The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-04-30

to home and to family. Ihe boy
who isn't will not amount to a
great deal in the great battle of
life.
Statesboro, Ca, April 21, 1920.
My dear Cousin Ebert:
I do not intend to write you a very
long letter for I know your time is
limited during this busy season and
certainly I have my hands full.
I have read with the greatest of
interest your articles on road build
ing and maintenance, your sane ad-
vice about the recent trouble at
Clemson, and, in fact, everything in
the old Herald and News including
the announcements for political Of
fees and advertisements, and I de-
sire to congratulate you upon your
paper. have heard, even down
here, some very complimentary re-
marks about Newberry; ran across a
travelling man recently who knows
you and who spoke very highly of
the Newberry Herald and News. Il
was glad to tell him that you were
relative of naine.)
The Herald and News comes to me
regularly and without delay. 1
usually get the news from home first
hand and I tell you it reads good to
me. / wish some of the folks near
Pomaria would send in the notes of
interest from that town. You know
that's my "Briar Patch" and / hate
not to read the Ponaria news in hy
county paper. Can't you arouse a
little "Pep'' down in that section?
began this letter to tell you some
thing of the work they are doing on
the roads here. This county, Bulloch,
has purchased lotion Holt tractor
and they are scraping the roads all
over the county. They use two road
scrapes on the hitch and thus save
about so per cent of the time other
wise required. Most Of the roads
here are sandy but clay has been IN
termixed and now we have very good
roads. am located in Statesboro,
a town with about the same popula-
tin as Newberry, but with wider
streets, and for ten miles in any di-
rection, almost, one can clip along at
a lively rate. With your Cleveland
Six, doubt not that one could make
fifty or sixty easy. I have travelled
considerably over eight of the coun-
ties about here, and really the roads
are better in other sections. From
here to Augusta, eighty-fve miles, I
have made the trip there and back
in a day without any trouble what
ever. I rode over to the Southern
Exposition held in that city before
Christmas, spent very pleasant and
profitable day-as long as cared to
stay, and could have eaten supper in
Statesboro had we not stopped over
in small town a few miles distant.
From here to Savannah the trip is
reckoned as being fifty miles. We
thought nothing Of riding down to
hear the great Italian prima-donna,
Galli-Curchi, and returning the same
night, to get good rest before morn
ing. The roads leading out from
Savannah, as you know, are made
mostly of oyster shell and they are
real roads. Now they are paving the
main highways leading out of the
city.
I am sorry to read of Clemson
being beaten by Newberry, but I had
rather Newberry beat US than any
other college I can think of. We
seem to have a sort of Connie Mack
rep over there-that Of losing the
first five or six games every season.
Base ball is great game ard we have
had some of the best contests here I
have ever seen. This school had
played the last four games ending in
scores Ike this: 10; So; 2-2; and
10. The first two scores represent
games with a District School beating
Mercer university, so you see we
have a rather good team.
I am still teaching school in Geor-
goa. I like the position all right and
am proud to say that have been 1e-
elected for another year. I have not
accepted as yet, however. have
charge of the Animal Husbandry
Division of the First District Agri-
cultural School and teach the sopho-
more and senior boys in agriculture.
We have purchased this year some
Of the best Hampshire and Duroc-
Jersey blood in the States and have
some of the choicest animals of these
two breeds of hogs. We also own a
jersey bull from record stock, and
expect to purchase some other pure
blood in cattle. Every person will
sooner or later realize the value of
pure bred stock.
Ny regards to all the folks, es-
pecially to your good wife and
american" boys. I am well and
happy-what more can I ask?
Sincerely your cousin,
Hubert AuIl.