The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-08-01

demonstrate that the president and
the men at Washington appreciate
his, good work up there. The unex-
,, pired term which he is to fill is for
five and half years, and if he
should be reappointed, as he will, the
full term is for eight years. And in
all probability it is a life job if he
desires to remain on the board, be-
cause under it's establishment it is
bi-political, that is two members are
! to be democrats and two republicans.
Well, l am glad he has the job, if he
wants it, and the work is in the line
of the legislation which he advocated
! in congress, but l would like to have
him remain in congress. This diver
sion is leading up to the Columbia
road.
The State executive committee
was in session a very short time, and
delegated the details Of the primary
for the two districts in which there
are vacancies, to special committee.
The democrats not only Of these two
districts, but of the State, should
qualify to vote in the general cleo
tions, and not only that, but they
should vote. If they do not they are
going to wake up some morning and
find the nominee defeated by default.
And small vote always gives ground
for a conte-v, and at this time both
the senate and the congress up at
Washington is republican. In this
State there can be only one party
for the white people, and we must
stand together and see that the white
party rules. 1t is best for the negro
that the white man should rule, and
he is going to rule. There is no doubt
about that, and a few disgruntled
whites can not change that position,
even if they should make the effort.
We left Columbia, Jefferson Ho-
tel, at $40 p. M, Rastus Eison at the
wheel, in Sheriff Blease's big Chal-
mers. The going was fine for the
greater part of the first Is miles and
we made that in just 80 minutes.
From there on to Chaplin the road is
worse than I have ever seen it, even
away back when i was but a kid and
went along with the wagon teams
when the cotton and produce from
this section was hauled to Columbia
on wagons. The Richland county
chain gang is camped along the road
and is working out the Richland end
of it, and where it is worked the
driving is fine. Just before we reach
ed Chaplin, along down where all the
red clay is, we ran into heavy rain
and it was some going to get over
the red mud. We found two scars
held up with punctured tires and it
raining as hard as you ever saw it.
But we got by and over the red hills
and came into Chaplin, due largely
to the good driving of Rastus Eison,
and, by the way, he is good driver,
and thenhe had good car, but she
did slide around pretty lively over
that red clay. But there was no rain
at Chaplin. And very little on to
Newberry. The distance from the
Jefferson Hotel to Chaplin is 24.1
miles.
After leaving Chaplin under the ad-
vice of DIR. G. Y. Hunter and DR.. j.
S. Wheeler at Prosperity we came
around by Piney Woods church and
up the Bush river road to Prosperity
to avoid the bad road between Cha
pin and Little Mountain, as well as
the fresh worked, or rather the road
that is now being worked between
Little Mountain and Prosperity. The
distance is very little if any further
than by Little Mountain. And the
greater part of the road is very good
as roads go in this section of the
world. I kept a log book on the
road but have misplaced it, but l
think it is less than IA miles this way