The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-16
CITY BEAUTIFUL,
CIVIC CLUB WORK

Series OF Articles on Parks, Play
grounds, Street Ornamentation,
Cleanup Days, Etc.
(By Luther Ellison, Secretary Lam
caster Chamber of Commerce.)
A beautiful city Is a JOY forever,
is a pleasant place In which to live
and do business. Therefore, it pos
sesses In its beauty an advantage
beyond estimate for attracting new
people and new business Orna-
mentation of city by it's citizens is
an investment which will yield in
calculable dividends in contentment
and where people are contented they
are willing to remain.
Every town or city may make it.
self beautiful IL 1t desires to develop
the natural opportunities Of whicn
each is possessed. No city should
be without its parks. which become
beautiful nature retreats in the
midst of the busy hum of industry
where the business man may linger
for few minutes on his way home
from day of toll and n those few
moments go back, ineretrospection TO
the boyhood days when his hours
we're spent close to natures heart.
characterization of a city, or rather
the development of city's possi-
bilities, has the effect upon that
city's people of making them better
fit for their duty, Of broadening and
deepening their character, and Of
creating a spirit of civic pride out
or which comes determination to
overcome all obstacles in the way
of civic progress.
Street lighting, eliminating bill
boards, providing for the cleanly dis
posal Of all refuse, prohibiting the
tacking of signs on fences and poles,
doing artistic public improvements
and in short taking advantage AZ
far as possible ana practicable OF
every opportunity Of adding to the
ornamental beauty of the city be-
long to this subject.
OF late years the care Of shade
trees has become such an important
matter that nearly every town or
city of average size has its forestry
expert paid by the city to carefully
guard the life of these invaluable
ornaments. Cracks are healed by
cement as soon as they appear. New
trees are constantly being planted.
More attention Is being paid to
the artistic beauty or public build
ings and street improvements, such
asx bridges. sidewalks, ETC., than
formerly. Many cities prohibit
fences enclosing the front lawns Of
residences. They also require lawns
70 be planted and properly cared for
together with shade trees planted
afd maintained. The result Is block
after block and street after street
oil. what are veritable parks in
which the citizens take a vast
amount Of pride and with which
they would not dispense for love
nor money. One thing leads to an
other and in these owns and cities
one can hardly fnd yard but what
has its flower beds filed with bloom
ing plants together with clumps of
shrubbery arranged in artistic
unison with the whole scheme of
ornamentation.
In such a town or city the bill
board finds small chance for lodg-
ment. A trip through the alleys
will show a tidy condition where
closed garbage cans contain the re-
fuse from the kitchen and back
premises. Civic pride and city 10y
atty are such familiar words that
their definition should be on the
tongue OF every school boy and girl
in Lancaster. Ornamentation is as
important to real progress in a city
as the addition of new Industries.