The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-06-08
ROAD ADVOCATES IN DILLON
Enthusiastic Meeting Held at Court
House Friday by Cashway Ferry
Bridge Advocates.

adopted at the organization of the
Eastern Carolina Good Roads As
sociation at Mars Bluff Ferry, on
Aril 26th, 1911, the committee that
was appointed to visit the county
seats of the counties on the East
side of Pee Dee river, started out
Friday to perform the duties as
signed them and to begin an active
campaign 2mong the citizens OF the
counties interested with a view of
constructing a causeway and bridge
over the Great Pee Dee river at or
near Mars Bluff Ferry or at some
point near the Atlantic Coast Line
Railway Company's bridge that
spans that swamp between Winona
on the West and Pee Dee Junction
on the East.
The first of these meetings was
held at Dillon Friday when, by pre-
vious arrangement, the Florence
Committee went to Dillon and met
number of business men and dele
gates from Dillon, Latta and Dillon
county
The Florence committee was COM
posed of the following gentlemen:
Mr.. Joseph w. McCown, president;
MIR. Henry II. Husbands, secretary,
and Messrs. Eugene F. Douglas,
Frank X. Rogers, J. Wilde Wallace,
w. r. Barringer and James S. Glib
son, of the Eastern Carolina Good
Roads Association.
The committee was met at the
station at Dillon by a committee OF
citizens headed by Mr.. z. l.. Moore
and were escorted to the Court
house where the meeting was later
held.
At noon the meeting was called 20
order, at the suggestion of the Dill
on folk, by President McCown, and
Mr. Henry H. Husbands was re-
quested to act as secretary. The OBJ
ject of the meeting was by request
of the president stated by Mr.. Hen
ry H. Husbands, who, by the way,
was the first 20 agitate the present
movement.
Addresses were made by MeSsrs.
/ f. l.. Moore, DR.. j. H. David, J. w.
Rowland and others, of Dillon, May
or E. b. Berry and others of Latta /;
after which the following resolution
of Mr.. Il. l.. Moore was unanimous
ly adopted.
Resolved, That a committee of 3
citizens be appointed by the citizens
of Marlboro, Darlington, Marion,
Dillon and Florence counties who
shall be empowered to locate a
causeway across the Great Pee Pee
river: That this committee when ap-
pointed shall be known as the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Eastern
Carolina Good Roads Association.
Upon motion it was ordered that
mass meeting be held at each of
the county seats of the counties in
terested and as noted above, on
Monday, June 18th, for the purpose
of electing the committee as above
indicated Of 3 citizens who, after be-
ing duly elected same shall consti-
tute committee of the Eastern Caro-
lima Good Roads Association.
Upon motion it was further order
ed that mass meeting of the citi-
zens of the counties interested be
-held at some suitable place as the
executive committee may deem best
and the date and place be given
through publication throught the
press and all who attend be re-
auested to bring baskets we'll filled
for the purpose of a joint picnic.
| That the Executive Committee be
instructed to invite such persons as
deemed best to make addresses on
Good Roads on that occasion
1t might be interesting to state
that Dillon county will begin ..n
Tuesday next to bul i a new rJad
leading direct from the North Car
olina line at Rowland to Sellers
in the Southwestern portion of
that county. The new road will
pass through Hamer Dillon, Latta
and Sellers, parallelling the Coast
Lines short cut division from Row
land to Sellers