French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-04-25
HIGHWAY
LOGGING PARTY
HAD BUSY TRIP

ubO VOV UnH
The Hendersonville delegation,
composing part Of the logging party
of the proposed Dixie Highway from
Knoxville through the Carohnas and
Georgia, returned home last Thurs
day night after very enthpsiastic
trip.
The trip was made in Clarences
Latham's big Studebaker. Mr.
Latham drove, accompanied by Y.
Mack Rhodes, cashier of the First
Bank and Trust Company; DIR. Il. R
Morse, president and manager Of the
Chimney Rock Company; A s.
Truck, secretary of the board Of
trade and manager Of the local tele-
phone company, and Gordon F. Car
lington, one of the publishers of-the
Hustler.
The local party was met last Tues
day morning in Hendersonville by
the official logging cars from Knox
Vile via Asheville, carrying the fol-.
lowing men: D. H. WinslOw, main
tenance highway engineer Of North.
Carolina; T. M. Howerton, Buncombe
county engineer; N. Buckner, secre-I
tary of the Asheville Board Of
Trade; J. B. Clingman, district high
way maintenance engineer; j. c.
Cowan and J. c. Cole, county COM
missioners of Buncombe, and c. w
Vabry, secretary Of the National Au-l
tomobile Association.
At Greenville the logging party
was met by a large number of citi-
zens who escorted the visitors to al
banquet dinner at the Imperial hote
A number of speeches were made ad
Yocating the Dixie HiGhwaR
GreenviIle -
In the afternoon 65-mile run was
made to Greenwood, S. G: AT Prince
ton and Ware Shoals, S. c., a large
delegation of Greenwood citizens met
the scouting party enrOute to Green
wood and piloted them iptO the city
to the Oregon hotel, where, at 9
o'clock that night, welcome banquet
was served. Delegations from Nc
Cormick, Abbeville and adjoining
counties were present.
DIR. Morse was selected spokesman
for the Hendersonville delegation
and on a number of occasions did
credit to his city. All the members
of the local party had occasions to
talk informally with the citizens of
the various towns through which the
route passed. Secretary Truck pre-
sented a great many people with
Hendersonville booklets.
The party, escorted by number
of Greenwood citizens, left the next
morning for Edgefeld, S. c., where
short stop was made for lunch,
served by Edgefeld ladies. At Edge.
field another large delegation met the
logging party and accompanied it to
Augusta.
The Hendersonville car left the
party the next morning at Augusta.
after a night of banqueting and
speech-making relative to the pro
posed Dixie Highway. The official
scouting car, accompanied by Au-
gusta citizens, journeyed to Savan-
nah on Thursday. The rest of the
party returned home by way of Nc,
Cormick, crossing the Savannah
river As miles northwest of Augusta,
at Chamberlain IS ferry.
The Hendersonville party feels
that a great deal Of enthusiasm has
been aroused by reason Of the trip
for better roads, and possibly for the
securing of the proposed link through
the Carolinas of the Dixie Highway.
A great many people who were met
on the trip expressed their desire to
visit Hendersonville this summer.
The roads were found to be in fairly
good shape. At least half Of the
route was composed of almost perfect
roads.
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