The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-05
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Il. II. AULL, EDITOR.
AS TO PUBLIC HIGHWAYS


The grand jury OF GrcenviIle in q re-
cent very able and comprehensive pre-
sentiment had the following two SEN
tenccs:
"Valuable work is being done on the
rOads and we are free to commend the
judgment and Intelligence OF the super
visor In relocations and reduction OF
former heavy grades. Intelligent and
permanent improvement of our public
highways is u matter of deep concern
to our people, and should receive the
most hearty encouragement"
Does not every man, woman aud
child in Ncwbcrry County endorse the
last sentence? "Intclligcnt and per-
mancnt Improvement" OF our highways
is OF very cat Importance, and should
receive our first concern. 1t Is really
OF more Importance than almost any
question now before the people. Would
it not be more profitable for those OF
our candidates now marching over the
county TO tell MS something Of pcrma-
ncnt Improvement OF our ghways and
stir up IN interest in this question
than to be telling the people how they
loved the tlispcnsary aud what Il great
law it is.
We were over in Grccnvil.c short
Tune ago when wc saw something OF
what was being done. The county
chain gang is at work on the road
grading I'd macadamiZing and making
improvements that arc permanent and
not scattering their energies all over
the county. They were all ut work on
one road and it was being graded ana
macndamizcd and made Il good road be-
fore IL was left. or course they have
more convicts than we have, but we
have been advocating for years in
ftct ever since we have had II county
chain gang jnst what they arc doing
in Grcanvilic and what the grand Jury
comments. They are building one
road, and not a little bridge here to-
day and then tomorrow another in
another part Of the county which needs
repairing almost rs soon as il is left If
our county chain gang we're put to
work on one road and it WAS built for
four or five miles from the court house
and then another road in another di-
r"ctlon, and b.. kept tcvcrlastinHly at it,
We would soon have some GOOD roads.
lnstcud OF this the cOnvicts are scat
tired all over the county building little
bridges that will likely wash away ~
Ikt,il 1,,,. III 4
from the court house Il few miles and
then another in another direction, un-
I'll all the roads leading to the county
seat are built for Il certain distance,
and then begin extending them and
keep it up until the roads reach the
outer borders Of the county. We say
sLart a. the court house and reach ont
for ,hat benefits al the people from the
beginning, for all Of them come to the
county seat. IL matters not how long
IT. would take on one road. When it
was finished the work would be pcrma-
ncnt.
Now, we are not finding fault with
Supervisor Sclumpcrt on criticiZing
him. We believe he has been u faith.
ful and Il conscientious officer, but il
has been the policy Of the county since
the establishment Of the county chain
gang, and IT. is the policy we criticize
and deal with aud desire to see
changed.
Let ns hnvcgood roads. Let MS build
roads that will last. Let us utilize IA
far rs possible the county chain gang
on this work. IL necessary, let us gcta
fc" convicts from the penitcntiary to
help push along the work. Let us talk
about good rouds. Let us keep ND the
talk until the people get aroused to the
necessity and Importance Of this sub
Ject. Comparatively speaking, New
berry has better roads thnn most conn
Ties IN the State, but that does not
mean that we c0mld make no improve
mcnt The fact is our county and her
roads and bridges are in better condi.
tlon than most counties in the State.
The public roads question Is IL live
question and nccu, TO be uyi,utcd until
we get better roads