Pocahontas star herald., 1924-01-25
Thrift Week

the nation the past week, is set aside
i'm commemora ion of the birthday of
Benjamin Franklin. Franklin was the
greatest exponent of thrift that the
world has ever known and his Poor
Richards Almanac" is filed with thrift
axioms that have stood the test of
many years. An editorial from the
Commercial Appeal says of the sub
ject:
We have had so many weeks dedi-
Gated to this or that purpose that
people have become accustomed to
them and pay little attention to them
as a rule. For some reason, IL seems,
we fail to comprehend that II matter
which effects the whole people can
have other than an Indirect effect on
the individual.
When we talk about fire preven-
tiOn campaign some of us are prone
TO regard it as scheme to make life
easy for the firemen, to increase divi-
dends of the underwriting concerns
and to preserve the property of some
one else. We should realize that fire
preyentiOn reduces insurance rates,
and in this way has direc, bearing
on the pOcketbOok of every one who
carries insurance or pays rent.
The busy man thinks of safety
week" as Il time set apart to warn
others against the danger of accidents.
our processes of reasoning along GER
tain lines are very peculiar. The av-
erage man. concerned with the every
day affairs of life, has sense Of
personal security. Daily he reads Of
accidents entailing loss of life or
bodily injury, but somehow it occurs
10 but few that they will ever he in
volved in such mishaps. II is the other
fellow who is concerned, who gains
or suffers,
hut Il should he plain to each of us
that thrift is something vitally af-
fecting the individual as well as the
whole community. 1t is the founda-
tiOn Of financial success, and even the
man who takes no thought of the high
er things of life is deeply interested
in his own financial success.
Back of every successful business
enterprise is some one who practiced
thrift, who planted the acorn from
which grew the mighty oak.
Too often the young man at the
threshold of business life puts off the
day of saving until n more convenient
season. He reasons that he is entitled
to his fling, and that in due time he
will begin laying aside something on
which to build business career.
Unfortunately the convenient season
never arrives. He cultivates the habit
of spending, and his prodigality leads
him TO excesses that not only bring
want, but sometimes disgrace.
1t would be well for every man,
especially the young man, If he would
fall in with the purposes of thrift
week.
Here are few of Poor Richards
aphorisms that are well worth con-
sidering:
Employ thy time well, if thou
meanest to gain leisure"
Trouble springs from idleness, and
grevous toll from needless ease"
"a little neglect may breed great
mischief. For want of nail, the
shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the
horse was lost; for want of a horse
he rider was lost"
"A man may. if he knows not how
to- save aS he gets. keep his nose all
worth groat at last
Think of saving aS well as getting
The Indies have mot made Spain rich.
HnaUse hnr uutEurs are greater than
Lur Incomes
Away .hD. with your expensive
Iu.Iims. and you win uut have =D much
nusn 200 complain of hard times, heavy
wu. auI unar-.aHIn families"
beware u. little expenses a small
Mn. win sink great ship"
"|.n.s make Guasts, and wise men
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.Gw what thou has. no need off,
wI ..a Iuu- rhau shalt sal Jhy5
"r.- foolish to- Iay ou money I'm a
purchase u. ..Hau.Hucr.'
"A uIu-Imau m his legs rs higher
.nm % gentleman uu bis knees"
Always taking ont OF the mcal-tuh
md never putting in. soon comes toI
the hrfum."
"T.s uasicr to suppress the first
desire ham l1 satisfy all that follow
&c."
'rudn w~Efas.rd with Plenty,
"mn0 with Poverty, and supped with
Iuwmr"
"nmU estates uaE venture more.
Hu little .nus should keep near The
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