The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-06-25
ACROSS THE STATE.

At the request of the Columbia cor
respondent of The American | went
to York on Thursday to make report
for the paper of the senatorial cam
paign meeting at that place. / did
it with some misgivings because I am
not an adept in trat line, but l wanted
to accommodate him and then I had
no serious objection to making Q
trip to Yorkville once again. / got
there a few moments after the meet
ing had begun, and when it ended
/ went at once to writing the report.
and when I finished it was time to re-
turn, so I saw but littl of anything
I can't write the report ready for the
paper as the meeting progresses as
good reporter should do. But any
way 7 managed to get out report
which / know is correct, if not ornate.
And I want to say a word or two
about the trip across the State, and
I am also printing the report of this
meeting, and I am going to one of
the State meetings, and will print
report of that meeting. When you
get one you have about all that there
is. There is not much interest in the
political meetings this year, and it is
we'll This is no time to be wrangl-
ing about politics, and the people dc
we'll to take little interest in hurrah-
ing for any of the candidates, and will
do we'll to go to the polls and cast
their ballots for the men they want III
Office and go home.
7 had arranged to 90 on the train
but Mr.. R. G. Boyleston very kindly
consented to hook up his Oakland Six
and take the trip, through the country,
and this we did. B. B. Leitzsey went
along. We left NeWberry at $50
Thursday morning and drove out to
Mr. Leitzsey's where we made
short stop, and Mr. Boyleston went in
and had a cup of coffee and soms
breakfast, but as 1 had my coffee be-
fore I left, and Mrs. Leitzsey handed
me shoe box soon after we arrived,
l declinedsto eat breakfast with them
Well. that shoe box contained some
good biscuits and fried chicken and
country ham and I was not sorry tha,-
Mr.. Leitzsey did not eat fried chicken
and Mr.. Boyleston was not hungry,
and all that I returned to Mrs.
Leitzsey was the box. You see I did
not have time to get dinner at York
vile and but for the contents OF that
box and the kindness of the other
gentlemen in not wanting any, /
would have gone hungry.
I like to keep "log book" on these
drives and as it is interesting to me
it may be to others. I am going to
give the distance from Newberry to
each place and the time from New
berry to our arrival. Of course, we
made several stops which should not
be counted in the running time, but
Mr.. Boyleston is a good and careful
driver and the entire trip was made
without the slightest trouble of any
kind and I do not believe he had to
change gear but once on the trip go
ing over, and that Oakland just went
up those big hills as if they were nc:
there. And the engine did run beau
tifully and it was altogether most
delightful trip.
Whitnfire. 21 miles, hour % min.
Tiger River. 30 miles. hour So min
Union. 80 miles, hours 20 min.
Kelly, 4S miles, 3 hours 20 min.
Kelton, 50 miles, 8 hours 80 min.
Pacolet River, 55 miles, 3 hours
Is minutes.
Broad River, 81 miles, 4 hours l.
minutes.
Hickory Grove, eS miles, hours
% minutes.
Sharon. "A miles. hours 45 min
Yorkville, 80 miles, hours SO min
The time here given includes the
stops at Mr.. Leitzsey's. Union and al!
along after that to enquire the way.
because none of us knew the road af-
ter we left Union. We did not get III
the wrong road at all. but it is lit
tie remarkable how little people real
" know about their own country or