Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-05-11
Greenwood and Edgefeld Join
in Distributing Official
Guide Map.
Will Join Augusta, Savannah, Bruins
wick. Jacksonville and Others in
Distributing Map in North, East
and West-Dixie Highway
Great Asset for This Sec
ton of the Country.

With the completion of the Dixie
Highway Division passing from Ashe-
vile through Greenville, Greenwood,
Edgefeld and into Augusta and on to
Savannah, there is opened up to this
territory another artery or trunk line
highway.
The business interests living along
this highway have made large expen-
ditures and in many places personal
sacrifices in order that the highway
be completed. This is now an accom-
plished fact. There is no better high
way to be found in this section of
the South. Passing as it does; from
the mountains to the sea it offers to
our people hte greatest advantage to
be found in automobile travel and the
men who completed this highway have
given South Carolina and Georgia an
internal revenue from both CONNER
cial and pleasure standpoint. At
meeting in Greenwood Friday night,
presided over by President R. B. Cur
ry of the Greenwood Chamber of
Commerce, Mr.. Curry made pleas
ing address, in which he outlined the
value of the Dixie Highway, and stat
ed that the meeting was called to dis
cuss the advisability of entering into
the cooperation publicity plan the
city of Augusta is now forming in or
der to distribute the United States
Official Highway Road Guides through
out the North this summer. Mr.. Cur
rvs address inspired men who had
heretofore known nothing of the val
ue of the Dixie Highway.
A special delegation from Edge
field attended this meeting and Mr.. j.
Fl. Cantelou, president of the Edge
field Chamber of Commerce, outlined
the future policy of Edgefeld, and
stated inforcible language that Edge
field intended to assist in making the
Dixie Highway TRUNK line from the
West, North and East through the
South and on into Florida. He stated
that Edgefeld had thoroughly inves-
tigated the commercial value of the
highway and he assured the meeting
that from the tourists travel alone
Edgefeld would be willing to exert
every effort toward any plan for pub
1icity Augusta or any other city start
ed and they had agreed to cooperate
with Augusta on the Official Road
Map distribution.
MIR. vause, of the Dixie Highway
Hotel, Edgefeld, made an address to
The meeting outlining the value as
seen from hotel mans standpoint,
although Mr.. Vause was instrument
al in establishing free motor camp
ground in Edgefeld. During the
meeting phone message was re-
ceived from Mayor Hertzog, of
Greenwood, stating that the city
council was in session but would like
to attend this meeting in body
which they did and Mayor Hertzog,
in speaking for Greenwood, assured
the gentlemen present that Green
wood was alive to the situation and
thoroughly endorsed and would CO.
operate financially with Augusta, Sa-
vannah, Brunswick, Jacksonville and
all the towns so far enlisted in the
plan to distribute the Official High
way Map throughout the North this
summer. He stated that he knew a
great caravan of people could be in
duced to travel this way, to settle in
.our country, to help develop our
farming industries and, in short, he
considered the Dixie Highway one of
the greatest assets this state or any
other state possessed through which
it passed.
After few moments discussion re-
solutions were sent to this paper by
the Greenwood Chamber of Com
merce and the Edgeield Chamber of
Commerce complilnenting the city of
Augusta on its broad plan of endeav-.
or and stating that they would CO.
operate fully and assist in every man
,ner towards making the proposition
the biggest success possible.
The Chronicle wishes to extend its
thanks for the courteous attention
given Mr.. Chas. F. Rossignol, who
explained this proposition at the
above mentioned meeting and to the
Oregon Hotel for courtesies to Mr..
Observation-Disclosures Chronicle.