The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-05-10

would not come as they do. Come on,
Eastside, you are welcome, are the
words of Mr.. Zach Wright on OPEN
ing night; if he did not mean it don't
you know him we'll enough that he
would not have said it. Of course
he meant it. Now let me tell you it
will take. you a long time to get a
park on Ragtside as the one In West
End. You will have to write more
than one pleading letter. Think Of
the beautiful green grass with flow
ers planted in and about it blooming
all the year round, then the beauti-
full fountain, the skating rink where
hundreds Of people enjoyed them
selves last summer and some have
this year, the rustic bridges and
seats, the swings and the see-saWs
for the children and young folks,
then last, but not least, the lovely
grove Of mock oranges and the beau
tiful shade trees that were set out by
Mr.. Wright and Mr.. Rome Franklin,
who has been very faithful since the
beginning of Willowbrook. Now you
/ ask Mr.. Wright what it has cost to
put Willowbrook where it is and you
will see how long it will be before
you will have a park like it. Your
park, the spreading and three-legged
stool suits some people and you are
one Of the crowd.
Now don't ask for special Of
night as you have, any more, Mr..
Idler. Seems like to me that you
don't want the people of Eastside 70
mingle with the factory people as
they are called by some people. Now
you are old enough to know that one
person is as good as another in the
sight of Almighty God. Factory are
class of people who have to work
every day for their living and they
get it honest: if they did not they
would not stay at the mill long, espe-
cially the Newberry mills, for they
are operated by men who are men.
|'Not in my mind only, but in the
minds of all of the operatives.
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Now come all let US all be together
at Willowbrook. If you don't I am
mighty afraid that you will not get
that off-night that you so long for.
Do all you can for that Y. NJ. G. A.,
Mr.. Idler. It will be a great help to
the people and the city. When you get
it invite Uncle Eli over and that
will mean West End; but I will tell
you before you start if we can't come
some night when Eastside ise there,
we don't want any of-night, for
! we are always glad to enjoy togeth-
er as much as possible agree with
you, the old court house would be a
very good place for the Y. M. C. A.
| Let it stand as land mark to New
berry county. Now. you may think
that I am a little off tonight, if you
don't, 7 know there are others who
do, for It is hard thing to write Ito
please every body. So ia ia to OFF,
night, but come when you feel like it
for all are welcome. Yours,
Uncle Eli.
Now, then. No, T never expect to
get tired of writing about that PARK
until it comes and then will have
to brag about it and tell of the nice
| purposes it serves, just as I have
been doing about Willowbrook,, and
as Uncle Eli is doing now. And l
am going to see Mr.. Wood first, toe,
and I am going to ask him what be
/ thinks about a park; and I see the
! chamber of commerce is inviting
some one from Anderson and Abb
vile and Greenwood. I am going to
ask them about it, too, if can get to
see them, for T am told there a"c
beautiful parks in all of these towns.
I think I heard some one say that
the representative coming from An
derson, or rather the secretary of
the Anderson chamber Of commerce,
was a Mr. Carpenter. Seems to me
that is the name of the editor Of a
paper in Anderson called the Daily
Mail. I hope he is the same. I See
that paper occasionally and it is a
pretty good paper for country tow1
like Anderson. If they can have nice
little parks in these towns there is
no reason why we should not have
a great big park in Newberry.
When I was talking about an of.
night at Willowbrook I was not
thinking for a moment that Eastside