The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-08-03

is not as good as it used to be. Ie needs
dragging, but with the exception C.
the holes which are characteristic Nf
all the roads in this county, and the
| narrowness of the road bed, the road
! is better than | expected to see it.
You can never have a road until you
widen the bed more than is the case
with many of the roads in this coun-
ty. The crops all along the way are
very promising and especially is that
the case with the corn. Talking about
the road those who have travelled this
road will remember the heavy sand
bed that was for stretch of about a
f., mile just before and just after you
! pass the home of Mr.. W. E. Elmore,
former of the Benson Suber place and
! just this side of the old Kinard place.
Well, that is now the best part of the
, road from Newberry to Whitmire.
And it took very little work and not
a great deal of money to fix this. It
only needed a little clay with the
sand and the clay was right along by
the side of the road, and all that. was
necessary was to- go thehe and make
the drains that were needed and
throw the clay on the road. This is
the most striking example of what can
be done by mixing a little clay with
the sand, because I do not know any
place in the county where the sand
was as heavy, and now it is beau
tiful stretch Of road just as smooth
and hard as any road should be, and
it is a pleasure to drive over it. Just
a little attention and interest and
little cooperation and little money
and we could have good roads all
through this county, and we need not
spend a great deal more money than
we arespending now. But there must
be cooperation and a pulling together.
Fact, is, cooperation is q great thing
in any line Of human endeavor. To
! illustrate, on the return trip soon aft
: er we left Whitmire one of the tires
CT III went fat, and as it generally
| happens it was in stretch of road
where there was no shade in q hum
dred yards. But by all three of us
cooperating it was but little while
before. we were going again. Mr. c.
III. Leitzsey being a rural carrier is an
expert in taking of and putting. on
a Ford tire and MIR. B. B. Leitzsey
knows how to throw pump and T.
we'll, am an expert in placing the
JACK and iackins i up tie wheel, 50 BY
j. $. 47or q -. -
ali Of us cooperating we were soon:
on the way and ne one, vas damaged.
g.. .:..,.; ..-o- ~. ,:.aG: -.
am not going to Try to specify any.
particular crops, but was impressed
with the fine prospect all along tie
way, and am going to prove the rule
by saying that there is the best pros
perfect for cotton crop on the Lake
place Just beyond the city that I have
ever seen on that land. do not know
who is working the place this year,
but even on that field by the side
OF the road the cotton looks good.
We drove along anietdy as I al
ways do and We were back in New
berry before or by noon, and spent
couple of hours in the good town of
Whitmise and had a chance to view
to crops along the way. I have been
pretty well over the county during the
past couple Of weeks and the pros
poets for g. fine harvest were never
better at this season OF the year, and
there is an abundance Of fruit. And I
believe the people are making good
, use of the fruit by canning and pre-
serving and there should be plenty
to eat in this county.