The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-06-11
AUTOMOBILE PATHFINDERS.
Will Leave Atlanta Next Monday For
Columbia-Eforts to Have Them
Come Via Newberry.


; terday morning it was learned that
the scout cars or path finders on the
proposed automobile highway from
New York to Atlanta would start
from Atlanta On Monday to explore
another route from Atlanta to Wash
ington, going from the capital OF
Georgia through the capitals of South
Carolina. North Carolina. and Vir.
ginia.
| Just last week the trip was made
from New York via Washington
Greensboro, Salisbury, Charlotte
Gaffney, Spartanburg, Greenville, An.
der to Atlanta.
! It is proposed to 60 over two other
routes. The one mentioned through
the capitals and the other further
west through Bristol.
As stated the capital route, as il
| is called, will be taken first leaving
Atlanta next Monday morning at
! 'clock.
DR.. O. B. Mayer, president Of the
chamber Of commerce, has taken up
the matter and is making efforts to
| see if these cars cannot be brought
by Newberry. His first step was to
get into communication with DR.. H
K. Aiken, chairman Of the board of
trade of Laurens. DIR. Aiken9in talk
ing over the phone said that he would
take the matter up at once with his
board and a few minutes later DR..
Mayer received the following tele-
gram: "Laurens auto pilots will meet
I.party Greenwood Monday night. Il.
K. Aiken.''
1t was thought after talking the mat
ter over that it would be better to
bring the party; if possible, via Laur-
ems to Newberry, as the road that
way is very much better than the d.
rect route from Newberry to Green
wood via Dyson, though the distance
is a little more.
President Mayer has appointed a
committee, composed of Mr.. c. I.
Summer, DR.. F. D. Mower, and Mr..
R. H. Wright, to meet the party at
Laurens, if it decided to take that
route from Greenwood to Columbia.
4 committee will also get into COM
munication with the party from At
lanta before Monday, urging the path
finders to come via Laurens and New
berry and the Forde Mortor company
will take a car to Greenwood and sew
eral representatives Of the chamber OF
commerce and those interested in au.
h.tomobiles will also go to Greenwood
on Monday to meet the party on its
arrival there.
It is said that the route from
Newberry to Greenwood via
Laurens is very good and from
Newberry to Columbia there is ridge
all the way and no streams to cross
until Broad river is reached, and it is
believed that We can induce the party
to come this way.
Mr.. E. H. Aull was in Atlanta
about week ago and had a pleasant
talk with Mr.. J. R. Gray, managing
editor of the Atlanta Journal, who is
very much interested in the location
of these routes, and Mr.. Gray sug-
gested that in coming from Atlanta
to Columbia he thought they could
come via Newberry.
Mr.. Aull has gotten into communi-
cation with Atlanta over the phone
and will advise the party that We are
interested in their coming this way,
and that a committee from Newberry
will meet them in Greenwood.
To get this route located via New
berry would be a great help to US
and would be great stimulus in the
matter Of building good roads
While it will not be worth as much as
the securing Of the c., c. &
the roads and every important road
tance.
There is no movement that has been
started in recent years that Will do
as much to encourage and help the
building Of good roads as this locat-
ing of the automobile tracks between
the North and the South.
The Atlanta papers have gone into
the matter with much enthusiasm and
already a great impetus has been
given to road building. In Fulton
county they have put the eonvicts on
the roads an devery important road
leading out from Atlanta to the coun-
tv line of Fulton county is already