Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-12-21
VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT.

s'l 30 Nan with tue nos WOulo
new have he n written Oar man
VITA the hue certainly IS not "suf-
feripg." He may be ''tracing the
stars and searching in the heavens
for 1nwer," but tee condition of
some localities in our town attest
the fac5 that be is not searching
for lonse paper, faathered fowls
AMI foul feathers. They lie peace
fully on the dull, gray face of this
thing "snat grleVe5 not and that
never hopes.'
Tire m q with the sprlnkl er IS a
diff oent sort of myth, be evident
" j ,es not believe IN the efficacy
of .prinkllng, for ne ha- tried 1T on
w Lat -treet. VIII our good
Ma T please have 1t 'mmersedE
(W 4 use the word III its y actIcal
sense } What We see out ardly IN
ever, Town is the product OF the
interior life and character of its
officials and EOuseholder-. A town
can OF he cleaner than the major
lty + Its citiZens desire 1t t be.
Submission 60 certain conditions
and -..rr findings has b, come SO
constant and unconscious that
when the possibility Of escape is
suggested, the idea is regarded as
a heresy in municipal ethics. It
is convenient to our indolent ma
lures to follow the lines of least
resistance. It is so much easier
to believe than to THINK that he
is dubbed foolish or eccentric who
dares approach with a new idea.
He is a true philosopher who SO
Anglers men that he forces them to
think. We would rather think with
the brain of a pullet than to glide
idly through the corridors of
time with the brains Of a Web
ster.
We can make the town as we
wish it, not the Woman's Club,
but the city officials and house
holders. The Club will do it's
work as individuals, having as
one of their objects an increase
Of knowledge, a development Of
civic pride and true patriotism,
that will lead every mother SO to
train her son hat he may in man
hood follow that political maxim
which is the basis of all true
manhood: "Render unto Caesar
the things that are C@sar's, and
to God the things that are Gods"
IF every mother educated her boy
to believe that his loyalty to God
and his country was the measure
of his manhood, municipal gov
eminent in this great nation
would not be, as it now frequent
1y is, a failure.
That is not the highest patriot
ism which is reused into activity
at the time Of war, or local cele-
brations. It takes more character
and self-sacrifce to defend the
country, and do ones duty three
hundred and sixty-fve days in
the year by exercising ones con-
science and moral intelligence to
help good government and right
public feeling, than it does to
grow patriotic once in thirty
years, or to march at the head of
a Fourth of July procession.
Civic life in all it's manifesta-
tions is studied because the wo-
men know that the home cannot
create the perfect conditions for
the child unless the local govern
ment is administered in the in
terest Of the home-the centre of
civilization. "The hand that rocks
the cradle is the hand hat rules
the world" The man Of brain and
culture knows, and readily &C
knowledges, to what extent the
power and influence of woman
has for ages wrought in shaping
the destinies Of great men and
nations; it is only in proportion
to mans W weakness and men
tai deficiency that he fears (ano
reasonably so) the supremacy O!
woman.
However" as Mrs. Poysel
says, "I'm not denyin' the wome1
are foolish: God Almighty made
'em to match the men,"
It is a pleasure to note the i'm
proved appearance of many 10
calities in our town, showing tina
the general interest which ha'
been aroused is bearingfruit two
fold. We trust each householde
will constantly bear in mind tina