The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-10-25
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Cotton Rscairts--A Ro1n c-zz,2hle Frs2l
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Town CIU:i.3,3t

Halfacre and her brother, Mr.. Cren-
shaw, spent Saturday night and Sun
day with their sister, Mrs. G. W.
Settler. Of this place.
\ number Of the young men Of Po-
maria visited Newberry last Satur-
day. Among these were MesSrs. E.
B. Feayle, Roland Ringer, II. A. Har-
is, C. H. Counts and B. NJ. Counts.
Up to the close Of last week the gin
nery in connection with the oil mill
here had ginned about HOO bales of
cotton this season.
Pomaria probably holds the "long
distance record" in this county this
wear for a runaway team. About
dusk on Wednesday evening Of last
week. a horse and mule belonging to
Mr.. ". F. Suber, took fright as a
bale Of cotton was being loaded on
the wagon. and ran away. Mr.. Sub
er attempted to stop them, but was
unsuccessful, the wagon wheel pass
in" over his foot and painfully, but
not seriously, injurin@ it. The team
continued to run. and it is believed
,, they ran all the way home--a distance
Of about eight miles. at least, they
were still running when they passed
point about five miles from Pomar-
ia. When they reached home tnev
wera covered with a lather of
sweat. Tile most remarkable thing
about the whole occurrence Is that.
altIlo"ch the road is very crooked
and exceedingly hilly. no damage was
done 10 the wagon until they were
nca";;v home. There; where the road
turned through patch of pines, the
wagon wheel struck tree and broke
! the coupling-pole. overturning the
wagon and spilling out the bale Of
| cotton.
Il seems from two lncal items III
Tuesday,. Observe:' that the bicycle
ordinance is not being observed by
some of the bicyclists in Newberry.
The editor Of the Observer has al
ready, we believe, urged this as an
argument for not allowing bicycles on
the sidewalks at all. But his logic IS
faulty. If the present ordinance is
reasonable, it certainly can be as
easily enforced if there are those
who reilly want. it cnforced-as. can
the. ordina nee which he, would have
!he council enact, and which, Wita
the present condition Of the streets of
Newbe,1y. is rot reas :nable. The OBJ
server recently remarked that the
"hicyclc is vehicle, and the street
i, the. place for vehicies.'' We'll: it
der"n9> beth upon TIE Eini "ssrefi-
Gle and the Elnd Of street y baby
.rriaec Is "a vehicle; does tie On
server intend to say that it. Il ~ b.
restricted 10 the street? AMI i is
propelled - similar power to that
which moves the bicycle, too.
Now those who know anything
about riding bicycles know that most
of the outlying streets Of Newberry
are utterly unfit the greater part Of
tne time for bicycles; and if those
who ride wheels are not permitted,
even under proper restrictions, to
ride on the sidewalks, it means that
they will just have to lay aside their
wheels. Now it is a great convent
ence to many who live some distance
from their place Of business to be
able to use bicycles in going to and
from their work; it is saving of
time and money Is it then, not
rather selfish and inconsiderate to
deny them this convenience, when it
can be allowed them without the
slightest danger or disadvantage to
pedestrians The Observer will doubt
less admit that if the present o7dii:-'
nance be enforced, pedestrians will
have nothing to complain of; and the
ordinance will be enforced just as
soon as the pedestrians demand that
it be. The advantage Of the present
ordinance over tnat which the Obser-
yer desires is that it does not work
an unnecessary hardship upon inno-