Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-13
over MOUNTAIN ROADS
YOrkVillG to ASheVilIe by Way Of
Chimney Rock.
SCENES and INCIDENTS BY THE WAY

Preparation for the Summer Vaca-
tionists Who Have Not Yet Begun
to Move.
BY One of the Party.
Asheville, N c.. is one hundred and
eleven miles from Yorkville by way of
Kings Mountain, Shelby, Rutherford
ton, Forest City, Chimney Rock and
along the French Broad valley and it
is a most interesting trip to parties
who are making the trip the first time
and perhaps more or less interesting to
those who have made it many times.
Leaving Yorkville last Saturday after
noon at AIS, a party composed OF c. w.
McGee, ]. c.. Burge, A. NJ, S. Earle
and Lewis NJ. Grist, made the trip into
Asheville, arriving there at 1O.4O. We
started out with the intention of max
ing am over night stop at the home OF
Mr.. J. X. Rhinehart at Forest City, but
reaching Forest City more than an
hour earlier than we anticipated we
decided to push on to Chimney Rock
and stay over night there, but when
this place was reached everything
looked dead thereabouts and we pro-
ceeded on expecting to hang up at
Hendersonville. We took the Hender-
sonville road out of Chimney ROCK
and after travelling considerably more
than an hour. part Of the time along
the banks of the French Broad ana II
was slow going on account OF not
knowing the road, its roughness ana
its many curves, along about 10 O'CLOCK
we ran on to a pair Of mountain
campers eating a very late supper we
ston5ped and inquired. How far is 1t
to Hendersonville? "Hendersonville!'
"Yes. isn't this the Hendersonville
road?" mo, this is the road to Ashe-
ville?"N How far is it to Asheville?'
About fourteen miles" And I'll say
it was, about"
The road from Yorkville to Forest
Citv is fine, and we made the sixty
miles to that little city in just two ana
q half hours. We stopped at iiillng
station and filled up the tanks, the
distance having used up four gallons OF
gasoline and. q quart of lubricatlng. OIL
and then figuring that as we mad all
of an hour or more of daylight ahead
of us. decided to go on rather than
stop and have to pull out of the nay
about a. m, to continue to AsheVille
rhe next morning. Then we nHed
Chimney Rock as our night camp. Ihe
paragc man told us that the road from
Forest City to Chimney Rock was some
rough. He was right. Rough describes
Il and the average speed was hardly
over twelve miles per hour. The
Rutherford county folks are Dui!dlng
new roads, and mile after mile or II
has been plowed up and dug up anu
those portions that have not been I'M
ished, and these are of very snort
stretches. are all but impossible and
thew would have been entirely so put
for their being dry. The roads are be-
ing laid out and Strengthened ana III
many places on account OF new Sec
tions being closed we were forced 10
detour, some times half mile to get
couple Of hundred yards. AT 4her
places the curves and twists In the
roads were so sharp and SO close To-
eether that making even a fair speed
was next to impossible.
All of the North Carolina towns
Kings Mountain. Shelby, Rutherford
ton, Forest City, ETC., are either laying
new streets in asphalt or have done so
recently and in the towns where such
work is underway the tourist is delay
ed by rough streets and detours. as
practically all of the streets through
the various towns on which work IS
being done are streets leading into and
out of the towns along the routes Oh
the tourist. The summer tourist Is
necessity to the inhabitants of the
North Carolina mountain country and
the North Carolinians are doing every
thing possible to induce the summer
tourist to come into the country. And
with the universal use and increase in
the number of automobiles the good
roads that are being built will do much
to increase the number Of tourists to
the mountains.
We reach II Chimney Rock quite a
little bit aft dark, and it was some
dark at that. There wasn't light to
be seen anywhere abouts and the air
Of the place discouraged any attempt
at a stop. We pushed on and by chance
or i'll luck we hit the Hendersonville
road instead of going on by the direct
Asheville road. Shortly after passing
Chimney Rock, suddenly turning a
sharp curve in the road the Dodge
headlights showed just ahead of US a
pedestrian, who appeared Il little
wobbly in his gait. AS the light struck
him, he jumped to one side as If
frightened. AS we came abreast Of
him one Of the party asked, How far
is it to Hendersonville?" The pedes-
trian replied, Hello! Hello! Hello!"
How far is it to Hendersonville? was