The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-03-12
THE IDLER.

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We hereby grade the South Caro-
lima legislature seventy-fivc, seventy
being the lowest mark which VII. pass.
The Tennessee legislature gets a
mark which it we're the part of kind
ness TO leave unmentioned. North
Carolina legislature takes the high
est honors Of any Legislature here
abouts in years.
I read the above in a copy Of the
Charlotte Observer which recently
came into my hands. I would like to
know what right the Observer has to
be grading tie South Carolira legis-
lature.
"There are two ways Of booming
town. One is to swell out the chest
and pirate about it's greatness AID eS-
aggerate its possibilities. That kind
Of boomer is either an idler on the
street corners Or he is looking for a
chance to snap up the unwary strang-
er that settles here,' so says the
Spartanburg Journal. There is an
other way of booming a town some
Of these street corner idlers have
and that is to "knock" everybody
who is trying to do something to help
the town.
The Abbeville Press and Banner
thus throws off on Newbery in our
efforts to enlarge our school facili-
ties. Our people are going to build
a new school but sometimes I think
it would have been better for New
berry, to have stood to the $4,000 pro-
position and left out Of the building
proposition the levy of two mills for
maintenance and left it to future ac-
tion. You know we have no whiskey
money but have to dig down in our
jeans for what we get. I am glad to
see Abbeville building. But hear how
tine Press and Banner talks about us:
IA little town like Newberry pro-
poses to build $4,000 school house
and yet Abbeville in all her pride and
greatness is asked to vote bonds for
$4,000 school shack.
"Abbeville being first class town
needs no $4,000 shack. Let us have
a good school house or none at all. We
believe a Western city, (Cincinnati)
has built a million dollar school house.
Abbeville could hardly build as ex-
pensive a house as Cincinnati has
built but our pride ought make us
build at least . $4,000 school house.
We ought to be ashamed to build a
cheap school house,
"Human life is the greatest of the
nation s resources. But the Ameri-
can people, as a whole, hold it cheap
ly," says some one. Improvement
in general hygienic conditions is
lengthening life in Europe at the rate
of seventeen years in a century. In
Prussia maximum increase Of twen-
ty seven years has been shown.' And
yet in this country and especially in
Newberry, South Carolina, we do pay
but little attention to the simple laws
of hygiene. And especially to those
we could no easily observe. One IS
that Of cleanliness. We throw all
sorts Of stuff in the streets and scat
ter it to the winds. Very few keep
their premises as they should. It
would be so easy if every one would
consider himself and herself COM
mittee of one to see to, these little
matters which conduce so materially
to health, happiness and Life itself.
They do say that I Was mistaken
about the beautiful green grass and
walks on the grounds at the new court
house but it is positively asserted as
a fact that can be demonstrated that
Supervisor Feagle has solemnly prom
ised and is firmly bound to bring. the
chain gang to Newberry just the very
moment the Chappells bridge is. fin
ished and have the grounds laid out
according to plans made by the Civic
Association and the grass planted.
These grounds belong to the county
and their condition is standing re-