The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-13
MAYOR FLOYD AN OpTIM1sT.

Mayor John F. Floyd of the city Of
Spananburg, yesterday morning, Il
am mighty weary of this talk of busi-
ness depression. There is no business
depression, either in this town or in
any other town around about in this
territory, in my judgment. We have
simply allowed ourselves to get in the
habit of accepting that statement with
out thinking. 1t is time to cut it out
Every concern in this city is doing
business a little above normal for the
season of the year and believe an ex-
animation of the books will slow it.
"Of course" said the mayor, 81 want
to see this war stopped, but not for
business reasons, because the longer
it keeps up the richer this country is
going to be and the more self-sustain-
ing and prosperous the people of the
South are going to become"
In our judgment, that is just the sort
of talk the South needs at this time.
We have maintained for months that
business was coming back and tnat it
4.ad reached normal for this time of
the year. A challenge to the business
concerns of the city to show that their
business is below what it was two
years ago would not bring single re-
sponse. The country is prosperous,
and this may be shown not only in the
volume of business being done, but the
greatest evidence of prosperity is in
the change in the point of view by
the agricultural interests of the South.
The South is doing mighty well and is
in a position to do great deal bet
ter. Fundamentally the situation is
the best it has been in many years
we have prosperity. = Spartanburg
Herald.
That sort of talk and that feeling
as expressed by Mayor Floyd is just
the sort of talk and the feeling that
we need right mere in Newberry. We
need less of grumbling and complain
ing. They say that in Berlin and other
German cities business is going on just
as if there was no war anywhere, and
why should we, away over here on this
side of the ocean, and in a land OF
plenty, be complaining and winning
and talking Lard times because there
is a place somewhere across the seas
where men are fighting each other?
We can never make times better by
complaining and faultfnding We all
want to see the war stopped, but there
is no use for US over here to nave
fit of hysteria because it continues. We
need a spirit of optimism and every
fling will work out all right. 1t is
pretty hard sometimes for a fellow to
smile and be optimistic when he has
no money and does not know just ex-
actlg where he is to get any, but he
had just as well smile and feel good
as to whine.
What we need in Newberry IS to
start something tat will give employ
ment to people, and that means the
putting of money in circulation and
that means more business for every
Ole. Money locked in the vaults OF
the banks will not do any one any
good.
The building of that farmers ex-
change that We were writing about in
the last issue would help this imme-
date community and the entire county
about as much at this time as any
thing we know Of, just now Will not
some one start the movement? 1t can
be done and will be a good invest
ment to those who put their money in
it, and at the same time help the
farmer to turn into cash many of the
products that are now thrown away
and wasted.
Mr.. Floyd is right We need more
optimism. We need it right here in
Newberry
TRY 1T IN THIS STATE.