The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-11-09
TIE APPALACHIAN HIGHWAY.

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! Whitmire. In the party were Mr..
HartwelI NJ Aver, who is doing some
special work on the anniversary edi-
ton of The Herald and News, and
Supervisor Sample. We went by way
OF the late home of Capt. H. H. Folk
and struck the Appalachian highway
at the kennerly place. We made the
drive to Whitmire in about one hour
and ten minutes in Ill, and that is
good driving for US and means that the
road must be pretty good, for ordi-
narily our limit is an average Of ID
miles the hour, and the distance to
Whitmire by this route is about 20
miles.
This is fine piece Of work whic1
Mr.. Sample has done with the cooper
alton of the people along the route. The
road is not what we would like to see
and not what Mr.. Sample would have
made if the funds had been available
but for the money and time expended
We think there has Den good results.
We returned by way of the Caldwell
road and covered the entire stretch OF
the. Appalachian highway in Newber
~ county. The changes made at Dun
cans creek, just before getting to
Whitmire, is worth to the road almost
he entire amount expended on it. The
road bed mas been changed and fill
made which should make this is good
road the entire year. At Cannon's
! creek, just this side of the residence
of Mr.. C. S. Suber, a new bridge has
been completed which greatly helps
very bad place. And the entire road
is much better than We really expected
to see. From the Caldwell place to
NeWDerry the road has not had time
TO settle and is. a little heavy, but when
some rains come and the road bed
gets settled it is going to be tine
road. Of course it should be widened
and there are some crossings which
should nave had attention before the
road was left, but on the whole it is &
! fine piece of work for the money ex-
rended and Mr.. Sample should receive
the we'll done of the people along the
way.
| We are told that the Union people
are building thirty-foot road and
making it a very fine road. We are
pleased to know it and We hope they
will extend it all the way through
Union county, but they have not gone
more than TWO miles so far. IIhat is
the kind of road to build if you have
the money.
What we need on the Newberry end
! is to make provision for the proper
maintenance of this road now that it
is built. Some sections of it need now
| the application of the drag. And there
are some high points that should have
been taken down. If the people along
the way take an interest in the main
tenance of the road the supervisor no
doubt will return to the road and take
down the nigh places and fill in the
| low places and we will then have an
all the wear round good road to Whit
mire.
The town of Whitmire is good bus
mess place and it has some of the best
stores that you will find in a long
! Journey. They would do credit to a
town much larger than Whitmire, and
tnen in the Glen-Lowry Manufacturing
company Whitmire has one of the most
modern and best equipped cotton mills
in the state. The special edition Of
The Herald and News will carry full
and complete write up of this live and
progressive town.
There is one thing about the town Of
Whirmire that is very commendable,
and that is that the people are loyal
t. the town and anything that is for
the advancement of the community
has the unanimous endorsement and
cooperation of all the people. They
believe in their town and stand solidly
together for its betterment and ad-
vancement in all that makes for bet
ter community.
Every business house in the town
will have a place in the picture in our
hftieth anniversary edition.
The Appalachian highway will be al.
right if it can be dragged during the
coming winter and then there. are a