The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-24

other points will of course spend the
evening and tie weekend at Hender-
sonSille.
LaCoste Evans, the ''only" good
roads booster, Will be in t1e party and
Commissioner Graham and Dr. Jos.
Hyde Pratt will meet the party at
the North Carolina line.
Yesterday Arch B. Calvert, chairman
of the Spartanburg committee, for
warded to Commissioner Watson an in
vitation from the citizens of Rut1 er-
fordton, n. c., to have the entire party
on Saturday or Sunday come on from
Hendersonville to Biltmore and thence
to Rutherfordton through Hickory Nu-
gap and by Chimney Rock, returning
to Spartanburg. The scenery along
this rounte is said to be simply grand
and full of surprises. Tie road is the
State road that the State of North Car
oSina has constructed and is noted for
it's average width and low grades. 1t
is not unlikely this extension will be
added to the trip.
Mr.. Calvert, writing from Spartan
burg on Saturday, said: cite weather
in this section is beautiful It's morn
ing, and if conditions stay as they are,
the highway will be in splendid shape
for Friday and Saturday of next week
Subscribe Fund.
Commissioner Watson last night said
that, in addition to the $4,000 raised
on August II and the subscriptions in
teams and labor, tie had been advised
that other funds had been readily sub
scribed in Spartanburg and at all otner
points and already very considerable
work had been done.
Mr.. Watson also announced that he
had just received from the United
States Office Of public roads at Wash
ington tie announcement Of the
granting of his request for the detail
of a federal engineer to advise the
supervisors concerned as to reloca-
tions and other matters of construc-
ton and maintenance on the portion
of the road through NewDerry and
Union counties and expressed his
qualification that Engineer w. l..
Spoon c. ad been assigned to the work.
engineer Spoon will be able to devote
three days to the work in the next
ten days.
Secretary Paul ". Moore of the Spar
tanburg Chamber of Commerce writes:
eve are making decided progress. Our
local committee has collected sufi-
cient funds to put under the split log
drag system seven miles toward Glenn
Springs and to provide for its main
tenance for u months. The county
chaingang is smoothing this road up
today, and it will be in first class shape
for your tour. From Spartanburg to
Tryon, N. c., the entire route is being
worked today and will be up to its
accustomed good condition. Mr.. Cal
vert and myself went to the Union
county line measuring for mile posts,
which were put up yesterday"
Mr.. Watson says that while the
Chamber of Commerce of Columbia
mas not yet taken ofhciet notice Of
Spartanburg's invitation and Columbia
has not been asked to nelp in the con-
s'ruction of this great highway to the
Fairgrounds of the Carolinas, which
begins at Columbia, as chairman of the
central committee ne wished to espe
cially invite all Columbians with cars
desiring to make this delightful week
end tour and show real Columbia in
terest in something in which Columbia
is greatly concerned. He will be glad
to have all suc1 parties meet him in
front of tne State house on Friday
morning at 6:45 o'clock and will take
pleasure in plotting them through. A
very large number of motor cars VII
be in line before Glenn Springs is
reached