The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-05-11

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righteousness about him and say this
park was not a good thing. If there
was one such, he wanted him to come
down and see the children play. lie
wanted the mothers to come and
bring their children and to sit down
and talk while the children played.
And he wanted the fathers, and all
the people, to come and enjoy them
selves. The only reward that lie and
ihe mill management hoped for was
that the mill people should enjoy the
park to the fullest extent.
At the conclusion Of President
Wright's remarks, the "Grand Ma
tional" was skilfully and excellently
rendered by the Newberry Concert
Band. This band has been in exis-
tence for several years, and is an ex-
cellent musical organization, and a
credit to the mill village.
The rendition Of the "Grand Ma
tional" was followed by a song by
the West End school, under the d.
rection Of Miss Laura Blease. The
children showed thorough training,
and their welcome song was rendered
with sweetness and volume, and they
followed it with the inspiring notes
of "Dixie.''
President Wright then introduced
DR.. O. B. Mayer as one who had al
ways taken an interest in the mill
and as a monument to whose gener-
osity Mayer Memorial Lutheran
| church now Stood
DR.. Mayer expressed his gratifca-
ton in the success Of so important
an undertaking. The conditions Of
modern life and the environments of
the present day, he said, made it al
most necessary that we should have
parks. It was estimated that in the
United States 100000 annually died
with consumption, and that in this
country today there were million
people affected with some form of
consumption The home where there
was the least sunshine, the least ven-
tilation and the least pure air was
where consumptive germ thrived.
Pure air and sunshine we're the best
forces for the destruction of the
germ. He proceeded further along
this Line, showing what great force
in the health of a community a park
can be made. There were never any
statues, he said, equal to the figures
Of a happy husband and wife sur
rounded by their children, and there
was never any music as sweet as that
of prattling children. The park, he
said, could only be Of benefit if it
was used, and he hoped the people
of the village would resort to it
whenever they had opportunity.
DR.. Mayors address was followed
by song by twenty-five young la
dies, which was rendered with feeling
and effect, and which was very thor
oughly enjoyed. The "Merry Wild
ow Waltz was rendered by the Con-
cert Band.
The next speaker was President j.
Henry Harms, of Newberry college,
who said that he would warrant the
assertion that there were lew people
in Newberry who realized what a
splendid park had here been built.
He spoke Of the need of such a park,
and of it's great benefits. He thanked
God, he said, that there were places
like this where the people could go
and be famed by the cool breeSes
and hear the singing of the birds
and be in the brightness and the
warmth of Gods glorious sunshine.
He paid a tribute to the ladies pres
ent, and said he hoped the park
would be a place for eourtship-
clean, high, honorable and pure. And
he hoped that it would prove to be
a place where friendship would be fos-
tered. Friendship and cooperation
were the needs Of the age, and long
may these parks Of the land, he said,
conduce through these to the bringing
about of that
lone far-otf divine event,
To which the whole creation NOV
the brotherhood of man and the fed
GRAFTON Of the world. He prayed that