The Hattiesburg news., 1909-09-06
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1909.
Circulation Double That Of Any
Other South Mississippi Paper
PUBLIC PLAY GROUNDS.

tI hdtlCoDdiS hao ah dufohea5C OhCl
many other cities of its size, and even
larger in its beautifully paved streets
and pavements, sky-scraping build
4 ings, ETC., but there is one thing that
!, every city the size OF Hattiesburg
ought to have that Hattiesburg has
not; and that is public play ground;
more commonly called public park.
Recreation is as necessary to health
5 and happiness as work Is. "All work
and no play, makes Jack a dull boy"
is as true as it is old. All work and
no play, makes men and women grow
old before their time. And in addi-
tion to all that, young people will have
recreation in some form or other, and
the proper thing to do, is to give 1t
"A them in its most innocent and
wholesome form.
Hamper Park. so long talked about,
ought soon to become a reality. Street
cars, within the next week or ten
days, will be running right up to it,
and the Park Commissioners are att
work now putting the park in order.
but they are short of funos. And
though the city is assured of a park,
unless additional money is forthcoming
from somewhere, it will not be such a
park as the people of the city may be
proud of. That difficulty is easy to over
come, and ought to be overcome. A
small additional tax levy could be
made by the city council. It would be a
small tax for the general good; such
tax as would not be felt, and which
would inure to the comfort and pleas.
nre Of all, and TO the credit of the city.
And 1t would give the city another at
tractive feature to advertise. And a
city mind You, to grow, must attract;
and 10 attract, must be attractive: and
TO be attractive, it must have some.
tnlng more to talk about than lumber
investments and other commercial In
ys7serests. For, great as the greed fol
gain Is, people are beginning to learn
N tnat there are towns and places where
tney can make money, and at the
same time have other advantages and
rney are becoming more and more dis.
crlminating in their choice of homes
4 y Is good investment, therefore for
All the people and for the general
good, every time the city council does
anything to make the city healthier
cleaner, more attractive in anv wav
q to homeseekers pr to the stranger who
may be passing through. For these
strangers pass the word along: and
every time good impression is
made, new advertisement is given
the city.
tiV'c pride is a great virtue; and
wnen the city and the commissioners
nave done all they can to make the
kpark comfortable and attractive. some
public spirited citizen perhaps will
hep along by adding some particular
ming Seats should be plentiful A
pavilion should be there, as a haven
3rom rain, for concert occasions. etc
There should be golf links and tennis
ceurts, and swings: and the manage.
ment should encourage clean attrac.
lions Of every kind. One very attrac.
uve feature would be skating rink.
Another one would be swimming
pooL These and other features will
sussest themselves, and men to lease
&hese privileges once the park comes
= reality. Win not be lacking.
g course care should be taken that
an'nsemsnt o. SHOW Or attraction Of