The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-13
UNCLE PETE WRITES OF VISIT.
he Is Pleased with Orangeburg and
His People-HoW to Build
Good Roads.

arrived in Columbia and took IN some
Of the prominent places in the city.
At $50 p. NJ, We were again at the
depot and were soon on our way to
the city on the Edisto. We were met
at the depot by our son and the little
grandchildren and were soon at his
home on Broughton street. Orange
burg is a nice town and the streets
run North and South and East and
West, and the side walks are laid with
cement from the Southern depot to
the st. Joseph's and Arlington hotels
and from these hotels to the Atlantic
Coast Line depot. The main or bIsl-
ness street is too narrow but there are
some splendid blocks. The court house
is built of brick and is good one.
The post office is on the square and IS
a small one, not near large enough. l
met Post Master Webster and his
clerks and they made me welcome.
There are 5 rural routes and carriers
and 4 city carriers. At each street
corner is an iron post with metal
arms on which the names OF the
streets are neatly printed, all the
houses are neatly numbered. Inc
hnsiness section Of the town does not
come I'D to the same in NewberrN
bnt the residence portion is very nice
indeed. in fact there are some magnl-
fcent homes in OraAgeburg, nearly all
the homes have we'll kept lawns, and
are a credit to any city. The Catho-
lies. Episcopalians, Presbyterlans'
Christians, Baptist and Methodist
have nice churches, and perhaps the
Tntherans. but the Lutherans are
scarce in the city. The city IS com
paratively level, has electric ilgh1s'
artsian water and they are now put
ting in a complete sewerage system
that runs to the Edisto. There are
two good hotels and they are we'll
kent Four banks and one negro bank
Three newspapers and one negro pa
DER. Two graded school buildings 1or
the whites and one or TWO Tor tne
colored people.
The Orangeburg Collegiate lnstlsu-
te IS on Broughton street and unoer
the management of Prof. W. 5. Pet-
erson is very successful. The enroll
ment last session was 2l5, and they
are expecting better things this year.
There vii, be Is teachers the next
session. Orangeburg is proud OF her
school and Prof. Peterson has the
we'll done Of the people on all Sides
The state college for the colored
neople and Claflin University are also
here There is one cotton mill, one
Observation-Disclosures
warn mill, ice plant, oil mill. They al
50 ship lot Of brick. The Edlsto rlV,
er is near the city and is we'll stocked
with splendid fish.
I met Col. D. O. Herbert and Mrs
Herbert. Mr.. and Mrs. Glaze and tne
children, Mrs. Elizabeth HERBERT
These were Newberry people and gave
me a warm grasp of the hand. also
visited the home Of Rev. D. d. Dantz-
Ter who formerly preached on inc
Newberrv circuit and married one OF
. Newberry's best girls. also met
ouite a number Of the prominent men
Of the city and was given hearty
welcome every where. I also met Rev.
Houser Of St. Matthews, who says:
That the Virginia preachers and V1r-
oinia teachers and the Johnson Nut
grass have about over run South Car
olina.
7 also met Supervisor Dantzler. He
is one of the best supervisors OF the
state. He now has 800 miles Of splea-
did roads in the county and IS stlll
building them as fast as it is possible
to do so. Orangeburg county has 1
mill property tax and one dollar COM
mutation tax and this money is spent
entirely on the roads. Mr.. Dantzler
saws that the communication tax should
be two dollars and with that and the
one mill tax he could soon cover the
county with good roads. He lets all
his bridges out by contract and keeps
his chain gang at work all the time
on his roads. He has two road scraps
and they are kept busy every day
in the year of course except Sunday
and very rainy days. He told me
he would not know how to do any
thing without scrapes. He does not
plant any cotton on the county farm
but plants corn, oats, peas, potatoes