The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-08-25
THE IDLER.


streets and the bitches made in the
sidewalks by the recent rains are be-
ing filled with sand, and the force, or
part of it, has come into view. But
what good does it do to put this sand
in the sidewalks. It will remain there
only until another rain, when it will
travel on down to Scots creek, and
the same old routine will have to be
gone over again. Why not take my
advice, am not charging anything for
it, and do something that will last,
and that is in keeping with the prog
ress of the times. 1t will pay, and the
present administration has time
enough left to do something.
have been seriously thinking about
running for mayor myself. If the
term was longer, and I did not have
to make my identity known, and I was
sufficiently urged by my. friends, I
would make The race. I would just
like to run this town to suit myself
for two years. I know there would
be bowling and gnashing Of teeth for
the first few months, but when these
howlers realized that I was doing
something, there would be no further
trouble would make them talk about
debts and bonds to be left as a legacy
to their children to beat the band for
while, but they would soon get over
that after they saw I was doing things.
But what's the use? Is it worth
while to try to do anything for COM
munity that is absolutely satisfied, and
spurns any suggestions as to proper
methods to be pursued? There are
too many "ifs" for me to think of en-
tering the race for mayor, and 1 do
not care to be the head of a city gov
ernment that is satisfed-that is the
people satisfed-with a. patchwork
system of working the streets and of
doing things generally. Newberry-
the town that does things-was it
The Herald and and News that coined
this motto CT slogan? And John Mayes
bought buttons with this motto on
them, and how many people are will
ing to wear t1em?
Seems to me / read in the papers
some time ago that city council had
passed an ordinance defining what
was known as fire limits, and which
I thought meant that within those
limits no wooden building could be
erected. Am I correct or not? Will
Mr.. H. B. Wells, the fire chiSf, please
answer this question and tell me where
those limits extend? I am really Sc
rious about this. I would like to
know. If I am not mistaken seems
to me I see wooden buildings going
right along, up within these limits.
I want to know how the thing is done,
and what is the use to pass ordinances.
Better save the cost that you pay the
newspapers for printing them. You
know that is big item-a great big
item-and these newspapers have no
right to get rich off the peoples money
by publishing ordinances that were
not intended to be enforced. It is all
wrong.
I have received the following from
a citizen who no doubt has been read
ing what I have been writing:
To The Idler: When I bought the
lot on which I now live I was some
what reniss in my duty to the pub
lie, in that there was an old fence
around the lot Ehich leaned out over
the street, which I did not have
Strengthened promptly. My reason for
not having this done was because ev-
cry day I was expecting to start to
build in the next day or two, and tear
down the fence But the public had
nothing to do with what I expected
to do and did not do, and the interests
of the public demanded that something
which was dangerous be removed and
put in such condition that it would not
be dangerous. The chief Of police
came to me and said complaints had
been made that the fence was danger
ons, and stated that it must be fixed.
I realized that the position of the city
in this matter was entirely proper,
and without any ado I went ahead
and had the fence Strengthened, though
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