The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-12-30
Tuesday, December 80, 1919.
THE NEW YEAR.

THE NEW YEAR.
The year now drawing to a close
has been one of possibly greater
moment than any other in the history
Of Christian civilization, with the ex-
ception> of the year the Christ was
born; the year of the first Easter,
when He rose from the dead, and
asst year, when the Stars and Stripes
we're unfurled to the breezes beyond
the Rhine.
For the United States and for
Carolina it has been period of great
prosperity, and also Of great trials.
Throughout the nation, following the
war, there have been clashes be-
-ween capital and labor; and strikes
threatening the industrial life of the
-:ountry have been frequent. Within
Hhe State we have been free from
Industrial disturbances of this char
.,cter, but crime has been rampant,
md it has been stated that homicides
Rave averaged something like one
each day.
We are now in the crucible. Hav-
ing lost far less in the great world
struggle than any Of the other par
.icipants, we are yet suffering al
most as much as they in the process
# reconstruction. It is a different
kind of reconstruction from that
which faced the South following the
War Between the States, but it is
even more dangerous for the future.
from 1865 to 1876 South Carolina
and other Southern States suffered
from the Vaccinations of misguided
fanatics from another section. Then
we knew our opponents, and we were
1nited against them. Today the peo-
ole are divided among themselves on
live issues affecting the future life
of the nation. It is peculiarly time
Cor broad patriotism, and that the
American people will rise fully to
the occasion, we have not the least
doubt. The blood which flowed in
The Indian wars, and in the War of
the Revolution, and in the war of
1872, and in the Mexican War, and
in the War of the Confederacy and
the War of the Union and later in
+he Spanish-American War, and then
which hallowed the lilies of France
and made more red-pure the poppies
of Flanders, still courses in the
veins of the freemen of the Repub-
lie, and it is determined that those
who died at the Marne and in the
Argonne and at Chateau Thierry
shall not have died in vain.
The issues which confront us will
be solved, and solved rightly, that
freedom may live.
y. So here's wishing all the readres of
The Herald and News very happy
New Year, and that their paths dur
ing 1920 may lead in pleasant places.
Newberry can be made a better
town if we will an come together and
stay together and give Mayor Blease
and his council and the other city Off
cials our hearty cooperation in every
thing that looks to the upbuilding Of
the interests of all the people.
Let's grow.
Let's carry on the good work of
Mayor Wright's administration, and
keep up with the march of progress
which is going to characterize South
Carolina during the good year upon
which we are about to enter.
We need some municipal improve
ments, and we peculiarly need those
TO which Mayor Blease pledged him
self during his campaign, and which
he has been urging for years past.
Let's stand behind him and his coun-
Ill in making these improvements.
Cooperation is the prime need of
Newberry, and with cooperation we
will make this the best town in the
State, as it ought to be, both by in
heritance and by natural resources.