The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-02-03

0 the big end 0 the log an Gld the lit
in; but now I take hold O. the little
end an do the gruntin' Thar's one
thing I've harmed, and larned it for
sartin, an that is, thar's dunn few peo-
rlc in this world that cut ham in the
middle. Most O. 'em cut few slices an
cut 'em thin."
Tirrc are lots of suckers and e. z.
marks in this world and there is al
ways somebody fishing for them and
:, catching them or there would not be
SO money milhonaires. The fellow,
as rule, who does the biggest and
loudest grunting is carrying the
smallest part of the load. What I
want to see in Newberry is not so
much grunting but every fellow car
rying his part of the load. There is
no telling how much we could do if
every man and woman and child could
and would tote hs load. Why, my park
would be built and that light would be
now in Friend street and the old part
ly burned buildings near the union
station in Friend street and in Main
street would not stand there so long.
Every fellow is trying to buy a gold
mine in some shape or other and most
) of them get a hole in the ground.
Whereas if the whole community
could get together and every one take
his part of the load it would be easy
to do anything.
1 noticed in the papers the other day
that in the little town of GreenVille
and the small town of Union the mer-
chants had gone together and they had
r provided a rest room for the ladies
2 who come to town from THE country.
t I have spoken of the advantages OF
such a thing for Newberry a number
of times and we could utilize the old
court house building for that purpose
with mighty little cost and yet reck-
on the objection is that it would be a
Little closer to some merchant than
it is to another, and some fellow is
afraid the other fellow will get lit
: tie, more benefit out of it.
/ By the way, that reminds me that
Y read the article of Mr.. A. c. Jones
l with degree of interest and have been
t expecting the preachers and the good
r people of NeWbarry to say something
I that sounded like a movement, but
I never word has broken the awful
l stiffness. Seems to me that about thir-
I ty-dve years ago Newberry supported
/ very live and active Y. M. G. A. and
= had secretary and once: there was a
!, movement started to put up a build
ing and the money was raised-or sub
| scribed.-one afternoon. We ought to
: wake up. If had the money some OF
these people havIel in NeWberry I would
. do something with it for the general
: welfare clause of the community. But
I reckon that is the reason I haven't
got it. I reckon they get the pleasure
out of having it. My pleasure would
be in spending it.
! T was over at the union depot the
+ other evening. City council has not
, put up that light yet. 1t is up to coun-
Gil now. If you have the light, as was
stated by Alderman Baxter last year,
: why not put it up? Why not do some
thing worth while? And that precipice
, along that old burned place is still
there and is still a menace.
Wonder who owns this property,
; anyway, and the other old wood n
shacks in Main street. Wonder if
council has no authority to remove
them as nuisances or menaces to other
property. Or do the owners and coun-
Gil think they are evidences of prog
ress and prosperity, or are they con-
siderad as a beauty and JOY forever
and forevermore, Amen.