The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-07-30
(By McDavid Horton.)

(By McDavid Horton.)
Newberry, July 26 (SpeciaD.-
community, long center Of religious
and educational interest, today made
clear. by its reception Of the Record s
pathhnders, the tact that in the mat
ter of enthusiasm for highway i'm
provement it is abreast Of any other
in the State, great as the desire Tor
Good roads manifested by other sec
tions of South Carolina has been since
the Capital-to-County tours were COM
menced.
AT Blackville, Barnwell, Bamberg,
Camden and Hartsville the pathtind-
ers of the Record had met with par
ticularly cordial receptions and tor
warmth and genuineness it had hardly
been thought these would be surpass-
ed, but Newberry has moved up to
first place on the list; not because IN
dividuals have been heartier in their
welcome Or more. appreciative OF the
mission of the pathfnders, but be-
cause the interest expressed has been
more representative of the forces
which bring things to pass IN the
community.
Concrete results may already be
safely predicted as likely to flow from
tc-day's outpouring and crystalliza-
ton of good roads ethusiasm. For
one thing,the cause Of better highways
has been brought sharply to the atten-
ton Of the town and the county. That
is something the Importance Of which
is greater than at first appears.
In the party which left the office OF
the Record this afternoon were:
McDavid Horton, news editor of the
Record; c, ". Norman, secretary Of
the Columbia Chamber Of Commerce;
Fitz Hugh Lee Brown, manager OF the
Columbia theatre, and A. j. Kind, OF
the Gregory-Conder company, Colum-
bia, in a Buick touring car, the Rec
ord s "Old Reliable' pathfinder car,
Mr.. Kind driving.
DR.. E. NJ. Whaley, president OF the
Columbia Automobile club; Jas. A.
Hoyt, editor and general manager of
thu Record: Jos. NJ. Lawrence, a
prominent Columbia insurance man,
and ". Bruce Ravenel, of the Colum-
bia firm Of Walker, Ravenel & Co., in
Dr.. Whaley's Chalmers-Dertolt "3O"
touring car.
W. R. Fishburne, Of the Gregory
Conder company, Columbia, and +.
Pezer Youngblood, circulation man
ager of the Record, in a Brush runa-
bout
Clarence D. Lee, Mrs. Lee and two
children, of Lydia, Darlington county;
Miss Peacock, of Rock Hill, and Al
vim McKelvey, Of Greenville county,
in Mr.. Clarence Lees Buick touring
car.
R. E. Howle, Of Darlington; J. A.
Kelly, Of Florida and George 0. Lee,
of Lydia, Darlington county, in Mr..
Geo. o. Lees Buick touring car.
It was three o'clock when the party
left Columbia. A few minutes later
the five cars reached the toll bridge
across the Broad river, where a pass
for the entire party was presented
from Mr.. T. H. Meighan, vice presl-
dent Of the company owning the
bridge. Beyond the bridge the route
lay through the famous Dutch Fork
of Lexington county, via Spring Hill,
Chaplin, Little Mountain and Prosper
ity. Among the clay hills alternating
with sand beds in which the reforma-
tory farm Of the State penitentiary is
situated the road is bad, distinctly SO;
heavy in the sandy stretches, boggy
in the clay beds, unbelievably rough
among the rocks. Yet in this section
live some Of the most substantial far
snerS in the State, progressive and IN
telligent men in most matters. Need
of education along particular lines is
shown most strikingly by the bad