The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-07-30

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place the spoedometer registered l3.9,
and only few yards beyond the jump
to 16 was made.
At Williams Store.
Mr.. Johnson's s home was reached at
Ill, and q short stop was made and
Mr.. johnson was introduced to the
scout party. Starting at l.26 at 10
miles rock at the Holloway place,
where the roads fork, one going to
! Chappells and the other on to the nv
er. was reached at 1.40. This repre-
sents the distance from Newberry via
Longshore's Store-or is supposed to.
Via Williams Store this rock IS 1877
miles from Newberry. The church
shortly above is 1915 miles from New
berry. At the church the left hand
road through to J. L. Holloway 5
home was taken, Mr.. Holloway s
house. which is 2O.3 miles from New
berry being reached at two O'Clock.
| A stop Of about fifteen minutes was
made here to accept the hospitality OF
Mr.. Holloway, who served the party
light refreshments of fruit and cake,
which after the hot drive were very
thoroughly enjoyed.
The Newberry county line was
crossed at 2.27, the centre of the nv
er being 22.8 miles from Newberry by
the route traversed. A stop was made
on the bridge and the machines were
photographed. The old Dyson place.
where Mr.. Henry Williamson now
lives. which is 24.6 miles, was reached
at 2.4O, and Mr.. J. L. Aull's residence,
26.l miles from Nevberry, was reach
ed at $50.
Stop For Dinner.
A stop was made at Mr.~J. L. Aull 5
for dinner, and at 3.37 the Journey to
Ninety Six was begun, by way OF
Rice's gin, Or Godsey, as the flag sta
ton is now called. In the centre OF
the square at Ninety Six, which was
reached at 4.07 the speedometer reg
istered 33.9 miles.
A Good Road.
The road from Aull's Mill to Ninety
Six is in excellent shape, and the cars
had no trouble in clipping off the dis
tance in thirty minutes, and had speed
records been desired the trip would
have been made in considerably less
time than that. The road Is well
drained on either side. and at the time
the scout party passed Godsey the
chain gang. with good roads ma
chine. was seen cutting out the bitches
in order to keep the road in its pres
ent fine condition. In fact, the whole
road from the railroad crossing at Sa-
mda river to Greenwood is in fine
shape.
i The start for Greenwood was made
at 5 p. NJ, the speedometer register
ing 81 miles, having gained one-tenth
at Ninety Six. Greenwood was
reached at 5.35, 44444 44444 miles from New
berry.
At Greenwood.
At Greenwood the party met Capt.
F. S. Evans, of the Southern Cotton
Oil company, and Mr.. A. F. McKls-
sick, of the Grendel Cotton Mills. and
were taken to Capt. Evans elegant
apartments, where an informal recep-
tion was held.
The Start For Laurens.
At 6.35 the start for Laurens was
made, and the Laurens court house
was reached at 9.35. 7l.3 miles from
Newberry by the route traversed.
The Greenwood Journal car, with
Mr.. G. ". Gardner. Jr.. editor, and
Mr.. Joel S. Bailey, led the party out
of Greenwood on the journey to Laur-
ems, for a few miles, and then the
Brush runabout took the lead until
Waterloo was reached. At Waterloo
Capt. Langofrd's car was again put
in the lead, and he set pace which
cave the little Brush all the speeding
! it desired.
At Laurens.
Four miles from Lauren> the party
were met by number Of automobiles
! from LaurenS. with representative cit
! liens of the town. who had come out
TO extend LaurenS' welcome. After
reaching Laurens 4 reception and
were rendered n the dining