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THE ENTERPRISE.
ESTABLISHED 1S65
J. N. SNOW, Editor
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Entered at the Postoffice at Covington, Ga., as second-class mail matter.
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IS The Evil of Idleness.
A human being was made for work. Work is the law of
life. There is no way by which a being such as man can come
to strength and maturity of faculties other than by woik.
To idle is to antagonize nature and court destruction.
Time is about the most precious gift to man. The misuse
of time is a most daring contradiction of nature. At heart the
idler is an outlaw and nature has so decreed it.
‘‘By the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat bread” is a
law man cannot break without suffering the penalty of hunger
both of body and soul. One of the saddest things we have to
witness in this life is the growing up of boys and girls in idle¬
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ness too often observed about us.
Why should a boy or girl he exempt from work whether
! I rich or poor? Does nature make an exception?
To see a bright hopeful child by idleness come to naught
is a wild tragedy too frightful to contemplate. It is terrible
to be lost by any means but to lose one’s self through non¬
development is a travesty that even the brutes do not appre¬
ciate. To make the best use of time the child needs con¬
stant guidance and a strong hand to lead.
What is a parent for but to train up his offspring for the
highest good to society? By what right, moral or legal, do
parents allow their children to idle and rove and waste them¬
selves till they become a public nuisance and a menace?
The father of a boy is not guiltless if he becomes so ab¬
sorbed in business that he does not know his boy’s where
abouts day and night.
Trying to “keep the wolf from the door” loses its poetry
and romance when the boy is on the streets a victim of a more,
destructive beast than the wolf—a beastly self.
There certainly must be work to do in a world where na¬
ture says it shall be done, Then put the idling boys to
work and keep them off the street, It is better to work with
out p*y than to pay the price of loafing.
No boy in Covington need idle. Read good books,
learn some good trade, get ready for living a true and happy
life. As Mrs. Browning says, “Get work, get work, for be
sure ’tis better than that you work to get.”
Public opinion has the winding sheet ready for the boy
who idles. A cattle dealer proposed to give a minister fifteen
dollars to save his wayward boy when he was scouring the
country buying two-year-old steers at eighteen dollars a head.
How much is your boy worth?
“Paying Up ’
The first of each month reminds us that something is re
quired of us by others. We owe bills we are expected to
pay and it is our duty to pay them.
It is poor business to put off the payment of bills, cow¬
ardly to run from them and dishonest to repudiate them.
Why should we make bills if not to pay them? After they
are made what good are they except to “pay them off?’ What
are obligations for but to meet them?
Duty is something due. We owe something to every
human being we chance to meet with along the journey of life.
When we start out in the morning for the day’s work we
should remember our duties to the many we meet as well as
to the loved ones at home.
Our duty in life is not simply to make a support for those
directly dependent upon us but to lend a helping hand to
others who may be going down under a strong wave call¬
ing for our help.
A kind word, a look of sympathy—a token of confidence
— may kindle light in the darkened soul just ready to give up.
It is not always the poor management of the business man
that r-Mcpc bis failure. Poor collections may J ruin him.
railing to ^ct what is DUE he goes under when both
head and heart may be right.
So in life the worthlessness of that class we are disposed
to neglect and scorn may be charged largely to the fact that
we have not paid them what we owed them of the milk of hu
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man kindness If they had what was-due them, may be they
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would ’“pull through.'' !
Don’t disdain to extend a helping hand to a belabored
soul whom , the . waves of r adverse j circumstances • rush
upon are
ing. It is of merit . to succeeu , in . business^ . win . applause and
acquire fame, but life’s greatest achievement is to pul! a
human soul out of the mire and put a song of hope in his
throat.
When you have paid your monthly bills and they have
been receipted, don’t think that is all—you owe something
more.
Having the Eye to See.
The majority of human beings have defective mental vis¬
ion. We do not see things as they are wholly. We see
only from our individual view point. No two persons ever saw
the same rainbow because every eye has its special track along
which it travels to the falling raindrops, Limited mental vis
ion dooms us to fallibility. No person can speak with abso¬
lute knowledge of persons or things.
This fact should make us exceedingly careful and
when we are about to express an opinion concerning
There are always two possibilities to dispose of before we
honestly frame our minds for condemnation of another’s acts;
the act may not be bad and our mental vision may be
ive. It is time enough to condemn when we know.
Having the eye to see the good in others is one of
marks of human greatness.
It takes a large soul to patiently seek for the good
often lies hidden within a rough exterior. The course
may cover a fine heart which the boorish mind would
discern. Dr. Johnson’s servant came into his presence with
covered head when the crowned heads of England stood bare.
The seeing eye looks through the rubbish and discovers the
man beneath. Happy is he who has capacity to see.
There are remedies for most every ill of life and we may
correct our defective vision and improve our mental eyesight
wonderfully if we will. As Emerson says, “We see only what
we have capacity to see.’* Newton and his dog both saw the
apple fall. The great philosopher saw the law that gripped
the worlds and held them in place while the dog yawned
and fell again into sleep.
Let us make ourselves great by being true to the law of
life and the greatness of our brother will paint itself upon the
retina of our mental eye with the coloring of ihe rainbow.
The reason why we estimate others to be small in the great
struggle of fife is we are not large ourselves.
When we would set about to reform a world, first let us
MENTION OF MIXON
The Daily Doings of People in
That Section.
Dr. L. .T. Pharr, wife and son, re¬
turned Tuesday from Decatur.
Miss Speer returned to Covington
after a pleasant visit to her grand¬
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T, J. Speer
last week. ,
Messrs. W. E. Stowe, J. 0. Stanton ]
.and C. id. Gay spent one day last j
week in Uatonton on business.
D. P. Wilson, Jr., returned from At-j
lanta last week with a nice auto-1
mobile.
Last Monday Mr. J. L. Harwell made
a business trip to Covington.
A party of our cit izens went over t(
view the great darn a few days ago.
Those of the parry were Mr. and Mrs
U. Pi. Davus, Air. ... O. Stanton and
Misses Larue Carter and Mary and
Nelle Speer.
Mr. T. R. Porter and Dr. P. Wilson
Jr., made a flying trip to Madison
on Monday last.
Miss Mae Childs has returned home
after a visit of s . >rul weeks at So¬
cial Circle.
Several of our citizens are attending
the protracted meeting at the Metho¬
dist church at Mansfield.. Rev. C. C.
Jarrell is preaching some powerful ser
mons.
Mr. Brooks Nelson, of Eatonton,
was in our city last Sunday.
Mr. Eugene Aiken and daughter,Miss
Anna, attended services at the Meth¬
odist church here last Sunday morn¬
ing. They were the guests of Mr.
W. E. Stowe.
Mr. W. P. Wallace, o. Rutledge,was
in town on business Wednesday.
Mr. J. J. Clark stopped over in our
city a few days ago.
Miss Mollie carter, of Covington.
spent last. Friday with her brother,
Mr - J - J - Carter -
The walls of Mr. J. O. Stanton’s!
large rock and concrete warehouse
are nearin s completion.
Mr. J. .T. Carter is adding another !
story to his already pretv home. It
win a real handsome cottage when
completed.
Mrs. S. J. Simms and XTB. Simms
leave at an early date for an exten
sive visit north and east.
Mi ss Mary Dean Towers, of Mariet
* a - will reach Porterdaie this week
where she will be the guest ofMr.and
Mrs. D. D. Towers for several weeks.
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This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night, the day
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
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