Show WHAT MAKES A TOWN GREAT why do some towns grow while others stand still or recede why is one known as a live burg and another as a dead one how many times those questions have been asked and answered soil and climate railroad facilities and roads geographic location and capital all of these help but after all it is men that make or break a town given every advantage conceivable no town without men of courage courage and vis ion ever goes forward some 0 of the things that make a town great are listed in the following A little more praise and a lit tie less blame A little more virtue and a little littie less shame A little more thought for the other mans right A litle less self in our ur chase for delights A little more loving a little less hate are all that is needed to make town great A little more boosting a little less peering A little more trusting a little less fearing A little more kindness worked into strife are all that is needed to glorify lite life A little more kindness a little less greed A little more smiles a little less frown A little less kicking a man when hes down dawn A little more laugh and a little less cry A little more flowers on the pathway of life and fewer engraves in graves at the end of the strife A little more courage when the pathways wrought A little more honor a little less greed A litle more action a little less bluff A little more kindness by you and by me and oh what a wonderful town this would be possibly more towns ar restricted strict ed in their possible growth droin individual 0 selfishness than other faults too few men realize that in in working for the whole they are working for themselves who often when called on for service we we are too busy and yet when we would pull and shove our individual business would reap greater progress those towns which are foregoing rapid ly to the front are arc the ones I 1 where there are men of vision and courage and willingness to do ones share and a bit more in community effort one man can pull only so much but a hundred men all pulling on the same rope will move a load one hundred times greater community effort and that alone builds cities from towns and villages mrs ina swanson justice of peace alleghany allegheny Alleg hany scottville Scott ville N C |