The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-07-30
AROUT ROADS AND CROPS
AND THE PEOPLE ALON1

From the early spring until the
,ate autumn I like to travel through
The rural districts and look at the
roads and watch the crops. Next TO
the growing and unfolding OF the
child into manhood and Womanhoou
there is no study SO interesting as 10
watch the growing crops ana 70
think on what they mean to our NE
and orr civilization. AS to the roaos
onIv that we had some IN some Sec
ions of the county, but everywhere
and on all sides in the tlrst place ths ne
roads are too narrow, just lanes, an
If them. And in the next place they
are in need of regarding and relo-
eating in many places and working
in practically all places. The split
log drag would help great deal bu1
in this day of heavy trucks and many y,
automobiles and much trevel II VIII
take more than the old drag to keep
the roads in passable condition., "A
machine similar to the road working
outfit in the town is needed on the
roads of the county constantly. Ano
!, sufficient number of them and II
would not take more than SIX OF
eight for the county, properly run
and intelligently handled by men who
know how would very soon put our
roads in good condition so that they
would be travelable all the year
round, and it would not cost any
great sum of money in comparison
with the good results obtained. 1t
takes money to build roads.
But had it ever occurred to you
that money put in good roads is - 1l1---
like money put into the proper edu-
cation and training of your child. 1t
is an investment and the best invest
nlent that you can make and one
that will pay bigger dividends than
any other, and the dividends will be
worth a great deal more than the
simple money value of the dividend.
Good roads will help to improve the
schools and give us better schools
and they will help the churches and
they will help to keep the pocketbook
from getting too lean. In fact and
truth they are the best and safest
investment, as stated, next to the In
vestment in the proper education and
training of the children of this
country. There is nothing Of more
vital and absorbing interest to the
people of this day and generation
than the education Of the children.
am going slightly afeld from the
story started out to write. l want
ed to take you with me on little
ride out into the country which l en-
joyed the other day and let you meet
the people I met and hear the good
things they had to say and get some
of the cheerful spirit which seemed
to be prevalent among all Of them:
It had been a good while since /. had
been up around Vaughnville and in
No. Z 50 I decided that. on.4Tuesday
morning would be a good time for
me to get off, as the boys decided
they would not call for 'copy" that
day. So early hooked up new Ill
and with two Of the boys and their
mother I drove over to near Bush
River church and unloaded them with
her mother to spend the day, and l
drove on to Harmon's and beyond
Dominick school to the Chappell
neighborhood and with J. D. Wheeler
we picked up our friend N. @.
Chappell to show US the road. The
first stop was among the Brehmers
and the others of >this community
and then we saw the Livingstons and
the McKittricks and the Longshores
and the Boozers and the Coats and
after short stop at Press Boozer's
store we went on to Vaughnvil!e
where we made short stop at the
store of C. W. Moore, and then on
to Chappells. Mr.. Press Boozer and
Mr.. G.. ". Moore beth have large
country stores snd I imagine Go
big business. You know I have al
ways had an idea that | would like to
have a good country store and {: good
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