The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-03

tinY around I will be forcad 10 do.
Bul truly | would love to see old New
berry take a forward step. 1t wouid
du my old heart good. | have spent
my best energies in her behalf.
Away back vonder when | Was Il
boy | used to crave to be ar editor.
used to sit down and in my ima@lno.
ton | could see how nice it was to
have a free ticket to the concert or
the theatre or to the base bail
grounds or rather town ball for :has
was before the days Of base bal.
Then to have invitations to the pic
MICS and to be given the choicest Of
the good things to eat and to ride on
the railroad without buying a ticket.
And I used to read about those nice
trips which the editors took and how
they cot free meals at the hotels and
0, how I did want TO be an elltor.
But l suppose all those nice things
have been changed and low the e1itor
must put up the cold ca III for wha: he
gets just like the balance Of us Or
dinary mortals. ljudge that must be the
case from what [ see in some Of the
papers. Well if that is the case then
I don't want to be an editor. If he
can't exchange his space for some of
these good things without selling his
soul then I don't want any Of the ed
itor in mine. These are strange times
and We do come upon some mighty
curious things. But it will all come out
right, I reckon, when the accounts are
all in. And then its none Of my busl-
ness how anybody runs his business.
I just can't help talking about
roads. I want to see the country dis
tricts built up. Roads are the best
things to do this. I mean roads. Not
the paths which some people call
roads. I hope Newberry will take
hold Of the suggestion I see was made
at Laurens to build highway from
Columbia to Greenville via Newberry
and Laurens. Then from Newberry
to Greenwood. There should be con-
cert Of action. If the people who live
along this road will cooperate this
road can be built and I believe that it
can be done without voting on the
question Of issuing bonds. If it is
built so the automobile can go along
| it the OK and the mule and the ass
and the horse can 60 there too. Don't
forget that. Maybe if we could get a
road we could induce the city OF
|Newberry to do something to make the
treets passable. And Why not do it
now? Why wait until some other
route is selected and the main road IS
built around US. That is what we have
done on the railroad situation.
Alderman Green has got his bridge
in College street across Scott's creek
we'll under way and it will be ready
for use very soon. That's the way
to do things. Go ahead and do them.
Now let Alderman Green get in be-
hind that park for Newberry. If my
suggestion is not going to be adopted
and there is no prospect Of the dona-
tion Why not organize a park associa-
ton and get the land on either side
of the North fork Of SCOTS creek
from the railroad to the Calhoun
street and turn it into park. 1t
would make an ideal one.
The suggestion to take the old court
house for a Y. NJ. c. A. is good one
and do hope the plan can be put
through. It will accomplish the rest
room idea and the library idea and
the auditorium idea at the same time
be a great help to the young men OF
this community. Now hope there Will
be no knockers on this proposition,
but there will be unanimity Of action.
I cannot see where there Will be any
special privileges in this proposition
but look out if some fellow doesn t
find a scheme in it somewhere.
The Idler.
AS to Muzzling Dogs.
Has the ordinance relating to the
:,so,azlinn Of DOCS been Iepealed! i