The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-04-05

on the advantages Of cultivating the
aesthetic in our natures and the
study Of nature and the benefits to
be derived from communing more
with nature and thus getting nearer
to natures God.
By the way, what has become of
the promise Of Mayor Blease to put
that coping around the upper public
square so that the civic association
might beautify it and plant little
grass and few flowers. It will
not hurt trade nor will it drive any
body away from Newberry. No use
to wait for the bitulithic paving for
am afraid that is a long ways off.
Of course it ought not to be but 1t
is,
| I hope Mr.. Zack Wright will have
a big opening night at WilloWbrook
sometime soon and send an invitation
to some of the big men and women
on this side of town to go over and
| sea what can be done in a short time
| in the way of making a park. But
what's the use. Everybody is asleep
on the East side. I was once an op-
timist. I am now almost pessl-
mist. When a people become salts
fed with themselves there is dam
ger and hope almost departs. Stag
nation follows and stagnatlon IS
death.
T walked down West Main street
the other day. T don't know who
owns the property but if the n1c7
store room of Mr.. Klettner belonged
to me, I would Want to see those old
wooden shacks next to it down.
They are beauty spots on the street
and one or two of them have been
through a fire but could not burn.
What good is your fire limits If such
old buildings are permitted to stand
menace to other property and no
benefit to the owner. But this is none
of my business and I reckon l had
better say nothing about it.
Were the sidewalks swept last Sat-
urday night? It was a beautiful
Easter day on Sunday, and all the
churches were filed but how much
better every one would have felt, If
as he went to church, the sidewalks
and streets had been neat and clean
and the yards beautifully kept.
Next week the great B.-P. conven-
ton will come to Newberry and what
a fine impression it would make on
the stranger if he could see pretty
flower yards with green grass and
blooming flowers and clean streets
and sidewalks. 1t would give aim a
good impression and he would 60
away saying nice things about us. It
would be so easy and take so little
effort if that effort were a united ef-
fort. Cleanliness is next to Godl-
ness" Somebody said this, IF We
had clean streets and sidewalks we
would soon have clean and neat
yards, but with the bitches and gul-
lies and lapsided eurbing in many
places, there is not much inducement
or incentive to beautify the yard.
This is only a suggestion and I have
no particular yard or street. or side
walk i'm my mind and do not intend
to be personal, but hope everybody
will take the suggestion to mean
him and proceed to sweep.
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And the NeMtbeerry supervisor is
going to build that capital highway.
Keep right in behind him now and
get to work on it. It will be a great
thing to have at least one good
road running clear through the coun-
ty. 1t may lead to others. [ thought
the one mile Of government road
might lead to Others, but from what
I hear it looks as if an effort was
made by neglecting this read when
it should have had attsAheh to dem
onstrate that it was a failure, but it
didn't work for they say it is still a
good road -: -.
-. FfS Weather is getting too hot: 1
tailed to show up Tuesday. The liz
yards ara BEGINNING to crawl and