The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-02-25
TO DO SOME ROAD WORK.
Supervisor Buys Scrapes and Drags
Also Does Some Mule Trad
ing.


to do some permanent road work as
soon as the weather will permit. He
has recently bought three road scrap
ers and has also ordered two King
Road Drags.
Every overseer, or at least every
community, where it is pretended to
work roads at all, should have one
of these drags. They cost $500
each and the experience Of those
people where these drags have been
used is that better results for the
amount of outlay can be obtained by
the proper use Of the drag than in
almost any other way, When the
road overseers eln see tie working
Of this inexpensive machine it is
hoped that more Of them will be pur-
! chased.
If the three scrapers and the
drags are used properly Supervisor
! Feagle ought to be able to have some
fairly goods roads in this county in
, the near future.
Supervisor Feagle has also traded
. off five old mules belonging to the
county. for five young ones. 1t was
stated to. The Herald and News some
few. days ago that the five mules
traded by the supervisor were young
and serviceable and that hehad given
them in the trade, and about $1,000,
for the five young mules. The trade
was made with Summer-Wise Mule
/ Co., and The Herald and News is re-
liably informed that the cash differ
ence paid for. the young mules is
! $3.50.
i One Of the mules traded for the
:. young ones was known as 'FMack,"
and is said to be about twenty-five:
years old and an expert kicker; an
other one Of the mules traded by the
. supervisor was known as Mag" and
is said to have suffered continually
! from a weak back; another was
known as "Doek" and it is said that
''Dock" was continually in need Of
a doctor; another one Of the eounty's
old relics which was traded was
known by the name Of "John'' and
it is said that "John':'. had served
in grading for the Sea Board Air
Line railroad some years ago when
that road was built into Columbia
and that "John'' was not baby at
that time. The other mule was call:
ed "A1eck" and it is, said that
'fA1eek' possessed a high degree Of
stubbornness and in many respects
resembled an OK in that whenever
hot; weather came "Aleck" insisted
upon lying down to rest.
Jordan Green who is with Sum-
mer-Wise Co., left on Wednesday
night for St. Louis where he will
purchase another lot Of mules. ...
These being the facts it would ap-
pear that the county has made a
good trade and if the expense Of
new machinery is to be incurred it
is good judgment to have new and
robust mules with which to handle it.
The Herald and News hopes that
Supervisor Feagle will take up the
work Of road Improvement in a sys-
tematic and business like manner.
One of the first roads that should
have his attention is the extension
! Of the one mile Of good road buill
under the government supervision on
to Prosperity. Before any more per-
!, manent work is dore ON this road,
however, it should be relocated so as
to avoid 50 many railroad crossings.
IF the road from Newberry to Pros
perity were so relocated and built 10
accordance with the work done on
the one mile Of government road,
the two places would be almost as
one and as the travelling from; that
section of the county to NewbeTy
and from Newberry to that section
is probably the heaviest on any
/ road in the county the building Of
this road would serve the greatest
number: Another advantage In build
ing: this road is that it would. be in
expensive as the sand and clay may
be found along the roadside. It would
also be convincing lesson and would
! probably be used by more people
than any other road in The county.
The Herald and News, however,
is delighted 10 know that Supervisor
Feagle proposes to do some road
work in systematic and business
way and that it is his intention to
stop skipping from one section Of the