The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-02-15
"GREENYILIE-COLCMBIA HIGH
WAY A PRACTICAL PLAN"

Following up the question OF better
highway between Greenvile, Laurens,
Clinton, Newebrry and Columbia. the
Newberry Herald and News has the
following to say:
Grcenyillc- Columbia Highway.
The more we think about this prop
osition. the more firmly are we con-
Vinced that IL Is not only practicable
but Is the easiest and the best plan
to secure, at least. one good highway
from Greenville to Columbia at a
minimum of cost. or course. it would
take some time to perfect the organi-
Zation, and to have the surveys made.
>and the road properly staked, and
there would be some cost connected
with this, but. compared with the re-
suits. the cost would be very small
matter.
I'VE are satisfied that Supervisor
Flumbert, Of LaurenS county, would
do the preliminary work. in making
the plans and specifications. at cost
that would be reasonable. We believe
also that If the plan We're properly
presented 10 the people along the
route, and the time fixed for the work
when the farmers were not pressed
in their crops and the weather cOndi-
tions were favorable, that every man
who lives along the proposed route
woul be willing to furnish his teams
and labor ON his plantations, and give
his hearty cooperation.
III we can get one road in this way
4 lcans the building of other roads
We are satisfied that the people be-
tween Newberry and Whitmire would
be glad to cooperate. and to work
that road at the same time"
To show further what spirit of
cooperation on the part of the farm
ers along this road would do. the fol-
lowing is clipped from the Richmond
News Leader about road built across
the State of Iowa in this manner:
Let All Drag Together.
The latest Iowa idea" Is the combi-
nation road dragging idea. That is
to say the Improvement in a single
day-through concert Of action on the
part of the farmers and by dragging
OF vast stretches of highway. 1t has
been put into practical operation In
Iowa. with most satisfactory results
we are told. and now 1t is stated that
1t Is to be tried In Tennessee. The
drag use1 is simple and inexpensive
and can be contriicted by the veriest
iackleg In the matter OF hRmn,erine
things together. 1t Is made by split
ting big log into halves, mailing
pieces dlagonaliy across the fiat side
OF each and then Joining the two piec-
es together in fiatiron shape. To the
small end Of this a team Is hitched.
which drags 1t over a road when the
road Is soft from rain. The main
thing is to organize the farmers so
that each one will do his part and
drag the section through his proDerty
I'm Iowa. 10000 farmers entered in
to the combination and In twelve hours
nut In tair condition road extend
ing from Davenport on the MISSISSIPPI
pi river, to Council Bluff on the Mis-
souri, At on appointed hour in the
morning they began to drag all to-
gether', and by night fall there was
a comparatively new road reaching
from one end of the state to the 9th
er. 1t Is not claimed that the improve
mert Is permanent. hut 1t is claimed
that II viii last for some time. when
/ another dragging will be done II
necessary. Moreover, while, as Is plain
the labor expended by the individual