The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-03-25
Friday, March 25, 1910.
BUILD THE ROAD.

Nothing has had more to do with
bringing about the present pros
perity of the country than the build
ing Of good roads. That Lexington
county is forging to the front in this
particular is most gratifying. Great
progress has been made on the roads
of this county during the past twelve
months. When the chain gang COM
pletes the Augusta road between
Lexington and Leesville the people
will have a road running across the
county to the capital Of the State.
This road will compare most favor
ably with any road in the State and
will be credit to the county. But
there are other good roads in the
county that are a pride to the peo-
pie. Within a few weeks the chain
gang will begin work on the roads Of
lower Fork, continuing to the New
berry county line. This will give the
people Of that section road to be
proud of, running across from the
Riohland to the Newberry line. This
is as it should be. The supervisor
intends giving every section the ben
eft of the chain gang, but it is a
physical inpossibility to work all the
roads at the same time. Lexington
Dispatch.
We are glad to know that the su-
pervisor Of Lexington county is 60
ing to build a road from Richland to
the Newberry line. We hope that
he will put ii good condition the
road which has been adopted as the
capital highway from Columbia to
Greenville. As already stated, this
road has BEEN built from Laurens to
Greenviile and the Laurens super
visor is going to build from Laurens
to the Newberry line and now it Is
stated that the Lexington end is to
be built.
We hope that the county superVls-
or of Newberry will realize the I'M
portance Of the connecting Link
from the Lexington line to the Lau-
rens. Inns. > We, understand that 3
committee from the chamber Of com
merce will be appointed to cooperate
with the supervisor in putting this
road in first class condition. From
Newberry to Kinards, with one or
two. exceptions, the road could be
made good with very little expendi-
ture Of labor and money. The worst
place on the road is at Gum Spring
branch and it is probable that the
road will have to be relocated and a
bridge built at this place.
From Newberry to Prosperity the
road should be relocated so as not
to cross the railroad so often. Super
visor Feagle stated sometime ago that
he was going to take the chain gang
and build this road between Pros
perity and NeWberry and We hope
that he will carry this intention out.
1t would be a great thing for this
section to have first class highway
from the capital Of the State to
Greenville, and when the road from
charleston to Columbia is completed
and the road from Augusta to Char
lotte via Columbia IS completed, we
will have two highways running dag
onally across the State intereseoting
at the capital 1 ,
This will give owners Of automo-
biles an opportunity to travel with
some pleasure and we had just as
well recognize the fact that the au-
tomobile is here to stay and we
should remember that road that is
good for the automobile is equally
good for a buggy, or wagon, or a
cart.
In this effort to have the road
from the Laurens line to the L7xing-
ton line put, in good condition, there
should he cooperation and united ef-
fort On the part of the automobile
owners Of this county. We believe
that the people who live along this
road will also cooperate and assist
in making it one of the best roads