Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-08-20
SWING AROUND THE CIRCUIT.
Preliminary Canvass of Auto Route
Proved Very Encouraging.

fFoVeu very encouraging.
A party Of about 80 citizens Of
Walhalla left Walhalla Tuesday
morning at 8 o'clock for a Swing
around the circuit" OF the belt line
automobile highway branching out
from Anderson and connecting again
at Walhalla. 1t was fine spin or
80 miles, with about dozen stops
or from 80 minutes to two hours at
points along the route, and at each
OF these enthusiastic crow0s greeted
the party.
The first stop, Of course, was at
Westminster, then Oakway, Cross
Roads, TownVille, and from there to
Anderson, where several hours we're
spent. The return trip was made on
the other spur of the route, the
points touched being Sandy SPRINGS.
Pendleton, Clemson College, bring
ing the party just at supper time into
our sister town Of Seneca. where
the whole push" was cordially well
coined by Mayor w. r. Doyle and
other citizens, and where we we're
fed like lords at the hostelry of G..
n. Ellison. THE Hotel that Made
Seneca Famous" And that supper
made mighty warm spot for Mr..
Ellison in the hearts Of 80 tired
boosters.
Enthusiasm All Along
the route was shown, and after short
talks by numbers Of the boosters and
citizens o. the towns visited commit
tees were chosen to take up the mat
ter of pushing tho work and raising
funds to complete the heavy work
necessary on the mountain end Of the
route. The committees to represent
these places are as follows:
Westminster--F. III. Shirley, chair
man, A. Zimmerman, DR.. J. II. Johns.
Oakway-W. H.. Cole, chairman;
H. j. Myers, j. A. Eubanks, j. w.
Bearden, II. E. Gambrell.
Townville-W. f.. McLees, chair
man; w. o. Prater, w. c. King, R.
H. Price, w. N. Woolbright, j. d.
Babb. ~
Anderson-A good meeting was
held at this city and the matter
turned over to the highways commit
tee Of their Chamber OF Commerce
for immediate consideration and re-
port, with the assurance that t.Ap.a
.deisoit WI do her par t., e. -A Es
Sandy Springs-R NJ A4M, chail =
man; d. L. Reid, j. d. McElroy, Dr..
j. j. Glenn, w. j. Erwin, e. N. Sit
ton, s. j. Smith.
Pendleton-Dr. r. p. Day, chair
man; S. e. Whitten, b. H. Sadler,
%. &, Evans, w. M. Crenshaw, J. J.
Sitton, w. j. Martin, S. l.. Eskew.
J. N. Barron, w. II. Edwards.
The trip throughout proved a rev.
elation to the editor of The Courier,
giving a higher appreciation of the
possibilities OF this great section, a
clearer conception Of the high class
of citizenship embraced in our
Piedmont section, and a broader Wis.,
ion of just what this good roads
movement holds in store for this
whole country fore the immediate fu-
ture.
This is unquestionahly the garden
spot or the cOuntry-the finest coun-
try in the world. But more on that
line later.
The party was accompanied by
MesSrs, II. g. HARRISON and VIM. II.
Potts, of Highlands, who by mere
accident connected with the crowd
just as it was leaving Walhalla. They
bore the fine report that Highlands
wants to help in connecting up these
good roads, and they came down with
$4,000 subscribed as the contribution
OF their little tOwn-250 Inhabitants
to the cause of good roads. They
show their faith by their works.
and this S2,400 subscription was the
work OF a few hours
We feel sure there arc going to be
some more examples Of faith shown
by works as tho reports come. Wal.
halla Is going to do her part at once!
ON TO THE MOUNTAINS!
Mrs. Longstreet to New York.
Mrs. Helen Longstreet, former
postmaster at Gainesville, Ga, has
accepted position with the Hearst
system of magazines and has gone to
New York, where she will make her
future home. Mrs. Longstreet will
write for the Cosmopolitan magazine,
which Mr.. Hearst owns. She works
at salary OF $4,000 a year, with
extra compensation for special arti-
cles.
a half hour later she had been drag
ged to another part Of the room and