The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-05-31

a disgrace to that city, our country
went to work and blotted out this dis
ease by the civic improvements we
made in the city. This discovery, due
to civic improvements, will enable
the United States to complete the
canal. These achievements, one de-
pendent upon the other, will be priz-
ed more and more as their worth to
the world becomes more and more
fully realized. The honor of the COM
pletion of the Panama canal should
be priced by every American, but the
greater honor, that of removing from
the world that dreadful disease, vel
low fever, that formerly made GENE
teries of cities, should make every
American proud. This great achieve
ment will be an imperishable monu-
ment to civic improvement.
The criminologist has estimated
that the increase of crime in this
country has been 10 times greater
than that of the native born 'popu!a-
ton. If we still further investigate
this fact, we will find that this in
crease of crime is to be found in the
tenement districts of the large cities,
where sunlight is a stranger and
where there is nothing to cheer CT
relieve life of it's gloom. Here is al
illustration Of the thought I wish to
emphasize, that the surroundings Of
man, or if you choose, the civic i'm
provement by which we are sur
rounded, has much to do with the
character of u lives, that we are
more or less creatures of our envic-
onments.
In the city of New York five points
once the better part of this city, grew
so crowded and dirty that the bust
ness and other people moved away
and it became n of the most notcc-
ious places for crime in the whole
world. The hand, of the law with all
it's power failed to check or lessen
the crimes of this place. But civic
Improvement did. The streets were
widened and Gamma beds and fo.n-
tains helped to make this a very at
tractive place. A mission school for
the children, taught both during the
week and on Sunday, now has beer
established in this place and singing
and shouts of laughter now fill the
place where formerly the sobs of sor-
row and the shrieks of the murder
ed were heard.
Truly dirt and disorder, like vice.
Is a monster Of such frightful mein
To be hated needs but be seen
Yet seen too often familiar with their
faces
We first endure, then pity, then en-
brace.
Italy has been noted for the great
painters she has given the world. So
many painters of worldwide fame
have been Italians it seems;there must
be some reason why so much talent
! should come from one country. It
did not take long to find it. The bsau-
tY of the Italian skies is as famous as
is her painters, and it was easy to
find the explanation of these masters,
when we know they were taught i'll
the great school of colors, furnished
by these skies. From early youth the
skies taught them the beauty of color,
and the minds of these painters were
constantly being developed by tEis
great teacher of nature.
In Germany, perhaps, more civic
improvement has been done in COLI
nection with governmental authority
than in any other country. Germany
is the Only country that I know Of
where schools of civic science have
been established and maintained by
the government. In these schools the
science of city building is taught,
where the Burgomaster or mayor is a
graduate Of them. Dusseldorf is a
model German city, in which is to be
found the results of the German
school Of civic science.
The checker board design for Law
ing out cities and towns has been dis
carded here, and the more modern
one adopted in which the streets run
obliquely and in more or less curves
This gives more direct routes to dis
tant parts of the city, and also fur
nishes at the intersection of the
streets more space for parking or
other ways of identifying them. This
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