Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-04-12
10 COMPLETE THE BLUE RIDGE.
Strong Movement Started to Extend
Road Over the Mountains.
(Anderson Mail, 5th.)


The Blue Ridge road complete
over the mountains by 1915!
This was the slogan OF the open
meeting of the Chamber Of Com
merce, held at the Court House last
night, and to which all OF the bust
ness men Of the city and along the
line from Bolton to Walhalla had
been invited.
The attendance was somewhat in
terfered with by the bad weather,
but the enthusiasm was not in the
least affected. A committee was
named to take the matter in hand,
and some, If not all, Of the members
Of this committee will go to Wash
ington next week to call on officials
Of the Southern railway and ascer-
tain what Is wanted Of the Anderson
and Oconee people to get the road
through,
1t was suggested that a
be formed along the route, and say,
100000 subscribed, or tho South
ern railroad advised that the people
here will take that amount of first
mortgage bonds. This plan met
with approval, though there was no
formal action taken. The next steps
will depend on the outcome of the
conference Of members Of the rail-
road committee with Southern rail-
way officials.
There Is q strong determination
all along the route to get the road
through, and every means will be
used to this end.
The meeting was presided over by
George M. Toby, president of the
Chamber Of Commerce, and invoca-
tion was by Rev. DR.. w. H.. Frazer.
The speakers Of the evening were
w. II. Chambliss, Of Charlotte, N. c.,
and Gen. M. L. Bonham. They we're
introduced by Mayor j. l.. Sherard.
Mr.. Chambliss said that he Is a
native Of South Carolina, but has
spent practically all Of his life in the
Middle West-in Missouri. Now
he Is a resident of North Carolina
Charlotte. There was a time, he
said, when the two States Of North
and South Carolina were Carolina.
and the time has now come when
these two should work together for
a greater South.
On coming into the Southeast, Mr..
Chambliss said that he was greatly
surprised and impressed. His pre-
vious impressions OF the South were
of sand, negroes and a]ristocracy. "I
knew you raised cotton" he said,
but | thought you bought your
corn" He paid a compliment to Jer-
~ Moore, the Winona boy who rails
ed more than 228 bushels Of corn to
the acre, and said that the advertis-
Ing the State has gotten through
what this boy did Is Of more value
than the advertising that has come
as the result of the money expended
by all of the boards Of trade and
chambers Of commerce In the State.
There are two ways to build up
a community" he said. "By the
bringing Of people and the bringing
of means. ] believe men are the
greatest need Of the Southeast; good
men, active men. I would like to
see men from the Middle West come
here and cut up the rich soil of
your State-my State-into small
farms" Before coming into the
Southeast, Mr.. Chambliss said that
he had never seen a farmer mort
gage his crops for supplies. The eggs
and poultry support the family Of
the Middle Western farmer, and the
rest is clear.
Seventy Miles Of Ties and Rails.
Seventy miles OF rails and ties
VIII open up to Anderson the great
Northwest" Mr.. Chambliss con-
tinued. "Then you will have a rail-
road. You have none now. | knew
you had a base ball team; knew
had cotton mills; l knew you
a a good town. he said, "but |
never before saw a town like Ander-
son built up without a main line of
Concerted Action.
TO illustrate what can be done by
concerted effort and determination,
Mr.. Chambliss cited the building Of
the Southbound railroad, opening up
a new line to Charleston. 1t was
by two great railroads, he
said, but the energy and push OF the
people of Winston, N. c., and espe-