The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-05-20
NEWBERRY'S PART OF
ROAD WILL Be BUILT
BAD ROADS GREAT.
EST OBSTACLE.
Cooperation of Lexington and More
Columbia Enthusiasm Needed
For Highway.


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With splendid weather conditions
for motoring, and with ideal running,
the four Ford touring cars, which left
Newberry on Tuesday morning for Co.
lumbia in the interest of the Colum-
bia-Newberry-S y-Spartanburg highway,
made the journey in excellent time
and established the fact to the entire
satisfaction of everybody in the party
that Newberry county is enthusiast
cally in favor of a good highway, and
is ready to go ahead and build her
part of the road which can be done
with very little effort, and that the
most serious obstacle in the way Of
the highway is the bad stretch of road
in Lexington county.
The cars came back via Batesburg,
the lower steel bridge across Saluda
river, and Prosperity. Fine roads
were found along the greater part of
this route, and in fact, while the dis
tance is some Is miles more, the trip
can be made in practically the same
time as via Little Mountain and Chap
in, the Lexington road lengthening the
running time along this latter route.
And the trip via Batesburg is a great
| doo1 MANA ooro forto11n
The trip to Columbia on Tuesday
morning followed the enthusiastic
meeting in the chamber of commerce
rooms on Monday night, full account
of which is given in another column
of this issue of The Herald and News.
The party was composed of the fol-
lowing: .-... .....
Capt. w. S. Langford's Ford touring
car, with Capt. Langford at the wheel,
carrying John Wood, secretary Of the
Spartanburg chamber Of commerce:
E. H. Aull, of The Herald and News,
and member of the board Of COVER
nors of the Newberry chamber of COM
merce, and Fred H. Dominick .
Robert Norris Ford touring car,
with Mr.. Norris at the wheel, and
carrying Messrs. Jno. B. Mayes, of the
board of governors Of the New berry
chamber of commerce, and Messrs.
Jno. K. Aull and James L. Aull. Sec
retary e. B. Adams, Of the Greenville
chamber of commerce, accompanied
the party in this car to Prosperity.
DR.. E. H. Kibler's car, driven by
Mr.. ". C. Waldrop, and carrying DR..
Kibler, Secretary Moorman of the Co.
lumbia chamber of commerce, and
President I. H. Hunt, Of the Newberry
chamber of commerce, who left the
party at Prosperity and returned to
Newberry.
Mr.. Forrest Summers Ford touring
car, driven by Mr.. Summer, and car
rying Mr. c. E. Summer, Mr.. E. NJ.
Evans, president of Post j., T. P. A.,
of Newberry, and Mr. Marshall, of Co.
lumbia.
The actual running time to Colum-
bia, distance of 43 miles, was 164
minutes, exclusive of stops, which is
an average Of little more than Is
miles an hour. The speed on the
Newberry part of the road was con-
siderably more than this, the slow
speed necessitated by the Lexington
road cuttir down the average of the
running time per hour.
The run to Prosperity was made. in
% minutes, an average of forty miles
an hour being maintained On the mile
of government road between Newber-
ry and Prosperity, which is by far
the best mile of road between New
berry and Columbia with the possible
exception of the road for mile or
two leading into Columbia.
At Prosperity all business was sus-
pendid and an enthusiastic meeting
was held in the city hall, at which
time, with President G. Y. Hunter, OF
the Prosperity chamber of commerce.
presiding, addresses were delivered by
DR.. C. T. Wyche, who welcomed the
visitors on behalf of Prosperity; by
John Wood, of Spartanburg, E. B.
Adams, of Greenville, I. H. Hunt, OF
Newberry, and E. H. Aull, of NeWber-
ry.
! It was the generally expressed SEN
timent of the people of Prosperity
that every assistance in their power
will be given the supervisor in build
ing the road in the neighborhood Of
Prosperity, and that he will be prom
ised as many teams as he needs free
of charge.
Short stops We're also made at Lit
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