The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-05-25

| care-really | don't 'Whetle er any one
remembers that or not, just so we
have the park, and the editor has not
made the statement prematurely. The
parks the thing. Let her come and
come right now, even it be in small
way, just so we start and start some
thing that will keep on going and be-
ing.
l happened to walk down town late
Saturday afternoon and willie stand
ing in front of the Glider & Weeks
drug store l read the following on the
bulletin board which this enterprising
firm always keeps mean the bulle
tin board-for, the ready information
of the public: "Blue law Sunday Get
your cigars, tobacco, etc. None to-
morrow. Absolutely neutral" would
like to suggest law that l nave read
was in force in the Colony of Virginia
away back yonder in about 1910, which
read something like this: every man
and woman shall repair in the morn
ing to the divine service and sermons
preached On the SABBATH day, and in
the afternoon to divine service, and
catechizing, upon pain for the first
fault to lose their provision and al
lowance for the whole week following;
for the second to lose the same allow
ance, and also be whipped; and for
the third, to suffer death" Now, listen,
| am not in favor of working on the
Sabbath day, and neither am l oppos-
ing the strict enforcement of the laws
providing for Sabbath observance. Not
by any means, because am in favor
of law and order and tee observance
of law, bat. listen again, do not be-
lieve in making fools of ourselves by
taking some one law and trying to
ride it like hobby. Let us enforce
all laws evenly and in mercy. No great
harm \ever came from buying a cigar
on the Sabbath day if the store was
already open, or of buying cold drink
on the Sabbath day, but-but, have
heard, it seems to me, that little
cdild was once bitten by a mad dog
and-and, it seems to me, the child
life was sacrificed to a sorry old dog,
and-and, then there was passed dog
muzzling ordinance, so that 10 more
little children and grown people, too,
should be at the mercy of these old
dogs that roam at large on the streets.
1t seems to me, that l heard or read
about a little child having its young
life snuffed out by an automobile. 1t
may not have been due to reckless and
careless driving-I do not knoW-and
then there was an ordinance, against
speeding and certain rules as to cross
ings and stops, and about standing
cars and other vehicles in certain
streets, and so many others that Just
can't recall all of them. So, reckon,
it is with the authorities, there are
lust so many of these laws they cant
recall all of them, and they are just
taking them as they come to mind. But
then taat can't be, because called
!! the chiefs attention to the ordinance
about dogs. l reckon no one thought
to send him a copy Of the paper, ana
maybe he is not taking it, and there
fore he did not nave his attention
called to it, because when l was on
the street the ot1er day I saw two or
three bull dogs and, oh, so many OF
the others shat 1 couldn't count them,
| but then you know am aWfully AFRAID
of dogs and maybe the officers are, too,
and therefore have concluded it best
TO let the things absolutely alone, and
maybe it is a good plan, will try to
dodge them. Oh, that we could lust
get every one to observe just one law
and then there would be 10 need for
anv others. Listen: whatsoever ye
| would that men do unto you, do ye
even also unto them" The observance
of this would encompass the whole
law It is true that mo man is as
good as he ought to be-and few as
bad as they SEEM" We just don't go
at tie thing right. There are too
many thou shalt nots" in all our sys-
tenn of government, and We are now
| L-: - - into onr conduct hV