The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-06-13
A WISE MEMORIAL.


Almost every city, town and coun-
try place is deep in discussion about
a fitting memorial for the returning
heroes of the world war. The things
that have not been suggested are
comparatively few, for monuments
of every sort have been proposed,
from local houses Of entertainment
to great interstate highways. Un-
questionably, each community should
have memorial to these men who
went out to give their best for the
cause of world liberty. Some of them
made life their final bestowmentsfor
the cause, and some have come back
bearing wound scars that time will
not efface, while others, whose con-
secration was equally unreserved, d,
received no abiding mark of the
struggle. Recognition should be given
for this great service by some per-
manent memorial. In choosing the
memorial each community would do
well to study the needs Of the COM
munity, not only for the immediate
present, but for the succeeding
years, and with wise reckoning
should make provision to supply some
outstanding need. so that in coming
decades the memorial to these men
may be really honoring their will
ingness to serve by rendering a
worthwhile service to the communi-
ty from which they went forth
The Lutheran.
A wise memorial. IS a worthwhile
memorial. That is the thing to con-
slider. In talking to a gentleman on
this subject the other day we made
practically the same remark. While
a shaft of granite or marble is all
right, but why not the memorial take
the form of worth while one, and
we mean by that one that is really
and truly memorial and at the
same time may serve some useful
purpose.
Some months ago our contempt
rary started movement to raise a
fund for a memorial to our boys
who went over seas, and Mr.. W. E.
Wallace, live farmer who resides
near Newbery, seconded the propo-
sition With a. contribution Of $25 to
start the thing going. There has
nothing further been done that we
have seen. In order to get the mon
ument we must get an organization
of some kind to take hold of it and
keep the proposition before the peo-
pie. We are all ready and willing to
erect some sort Of memorial to- these
boys who went over, some OF them
not to return, and there will be little
difficulty in getting response to the
proposal from our, people if the mat
ter is put before them in the proper
shape. So -.
It has seemed to us that q memo
rial worth while could be erected in
Newberry and at tn esame time be a
blessing to the community in the
serving Of good purpose. We might
organize historical society and let
such society have not only the mat
ter of preserving the history Of the
boys and this section but also have
charge of the memorial whatever it
might be decided to- make it.
We would suggest that the memo
rial take the shape Of public IL
brary and in this connection there
could be kept the record of the boys
and at the same time serve the pur-
pose of a suitable memorial which
would be worth while. Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie has built monuments to
himself all over the country in form
of public libraries and they serve a
good purpose besides. So we say a
public library could be so endowed
as to be lasting memorial and at
the same time be doing work worth
while in the community. We shall
have more to say along this line in
subsequent issues. At the same time
let it be understood that we will CO.
operate in any movement for a
worth while memorial that may be
decided upon by the community. The
history should be put in such shape
right now that it can be preserved.
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