The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-01
A Happy New Year.

A Happy New lear.
An individual at all times stands on the
dividing line between eternities. Behind
him lie the countless aeons since time began
incomprehensible and unreasonable in eX-
tent. Before him lie the countless aeons Of
time that stretch away to the end of time,
likewise incomprehensibe and Unreasonable.
But man thinks nothing of this dividing line
of eternities and considers the beginning and
ending of time only as the closing Of the old
and the beginning of the New Year, a pc
riod infnitesimal in the cycles of eternity
and small in the life of the individual. At
the passing Of the old and the coming of
the new year he takes a retrospect of the
past and a prospect of the future. He
charges off the books of life the failures of
the past and enters upon them the prospects
of the future. 1t is the time when he ac-
cepts the consequences of his mistakes and
appropriates the consequences of his success.
The failures are cast into the past. The sue
cesses are carried into the future.
The beginning of the New Year is the time
for taking stock of what has been done, and
laying plans for that which is to be done.
1t is the time when a new lease of determina-
ton and when conquest loom largest in the
distance. 1t is the time when the rudder of
the ship of activity and enterprise is set
firmly in its course towards the star of sue
cess. 1t is not only the place in the circle
Of the seasons when men take invoice of
their business, but when they take invoice of
their successes, their failures and their pros
poets. No one looks upon the future with
apprehension of failure. To every one today
is the beginning of a rose strewn path; the
ushering in of an era of success; the dawn
of a new day. To every one the clouds are
not only silver lined, but formed of silver
Man sets face to the future and passes the
compliments of the season with his fellows
These compliments are not inspired banal
commonplace, hackneyed or trivial. They are
the sentiments that fill his whole being.
So when The News, in keeping with the
spirit of the day, wishes its readers, business
patrons, friends and subscribers a Happy
and Prosperous New Year" it merely joins
the millions of others who, imbued with the
same spirit, greet each other with the same
optimistic salutation. The News extends the
| seasons compliments with the confidence thai
to each of those to whom it comes, to all the
! people everywhere and to itself the New
Year will be a happy and prosperous one
The clouds of despair, of discomfort and OF
gloom are cast into the eternity that is be-
hind. The individual singly and collectively
looks to the future with assurance that the
rOseate sunshine of a new day only presages
the brightness of the year upon which the
world is entering.
The New Years resolution may be broken
The New Years plan may fail. The New
Years hopes may be blghted. The New
Years dreams may become Nightmares. Blu
those who made them; those who hold them
those who dream them will be better off fo1
the effort. He who sets his compass for hil
desired part may be shipwrecked before hi
reaches its harbor. He who trains his gu1
on the stars may fail to disturb his objective
But he will come nearer reaching his destiny
i nthe one instance and his shot will 90
higher in the other than if he made no eff
| fort.
May prosperity and happiness come tt
every one who reads this message of The
News to its clientele. May the same things
come in equal measure to those who are not
part of that clientele. May the world for
get its gloom, its agones and its turmoil
in the happiness and prosperity of 1924.