The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-01-19
100000 TO BUILD
PERMANENT HIGHWAYS
MASS MEETING IN INTEREST
OF GOOD ROADS.
Legislature to Be Asked to Submit
Question OF Bond Issue to Peo-
pie of Newberry County
This Summer.

At a mass meeting Of the people
of Newberry county, held in the old
court house on Saturday, under the
auspices Of the Good Roads League OF
Newberry county, it was determined
to ask the legislature now In session
to submit to the people Of the county
at an election to be, held this sum-
mer the question Of issuing bonds to
the amount of 100000 for the pur-
pose Of building permanent roads. A
committee of three, consisting Of
President ". K. Slight, Of the Good
Roads League; County Supervisor L..
I. Feagle, and Col. E. H. Aull was ap-
pointed to place the matter before
Newberry's representatives in tLv
general assembly.
On account of the extremely dis
agreeable weather, the meeting on
Saturday was. not. as largely attend
ed as it otherwise would have been,
but there was a good attendance OF
representative citizens and property
holders of various sections Of the
county. President Sigh, of the Good
Roads League, presided, and stated
the purpose Of the meeting, at the
same time making logical argument
in favor Of formulating some plan for
permanent road building, and advo-
eating as the best plan bond issue.
The main purpose of the meeting,
however, he said, was to take definite
action looking towards getting the
matter in shape to be submitted to
the people.
President Sligh referred to the
mass meetings recently held in Spar
tanburg and Anderson, at which 1t
mad been decided to request the rep
resentatives of these counties to sub
NIT to the people Of their counties
this summer the question Of issuing
bonds to the amount of half million
dollars in each county for permanent
road building. Whatever plan was
agreed on by Newberry, he said, 1t
ought to be put in shape now so that
it could be submitted to the people
this summe", when there were no poll
tics, and when the matter could have
a full and free agitation.
President Sigh urged the value OF
GOOD roads. The saving in vehicles
which would be brought about by
good roads, he said, would pay for
building them, to say nothing Of the
saving in wear and tear on stock.
The permanent road work done IN
Missouri. he said, begun four OF five
wears ago, had increased the total
valuation of farm lands alone two
hundred and fifty million dollars. 1t
was said that even during the recent
manic the value flands on unlmprov-
ed roads went down, while the value
of lands on improved roads continued
TO increase. He did not believe the
cost of building permanent roads tor
avery public road in the county would
exceed the value of the old field pine
which was now burned from the land
which with good roads could be
brought to market and sold.
Another important result OF good
roads which President Sigh stressed
was the diversification Of crops
which they would bring about. The
Southern farmers could not bring
small products to market at L profit
over the present roads, Sad hence
they stuck to cotton. Tim? was the
nreper standard IF measurement
from market, he said, aH'l not miles.
Take cnickens and egg, IL: IN
stance; it took too Ion" % LING
them. to market over -!e present
roads. 80
Newberry county was as Tavoraoly
situated for having good roadS as any
section Of country he had ever seen.
The county was small and the mater
ial which would be used in building
the roads was scattered from one END
If the county to the other. All the
stone necessary could be iecnred IN
the lower section Of the comfy ard
almost pitched to the roads to be
hnilt. Around Newberry there Was
Granite outcroppine everywhere ana
there was a streak of the finest roau
material in the world running out
bv the old Fair place, by Mr.. j..
Glenn Rikard's place, and on out by