The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-24
BOOSTER ROAD TRIP
FRIDAY And SATURDAY
POSTPONED TWO DAYS On AC.
COUNT WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Rallies to be Held in Several Places
in Newberry COunty-MaSs Meet
ing at Spartanburg.
The State, Aug. %.


sThe Appalachian highway, from Co.
lumbia to the mountains, via New
berry, Whitmire, Union, Glenn Springs
and Spartanburg will soon be reality
at the rate things have been going
since the meeting of the central COM
mittee held in Union August II, and
the weekend of tie present week is to
witness perhaps the greatest demon
stration in the interest of public high
way construction and maintenance that
has ever. been seen in the State.
At a recent melting at Union the
central committee in accepting an in
vitation extended by tie Chamber Of
Commerce of Spartanburg determined
TO hold a booster tour and a series Of
booster rallies and meetings all along
the route and set, aside August "a ana
% as the dates for the tour, inviting
all owners of machines in all the towns
and in the country districts along the
route to participate and bring the wo-
men of their families along. Owing tc
tie recent wet weather in the Pied
mont, and in order to make the tour
weekend affair the central committee,
OF which Commissioner Watson is
chairman, on Saturday announced that
the trip would be taken on Friday and
Saturday of this week, August q
and 2S.
Invite Columbians.
An invitation has been sent down
from the Spartanburg Chamber o.
Commerce, inviting the Chamber of
Commerce of Columbia, its jubilee
booster committee, its business
booster committee and the ladies to
participate in the tour, and it is hoped
that many such parties will be made
ND in response to this invitation to
take the trip. All VITO wish, to partic-
ipate should meet Commissioner Wat
son and his pilot party at the State
house corner at quarter to Z o'clock
Friday morning, as the start Of the
pilot car from Columbia for Prosperity
and Newberry will be made at o'clock
sharp. At Newberry the party will be
joined by many cars, carrying the Ia
dies also, collected for tie trip under
the direction of B. C. Matthews and z.
F. Wright of the central committee.
Leaving Newberry promptly at $50
a. M, the first stop will be made at
Gibson's, or Browns mill, where a
brief rally will be neld. Then the
schedule, with rallies at each point,
will be as follows:
10:30 a. m, Whitmire; 3 p. m.,
Union, with time for dinner; p. M,
Buffalo; 3 p. m, West Springs; s p.
M, Glenn Springs.
At Glenn Springs.
The night will be spent at Glenn
Springs, where a general meeting will
be- held, and the ladies of the party
may enjoy an evening at the popular
summer resort. Supper will be served
by the Community club of Glenn
Springs.
On Saturday morning TIE schedule
will be as follows: $3.50 a. M, Pau
line; Ga. M, Morgan's; $50 a. m,
Cedar Springs; 10 a. m, Brick House;
1O:3O a. M, Mabry's store; II a. M,
Spartanburg.
- A stop until noon will be made at
spartanburg, where, as the guests of
the Chamber of Commerce, the occu-
pants of all the cars, which by this
time will probably number several
hundred, will be entertained with a
Dutch luncheon served on the grounds
of Converse college. In connection
with the luncheon a rousing good
roads and Appalachian highway rally
will be held.
Then at noon the party being Joined
by scores of spartanburg ladies and
gentlemen in motors will make the
start over the newly completed noun
tain division of the highway for Hen
dersonville. which should be reached
in three hours Those who wish may
return to Spartanburg in time for
supper. The purpose, however, is to
Gave a large delegation of North Caro-
lima enthusiasts meet the party at the
! North Carolina line and at Hender-
sonville a joint Appalachian jollifca-
ffion mass meeting will be held. Many
Awho go from Columbia, Newberry,
Tfitmire, Union, Glenn Springs and