The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-06-04

need to do is to give attention to
those things over which we have do
iminion and try our very best to make
the world better and brighter and bet
ter for our having passed along this
way, for we are sure not to pass this
way again.
! WE'LL well, have you been over in
College street recently? The weeds
are ripe and high enough to NOW with
cradle. That wouldn't cost much
and as the college commencement is
coming on why not send man over
there and have this street made pref
ty and attractive and clean for the
: commencement week. Now, do it
even if it does rain little.
Speaking about street, of course the
theavy rains We have had recently
make it very difficult to keep the
streets in good condition but it prov
es one thing beyond peradventure and
that is the Importance Of doing per-
manent work. When the force goes
around filling up holes and cleaning
sout bitches only there is never an end
to the job and when thing is done
apparently nice it only takes good
rain to show that it was only tempo
rary. The city should do more per-
{ manent work even if it does leave a
e little debt for our successors. They
Y will be more able to pay it.
There will probably be a large
+ crowd Of people in Newberry next
, week from different parts of the
u u State. While I haven't a great deal
Il at stake want to venture little ad-
t vice. Say something good about your
5 town, your people, your schools, your
manufacturing enterprises. If you
have to speak of any of your neigh
= bors speak kindly and complimentary.
1 1t will make you feel better.
J., 1t certainly has rained and the
y streets are washed and in pretty bad
:, condition. 1t looks like another June
freshet.
It seems to The Idler that the
S change of schedule on the Southern is
: against the merchants Of Newberry,
, and so far as I can see there is abso-
| lutely no reason for the change. Un-
| der the old schedule the people from
up the road who wanted to come to
Newberry to trade had only about one
hour and forty minutes and now by
bringing this train from Columbia
forty minutes earlier it will give them
only one hour. Result: The people
at Chappells and along the road who
have been coming to Newberry and
who prefer to come here will 60 to
Greenwood and Ninety Six. Wonder
!if our merchants see the point and if
they will submit like lambs at the
slaughter. What is the matter with
the chamber Of commerce. ?
I heard the other day that some
fishermen caught a "cooter "a real
turtle in the mill pond at Singley's
mill so big that John Aull, Of Jalapa,
says that when they pulled the 'coot-
er" out Of the water the pond went
down eighteen inches.
Talking about rains and fish and
mill ponds and streets reminds me to !
ask why it is in so many properties
that no arrangement is made for
emptying the water in the streets or
caring for it after it gets into the
; street. You just go along any OF
these paved sidewalks and you will
see the water rushing over the side
walk like a cataratct. have not been
+. about much but it seems to me that
the water from the lots ought not to
rush over the sidewalks as it does.
VIII somebody who has been some
where tell me if that is the way they
do in other towns.
| The Idler.