The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-07-02

cuuld >uw q trW seeds which mi .hI
fall in good y:ound and bring forth
abundant fruit.
Tie creates, thing ! ind to criticize
Is. that if any man in tie community
starts out to do something for the
good Of the community, and that will
really help the entire citizenship.
there is always some fellow sitting
around who has nothing to do ready
TO say that the handspring Of action
is some selfish motive. L; has Il tell
dency to chill public spirit in a LOT Of
good people. If the vagrancy law Was
enforced and these fellows who have
nothing to do but to attend to other
peoples business and to question
other peoples motives, were put to
work at their own business, and if
they had none, were put on the public
roads MAYBE We could nave ltlle
more public spirit.
Now the real thing for the people
Of Newberry to do is to get together
and work for the advancement and
building up Of the community, and
if one of these chronic kickers gets
in the way why just run the Jugger
naut car Of progress right on over
him and let him lie there in the sun
and kick. He can't hurt anybody and
will soon kick himself to death.
Ain't it funny to hear the OBJ
jections raised to road building? 1t
really amuses me. [ don't care one
way or the other myself. What little
travelling I do is done on foot and l
can manage to get around through the
rough and holy streets of Newberry
fairly we'll in the day time, and |
scarcely ever have occasion to 60 ont
at night. But the fellows who Will
really be benefited by the building
Of roads object to the plan because
there isn't a member of the commits
sion from each township. What differ
ence vould it make if they were all
from Halifax so they were honest
men and good and careful business
men. The roads are what we ought
to want. But as [ said it makes no
matter Of difference to me whether
there are any roads or not, except
that as live and progressive citizen
at the age Of seventy-one, | am great
" interested in the advancement OF
nv native county, and I have heard
enough Of the world to know that
there is nothing that will so help to
do this as the building Of good roads.
but if those who will be most directly
benefited don't want them because
Mr.. A. or Mr.. B. happens to be on
the commission why [ am opposed to
them too, because I want to do what
is best for those most interested.
I have about made up my mind to
drift along with the current. It IS
much easier. Then to believe that
whatever is is best is happy state
of mind and one at seventy-one at
his next birthday should not be much
of an objector.
I passed along by Summer Bros.
grocery corner the other day and l
saw something there that looked a
little queer to me, and on inquiry l
was told that it was that one man
cart which had been ordered to use
in keeping the streets clean. Or rather
I should say the paved streets. l Won
dered if Mrs. E. NJ. Evans knew 1t
was here. It was her suggestion that
such a cart be purchased ana MAYOR
Langford bought it, I am told. 1t Is
now used to ornament the corner.
They say it has been there for
month or more. I didn't know it. So
YOU see how much l travel the
streets and how close an observer l
am. Really though why let it stand
there idle? Why not hitch a man to
il and see how it would work? What
is the matter with Mayor Langford
and the Civic Association?
I wonder if Superintendent Mon
roe Wicker is still cleaning out
bitches and cutting weeds. No, l
reckon he is filing up holes 50 the