The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-04-28
MEET IN COLUMBIA NAY 8.
Central Committee Greenville-L -Laur-
s.Newberry- lexington Column
bia Highway.

| resident OF the Ne"D"Ils cu'itllO1'
of commerce, received latter from
Mr.. McKeand. secretary of the Char
lesion chamber of Commerce. outlin-
ing his plain for building
road in one day between
Charleston and Asheville. Mr.. Nayes
handed the letter to the editor OF The
Herald and News, who is also chair
man Of the committee on roads OF
the chamber of commerce, and asked
us to get into communication with
Mr.. McKeand. We at once wrote to
McKeand that we would be very glad
to co-operate with him, and outlined
the work that had been undertaken
on a smaller scale. and suggested
that, as the central committee had ap-
pointed it's meeting in Newberry,
we would be glad to have him come
to Newberry.
Mr.. McKeand has called meeting
in Columbia for Wednesday, May 3,
and the chairman of the committee on
roads of the Newberry chamber Of
commerce, and also of the central
committee, will ask the central COM:
mittee to meet in Columbia on May 3,
instead of calling a meeting for New
berry as it will be much better for
all the forces to unite, and we are
satisfied that the central committee Of
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Lexington-Columbia highway will all
be ANXIOUS and willing to cooperate
in this larger movement. That the
people along the road may know what
is being done, we publish the letter of
Mr.. Aull, chairman of the good roads
committee of the chamber of COM
merce OF Newberry, and also Mr.. Nc
Keand's reply.
The chairman of the cen+:a! COM
mittee will at once notify fhe mem
bers that he has taken the liberty Of
changing the place of meeting to Co.
lumbia and call the committee to meet
in Columbia on May 3.
The following is the correspondence
referred to-:
April 10, 1911.
Hon. A. W. Mexican, Charleston, S. c.
Dear Sir: Mr.. Jno. B. Mayes has
handed me your letter of the 18th, re-
lative to your proposition to build a
road between Charleston and Ashe-
vile.
The Herald and News, some weeks
ago, began the agitation Of similar
plan on a smaller scale to build a
road between Greenville and Colum-
bia. I suggested the proposition to
the chamber Of commerce, and a
meeting was called at Newberry at
which representatives were present
from the counties interested, and it
was decided to form a central COM
mittee Of representatives from the
communities along which the road is
proposed to be built, and was chos-
en- as chairman of this central COM
mittee. That committee was appoint
ed and We met in Columbia.
We discussed the situation and de-
cided to see if we could not raise some
funds, and create an enthusiasm
amongst the people along the route,
and to undertake the building Of this
road by selhelp and cooperation at
some time during the summer after
the farmers had finished their crops.
Another meeting of this committee
is to be called by the chairman and
to be held at Newberry. I have not
yet called the committee, but will be
glad to do so and would like to have
you meet with US and I am sure you
could throw some enthusiasm into
the meeting. If you can suggest the
time that will be convenient for you
to come to Newberry, I will be pleas
ed to call the committee at that time.
I would like for you to give me about
two weeks notice so that might ar
range my dates, and have time to no
tify the members of the committee.
Kindly let me hear from you at once.
We have already secured the CO.
operation of the county supervisors,
and the route from Columbia to
Greenville has been selected via New
berry and Laurens.
If you could so arrange it and let
me know in advance, I think l could
arrange to bring you from Columbia
in an automobile over the route.