The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-02-06

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am not pessimistic I am optimistic
by nature, and I wish sometimes that
had remained in the country and
not known so much of life and seen
so much of human nature. Maybe |
am all wrong. l hope am. The sun
is shining somewhere. 1t never goes
down. The darkness and the clouds
and the storms are necessary to exis-
tence they tell us. Maybe it is so.
Anyhow they come.
Its a roof and four walls-that's
all any house is, without the spirit
that makes it home" Nothing was
more truly spoken. Money and
wealth and luxuries do not make home.
1t takes something else. And when
that something else is gone there is
no longer any home.
read the following in the Atlanta
Constitution the other day. It was
in Frank Stanton's column. Il might
be interesting at this time to some
who are aspiring for position. Read
it:
The Wisdom of Dad.
Dad says that when he was boy
they told him he'd be president some
day, and after he grew up he went
to Washington and saw the Chair the
President sits in, and he said to him
self: "I can fill it to a IT, But when
he came home and told the folks about
it they shook their heads and said
something about wheels in other peo-
ple's heads. He didn't like that, and
lust to show 'em there was something
in him he ran for the Office of road
overseer, and was beat by a man with
one eye and one leg. After that the
only thing he would run for was a
Stormpit when he saw a cyclone COM
ing. All Politicians and Office-seekers
are not as wise as Dad is.
I was just thinking the other day
what a. glorious country we could have
if we could get our people always to
speak kindly and pleasantly of each
other, and stop this thing Of saying
unkind things of one another. Had
you ever thought of it. Why should
there be so much crime and so much
struggling to get rich? This life is
but span at best, But am going to
talk about something else this time,
and finish my sermon at some future
time when feel better: -
By the way, I see the government
has commenced work on the new post
Office building. I reckon that means
that We will have a new building in
Newberry within the next two years
or less. We have pretty nice post
office now. It won't hurt, however, for
the government to spend some htty
thousand or more H. the c5rnmu"1ty
What a pity Friend street was not w:d-
ened when there was al opportunity
to widen the street. Somehow Oh"
people are slow to act When i comes
to public improvements.
What about that street m ing Fr.
Mayor? Of course, I understand that
you can not work wi:h the weather
that we have had recently, bit there
is nothing to prevent you getting
everything ready to begin WORK when
the weather conditions are gooa. The
condition Of the streets in Newaerry
for. the past several weeks is sufficient
argument for some permanent street
work. Do it now. That is the only
sensible way to do it. What is the
use to wait? Newberry needs to wake
I'm and do something. Do you see the
point? I hope you do.
"somebody said once that all the
wars had been caused by one set OF
people trying to force their opinions
upon another set, who did not desire
to have their opinions changed" Now,
T am for peace. I do not want any
wars ann not trying to force my