The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-10-18
MAYOR BLEASE WRITES AGAIN
LAST REMARKS ON SUBJECT
Tells All About 1t and Fully Explains
the Situation In Regard to
Ward Lines

! Inc issue between MI. y. II. w Wlcker
and myself WAS made by him. He
made the direct seharge in public print
that council had, given nothing from
street Improvement funds to Ward 4.
l replied with: plain statement Of
! facts, pointing ou+ work already COM
pleted and that vo,ed on favorably by
council to be done in that ward, cost
/ ing approximately $4,000. In his
"come-back" card Mr.. Wicker, with
out intending it perhaps, explains
greatly the differences we fsve. The
first and main one is his sv1aAsed
opinion that Boundary streeSas Ward
4. The council and the peopae, in
cluding the residents of Ward and
Boundary street, know otherwise. The
second reason for our differences is
due to the,fact that in his very happy
and sublime ignorance, that ignorance
which has been said to be bliss, he
thinks am ignorant of Ward lines.
In his last effort Mr.. Wicker makes
many erroneous statements. Only
one-the ward line error-really
needs attention. l dismiss his labored
attempt to be funny at the expense
! of Aldermen Whitaker, Sigh, Wal
lace, Sem and Hardeman fmen who
have worked hard to build up New
berry) with the remark that 1t will
take more than Mr.. Wicker's five
loads of sand-wit for him to explain
that in the face of direct, positive,
absolute facts to the contrary-facts
. he could have found out-he made the
statement chat Ward 4 had received
noshing. A comparison of the paving
done in Mr.. Langford's many admin
istrations with that done in this ad-
ministration of only one tetns-is not
an issue here. While the gentlemen
who were in charge OF those several
administrations deserve creait for the
good work they did, l Know they
would not claim, as Mr.. Wicker claim
ed, that they did some of the paving
mentioned by him more than eight
years since, when that-particular paw
ing was laid within the past ninety
days. l disregard as unworthy ds no.
tice, for Mr.. Wicker perhaps did not
really intend to make it, the seeming
insinuation that the mayor may have
sometimes lodged voting on questions
coming before council.
In the interest of local geography,
as we'll as for the benefit of Mr. Wick
er, who ought to know the lines of the
ward which he once represented in
council, his delimitations of the boun-
daries of Ward a should be straight
ened out. He gave the boundaries as
follows: "From East Main to rail-
road, then the railroad to O'Neall
street, then O'Neall street is the di-
viding line between Wards 4 and s."
Certainly, he did not mean east
Main street" for the eastern part of
Main street runs out about Mr.. W. L.
Reighley's. Presumably, he intended
"West Main street." Still he is
wrong. The ward lines of the town
were fixed by acts of the legislature.
The last act on the subject was ap-
proved December 21st, 1894, when
the charter of the town was renewed
and when Ward was first establish
ed. Since the date of that act the
boundaries of Ward 4 have been as
follows: Caldwell street from the
town limits On the south to Main
street (Gilder & Weeks corner),
thence along Main street across both
railroads to Drayton street (the res
ervoir corner), thence along Drayton
street to O'Neall street (Thornton
house corner), thence O'Neall street
to the town limits on the west. The
Newberry mill and all depots, freight
and passenger, are in Ward 4. The
work pointed out by me heretofore on
O'Nea1, street and half Of that on
west Main street was done, according
to the legislative act, in Ward 4. The
act I refer to can be seen in the office
of the clerk of the town and will dis
approve absolutely the yelled accusa-
ton of Mr.. Wicker that | charged to
Ward 4 paving done il Ward 5.
For my part | close this controver-
sy. Why try to convince gentleman
who calls whole block of asphalt
paving on Nance street, between Main
and Friend streets, in Ward 4,
;; 'l;ttle piece Of work done on the side
walk in front of the Central house,"
But in closing | want to thank Mr..
Wicker for helping council to get
Friend street paved-that street