The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-12-28
Card TO ~{cmc People,"


To Tic EDITOR of The A1vcrtiscr:
Let me say, through vour columns.
to my home people" of Cross Hill
that while | admit my property lies
in the township OF that name. as ,he
school tax upon i; generously proves.
will not ADMIT that the best road on
eArtr leads from Crt'"enda, NY nome
10 the clean, neat, and pretty little viii
'aGe rowing 'hc tC. o. me hi |. TC
say that the worst road in I.aurens
county connects the two places is
putting it mildly. yet I do not state
this fact as structure upon the sup
ervisor, nor yet upon the county. fol
the prosperity of the county Is not
such as To warrant The 81 eryisor
rubbing his Aladin's lamp and hetter-
ing the road in night. but by dint of
constant and intelligent labor some of
the very worst places can be bettered
at no very great expense. The way
leading from Puckett's Ferry road to
Cross Hill Via the old Cunningham Mill
sight is, the most direct way to that
town and used to be a public way, but
now the supervisor recognizes II no
longer as s.ch. With a little srbstan-
tial work 1t could be made a good
and serviceable road to the good of
both sections. Some time ago | asked
Nh Rasor the Johndce of Cross Hill.
TO hclp me get up a petition to the
supervisor TO open the way Just de-
scribcG. telling him | would look after
the petition i'll my section If he would
look after IL In his. With nonchal-
ance worthy Of the French and an
aeSthctical curve of the body he told
me with weird. wary, and weary
voice that he had so much to do. and
not feeling physically tmark you not
mcE'a!!D strong that hc would have
to get me 10 look after the matter All
this after had shown him how TO
drew up the petition To the people
OF Cross Hill both friend aud foe.
I simply say am forced to go to- Wa
terloo for my mail for my trading.
and Tor selling cotton. cotton seed.
aid other pro luce bccausc ,ha road
from Craigends to ;hat place is bet
ter and shorter than the present road
to Cross Hill. Cross IUll is closely
connected with the history of my
family aud | have much and sincere
affection for the place and for ole
Liberty Springs
| hear the Messrs. McSwain have
promised the county i've hundred dol
lars towards putting a bridge over the
Saluda somewhere In this neighbor-
hood. | hope the report is true for ii
the counties of Laurens and Green
wood accept this generous and pub
lie spirited offer it would insure bet
ter roads to and through this impover-
ished section which really is of great
premise and intrinsic value. Two or
tA;ee months $50 ! wont to Greenwood
especially to So" the supervisor of
that county i'll tho matter of that coun-
~ joining Laurens county and put
ting either a free ferry or bridge
over the Sa.uda in this section as the
distance both ways from the other
bridges warranted It; as yet nothing
has come Of my effort Though now
In the scar and yellow leaf yet do
hope that ere my further stage of
evolution will see troAey system
completed to Greenwood and one to
Lau,ens and those two progressive
towns connected via Cross Hili and
this section by like system. People
of my ''home town. work for such
a consummation.
| Clarence Cunningham,
Croigends, Rosemont NIaror.
| December "a, 1910.