The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-07-30

The HERALD AND
centre Of the community, as it were,
where tNa neighbors woui> all come
frequently to talk about the crops
and politics and how to run the gov
ernmegt and the school and the
church and other things. And my
experience has been that you c;sn 81
ways find something helpful and
learn great many thiags by just
meeting with the people in these COM
munity centres. And it is good fer
the people of the entire community
to meet just as l have here indicated.
1t helps all Of them, and broadens
them to have converse with one an
other And there is no better place
than the first class country store. 1t
! beats coming to town. | enjoyed this
trip and felt much better after hav-
ing taken it because the people were
all cheerful and seemed happy and
there was no note of complaint about
anything. In some places there is
need of rain to help make the fine
corn that is seen on every hand ma
ture, but the rains will come Undue
course, and there never has been IN
the history of this county finer
prospect for a fine crop of corn, and
the cotton is looking well though
many things may happen to the cot
ton crop.
Some of the farmers think they
nave seen the boil weevil and it may
be around, but there is not much
danger for any great injury to this
crop. But the weevil is coming and
we should make, preparation for him.
IF the seasons continue and the con-
ditions are favorable there will be
big crop of both cotton and corn
made in this county this year. AND
there seems to be abundance OF land
sowed to peas and there is generally
a good stand and the crop is looking
promising.
AS crossed the Little River at the
Workman bridge I was reminded
that at this same place 2 few years
ago built a bridge: My father naa
the contract, as he generally had
such contract on hand IN those
davs. and he sent me. down there TO
build the bridge. It was summer time
and the weather was hot and the mos
ouitoes plentiful. Mr.. John Meklt-
trick said he remembered the time.
il boarded with Mr.. ]: NJ. Workman a.,
and the house in which ne lived s1ill
stands and I recognized the room IN
which I slept while on that ]oo.
Spurge Mangum sawed the lumber
and we built a good bridge out OF
oak lumber. The bridge stood Tor
many years. The Workman house is
now occupied by negroes: There IS
now a pretty good bridge at tnls
nlace with a steel span across the
river.
But the roads. They are in tear.
ful condition. Narrow and full O,
holes and none of the drains or small
streams with a bridge that looks IKE
it would hold up a wagon or 'heavy
truck. Most Of them are broken IN
now. We will have to adopt the sys-
tenn of building concrete bridges
over the drains and small streams
and it would be cheaper in the END
because in addition to the stability
of the structure these wooden brlde-
es built out of the lumber we get
now will not last even if they do not
break through. The people up this
side deserve to have something done
for the roads. I realize that the su-
nervisor can not work and keep IN
condition all the roads Of this county
with the present chain gang and the
funds at his control. 1t takes money
and the whole system should be
changed. Times have changed ano
traffic has changed and we can no no1
follow the old system of Depending
on the small chain gang force 70
keep the roads of the entire county
in good condition, and use the
chain gang at the same time to bullo
the bridges. We need the proper
legislation and then we need 1he
proper management of the funds and
mavbe we could have some roads: In
going from Mr.. Boozer's and Mr.
Goats down to Vaughnville we were
advised not to travel the old Ninety,
Six road or even undertake to traVe!
it so we drove several miles out OF
the wav over into Laurens county to
get to Vaughnville. The road in il,
Laurens seemed to be better. AT
any rate it was wider and you dlc
not have that feeling that you might
fall into a ditch all the time. or have
the fear that you would meet an au,
tomobile or buggy and could not
get by. The crops over in Laurens
are looking good too.
We spent an hour at Chappells
and then drove back to Vaughnv'liea
and around by Mr.. Johnson's and
Louie Senn's and back to Bush Riy,
er church and on home. | enjoyed
meeting with all the good people
along the way ard it did me good to
see how happy and contented they