The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-07-13
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g0Od II Lney cOulQ get OIL IrOW uOme
for a little while and see what the
great, throbbing world without was
doing. I believe that Charleston would
be a more progressive city if some of
her citizens would occasionally come
little further west than Ashley
Junction. I believe that Newberry
would relegate her wagon yard at
least from the centre Of the business
heart of the city if we could take
some of our people on an excursion
to Abbeyile, for instance.
The new court house and city hall
in Abbeville were finished only less
than a year ago, and today in front
of the court house and city hall they
have cement walks and plots Of
ground parked off, and beautiful grass
and flowers and evergreens. In the
centre of the public square surround
ing the Confederate monument there
is miniatur park which is the work
of the Civic association. A citizen Of
Abbeville would be insulted it you
asked him if his towns wagon yard
was in the centre of the public square.
Newberry's grass brigade, unless
reinforced, can't last much longer,
and when the old brigade has fought
it's last battle and met its Waterloo
at the hands of General Green, with
his cohorts Of horses and COWS, then
we won't have any street force at
all. But unless Newberry takes some
affirmative action, the wogan yard
will be with US always.
7 have thought sometimes that it's
pity the grass on the new court
house lot is not as verdant as on some
Of the sidewalks.
But I started out to say chat the
Idler would like to hear some express
sions from our citizens who are going
to be in the next municipal primary
as to their positions or platforms on
municipal improvements. Let's hear
from you, gentlemen. i
notice that Mr.. Blease is against
the bond issue, but would favor build
ing roads by an annual tax. Serious
ly, does Mr.. Blease think we could
build roads as well and as cheaply
with a two-mill annual tax stretched
out over forty years. as we could Win
bond issue with a two-mlll tax over
forty years to take up the bonds? MI.
Blease surely knows that with the
bond issue, with the same amount OF
money we could build the roads now,
and be using them while we are pay
ing for them, while with an annual
tax stretched out over forty years it
would take US forty years to build
the roads, and then the likelihood IS
that we would have nothing but
patchwork. Would Mr.. Blease have
ATTEMPTED to build the new court
house with the same annual tax when
is now being levied to take up the
bonds floated by the act passed oy
Mr.. Blease?
Mr.. Blease wants a commissioner
from each township to handle the
people 5 money, and that commission
er named by the people. Was there
commissioner from each. township
to handle the bonds for the erection
Of the new court house, and were the
! commissioners named by the people?
Mr.. Blease tells US that in levylng
bonds for building roads we will be
up against the same kind Of propo-
sition we we're up against in voting
bonds for building some railroad
which we have never yet got Were
we up against that kind of PROPOSE
ton in building the new court house?
We have an elegant building, and MIR.
Blease deserves gerat credit for going
ahead and bonding the county for its
erection, even without referendum
TO the people, and the commissioners
gave the county one Of the incest
court houses in the State,
AS the Idler said last week, howev-
er, the country people are the ones