The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-22
HOW TO Kill T;NIE
WITH CREDIT 70 YOURSELF

Does time han "h@.VE Q cr .'3Ai

hcad?' Do you &c. Ike y2u c2n !
know what to do? T&ea = . "arh.
get at something, 1eccm> oUsE, !et
the idle hands be occupied. There is
nothing Ike wor!: Ter those n tsor-
bic, cit&cr Of body o. mind. W@r!.
does not kill; it strengthens, II heals,
it brings contentment &h3 happiness.
Work makes . man for&eJ MS rgo0-
bIes. An Idle man has ,jMe . brood.
Piungc into work and keep &~.S. H."
some men can leaf all Gay long, cv-
cry Gay, is more than tn S writer can
understand. he would 70 cay #
he had to be idle all the time. sven
if he were wealthy and cu1iJ Is of.'
10 Loaf ne would get into soma kind
CT business. 1t is d puzzle hoW some
Ioafers l;ve-those who dent seem
to have any visible means of sup
port. The chronic loafer talks.
The happiest people are those wh5
have to work; sometimes they don't
know it, but it is so. When tbs &c
porter lived in Charleston he would
often stroll down to the battery and
the docks at dusk. 1t would he. 2t
about the time working men wee 81
their way home FOR the night. Gem
ing in with their fishing boats were
the 'to;lers OF the deep" wao had
zen cut with their tackle. They
would sing as their boats glided owes
the water and Their sails or oal5
brought them neafer home. The nu-
sic Of Their voices floating over the
deep was sweet to the listening ear
upon the shore Those men were
happy; they worked, and they were
going rhome TO rest.
It takes tired man to enjoy rest;
a ioafer never feels that enjoyment.
These men singing on the water had
something to make them feel good;
they had the satisfaction that comes
from q knowledge Of duty done, and
they had something to look forward
to-s'the light at home" Some Of
YOU know what It is: 7The light al
home, how bright it beams, when ev-
eni1g shades around Us fall, when
through the lattice far it CLEANS, to
love and rest and comfort call"
What does the loafer know Of such
rcst?> How could he appreciate it?
Hence the advice here to pitch in and
SO to work. Quit murmuring and
complaining. The busy man has no
time fer pessimism-that's the loaf
er's job, the idler's task, whether it
be ''the idle rich" or the idle poor.
Generally the working man is the op-
tin1ist, that is the contented work
ing man, the man who realizes that
the prayer, "Give me neither poverty
nor riches was a just prayer; be-
cause he knows that riches within it
self can never bring happiness, and
that poverty, however respectable, is
very inconvenient.
But sometimes it is hard to Keep
from complaining, when you turn
from the suffering in your own home
and see the happiness in another
home. Although you realize that
things could be worse with you and
that you have been told that others
have it just as hard or worse, still
you can not understand why your
loved one should be allowed to suf-
fer while others, have their cup Of
happiness flied TO the brim, day af-
ter day, month after month, year af-
ter year. But on the other hand, even
as "each heart knoweth its own sor-
row." and doesn't know of the sor-
row Of other hearts, and as every
man thinks his lot is the hardest be-
cause he can not see the hard lot Of
others, it may be, as many believe,
that "there IS divinity that shapes
out ends" after all.
Then, again, it may be that to
those who are having their feasting
and riotous living now, there will
surely come time when they will
call on eveh the rocks to hide them
from the w"ath that shall overwhelm
them as a storm sweeps with it's ac-
cumulated fury and engulfs the vic
tins in its relentless course Of de-
struct:on; that there will iome a time
when there will be an end to many
Belshazzar feast and the scenes Of
Sodom and Gomorroh be reenacted
nearer home; when those who thus
Give, and every fear is calmed,'
shall die and wake in, he'll, not only
doomed h1S damned"