The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-05-08
ABOUT ROADS AND THINGS
\ Correspondent Take Whack at
Game Warden, School Tax and
Federal Office Holders.


and co..
Mr.. Oliver Dennis is building him a
new dwelling house on the Stony Bat
cry road.
The small grain crcp is being cut
snort by the drought.
Mr.. D. NJ. Morris lost his nice buggy
horse last Friday frGm collie. Mr..
/ Morris had not owned the .2orse very
long as he had only bought him in
the latter par: Of the fall from Mrs.
J. E. Norwood, Of Newberry.
There will be a g3od many Of cur
people TO 90 to jacksonville this week
to take in the reunion there
Have we any game wardens in New
berry county now or not? We must
rot have any as we notice here
OF late thai almos. every saw mill
man put his saw mill down over the
creek and the saw dust kills all toe
fish for miles down the creek. Wake
up old boys, you aave beea paying
Rip Van Wrinkle long enough, We know
your salary is somewhat small but
if you are not going to do your duty
give it up and LEI some oher fellow
try his hand.
Mr.. Editor, we are always glad to
see you down in our live and progress
sive little town Of Prosperity and we
believe you are glad to come and es-
pecially when you can get as nice
beets as you had the other day. Come
again, Mr.. Editor.
DR.. w. E. Pelham, the life insurance
man, was down here the past week
and had with him Mr.. Miller, of Co.
lumbia. We are always glad ID see
the doctor
Mr.. Jonn L. Cook is building him a
nice new dwelling house near his
mill.
We notice that Supervisor ]. H.
Chappell is doing some good work on
some of our pubic Highways where
there has never been chain gang be-
/ fore, and we hope he will keep this up
as we heard a certain candidate few
year ago f0r the legislature make
! these remarks about our public
highways, thai We had about 1900 miles
o. public highway in NeWberry county.
But we can't afford to keep up every
little pig path in the county so, we
have go. just as good right to have our
public highways worked as few
automobile rtoads. When We go up to
Mr.. Epps office he never says have
your public highways been worked
tais year.
We always thought it was strictly
! forbidden by the federal government
for a man holding a position under
il TO take a hand i'll politics. But
i must not be tie case with some of
the office holders. We think If we had
been in the position they were and
especially on the liquor question we
would keep silent.
There will be held next Saturday
May 9, 1914, an election in the St
! Lukes' school district No. 13 10 vote
Gu four mills more tax for the school
We can't say whether this is right or
not as we think il wrong to allow any
one to v1te VINO is not a ircc 90 -
and furtc ermore we believe it just
as much wrong to do this as to educate
your children on liquor money as
blood money as they may call it. We
have always thought the law on this
line was wrong because you take a
certain school district and there may
be only 10 free holders and 40 tenants
who are mere this year and God know
where another year, and you hold al
election in shat certain school district
to vote four or six mills, the State
limit, it is almost certain that majiri-
ty of the tenants will yo:e for the tax
simply because he will say to himself
that the tax will not hurt me, because
1 only own one dog, one mule, house
i hold and kitchen furniture and thaI
will not make my taXs more than %
cents more than they were last year.
Bu: how about the free holded whetn-
er he is in favor of the tax or not you
must come up to the captains office
with your shad scales as We have the
majority And yet this is the law
made by some Of our Smart Alexis.
But, we guess they must have an ak
20 grind or expecting lone to grind, or