The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-27


animal, but a mad dog is a mighty
DANGEROUS animal and should not be
allowed to have full sway on the
streets. I have not seen many OF
them loafng around, but now and
then YOU can run across one that is
not muzzled and then now and then
YOU see one with a leather string tied
around his nose back OF his teeth.
That may be the law or in compliance
with the statute. heard once OF
man who placed the muzzle on the
dogs tail, and when asked about 1t
said the statute said that the dog
must be muzzled but did not specify
where the muzzle was to be placed
and the muzzle on the tail complied
with the letter Of the law. You know
we are having so many laws now that
it really and truly requires a Phlla-
delphia lawyer to know just what the
law is.
Talking about roads, that is a tine
calculation that Mr. Wicker and the
Observer make about there being SIX
thousand hands in this county liable
to road duty or to a communication
tax. $4,000 Or $4,000 days from this
source for the public roads. Counting
1900 miles of public roads in the
county that is 80 days for one hand
on every mile of public road in the
county. That sounds pretty good and
must be good and true for figures say
so and figures don't lie. Sometimes,
though, they are powerfully misleading.
I dare say that some Of the roads IN
this county haven't averaged one hand
in thirty years. What we need is to
have our roads regarded and in many
places relocated before any money or
muscle either is put on them. 1t would
save in the work and in distance too.
But then it might be necessary to
make some fellows back yard front
the public road and that would never
do even though it saved that fellow
many a hard pull with his team and
shortened the distance considerably.
But what's the use, except Ijust can't
help talking about it.
This dry hot weather is a great
blessing to our street force and our
city fathers. 1t has been great help
to the grass brigade. It. is not near so
hard to keep the grass down.
By the way, I wonder when the
town is going TO build that cement
walk way between the new court
house lot and the Crotwell hotel. 1t
ought to be done before winter time.
With some nice rustic seats it would
make a nice place for the loafers to
while away the idle hours. And you
know, we must take care Of this IN
portant part Of our population as we'll
as the busy money makers. Get busy,
Mr.. Mayor, and Mr.. Aldermen. 1t
you can't keep the grass down and
the gullies filled in the sidewalks you
can build that walk way and provide
rustic seats on either side for the coin
fort and convenience Of those who
belong to the great idle class.
And that great idle class is much
larger than some of US imagine. Real
ly and seriously, though, I do think
that this walk way should be made
right away. We have waited long
enough. The supervisor took the
chain gang and beautifed the grounds
around the new court house and built
the sidewalk all around and the re-
tanning wall and | do most seriously
contend that. it is the duty OF the
city to do a little something around
this place to improve it. Why put 1t
off. We put off too much already. But
what's the use. These conditions
we're good enough for our granddad-
dies and they are good enough tor
r4, 1;1,o tho old time religion.
But this court house is a new under
taking Of this generation and with
out voting bonds, too, and leaving
great big debt for our children. we
borrowed the money from the Stale
and it may take twenty or thirty
wears to pay it, and at five per cen;
Al that. but it is no bond issue, and
don't YOU forget that point. So hur-
ry mp the building Of that walk way
The 1dler.