Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-10-19
CELEBRATE THE DAY.
Hermann Park to Be Formally Opened in
the Near Future.

tne NEAR E'uGuros
Those who are familiar with the
associations, traditions and history
surrounding the early growth Of
cities, cannot, in the face of evi-
dence, fail to recognize in Colds.
boro an atmosphere of substantial
progress.
The stranger in our midst shat.
ters precedence to superiority; the
ring of the coin on the counter,
the will to live and to let live, an6
the bursting cocoon heralds oul
municipal greatness. Time will
be when even poor men in Colds
boro will have a street number,
instead of living, as we now ex-
press it, in front of Mr.. Brown,
or in the rear of Mr.. Smith. So it
is. local names fade away, and
little by little the hamlet becomes
a town, the town city.
There was a time when the Big
- ,cu uIvidad Ite town 10 more
ways than one. Those who lived
on the west side affirmed that the
water on the east side was im-
pure, etc. Those days of local
prejudices have happily passed,
and the citizens of Goldsboro are
unit in the upbuiIdlng, beautiey-
ing and progress of the city. With
the passing away of old fogyism,
the Big Ditch is likely to lose its
identity. Instead of it being a
menace to the town, as hereto
fore, it is proposed to direct the
course of the stream by means of
a hydraulic ram to a cemented
basin in Hermann Park, thence to
stream east of the city.
The improvements being in
augurated at Hermann Park are
indicative of refined people. The
tender admiration which embalms
the name of Keats is alike asso-
ciated with the idea of park.
The poem which commences his
earliest published volume was
suggested as he sEloitered by the
gate that leads from the battery
ON Hemstead Heath to the field by
Canewood." A park is a lover s
dream; the sad, the humorous and
the meditative stop there to OBJ
serve and muse, and children plead
to stay. There is, indesd, some
thing genially picturesque about a
mill, as Constable's pencil and
Tennyson's muse have aptly DEM
onstrated; there is an artistic mir
acle possible in sculptured gate,
as those of Ghiberti so elaborately
evidence; science, poetry and hu-
man enterprise construct light
house; sacred feelings hallow a
spire, and medi@ val towers stand
forth in noble relief against sun
set sky, bat around none of these
familiar objects cluster the same
thoughtful human associations
which make a moonlit city square
attractive to the sight and mem
ory.
ga PARK FOR GoLDsBoRo."
Twelve years ago, the forego-
ing words were the headlines OF
an article IN the ARGUS announc.
ing that Messrs. III. We'll & Bros.
had donated to Goldsboro site o1
Is acres for apark, and the ARGUS,
as ever with face towards the
morning, proclaimed that the time
would come when the people
would point with pride to tht
beautiful park>Hermann park,
on the suburbs of Goldsboro.
Many of our friends smiled ant
shook their heads, "the very idea, >
said they, sof a park for Colds
boro.o
And for long time the. clouds
did almost obscure the sun, but
some of our people never lost
faith year by year a little hal
been done towards forwarding the
work on the park: but the presen
Board of Aldermen took a bold
and decided stand in favor of tn,
park, and by their wisdom il
making an. appropriation they
inspired our people with faith ane
confidence in GA PARK FOR GoLDs
BoRo. =
Every park had beginning.
and nearly every one began in |
small way.
Hermann Park Is now fixet
fact lrpadv if ia handaom,