The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-02-08
A GOOD ORDINANCE.
Numbers of Country People in City
Monday.-Commendad City Coun-
cil.-Gives More Room.

A good deal has been said about
the ordinance passed by the city
council prohibiting vehicles standing
on the square in front of the OLD
court house and in certain streets.
There has no doubt been more said
about this than ought to have been,
and in talking about it no doubt many
! wrong impressions have gone abroad.
It was never intended by the city
council, as We understand it, that
this ordinance should in the. least
interfere with wagons topping IN
the streets for the purpose Of Load
ing or unloading. It was possibly
mistake for the city council to
have put in the regular ordinance a
provision that only ten minutes
should be consumed by wagons IN
loading or unloading. This provision,
however, has been stricken out, and
as the ordinance now stands there
is no limit Of time as to, the stopping
of wagons and other vehicles for the
purpose Of loading and unloading.
With the provision stricken out
there can be no reasonable objection
to the ordinance either by the mer-
chants or the people, who come to
town from the country.
The city council has provided a
wagon yard in the rear Of the opera
house which makes ample provision
for the hdtching. Of teams and the
placing Of wagons and buggies.
The purpose is, as The Herald and
News understands it, in prohibiting
the hitching and standing Of teams
in the space mentioned iu the Or
dinance, Of having these streets clear
so that persons coming to town, and
going out Of town, or passing through
town could do so conveniently and
without having the streets blocked
as they frequently ~ere with bug
gies and teams standing for hours
at time in this narrow space.
! The Herald and News is satisfied
! if the merchants and others will lay
! aside all prejudice and look at the
ordinance In a reasonable way that
there can be no objection to it what
ever.
! The city council ought, however,
at the same time provide the coping
around the square IN front Of the
old court house so that the civic as
sociation might take hold Of the
building Of a pretty little park in
this vacant space. It is hoped that
! the, city council will do this at as
early a date as it could practically
be done, and that the civic associa-
tion will undertake the improvement
Of the plot Of land. There are too
many other things which need the
attention, Of the progressive business
men Of this community for them to
waste time protesting against an
ordinance, which is meant for the
best interest Of the community and
J for the people, who come here to do
their trading,
Numbers Of people from the eoun-
ty who we're in the city yesterday
and saw for themselves the advan-
tages Of the ordinance were compl-
mentary to city council for having
passed the ordinance. It is good
one.
Good Results.
A runaway horse with a dray
Monday morning caused some excite
ment by taking, the length Of Main
street. Owing to the recent ordi-
nance the street was not blocked, al
though there was a large crowd in
town being salesday, which saved a
serious and possibly fatal accident,
as Mr.. Henry D, Boozer, driving lei
surely along in his buggy, was met
by the runaway. Mr.. Boozer had
time and room to partially to get out
the way but nevertheless was thrown
from his buggy by the collision, for
tunately, receiving no injury, how
ever.