The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-02-11

Joe Bailey, but then I have not been
sufficiently urged and will restrain
my pen.
What I wanted to suggest to these
big newspapers and small states
men, who have been throwing up
their hands in holy horror at the
mention Of the name of Joe Bailey
and having the jim jams about
tainted standard oil is: that they
read the 9Th chapter Of the gospel
according to St. John, Revised Yer
sion, especially from the third to the
eleventh verses inclusive. I do not
intend that this shall be personal
but you will remember that ''Jesus
stopped down and with his finger
wrote on the ground, as though he
heard them not" And then when
He put the test to the Scrlbes and
Pharisees, "again He stopped down,
and wrote on the ground,'' and
"when He had lifted up Himself
and saw none but the woman, He said
unto her, where are those thine ac-
cusers?" They were gone. The only
point want to make is we are too
ready to find fault and assign bad
motives and to condemn, and not
ready to forgive. We should be
very careful how we throw stones.
We should be willing to give our
fellows credit for honesty though
they may not agree with US.
/ went down on the street on Sat-
urday. I had heard there was some
kicking about an ordinance passed
by city council as to wagons on the
public square and in certain streets.
Well, sir, I had to look around and
ask myself if I was really in New
berry. The streets looked clean and
buggies and wagons going out Of
town and coming in had room to
pass along with great ease and those
that had to stop to load had no
trouble in doing so, and the stores
were all busy. [ wondered how any
one could be opposed to such an ad-
vance step for the good of the town.
[ am sure that the people who come
to town from the country will be
glad this ordinance has been passed.
And the old show boards that stood
around the steps at the old court
house were. gone and the streets and
the square were clean. Yes, clean.
Just think of it and say well done.
Now if the civic association wAl
only get busy and do something.
Why not fix up the square just a
little and put some lawn grass around
the monument and tell council you
will help beautify the lot on the
front if council will give you per-
mission. Fix up one little park.
They tell me in Anderson and
Greenwood and AJbbeville there are
beautiful little parks in the public
square and the people are very
proud of them and they are the re-
suit of the efforts Of the good women.
And yet when the work was first
started some of the selfish, kicking
merchants opposed just like they tell
me they are doing In Newberry, but
now they are ashamed Of it and will
not admit that they ever opposed
the movement. Fact is they tell me
they talked about an injunction
against Mayor Baker at Greenwood,
but he went right On and was re-
elected, too. It will all come right.
The people want to do right but some
Of them can't see very far in front
Of their noses and beyond the. dollar
in their pocket.
Now, John !Gnard, is mighty slow,
but he will wake up when spring
comes and the Lizards begin to
crawl and get his rich friends to-
gether and make a move for that
other park-The Idler's Park.