The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-27
FOR THE BOND ISSUE.
Mr.. John G. Neel Again Urges the
Voting of Bonds for Building
the Roads.

has been lot Of discussion, both pub
licly and privately, about Supervisor
Feagle's work. We have never had
any but good men in the Supervisors
Office. Mr.. Feagle has only been IN
about six or seven months and in that
time he has done what none Of the
others did, and that is, he built one
mile of good road.
He was in this community about I
weeks, and in that time he made this
mile Of road, a new three-mile road
from Mollohon mill to near Mr.. W.
! H. Bobb's; he worked four Or five
other roads: he had two teams and
eight or ten hands out couple weeks
making bridges and it raining about
every other day.
He didn't spend any more than
half of this seven weeks on this mile
of road.
Mr.. Feagle, and his assistants,
Miller, Burton and Cannon, got out
of the chain gang negroes all that was
in them, at the same time treating
them as humans. While wor'Cing near
here, I ahve seen good many Of them
give completely out and be compelled
to lie in the shade for several hours.
Without question the chain gang IS
well managed.
Mr.. Feagle and his board have
helepd to create the strongest road
working sentiment that we have ever
had in this county.
There seems to be general I'M
preston TO this effect. that, II bonds
are voted, this Will do away with the
present road law. Now. this IS
great mistake. for it will not effect
if in the least. Bonds are only intend
ed to work the roads. Take the
Observers figures; that there are
5000 people in this county subject to
road duty. If we would begin at
once to do permanent read work by
letting these hands work on their own
sections or group several sections to-
gether, counting these hands at Sl.OO
per day, days per year each, $500 to
the mile. they would build more than
70 miles every twelve months. The
chain gang could build 80 miles per
wear: the bond commission, so miles
per year. In from I to 10 years we
woulN have every road in the county
clayed and sanded, which is no doubt
better to travel over than gravel, and
much cheaper. Of course where we
cross the swamps and pipe clay places,
we would put gravel.
All we need is 6 or s traction en-
gines scattered over the county, Ito
haul with) and some dynamite for
these hills where you can't get around
them.
Some ask where YOU are going to get
this sand and gravel. Creation itself
has provided sand and gravel enough
to build roads enough for 1000 coun-
ties like Newberry.
We have our sand, clay and gravel
ridges running all through the coun-
tv in streaks from l to miles wide.
All We have to do is to take these en-
eines and scatter this sand along the
road.
Mr.. Oxner. who pulls his gin,
tnresher and sawn!ill over the coun-
trv with traction engine, paid us a
call not long ago. We asked him what
J. his enigne could pull over this mile
of road and he didn't hesitate in say
ing that it could pull our house were
it on wheels. We have no idea just
what the house will weigh.
Town, railroads and telegraph COM
panies pay so per cent. of the tax
Of Newberry county. and these peo-
pie have never thrown shovel full
of dirt in a hole.
In the country the roads are wash
ed off and we have a chance to get
hcln to work these roads. Let's take
WHIT we can get.
Farmers don't think that the town
nconle and railroads want these
bonds. There i q Stron.r opposition
among these towns and railroads con-
cernine this tax.
In hauling wood over this road,
we find that, in making three or four
trips per day. We gain about one
honr in time every day. Rv this mile
of road Prosperity and Newberry
are brought half mile nearer to-
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