The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-03-15

person. using profane language: ac-
coSted him and said: This boy Was
! born and brought up in hcathen
land. bu; in Ill. his life lie never
heard a man 5laspheme his Maker
until now The man apologized and
moved away ashamed. -
But I didn't intend to write this.
: 7 wanted to tell you my idea Of the
dignity Of labor and to illustrate 1t
: in the life Of Gen. James Gordon.
! AS stated, he was at one time a very
wealthy man and at another time
very poor man. In the panic OF
! 1898 he had reverses and lost heav-
lily. He was then 60 years old. He
drove a milk wagon and peddled milk
in the streets Of Okolona where only
short time before he had driven
with his fine carriage and horses.
In speaking simply Of this period Of
his life he is quoted as saying: 81
began to peddle milk i'll the town
where once had lived as a million
aire. T was content. I have always
taken things as they came, just as I
accepted the temporary appointment
as senator.
! Zone day I drove through the
strets Of ,Okolona half drunken
street lounger called out to me:
" Jim Gordon, You are nothing
but broken down aristocrat. I've
seen you drive through here with a
carriage and a span Of fine horses,
and "nigger' with boiled shirt.
Now you're driving milk wagon.
II stopped just moment to re-
ply:
! " You are right, my friend, but
there's one difference between us. I
can drive a milk wagon and still be
an aristocrat; you might have a car
riage, a span Of horses and a mig
ger" with boiled shirt, but You
will never be an ariStocrat. That's
it. It isn't what a man does, but
how he does it and what he is HIM
self that makes the man.
! I am glad to see that President
Wright is enlarging Willowbrook
Park and that it will soon be open.
l am still hoping that John Kinard
Will wake up before long, and get
his rich folks together and start
that East End Id4er's park. Now,
John, seriously will you not do some
thing and do it now. You can do
it and I still have faith in you. 1t
would be so easy for you and Jim
Burton to get together and do it. l
know Mrs. Floyd and Mrs. Wright
and the other members of the civic
association will aid you and cooper
ate with you. You ou ght to 60 over
; to Willowbrook some evening when it
is open and see what a nice place
it is and how easy it would be to
make a park along either side Of
Scott's creek from Nance to Glenn
streets or as far as Calhoun street.
It will not drive any trade from
Newberry and will not keep the far
mers or the country people from
coming to town. Let's do something
We can leave to our children and for
which they will thank us. Some
thing besides money. Something
that they can enjoy and that gives
them ideas and Will arouse in them
their better nature. What a mon
ument it would be to us Of this day.
to build a park for the children. In
which they could enjoy themselves
and in which We old people could
spend a pleasant evening. Don't you
! think it worthy of your serious con-
federation. I appeal to your better
natures. 1t will be so easy if you
only will to do it.
I hope Mayor Blease will not give
out the idea of making that little
park in front Of the old court house
building. Somebody who was in
Greenwood the other day was telling
me what a pretty little park Mayor
Baker had put down in the public
square which was formerly used as
a wagon yard and how pleased the
people now are. Nobody who op-
! posed this improvement when it was
started can now be found who is
willing to acknowledge that he was
so shortsighted as to oppose it..
Mayor Blease, if you will have that
coping put down and make this lit