The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-11-15
TRIP TO COLUMBIA.

TRIP TO COLUMBIA.
II NAV not be interesting to manT
of our. readers, but sometimes JUS
can't help writing about trip, ans
this is one time that / feel impelled to
make a few remarks. Since my mas
cot resigned some months ago I an
forced to hook up III by myself, anu
go alcne on many of these trips: !
find myself so basy at the office these
days when we have to double UP, ane
as the editor of my local contempt
rary says, do the bookkeeping and
the proof reading and the editorial
work, such as it is, and in addition
thereto act, as galley boy and makeup
man and mailer and many other little
things too numerous to mention, that
7 do not have opportunity to get out
and feel the pulse of the public as !
would like to do, and as is necessary
to make a real live and interesting
newspaper.
But really feel as well as ever
did and enjoy the work and am thank
full that I am able to do it, and then
find a little time these long evenings
to write a line or two. for the paper
But to the trip On last Wednesday
T had to go to Columbia on some bus
mess and to see if there was anything
I could do for my daughter in her
trouble, so 1 decided to take the dirt
road route. in III, instead of trying
the c.. N. & L., and at a. m. prompt
" I hooked up, expecting to break
fast in Columbia, but you can never
tell what is before you. To start with
+ had to make it to Prosperity Oh
three cylinders, and when 7 got there
found flat tire, but fortunately there
was a doctor right on the job at DOM
inick's garage and I lost only about
ten minutes and the running from
there ON was fine, but the roads, my
they are worse than have ever seen
the road from Newberry to Columbia.
and it being a main thoroughfare be-
tween the capital of the State and
the Piedmont. Even the part we
we're wont to call the fine road from
the Is mile rock into Columbia is IN
such condition that I felt that I was
e1,ilty of cruelty to animals in driv-
ing III over it. I can not help but
wonder why the people who ride in
cars will permit this very prominent
and popular road to remain in the
condition it is now. Some parts OF
# would be in fine condition if even
the old split log drag had been used
at the proper time, but it was not. And
then some parts of the road that used
to be pretty fair have the appearance
of having been worked, yes, having
been worked as working Of roads
Usually goes in this country, which
generally leaves them worse thaa
they were before.
Going I took the route from Little
Mountain by Lattakoo and Capers
Chapel, and it was so bad I conclud-
ed that on the return I would come
via, Chaplin, but it is worse. There
is one advantage in the Lattakoo
route, you do not meet many cars.
and upon the whole it is not as bad
as the other road 1t does not have
the appearance of having been re-
Gently worked, which Is to its adFant-
age. And then I had in mind to stop
at Mr.. J. B. Addy's and get him to go
with me to the old Haltiwanger home
SO that I might get picture of the
old place that was built by my ma
terial ancestor when he first came to
this county before the Revolutionary
war, but Mr.. Addy was not at home.
I understand that the house which
was built by John Haltiwanger still
stands. He built it some time in the
latter part of the 18th century. And
the family burying ground is close
by the old home. + reckon it was