Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-02-09
NEWBERRY TO EDGEFlELD
CONTINUED from Fifth Page)

as some cne told us at Saluda about
the road from that town to Wards.
i agree to that, if you change the
descriptive adjective from "few" to
many" But really there are some
pretty good stretches on this road
where the going is good. Just after
NE passed the elegant country home
of Mr.. M. A. Coleman we found one
OF the 'sfew EXCEPTIONS" the car slid
into it and there we were. Had to
be lifted out. Mr.. c. H. Sheppard,
who lives just beyond this "excep-
tion," kindly took two of his mules
from the plow and. hooked up his
wagon and came down, but he had no
rope, neither trace chain, strong
enough to move the car. Finally a
road working force with pick and
shovel came along and the negroes
just by main force of muscle lifted
the rear of that Studebaker right out
of that hole, and then we were all
right. I hope that road force, which
said they came over to fix hole a
little further on fixed the one we
Were in before they left. AS matter
of fact it would not take very
great deal of work to make this a
pretty good road all the way to Sa-
luda. And there should be good road
Between the two, that is to say be-
tween Newberry and Saluda. Wonder
which, one is to be part of the state
system of roads. That state system
idea of roads is good one, if we just
could get them built and then main
tained. We have state tax of two
mills for the maintenance, but to get
the roads in condition to be accepted
by the state highway commission is
the difficult task. 1t has seemed to
me that there is too much overhead
charging in all the government under
takings, and too much supervision
with no good results.
But we got out of this hole and had
no more trouble and rolled into
Edgefeld about II o'clock or little
after. There was some consolation
about getting stuck in that hole, Mr..
Sheppard said he had not so long be-
fore pulled another car out. The road
around by Wards from Newberry
TO Edgefeld makes the distance just
40 miles.
I had brief conference with the
gentleman went to see and then we
knocked around town for a couple
of hours, taking in the sights and
meeting old friends. I called on my
friend, A. S. Tompkins, who has been
quite sick for some time, but who is
now much better and on the road to
health. He is a very interesting and
entertaining talker and / was sorry
that / could not remain longer with
him. He said he had just mailed me
copy of the book containing life of
his brother, the late D. A. Tompkins.
I am very glad to get this book. I
knew Mr.. Tompkins quite well and
will read the sketch with interest.
Mr.. Tompkins says that Newberry is
very dear to him, as his paternal and
maternal folk were from this coun-
,ty. On the one side the Coates and
the other, Caldwell. / recall very
we'll the time when my father would
send me from the home in Edgefeld
near Dyson to the court house, our
home then being in Edgefeld county,
and then many times 1 would spend
she night with DR.. Clint Tompkins
at Meeting Street. DR.. Tompkins al
ways kept an open house and the
stranger was always welcome. That
railroad that we were going to build
was graded right along by Meeting
/. Street, as I recall.
was sorry that l missed Editor
Minis of the Advertiser, but he had
gone to dinner and we had to get
away to reach home by night. Mr..
Ed. Crews, son of my old friend,
the late Col. T. B. Crews of Laurens,
is working for Mr.. Minis in the Ad-
wertiser office. took time also to
run around to the Chronicle office
and speak to Wigfall Cheatham. He
says that the times are little squally
Ebut he seems to be doing very we'll,
land / hope he is. Just across the
street from his office is the law office
Of Mr.. T. B. Greneker, and he hap
,oened to be in. and had a few words