The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-14
FUTURE Of 'lNALHALLA IS BRIGHT
Secretary Whaey Regards AS Distributing Riches
In Those Wond efful Mountains

Anderson people st Wa4lwtta Mon
day listened with great .fThcrya to the
remarks of Porter a. w9nfSy:: sccre-
'ary OF thu AndcrsoX- 7rAambcr of
commerce. who told:Fl lpgssbifitics of
greatness for this sci tfoh-tjn account
OF opening the beautiful mountainous
country to quick communication with
the railrond centcraDiI3AA:
the "T @on"'ain ""p,x npaS ann,asS& ,. KIP vsisn 3fsr
OF Mr.. whaley because of the great
object lesson of tie day In part.
S:eSs,11y a%ahs,Ia "ha'ss is ssirDA3anI ray. as
well she may. two events. rs lated yet
in your prosperi,y % s:s ne" "ur,' xra
dation % anu upon snln1itl With tn y g. s ereeled '"ds
here city of 10 uasdn .nEuportions. Il
credit to this g-cat country :crcabouts
and to the civilization OF t1ic .onth.
We have met together to celebrate
the inauguration Of. ;gaa-clcctric SER
vice between Walilalia, and Anderson
ana all other points: on: :: the Blue
ilidge. and to celebrate inc opening OF
the new ,:hig!iway be-
tween Columbia. Anderson. nWalhalIa
and Lake ToXaway, :4lIa' credit for the
opening CT which III: ftr ms, South Gar
olinn is conccrned:is 500 pur; cent the
credit of Walhnlla.""LNss:i than eight
months ago. Representatives from all
tie cities and towns between Column
bfa and ToXnway?'ih ;tlentlifee states
traversod by this high@ay: MET in this
beautiful little city to consider the
possibility of attqalfy!i cBhsummating
your dream and our arehbl and the
dream Of 6.0o0.Qt8ii pc, pple in the
lower south. the, bti1dhig Of great
highway across yohder.. mountains
and TO gain thereby quicker and
better outlet to and from what Col.
j. T. Jaynes. calls the Fairgrounds of
America than any heretofore exist
Ing.
"All the cities .and towns then rep
resented agreed ut least passive'y to
10 their part. NORTH. lGH-rolina has
nobly responded land Der Highland
cities and towns have built to the
Georgia line magnificent noun
tain highways as OK sts today on the
North American continent. But what
ss1ss ssass es9af'a H11sp ss, s%4 sSa
Blue Ridge. cc1siMIs4 sf,s
"wllat has E1aht Gk3.a and how
much. has been done SO far entirely
by the progressive and active raoplc
of WalhalIa. who unnided by others
have built to 'themG mGH6rsla line the
great highway'!Mhib 1--WE went over
this morning. Yt3n dif ig'alonc. do
not know what 1t cost in money or in
labor. what l dUkhbWoi oisrthat you did
H.! dhd that t6dSy there exists from
Walhnlla to the Georgia line high
way equally ns good ns that on the
North EnroIinaiSESt afDpali done by
Walhnlla a II i,nL :.
ibid Colnmbiaa aielps ps5bu.' did Bclton
or Honea Path or Anderson or Pen
dlcton or Seneca qr westminster help
you? Not so tar. f}iit they will. Now
Siswas Ssh sss 'pSe pTogsSS siasniesni 1a sns
roadways on the North Carolina Side
and on the soHtll ass}TTe} aGss}TTe}inna side, but
side. tho last six titles. the necessary
six miles, In order to give us an al
most perfect highway; and over on
those Georgia hills;sits Clayton. say
Ing that the woEk,shsY qo5 be done on
the Georgia part OF 1t. that Clayton
does not propose to see the Highlands
traffic diverted ,.froTr ker towards tho
east. Clayton ,iAas athis arraycd her
self against the ingenuity and pro-,
gress ~ the two Caroiinas; she has
said that she Will not give ono dollar,
that she will hamper and defeat It II
she can the construction of tho re-
six miles lying within i'm
perial Georgia and has the hardIhood
to claim that Georgia Is back of her.
O. how foolish! 'Neytr mind Clayton,
that's O. joke. 'pTff4 tg4htleman from
Highlands who Just spoke told yo"
that Highlands had alteady spent
500 on the work nh. those six Georgia
miles and want t6 6'takg this oppor-
tunity to say that the citizens of Az
wards the con}ihaatIpS and compile
tion OF that work VIC Rre Int In Of
fering aid. but Y!So Y!Solf,k AfAk thgt you for
give us, and wheT VA set back to DUR
own Electric CITY. the story OF whose
greatness is being ,Effaepted through
out the south. 1,plfqqige. yp,r that $500
will be raised In My Town for this
work. +. mn uc;uo
Il wish to refSr 1qst q annoment to
the beginning Of 5ha operation Of gas
electric service to Walhnila from An
derson. etc. It il {, Zig move. Now 10
you people want the ,Alus ridge rail-
way completed Aonathreush to Knox
vile II you do let's show our appre-
citation of tho successful efforts OF
Cor:. Jno. r.. Anderaon4h, giving us
this splendid gas+sleotnio,sarvice over
tae Blue Ridge raiiway.oand ] believe
II we will that the time will indeed be
short when that neviI Ihifd progressive
president Of the Southern Railway,
Hon. Fairfax Harristnnwiil anonNnce
the fact that the Rfue tRadge railway