Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-07-15
PARTY WAS PLEASED
About Forty Visitors Spent Monday
in Walhalda as Guests of Town.


Sandy Springs, Seneca and Westmin-
ster and other points in and out Of
the county. 1t was pleasure to have
these ladies and gentlemen in our
midst, md 1t is the general opinion,
Doth OF he visitors and the people
or vain lila, that great good has been
accomplished by means of the trip
that brought to us the visitors from
sister towns ard communities.
Shortly after the arrival Of the gas
electric car the visitors were fur
nished with transportation by auto
to Russell's, l6 miles above Wal
halla, on the Highlands road, where
they were enabled to spend a few
hours before returning to town The
party reached here on the return
about | o'clock and were entertained
at the Walhalla Hotel as guests Of
the town.
Immediately following the excel
lent dinner served by the manage
ment Of the hotel, impromptu talks
were made by a number Of citizens
and guests, and it was evident that
the visitors had had their eyes open
ed as to what has been done on the
automobile highway over the noun
| tains. AS one of the speakers eX-
| pressed it, the people Of Anderson
have been under the impression that
Walhalla and Highlands and inter-
vening territory had been working
the "hot air" pipes through the
newspapers for show, but they found
that the work done surpassed even
| the things told as to conditions for
| trans-mountain travel by this new
, route.
Mayor w. NJ. Brown,
| Cr behalf of the town Of Walhalla,
welcomed the guests in q few we'll
| chosen remarks, impressing upon the
visitors the heartineSs Of their well
| come to the town, and expressing the
| hope and belief that the Inaugural
| tion of the gas-electric schedule on
| the Blue Ridge and the opening of
| modern highway into the mountain
country were the two means that
| would tend to cement the whole of
| the Piedmont country into one COM
munity and link it with the balance
of the world as never heretofore In
closing he introduced
Wade G. Hughs, Esq,
one Of the gentlemen who had charge
| of the laying OF the grades for the
| highway into the Land OF the Sky"
| and Mr.. HughS very appropriately
enlarged upon the welcome extend
| ed by Mayor Brown. 1t was through
the energetic and untiring services
gratis serViceS-of Mr.. HughS and
|. Fl. Harrison, two of the best engi-
! neers and surveyors of the State
| that this highway has been remodel
| led, changing it from a route over
grades varying from 10 to 80 per
cent to practically uniform grade
| from end to end, with maximum Of
grade on the steepest ascent of
per cent. Mr.. Hughs reviewed the
factors that have lent their powers in
the building up Of Anderson into one
of the most important cities of the
| State, citing the agencies OF the
Southern Railway, the G. e. w. G.
| and the lnterurban, and felt that the
increased facilities now being given
for quick transportation over the
line OF the Blue Ridge were the be-
| ginning Of better things for the
towns along the line Of that road in
bringing the people into closer touch
and business relations with each
| other.
| Editor William Banks,
OF the Anderson Intelligencer. was
| next called on, and he stated that he
called on unless it was the realization
that "a short horse is soon curried
and fat one short Of wind His re-
marks were brief, but to the point
| emphasizing the manner in which his
| eyes and the eyes Of the other mem
| bers of the party had been opened
on the trip to the mountains. He
said that they now realized that An
| derSOn had been Sleenin o. ovar +bo
work on this route that WalbaIla
Highlands and the people along the
line have been doing their part well
1T is now up to Anderson" he said
Ito get busy, and you can depend
upon her to do her part" He looked
| forward to the time when the Blue
| Ridge VIII be completed through the
mountains, connecting the great
| West, and, in spite Of discouragine
reports in railway circles, he felt that
| it would not be long until the rail
road officials would realize that this
route must be thrown open to the
world.
TX. L. Jaynes, Esq,
followed Mr.. Banks, giving a brief
resume OF the work that has been
done on the mountain highway. and
caihng upon Anderson to come to
the help Of her small sisters of the
mountains In making the entire auto
route what 1t was originally designed
to be--a connecting link between the
outside world and the great play-
grounds Of America. He felt that
when Fairfax Harrison, A. B. An
drews and J. r. Anderson awake
fully to the possibilities OF this great
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