The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-11-19

Trinity church and thence to Long
shores store and the Floyd place back
to Bush River church or M. M. Satter-
whites and thence back to Longshores
and down the Belfast road to New
berry. He says the route is only %
miles, but counting the roads 1 wouli
say the route is nearly twice that
long. He serves the Senns, the
Boozers, the Longshores, Spearmans,
Schultz, Floyds, Bishops, Shealys.
Crouch, Adams, Martins, Wilson's,
leagues, Clarys, Johnsons, Hendrix,
Pitts. McKittricks, Davenport, Satter-
white, Clelands, Henderson, Chap
,, pell, Neel, Abrams, Waldrops, and
others, names familiar in all the his
tory of Newberry and famous in
peace and war 1t is a fine section Of
the county and the crops were good
this year, and at nearly every farm
house there is evidence of money in
the shape Of several bales of cotton
piled in the yard, but
l could not help but wonder why
these good people refused to vote those
bonds for the building of good roads
under the act of the legislature I had
passed some years ago at the Request
Eof Mr.. Z. w. Floyd who lives in
Newberry, but who is one of the larg-
est taxpayers of the township and
who was anxious to help the people
of his old home have some of the
comforts of living, even if it did cost
him something. The road is bad and
| do not see how Mr.. Peterson man
ages to get over it when the rainy
season comes and the roads get CUT
up by the travel. No wonder it takes
him all day in his buggy to make the
round. Some of the road is just bare
ly wide enough for one vehicle and
the land is cultivated on either Side
right I'D to the road. If the people
had voted the bonds and built the
roads at the time the election was
ordered, and had maintained thems
they would now have good roads over
which to drive their cars, but as 1t
is the roads are no better, if as good
as they were in the early days of the
republic. The burden in tax would
have been very light and the invest
ment would have proven profitable.
But they would not.
There are three schools along this
route. The one at Trinity which was
made two teacher school or rural
graded school and voted mill tax
for maintenance during my term as
superintendent of education along
with some half dozen others. TIE
school at Bush River and the Smyrna
school. This latter is also rural
graded school and has two teachers.
II was so established under the SD
perintendency of Mr.. Geo. d. Brown
and has a modern building and has
been moved out On the Be- Last road,
1t is taught this year, was told, by
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Sale, and IS
fortunate in having such experienced
and excellent teachers. I know that
Mr.. Sale is competent and most ex-
cellent instructor. I would say that
I once was pupil of his and know
what I am talking about, if was nos
afraid that he would not like to be
considered quite so old. And withal
there is no finer gentleman, high-toned
and honorable, in this country. AS
my cousin, Geo. Haltiwanger would
say, he has the right sort of pedigree.
And that counts, especially in school
teacher, because the teacher shoul ]
be more than simply hearer of les
sons and an instructor in the books.
He needs to teach the far more i'm
portant things which have to do with
the duties of the good citizen and the
high-toned and honorable gentleman
ad cultured and refined woman so
long the proud boast of our fair South
land. and the proper courtesies and
amenities that are due to one another
to make life worth the while, some
thing that I am almost persuaded
sometimes is conspicuous by its &b-
sence in the teaching in our schools.