The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-07-27
AN AUTOMOBILE TRIP INTO
GREENWOOD COUNTY.

Newbery on Sunday morning for ;
trip to our home in Greenwood coun
ty with Capt. Langford at the steer
ing wheel. The air was pleasant anc
bracing and the little roadster was or
her mettle and clipped 'em at from
ten to fifteen miles an hour with ease
and grace. We went up the Belfast
road as far as Longshore's store and
then up the Chappells road via Mr..
J. S. Dominick 5 and around by the
Wells place and down by the Boaz-
man place and out by Mr.. G. 7. Reid 5
to the railroad bridge over Saluda.
The road from Newberry to Long
shores is not in as good condition ;
it was some weeks ago when we came
with the Journal-Herald cars to New
berry. There are many holes that need
attention and from Longshore' to
Mr.. Dominick' s the road is terribly
bad most all the Va. At Little River
it took a good car to come through.
The road from Mr.. R. S. Boazman' s
to the Saluda river seems to- be trav-
eled but little and is in worse condi-
tion than it was twenty-five years ago.
In fact it has the appearance Of not
having had any work at all for the
past quarter Of a century, but we went
through without any trouble. At the
railroad bridge is a place that needs
attention. We have the promise that
the mudhole Immediately under the
railroad will be worked by some of
the citizens on the Greenwood side.
After you strike Greenwood there
is evidence of recent work on the
roads and even the hill up from the
river is in good condition and after
you reach the top of the hill the roads
are in good condition as far as We
went in Greenwood county. We trav-
eled the road as far as Ninety Six
creek three and half miles from
Ninety Six. We know the road from
there to Greenwood is fine road.
We made the trip from Newberry
to Mr.. J. L. Aull'S, ~distance Of
28 40 miles by the route Travelled, in
two hours and forty-fve minutes
even with the roads we had to en-. ,
counter. :
Returning We came by the railroad ,
bridge and through what we We're told /
is public road via the SimpkinS ;
place into the Chappells road right at
Chappells. Why any one would send
US by this road it is hard to tel! fet h
the supervisor was not with US that 4
he might see the condition Of some u
roads that are called public highways. n
Now sending US around by Islanl
Ford was alright because it gave the h
opportunity to inspect the
roads which he might not have had
during his term Of office. This road +;
by the Simpkins' place is almost i'm !,
oassabIe The road from Chappells q,
back to Newberry by Cross Roads n
church, the Williams place and the q,
Long Bridge is in good condition and N
about as good road as you will find IN h
Newberry. If at DR.. Holloway's We ii
1ad turned to the right going and G
5hen to the left at the school house Il
Ind taken that route to the river we a,
would have discovered probably the to
)est average road leading from New st
Jerry to the Greenwood county line. B
The crops seem to be in fairly good al
condition. and are looking we'll. The ,as
,otton has plenty Of weed and is pr
growing very rapidly and the farmers as
re greatly encouraged in the last B
ew days over the prospect. The corn wi
generally is fine. Mr.. Dick Neel has ioI
ome corn just outside the city that ev
5 the best by far that We have seen. sti
t is better, We believe, than that of hi
r.. E. R. Hipp, about which we spoke Esic
ONE time ago. Mr.. Neel also has It
ome fine cotton. Mr.. J. H. Chappeu thi