The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-05-13
S. c., Friday, May IS, 1921
Leaders Agitate
Highway Building
Plan Contemplates Worth While
Work-Passage From Athens,
Ga. to Raleigh, N G Would
Be Made Easy-Clinton
Takes Step

Clinton, May 12.-The Clinton
Commercial club devoted its entire
session Tuesday evening to the hold
ing of a convention looking to the
organization of an association to
promote the development of what is
temporarily called the Seaboard Par
allel highway, connecting the Quebec
to Miami highway, which passes thru
Cheraw from that point to Athens,
Ca, where connection is made with
the Bankhead highway. This means
that tourists from San Diego. Cal.
following the Bankhead national
highway, can make an alternate
route at Athens, Ca, via the Sea-
board Parallel when built to Cheraw
then by the Quebec to Miami high
way up to Raleigh, where the Bank
head national highway and the
Quebec to Miami highways join. This
means also a connection at Cheraw
with theWilmington, N. C. highway,
easy access through Cheraw to the
upper Pee Dee section of South Car
olina. Eventually this highway will
probably become a very important
factor in the development of the
South. The Bankhead national high
way is now working to raise money
for hard surface road all the way
from Washington to San Diego, Cal.
Clinton is peculiarly fortunate in
being located strategically along the
proposed Seaboard Parallel between
the Bankhead and Quebec to Miami
highways, formerly known as capital
highways.
The club meeting last night was an
extremely delightful one, for which
credit is due to the Civic association
for the dinner served. Visitors were
numerous, between 35 and 40 being
present, representing Athens, Elber-
ton, Abbeville, Greenwood, Cross Hill
Clinton, Whitmire, Chester, Pageland
Cheraw, highway commissions, state
and local. Numerous and most excel.
lent speeches were delivered by rep
resentatives from these towns and
by engineers. These speeches brought
out a great deal of information as
to development along the line. indi-
eating that large part of the mile
age of this road is already completed.
Encouragement was afforded by
speeches from engineers and others
as to the feasibility of bridging the
rivers on the route. The greatest
optimism was expressed as to the
feasibility of the plan and the en-
thusiasm of the meeting gave a send
off to the entire project, which orac-
tically assures the cooperation neces.
sary to carry it into effect. The fol.
lowing delegates were present: Alb.
beville, J S Stark, J S Cochran, A. F
Rosenberg, DR. G A Neuffer, J M Nick
les, C H McMurray, and G. T. Barnes
Cheraw, R. E Hanna; Pageland, J$E
Agerton; Greenwood, Kenneth Baker
R C: Curry; Chester, A M Aiken, Fl
H Kester, John M Jones, L M Woot.
en-, Cross Hill, C D Nance; Laurens
George M. Wright, NJ C Hughes, c.
M. Babb; Columbia, L M Weisige1
and E D Sloan Of state highway com.
missioner; Spartanburg c o Hearon,
member of state highway commits
sion; Athens, Martin J Abney,; C. E
Martin, Elberton; Whitmire, E E.
Childs, T M Watson, S H Sherard,
Mr.. Pitts. These gentlemen represent
ed chambers of commerce, Rotary
and Kiwanis clubs, city councils,
commercial clubs and highway de-
partments.