The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-06-16
THE NEWBERRY CITY PARK
OPENED on TUESDAY
Dr. Cromer Makes Good Speech-Says
Schools of City Lack Parks
Should Have Two Parks.

as he always does on occasions Of this
kind at the opening Of the city park
on Tuesday evening. He spoke of the
advantages of a park for the chill
dren. the boys and girls, of town
and city and the Importance of get
ting the land before it is too valuable
to be used for such purposes. Of the
Importance of letting boys be boys
and girls be girls and not making lit
tie men and women of them before
they are ready for that performance.
He said we should have two parks,
one on the South fork of SCOTS creek
for the colored people and one On
the north fork for the white children.
There were several hundred women
and men and children at the opening
and if there was need of argument for
the building of park it was in the
presence. Of these children and the
fun they were having, and not only
the fun but the real benefit they will
derive from it. DR.. Cromer said with
all Che good schools we had there was
no place at any one of the buildings
for playground, base ball ground
or athletic field, and these were as
necessary. as any other part Of the
education of the child. He thought it
should not be an eleemosynary insti-
tuition which only meant that you
would take up collection to support
it, but itfshould be business prop
osition and with money to run it.
He said that one of the lecturers at
the chautauqua had told us that we
should have park all the way along
the creek from Glenn street on to the
railroad. And we think we saw a
similar statement in our local cotem-
poray in speaking of the lecture OF
DR.. Albert. We did not have the
pleasure of hearing DR.. Albert but it
does seem strange that DR.. Albert
should be given as authority for tie
statement and for originating and
suggesting the idea when The Herald
and News (and a correspondent OF
ours) for at least ten years did not
print a paper without saying some
thing along the same line: and one
time we had an option on practically
all the property mentioned, and We
urged the business men of the town
ito take up the matter and buy the
property while it may be obtained at
a reasonable price. At one time we
had enlisted the cooperation OF one
of the pastors of the colored Baptis.
church to let US have that lot also.
That was just before the congregation
made cerain improvements to the
building. We tried to interest Mr..
Spearman and Mr.. Wright and Mr..
Kinard but they would not. We are
delighted they are now taking hold
(even if they have forgot) and they
shall have our hearty cooperation and
support, but we just can't help MAX
ing an effort to keep the record
straight The Idler talked about a
park in every letter it wrote for the
paper and kept it up from the first
letter to the last. And it may come
again. Let's be willing to give the
devil its due.
But the park is the thing, and we
are pleased to see the interest that is
being taken. And DR.. Cromer is right,
the park should not be on leased land,
but should be on land owned by the
town, or a park association. And the
sooner we buy it the better, and the
, less it will cost.
The Newberry Concert band fur
nished music for the opening, but
there is need of a pavilion and some
other improvements and they should
be made on land owned by park as
sociation or by the town.
The parks the thing. If every one
would Just do little it could be made
real thing and Improvements coulc
be made that would soon transform
the creek bottom into a thing o;
beauty.