The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-07-29
THE lDLER.

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That Methodist church lawn is
thing of beauty, and it will continue
to be a JOY forever so long as Johh
Mayes has charge of it. The only
way to do things is to go ahead ana
do them, and that's what John MayeS
did with the Methodist church lawn.
Why, everybody remembers when it
was grown up in unsightly weeds.
Now, it is a lawn that will do you
good to look at. I don't know the
names of the pretty flowers that are
growing so luxuriantly and so pro-
fusely, but they are there and they
are pretty. And the grass is green
and verdant, and looks as if it took
pleasure in growing-not this sickly,
brovn-looking grass, but green,
grassy grass.
This lawn ought to be an object
lesson in civic improvement in New
berry. I wish the Baptist would take
a day off and look at it and take it
in-or two days off, if necessary. The
Baptists have one of the most beauti-
full churches and one of the most
churchly churches in South Carolina
or anywhere else. They have the To-
cation and the grounds for a beautiful
lawn. The Rev Mr.. Wright works
hard to make something out Of it, but
a man can't preach and write SER
mons and visit the sick and attend
to all the numerous duties of pas
tor of fourishing church, and at
the same time plant grass and rake
the ground and run lawn mower
and gather peas and chop down
weeds. Then he can't out of his own
salary build curbing to keep the
grounds from washing away, as the
Baptist grounds are slowly but sure
ly doing-and down over the nice ce-
ment sidewalk, at that.
What's the matter with the Bap-
lists, anyway? With the expenditure
of little money now they could &C
complish what it will take big money
to do in the future if they let their
grounds go to pieces as they are now
doing, Notwithstanding Mr.. Wright's
hard work. 7 saw Mr.. Wright the
other day with his coat off and his
collar wilted;a making manful efforts
to keep things together, but one man,
If he didn't have anything else to do,
couldn't put those grounds in shape.
Once they were put in the proper
shape, however, and little curb!ng
built to keep them from washing
away-and washing over the cement
sidewalk-it wouldn't take much eff
fort to-. keep them in shape. And it
wouldn't take much to put them in
shape.
All of which reminds me of that
park. It's coming, but it seems to
come mighty slowly sometimes. And
that miniature park in front of the
Old court house, am reminded of
that, too, when look upon the beau
tiful lawn that John Mayes has made
on the Methodist church grounds.
Have you noticed the brilliance of
that arc light the city council was
going to put in Friend street at the
railroad crossing near the union sta
ton? Of course you haven't, because
the light isn't there. Can there be
orlIllance from a light if there isn't
any light? There can not. @. E. D.
Or c. Q. D.-I have forgot which, since
there is so much wireless telegraphy
these days These new inventions
and all their hurry-up calls and
things, and all this progress of
science which I read about in the
newspapers sometimes gets me a lit
tie mixed on the mathematics and
logic I used to study, or pretend to
study, in the good old days.
But, not to digress, what has be-
come of that light, anyway? saw
something about a contract between
the railroads and city council that
the pole should not be put nearer
than thirty-fve feet, I believe it was,
to the end of cross-tie. Well, let's
put the light forty feet from the track
One OF these fine lights We have will
shine lots farther than forty feet. The