The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-07-27
THE IDLER-


The editor of The Herald and News
has turned over to me the following
communication:
"Friend Idler: | herewith claim
that enormous reward Of five cents,
which you have offered for Informal
ton concerning the one-man cart. l
found it on Wednesday on the corner
of College and Friend streets, busy at
work. Please ante up at once.
III. O."
The editor told me that he had al
ready paid the reward Of five cents
which I had offered, and also advised
me to come down street oftener.sWe ell,
l am glad the cart has been at work,
even if it did cost me a pretty good
sum Of money, and [ don't regret
having had to pay the reward. And
I have been down street since, too,
and the streets look better. There
never has been any excuse for dirty
paved streets and dirty cement walks.
The editor also told me that one OF
the ladies Of the civic association had
phoned him to tell me that the CIVIC
association realized that the cemetery
was not yet all it ought to be, but
that it took time to put through
movements Of this kind, and that the
association was going to continue Its
work in regard to the cemetery until
it was put in that cor lion which Is
| fitting for the city Of the dead. Well,
| am glad to hear that the ladies are
going to keep up the work until they
make it what it should be. The ladies
also. the editor said, told him to tell
me that they were going to look after
the fence, but that the matter OF en-
larging the cemetery was now being
agitated, and that they thought 1t
would be best to wait until this mat
ter was finally decided before they
undertook the work Of getting a new
fence.
The civic association can accom-
plish great deal for Newberry, and
Newberry needs great deal OF work
Of the kind which the association has
for its object. In the matter Of rele-
eating the wagon yard from the heart
Of the business section Of the city
they met with opposition, but even
the kickers will surely be at least
passive, and not actively oppose the
work of beautifying the cemetery.
And when that wagon yard is finally
removed from the public square, as
it will be some sweet day, some Of
these kickers who have kicked loudest
are going to be loudest in the shouting
which will follow the accomplishment
Of a great thing for Newberry.
That is great scene around the
old court house on Saturday for a
city of Newberry's size and progress
iveness. The square is crowded with
mules and wagons and negroes. The
flies swarm around and about the
mules, and the mules are kept busy
trying to fight off the flies with their
tails and trying to find straw in the
nearest wagon with their heads. The
negroes have deserted the wagons and
sought a shady spot in the protecting
shadow Of the court house, and are
peacefully eating water melons, and
! when they have departed and the
shades Of evening are falling the wa
ter melon hulls are left as reminder
of the beautiful scene presented to
the eye during the day.
The Idler used sometimes in his
! youthful days to desire to 60 to Rome
and to Athens and see some Of the
grand ruins that travellers on the
Continent delight to write about. But
what's the use, when right here at
home, in the public square, in the
heart Of the business section of the
city, we have a scene which takes us
back, back, back through the centu-
rieS, to time immemorial?
49,
Walking through Main street the
other day The Idler saw a negro with
a cap set jauntily on the back of his
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