Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-08-13
FOR THE ToxAwAY HIGHWAY.
Meeting Held Yesterday
E at the Court House i'm WalhaIla.

.SSQuite an enthusiastic gathering of
citizens Of Oconee and a number Of
others from Anderson and other
points took place at the Court House
in I, Walhalla yesterday afternoon.
Mayor w. NJ. Brown acted as chair
man, of the meeting, and Commits
1oner Watson was introduced as the
first speaker. Mr.. Watson stated
that he has already placed orders for
the materials to post the road and
that it will be posted as soon as the
materials are received. whether the
plans and means for the completion
cot the road are available at that time
on not The road, it seems, is an as
sured fact, the only question being
as to the exact time Of the beginning
and completion of the work necessary
to make the highway one Of the first
class to accommodate automobile and
other traffic from all parts of tho
Sttte to the mountain points in this
State and North Carolina.
jAphere has been some discussion as
to the route of the proposed road,
some favoring route from Anderson
bS i%ay of Townville and Westmin-
stsT to Walhalla, others preferring
a proposed route from Anderson to
Pendleton, by Clemson, through Sen
eSa and on to Walhalla. 1t was
stated that this matter has been ami
acably settled to the satisfaction of
al, and that after reaching Ander-
son the road will branch out, giving
two routes from that city to Wal
halla, where the road will again be
taken up as main artery to accom-
m9date traffic from Walhalla through
Ftosthe North Carolina points.
IA resolution was passed by the
Injecting authorizing Mayor Brown to
communicate with the mayors of all
towns through which the road will
pass, asking them to appoint COM
mtttees to look after the raising of
|; funds, to assist in putting the road
Though.
iif SH was also urged that the various
eommittees be requested to make all
possible haste in the matter of sub
scriptions and to report all amounts
TO the county supervisor in ten days.
SsSuperyisor w. C. Foster, Of Oco-
nee, stated that the county authori-
;ties would cooperate in the matter,
spls dsings his indipidual and Official
'fsiipI,ort. Commissioner WATSON took
occasion during the meeting to com
pliment Supervisor Foster upon his
manner OF handling the subject of
the proposed road, and stated that he
had never had just such business
like cooperation with a county ST.
pervisor in any part of the State in
such a public enterprise. He also
took occasion to compliment the
work on the lla-Westminster.
road, which he characterized as the
finest piece of dirt road construction
he had ever seen.
Talks were also made by G. w.
Gignilliat of Seneca, and Dr.. Johns,
Of Westminster, and others advocat-
ing the proposition fer the new road
pledging hearty support ard earnest
cooperation in the work. Porter A .
Whaley, secretary of the Anderson
Chamber of Commerce, and Major
VIM. j. Stribling, of Walhalla, also
spoke at some length, their remarks
being along the same general line as
the others, indicating the general in
terest and spirit of cooperation that
seems to dominate all those who have
become interested in the proposed
road.
The completion of the road will
mean the putting into shape Of an
ideal public highway from the Capt.
tai of the State straight through to
Walhalla and on into North Caro-
lima. This is equivalent, practically,
to the connecting Of the mountains
and the seaboard by a permanent and
frst-class highway, as it is certain
that the comparatively small amount
Of work necessary to build and main
tain continuance of the road from
| Columbia to Charleston will follow
in the wake Of the completion of the
upper end.
Commissioner Watson left Wal
halla early this morning to correctly
map out the road from Walhalla to
Lake Toxaway, via Sapphire, Fair
field Inn, Cashiers and back by way
of the old turnpike to Walhalla.