The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-19
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A CITY PARK.


Quite number of references has
been made in the Sun in many recent
issues to the Importance of the city
purchasing the Hirsch lot for park
Is this desirable or practicable?
Who wants a park? What do you
want with a park? If you, or some
one who will answer these simple
questions, will bring the question be-
fore the public.
Can we raise the money? If so,
how can it be obtained?
A people are best known by their
public spirit. No man liveth to him
self. No man can tarry long on the
surface. Before he can see the result
of his most ardent work the summons
comes.
The Hirsch Lot.
/ see that some big soul--country
loving gentleman suggests that it be
bought for park. It is the only
centrally located vacant lot available.
For location it Is not to be surpassed.
But would it not be "as jewel in a
swine's snout?" What! right along
beside the filth, the piles of rubbish,
the cattle and swine pens of the
Southern Railway company, and in
front of that upturned privy that the
Southern Railway company has orna-
mented the terminus of its sidetracks
with.
This is a beautiful lot. A monu-
ment in it's center raised in honor to
the loyalty of the living and dead pa
triots of Greene county-this would
find a liberal response from the en-
tire county. Money to purchase this
lot could be raised. Fifty thousand
con be had for monument to the pa
triot dead of Greene county.
Why not public meeting be called
at once; committee appointed to
raise the money, and others appoint
ed to secure the lot by contract, or by
being the highest and best bidder at
the sale?
Let us hear from the public-spirit-
ed men of Greeneville.
Who will call public meeting at
the court house? Put out your sub
scription paper. / believe thousand
men of Greene county can be found
who will guarantee $4,000 each.
That would be a hundred thousand
dollars-enough and to spare.
You big-hearted, prosperous, liber-
al men, speak out. How much do you
want a beautiful park? Speak out
Do you sleep on your cash? How
army have $1,000 each for a park?
How many have $500 each? How
many, on down TO the poor widow
who cast in two mites?
The money can be raised. Put out
your subscription paper and try it.
This conversion of the Hirsch lot
into a park, beautifully ornamented
with walks, beds of flowers and
spreading shade trees would wipe out
an old eye-sore. So many of the
whining class that would rather wal
low in manure, snuff the pestiferous
air from cess-pools, than to acknowl-
edge that there is anything on the
streets or in the town that ought to
be criticized; that any person who
points out nuisance is a kicker
against his own town and therefore
not good citizen. Let those shallow
Drained winners read the criticism a
certain man made centuries ago about
them and then let them whine. For
fear they do not know who said it,
for the especial instruction of these
goody good people who say never
point out the dirt, the mistakes, the
deception, the hypocrisy of the town
hypocrits, l quote the exact words
spoken by one who had authority to
speak. Here it is: "He said unto
them in his doctrine, beware of the
scribes, which love to go in long
clothing, and love salutations in the
market places, and the chief seats in
the synagogues, and in the uppermost
rooms at feasts; which devour wild
owls homes, and for a pretense make
long prayers. These shall receive
greater damnation." That damnation
is sure to come.
Let Greeneville have a park! Let
us clean up the platter, the tank, the
streets-even if it takes the kicker.
1t is seen from the above quotation
that Christ was kicker.
Come all you goody good who op-
pose criticism; who oppose those who
point out our evil doings, our neg
lects, who can tell you how nicely you
pave one street and leave another
stuck in the mud, etc. Let us hear
all goody good sing his song of sono-
rous hypocrisy.