The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-07-12
TRIP OVER BAD ROAD.
Cooperation of People of Community
and Use of Split Log Drag
Needed.

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I have Travelled the public road from
Newberry to Chappells via Sanders
store and Williams for good num-
=: Der of years and the condition of that
road at present is worse than I have
ever seen it in all those years. When
one thinks and realizes that by the
use of an ordinary split log drag this
road could be as good as any ordinary
country road one can not help wonder
ing why people will travel road in
such a fearful condition and lose more
time and have more worry than it
would take to run one of these drags
over the road and thus keep it in good
condition.
1t is unfortunately true that the dis
position in human nature is not to do
anything, even though the benefit
would be greater to the man doing it,
if by doing this thing other people in
the community received equal bene-
fit without putting forth any labor
themselves. Of course everybody in
the community should help equally in
doing those things which are for the
benefit of the community
It would be a great thing for any
community to have in it's midst man
who would take the lead in public i'm
provements, when, where he received
benefit himself he ought to do it re-
gardless of benefit to others who
would not do their part. It would
be worthy example and believe the
influence Of such a man would result
in great benefit to any community, and
that all the good people of that cvnn-
munity would be ashamed to receive
benefits without themselves contribut-
ing their part.
! I believe that if some enterprisiEs
farmer in community would take the
lead in using the split log drag OH
some of these roads that those people
who now do not want to do anything
for the public good, unless they are
paid for it, would soon feel ashamed Of
themselves and come forward and CO.
operate with the man who was doing
something for his community.
f., This road to which I refer is bad
from the Lewie place all the way to
the river bridge at the railroad over
Saluda. In some places the road is
almost impossible: In all places it
is not one-half the legal width for a
public road.
Sunday morning in an Ames 80,
driven by Mr.. Conway Thompson, wbc
is in Newberry demonstrating one of
these machines, in company with Mr..
Jno. M. Kinard, Mr.. Jas. L. Aull and
Miss Alice Aull, I went over this road
in order to spend the day with the old
fol.As at home. We left Newberry al 6
o'clock and even with the bad condi-
tion of the road, reached Aull's Mill ir
! Greenwood county at o'clock, and
lost about an hour getting oHt OF &
mud hole just 1874 miles from New
berry, between the Williams place and
Chappells.
This is fine machine and Mr..
Thompson is an excellent driver, or
We could never have made this trip
over the road as it is. Even the mud
Lo!e in which we stuck, the machi:la
would have gone through but for III, !,
fact that the ruts on either sid we're
so deep that the axles struck tie
g-oand before the wheels did the bot
ION! O: the mud hole. Through ,be "1-
! fo; IS of James Washington and his
: mule, as soon as be could be secur'd,
wt were out Of the mud hole and agail.
CT our way.
1t may be interesting to soma Of The
people who live out this road to have
the distances, and starting at my gata
in Newberry I took the distan :es 70
c :rta;n places and give them herewith.
w went out Boundary street to Dlay-
ton street and then straig'l ont
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