.
Indifference upon the part Of Adam
and Exc to Gods command in the
Garden Of Eden entailed untold suf-
fering upon mankind. Every indivi-
dual born into this world has to COM
bat with this gigantic evil. 1t is dis
cerned in our lives while quite young;
thus robbing young life Of that
which should be sweet and sacred,
for in childhood We lay the founda-
ton for the future life and the law
OF nature demands that the structure
become heavier as one grows older.
And II, indeed, the foundation is not
securely laid this structure must
crumble and fall
At the tender age of SIX to eight
room, indifference to the teachers,
piaymates and parents becomes prom
1nent and as we grow older it becomes
a component part or a second nature
in our lives. We become Indifferent
to our own personal interest and that
OF our neighbor. We fail to speak
kind word to him, when a kind
word to our life and to the life of
cur neighbor would mean so much
We fail to smile when to our life and
to the life of our neighbor a smile
would mean so much. Not to the aes-
\ thetic only, but all life demands cour-
tesy and kindness, the rich, refined
and cultured alike. God demands at
Robert E. Lee, whose memory not
only the south but the world cher
ishes, soon after the war between
the States was riding on a railway
train surrounded by friends and ad-
mirers. The cars were crowded with
passengers, young mother with her
paby walked into the car in which
the General was sitting and it ap-
peared that there was not a vacant
seat in this car and the young mother
seemed to be unobserved by all ex-
cept General Lee. who upon seeing
her promptly offered her his scat.
General Lees friends and those
aboard very readily saw their ugly
and discourteous act and in his act
he gave those aboard severe re-
buke. DR.. Jas. H. Carlisle lives in the
lives OF more men of the state,
church and school room than any
other man ever born and reared in
South Carolina. He was one of the
most simple men in his life and char
acter the writer has ever known; the
most ignorant mountaineer or negro
in Spartanburg loved and respected
MIN because he was always so cour-
teous and polite. William E. Glad
stcne, England's great statesman, his
life and character showing him to be
one OF the worlds greatest and best
men, usually walked from his home
to his office once a day through the
principal street of London in order
that he might speak a few pleasant
words with the street cleaners
Through this ungodly spirit of in
difference We neglect our health. Wis
1T. II you please the leading hospi-
tails or the country, in which the writ
er has spent considerable time, and
you Will find hundreds of young men
and young women from twenty five
to forty five, usually refined, cul-
tured and people of means, who by
indifference to their health have
made shipwreck of their physical
HVes thereby uniting themselves for
further duties in life. To hear them
speak or themselves is heartrending.
seldom II ever you see one in the
hospital pass the meridian of life who
mas pracuced this great evil of in
uiIference as to their health I VEN
ture the assertion that not exceeding
ten percent of the deaths that occur
are from natural causes. Through
the remarkable discoveries of science
tnere Is no reason why we should
not live to be hundred years. Our
people are doing a great deal to i'm
prove the pedfgrees Of cattle, horses
and sheep but fear that our health
is not being given the proper atten-
tlon and 1t seems that we should en-
deavor to improve our health Just as
eagerly as We endeavor to improve
the animals Of a lower degree. The
SCHOOLS or our country in sending out
monthly reports 20 the parents should
nave space devoted to the health
Oh the child and marking him on this
Dranch just as he is marked on his
department. Should the child ever be
seen in the school room or on the
play ground with unclean hands. face
or unbrushed teeth demerit him and
II ne round with cirgarette punish
him with the black jack. This might
create an interest upon the part of
the parent and result in a healhy
pubic sentiment. The matter of
health is important. Science NAV