The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-15
THE IDLER.

I have reached that stage IN life now
when I do not like to 60 into crowds
and I have always understood that
Newberry was famous for the crowds
who 60 to the depot to see the trains.
but I happened over there a few
nights ago and I want to say that
in my judgment there should be more
light around the station. We now
have night trains and there should be
enough light to let people see which
way to 60. Then it would be pro-
lection against accidents and besides
would be a good advertisement for
the city. There ought to be an arc
light somewhere in Friend street.
Maybe there is one there but if there
is it was certainly not lighted the
night I was around there and this
was in the early evening, too.
I read the following, somewhere
not long ago and it contains a great
truth which I believe sometimes
might be applied to our own COM
munity:
1.-THE man who grows up in his
native town is regarded as boy by
his elders until he is well started
down the declivity Of life that ends
in a hole. The stranger who comes
into a place is more often pushed to
the front than the young man who
has grown up with the town. This
is the reason why so many young
men become dissatisfied with home
surroundings and long to cast their
lot in other quarters.
Many Of our young men have left
town since I have lived here, even,
and have gone elsewhere and achieved
success. Some Of them might have
| done we'll h.re, but it is too often
the case that we do not give that en-
couragement to our own young men
that We should. We ought to wei
come the stranger but we ought also
to be fair and just to our own.
1t was some wise man who said a
man is not without honor save IN his
own country. Or was it the prophet
who was not without honor save in
his own country. Well, it was some
thing like that. Anyhow, let US en-
courage our young men to stay with
US and give them every opportunity
to do something and be somthing.
What I want to see is our young meD
| sticking to the farm instead Of COM
ing to town and standing all day be-
hind a counter and measuring calico
and scarcely getting enough to pay
board. There is money in farming
in this country with cotton at pres
ent prices, and when you can grow
corn like Mr.. Hipp there is money
in growing corn. And just think
Of the independence Of the life on
the farm. But the country life is 60
| ing to be the ideal life that thes city
dudes will be seeking before long.
Farming will soon be classed among
the learned professions, for it takes
brain work as we'll as muscle to
make a successful farmer. Great
progress is being made in methods
and the farmers are studying their
business more than ever before. This
is as it should be.
If the spinners don't get the price
of cotton down before the first of
November the jig will be up because
the farmer vii bv that time have his
bank noto naid and he can be master
If he ~:t"~tion. He can sit down on
the lid and say this is my cotton and
f ro~ IT It vou must pay my
price or t viii stav here. The spin
ner hid better tackle the cloth mar
ket this ~oar and bull it if he can t
make ""oet 1T present nrices of
cotton g. d. no. be'ieve it is 90
inc en- lower this season. But if |
were Mr.. Farmer T would sell it just
as fast IS ! could get it ready for
market so long as prices ranged
around where they are now. It is
so much better than the producer has
averaged in so long a time that he
will forget the crop is short. And
then they are paving a pretty good
pric for cotton seed, too.