The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-31
YOU CERTAINLY DO
NOT READ CLOSELY
The Herald and News Has Favored
Good Roads for All the
Townships

I believe that the public will agree
with me that Col. Aull is one Of the
most all-round men that we have in
the county. The colonel is a live wire
in the newspaper business. He is
school hustler. He is one of the
greatest good road advocates that we
have in the county. But | must ex-
press my surprise that he has been
pleading for the building of good
roads all over the county except in
No. 10 township.
No, Colonel, just why you fail to
see the Importance of good road
through a county so densely populat-
ed with white citizens along the Po-
maria road leading directly through
No. 10 township to Ponaria, | am
unable to see. No. 10 may look very
small, but her taxable property is APP
proximately a half million dollars.
And she is bearing the burden of her
share of the half million, $4,000, of
the special funds appropriated for
road building in Newoerry county.
And you must bear in mind that No.
10 has not received one dollar of this
amount except on a few miles stretch
along the line between No. and 10.
Now, Colonel, you said that the
road that is already built through No.
II township passing St. Phillips
church to Mr.. Caldwell Ruff's, thence
to Pomaria, was the nearest route
leading from the county seat to Po-
maria. If this be the case it would
certainly be a reflection upon such
GOOD old citizens as Malcomb john
stone, Jeff Gallman, Micajah Epps,
Major Jacob Epting, all of whom
have passed over the river, in honor
and credit, not only to themselves but
the county where they spent their
lives. It was these good old citizens
Of NeNfoerry county who petltloned
the legislators to grant charter to
open a public highway on the most
direct route leading from NeWberry
to Pomaria, ard that charter was
granted which is now on record. That
road was surveyed and opened up
through No. 10 and this is the only
chartered road in this county.
As l have already stated, this road
connects VITA the state highway near
Mr.. John C. Neels and does not ex-
ceed 13 miles to where it leads out
into the road about one mile above
Pomar..a. Within this distance there
are 50 white families living directly
on tbs road and two-thirds of them
own their cwn homes. Also there
are three cross roads and five branch
roads intersecting into the Pomarla
road.
: We went before the county board
which we believe to be an honest and
unbiased board Of tribunals, with
these plain facts, and they have given
us the assurance that something is
going to be done in the way OF
good road in No. 10 township in the
near future.
Now, Colonel, you know you spoke
of building that nice little bungalow
down at the old home place, and how
YOU would delight in living down
there where the -four and meal made
YOUR head as white as snow when you
were dipping it up into my sack when
we were small boys. Come across,
Colonel, don't forget the days OF
your youth. / believe you have
some as true friends in No. 10 town
ship as you can find anywhere. And
we are going to get that good road
right down past our homes and we
will be delighted to have you and the
little American boys with Mrs. Aull
to stop occasionally when you are 60
ing down to the old home place-and
get drink of this pure good old lime
stone water of ours.