The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-29
Chr a}emIl a,la ylelus
4. II. AULL, EDITOR.
\ nEivk THROUGH THE COUNTRY


: a few days ago wo drove in buggy
tr@sa The Chappells section to New
berry We had been over to tho old
heane in E8go6ela-or we should say
GrvS0wo<Ni-hut somehow that does not
sonua. right We prefer to think and
speak Of it as Edgetield. 1t rained all
the time we We're thcre, though the old
mill was runnifg aud tho sound of the
wheels and the pulling Of the old en-
giue and the rattle OF :he machinery
carried us back to other dayS-not so
long ago-but when Sou come to reckon
them it was not just yesterday. There
have been many changes since those
days. ,,Wc'always did like the hum Of
machinery and il was n sad pleasure 10
be there though the wagon loads Of
recollection came TO the mill arc not 10
be seen there now. People VAN, patent
flour ma wE' suppose do NOT raise
enough corn TO take 10 mill,
But il was not ohi> purpose 10 write
ufthese things. We wanted 70 speak
of't@o :things-just Two. In the first
place %tN were more convinced than
ever before that it is important for the
people TO- build, good roads, and that
the present system OF working the chain
gang IS n waste of labor and money. In
some placea the roads had recently
been worked and of course tho rains
made them worse than they were before
but this. was mostly due to tho system
OF working them. The roads rs n rule
ave lower in the ccntrc than on the
outside and The rains run the water and
fresh dirt in the middle of tho road.
The wear aud tear on tho horse and
buggy on this ono trip was more than
our tax would be to have built Il macad-
nm read, and VIC pay an average tax.
Then when you take into consideration
tae time that could have been saved in
making " 20niln: :;driye there would
have been u profit to us to have paid
oar part Of tie tax to- have built good
road ."Thc'p6int.we arc trying to make
is that the county should issue bonds
or borrow moneY:2nd. build good ma
cadam roads from,enc end to the other
aud th4t to do SO would be economy.
Then we passed the chain gang camped
III the mud alongside Il branch Il few
miles fromaOwn and from the appear
ancc of the road We suppose they we're
tHyingtto buIi,l a:rodaaby putting pine
polesarcrossa boGgy place., and in n
ycan SrEtw6 they or some .othrrs will
have to 60 and do the same work over
again, whereas il they were pntt work
and made build Il road cut Of rock in
such places AH4 build us it should be,
no rlote work would be peeded on it in
two or three generations. Suppose it
took e+tmcs as long and cost five
times as mnoh it " oI,it bc economy in
TWO good roads hiltin IBIS county and
when thciMtn PIE saw. them and Travelled
them it wopld,not be long before we
wauld have more Of them, 80:
Another< <thing that pleased us on
this trip was the beautiful grain crops
ana the large amount planlcd though
it should be twice 40 much. MIR.
Henry .Fellers and Mrs. Nora Wcrts
have someas'line grain rs We ever saw
atthi$ s:eason of the year. The pity is
THAI here is not more Of it. The pros
pectfor IA Sdotr4s{ftaa&inHtrop was never
bctterthan it.: is nov. And there is
more~whcat than in recent years. If
we'had ut Nnwbcrry good roller mill
where SONG patent tlour could be made
IL .iSht encourage our people to keep
up this good work. We hope nothing
VIII happen to injurc the crop.