The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-07-28
DISAPPOINTING LACK OF EN-
COURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT.

the Charleston-Asheville rhree-hun-
dred mile road, has received an offer
from Prof NJ Good Homes, special
agent United States Office and public
roads for the State Of South Carolina,
stating that he is equipped with the
proper outfit to give an instructive
lecture on road building, and main
I tenance, to all the county supervisors
aud captains of chaingangs and road
authorities in general in all counties
that wish the matter presented from
an engineering standpoint.
Prof. Homes offered to go over the
proposed highway between Charleston
and Asheville and all that he asked
was transportation from each county
over the road in that county.
Newberry has the advantage of hav-
ing the road from Spartanburg and
from Greenville, making practically
two roads through the county. Dur
ing the week Prof. Homes offered to
come and spend two days over this
road, but MI. Mayes, the president of
the chamber of commerce, could not
secure an automobile in which to take
Mr.. Homes over the road.
There are about one hundred auto-
mobiles in Newberry county, and,
while all the automobilists seem to
desire better roads, they want some
body else to build them, and will not
even lend their influence to the extent
of furnishing any assistance to those
who have been endeavoring to secure
this highway through the county.
1t is probable that Mr.. Homes could
not have told our road builders any,
thing that they did not already know,
still it would have been an evidence
of our interest in the matter to have
offered to take him through the county
and over the road and to have heard
the suggestions he might have had to
make.
The Herald and News has taken a
great deal of interest in this proposed
highway, and the editor has attended
two or three meetings in Columbia at
lis own expense aud time, and has
gone to the trouble Of going over the
road from Kinards to Little Noun
tain and from Newberry to Gordons
Bridge, and Mr.. F. W. Higgins was
kind enough to take his instruments
and to give his time to the making of a
map of these roads. In making the
trip from Kinards to Little Mountain,
Mr.. F. H. Dominick furnished his car.
In order to make the trip to Gordon's
Bridge, the car of MIR. D. r. Lavender,
Of Gaffney, was secured. Neither Mr..
Higgins nor the editor of The Herald
and News owns car, and it was
thought if they could give of their
time and money to aid in the building
Of these roads that those who are more
directly interested from a financial
standpoint, as well as pleasure stand
point might have been willing to offer
44SSzs.as.
the use of their cars to take Mr..
Homes over the road through this
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county.
In many respects, Newberry is for
tunate in securing this road, because
the read from spartanburg and I'm
ion. via Maybinton could have taken
the old State road at Maybinton, and
saved a distance of sixteen miles. It
is very discouraging to those of US
who are really trying to do something
for the building up of the community,
and who will receive mo direct benefit
from it, to see those who are directly
interested and who will receive i'm
mediate and direct benefits never have
time 10 give to any public work. That,
tttaEsome. extent however, has been. the
history of this community, and after
! it is: too late and the opportunity is