The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-01-22

Development. Mr.. Watson pro,l;Ic-
ed statistics 10 show the value II " nd
roads in hauling products from the
farm to the cl:y and demonstrated
that it cost almost as much 10 haul
cotton to the city as to ship it to Llv-
erpool from New York.
Mr. Hyatt then made one Of his COM
mon sense :alkS on roads and how 10
get them. It required hard work and
lots Of patience to show the people
the value Of GOOD roads but once de-
monstrated everybody worked for
them. The people OF the State should
realize that while federal aid for road
building was a good thing it was a
long way off and the way to get good
roads was to go after them with in
dividual effort.
Mr.. S. H. Owens. the county sup
ervisor Of Richland. was called on
to explain the sand-clay roads and
demonstrated their value in the lower
part Of the State Supervisor Morris
Of Barnwell also talked along the
same line.
Expert Eldridge,
One of the most instructive address,
es of the meeting was given by Mr..
Eldridge Of the office Of public roads
of Washington. Mr.. Eldridge is an
expert on roads and knows thorough
ly the advantage and disadvantages
Of the materials used and his lecture
was most instructive. He was asked
many questions by the delegates and
his ideas on material met with unan-
imous approval. He had inspected
the roads Of Richland county and al
so the machinery for building these
roads and commended both very high
ly. He praised particularly the meth
Cd for handling the crushed rock and
pronounced the brick produced al the
Hyatt brick yard Of the highest quail
ity.
In the evening Nj. Eldridse, with
a stereopticon machine, showed about
100 pictures Of the various roads Of
the world. These roads included
those Of ancient Italy and the gradual
development Of roads in Europe and
this country and it is worth noting
that there We're several pictures Of
South Carolina and Richland county
roads, two of these very near the city.
The pictures showed all stages Of the
road and Mr.. Eldrige gave running
comment on them asthey were flash
ed on the wall.
As mentioned above, the Spartan
burg delegation took active part in
the proceedings. Mr.. Moore explain
ed the issue of bonds for the work
there. Mr.. Moore is the president of
the Spartanburg Good Roads league
and the secretary is Prof. Tilling-
last Of Converse college. Supervisor
Miles was also here as was practically
every township commissioner.
The convention indorsed the pas
sage Of an act providing for State
highway commission and engineer by
a vote of % to 5, over half of the
delegates not being present. The
president is authorized to bring the
matter before the general assembly in
official form and urge the passage Of
some law. Mr.. Etheridge presented
a law on the subject that has been
adopted by several States but il was
decided to Leave these details with
the general assembly, although copies
Of several acts along this line will be
furnished.
Election Of Officers.
Mr.. F. H. Hyatt was reelected
president and Mr.. Fingal c. Black
reelected secretary, all Of the county
supervisors being on the executive
committee. Both Messrs. Hyatt and
Black have worked hard for the sue
cess of the meeting and feel gratified
at th.a resn1t Of their efforts.