The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-02-05
Wanted: Better Roads.


ing, [ will give you a few lines
from Newberry, No. S. I think we
ought to extend to Mr., Aull our
thanks for the R. +. D. department
III his paper Mr.. Editor, you are tell
ing about the chaingang doing some
work on your route. Why the people
down on No. 5 don't know that we
have a chaingang, but if you don't
think we need it you just go out to
the two mile rock on the Pomaria
road, also down to the three mile rock
to Mr.. Johnstone's hay meadow. It is
disgrace to any community. By
the way, [ am sorry that the people
out on No. 4 have forgotten that their
carrier ever eats anything. 1t is not
that way down on my route. Those
good people down there give me so
much pudding and sausage and good
things like that until the boys say
l look like Methodist Circuit rider
coming in every evening. Why some
days L geet two Or three invitations
to dinner, but I cant give No. 4 any
He need not be throwing off his hints
around me. Now one word or two
about the roads. The people are
getting too busy out in the country
to work the roads. They don't care
how many buggies you tear up jump
ing bitches to get to their house with
the mail, just so you come. They will
promise to work the road when they
get through with their crops but when
they get through it is something else,
hauling wood or saving lumber,
anything but the roads.
Although Uncle Sam is going to
send one of his inspectors around
some day and he wont put up with
these promises. He will cut off some
of the route on account OF bad roads
and then it will be too late to work
the road; then you will have to come
to town to get your mail. The
country people have better chance
to get their mail than most Of the
people In town. I heard a man say
the other day who had just moved in
town from the country that he got
his mail at his door out there and now
he had to walk half mile to the post
office after it. 1t is matter of fact
that we will never have anything
but bad roads under the present law;
in fact we have no road law in New
berry county. The only way we can
get good roads is to work them by
taxation. Let the man that has moth
ing but himself pay nothing and the
man that has one horse OF two pay
for one or two whatever the case may
be. Then the man that has eight or
ten horses hauling wood and lumber
every day cutting up the roads pay
the tax to work it.
Then you can let out piece Of
! road by contract, make the contractor
give bond, require him to keep it in
a good condition or forfeit his bond.
And take the chaingang and road
machinery that is standing in a ditch
or in some mans cotton field and
start from the court house and work
each road going out so many miles
and put il in good condition. BY this
way we will have good roads and not
until then will we have anything only
the kind we now have which is dis
grace to Newberry county.
Frank p. DeVore, R. F. D. No. S..
Pomaria No. Q, on Roads and Boxes
Editor R. r. D. Department:
For fear our column in The Herald
and News might be taken from lis I
will try and send in q few lines.
We boys are having some pretty
cold weather now to contend with
though rs the saying is "don,'t mind
the weather so the wind don Z blow. -
I have a very good road but it is not
because it has been worked so much
for | have some parts that have not
had a shovel full of dirt in over two
years. hope the legislature will
pass a law that will force the over
secrs to work their roads, for our pat
rons expect us to bring their mail on
time and we cannot unless we have
good roads. ~ s%... . Kan.
think another important matter
is that every patron should see that
his box is convenient for the carrier,
not too high nor toe. low% It is Nigh