The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-05-12

at the Bush River church and hear a
good sermon by DR.. Burriss and see
for himself just the condition of all
the roads from every direction lead
ing up to this church There should
not be any such roads anywhere in
this day of advanced civilization.
And to get from the church up to the
school house and even on out beyond
is almost impossible, except by 60
ing over broken bridges and over
bitches right in the middle of the
road that will test the strength of
any vehicle. In fact, Pastor Burriss
told me the day I was out that only
few Sundays ago car stuck in one
of the holes on the way to church,
and you know such an experience
does not put one in a good frame of
mind to listen to even a good sermon.
Just a little dragging and scraping
right now would put the road in pass
able condition until the return of the
fall and winter rains, and that would
be better than nothing, and would
not take long for any one who was
prepared to do the job. But certain
ly something should be done by some
one. I do not see how the rural mail
carriers make the rounds daily.
The patrons and trustees of the
New Hope-Zion district asked me to
attend a meeting at Zion school house
the same afternoon at 2 o'clock. l
made the trip. Here is another Sec
ton that needs something's to be done
to the roads. From Bethlehem Lu-
theran church on back to the Ashe-
ford's ferry road there is no road. l
understand that the highway COM
mission is going to open a road
somewhere through here to connect
the two highways and l would be
glad if they would make the survey
as soon as they can so. that we may
,ocate the new school house we are
yoing to build in this district. This
is very important because in locating
1ew school houses we must have
view to the location of roads. And
there is a large number of white peo-
Die living in here, and they need some
,chool improvements and some roads.
There should be at least two new
school buildings put up in this Sec
ion before the opening of the schools
next session and until the connect
ing road is located we are groplng IN
lhe dark in the matter of building.
We talked the situation over with the
patrons and trustees who met at the
school house on Wednesday after
noon, and decided to postpone action
Of any kind for the present, at least
lntii we had opportunity to confer
with the highway commission as to
The survey of the proposed road to
connect the two highways. The road
across from the Pomaria highway to
Presley school is on a par with the
-oad around Bush river, and l would
,ot know how to say which needed
attention the more. They both need
t. I do not see how the people ira
vel or the rural carrier manages, Ito
make his rounds when the roads are
he least torn up from the rains, and
his is a fine section with lot ofshne
white people who deserve to have
,ome attention. Some bridges across
he streams will be absolutely nee
.ssary. L came back by Pomaria and
Little Mountain and the road from
pomaria to Little Mountain is IN
worse condition than I have seen 1t
n a long time. A new bridge has
Seen built, in fact two, and they were
,eeded. but the road is not kept
ragged as was once the case. A 1T
lie dragging of this road would help
very much.
Wednesday night / attended the