Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-07-07
R0UsING MEETING IS HELD AT
CLINTON TUESDAY AFTERNOON
Permanent Organization Effected
With ]. F. Jacobs, Sr, Of Clinton
As President

Clinton, s. c., June 1.-THE Cal
! houn Highway association was form
ed at Clinton this afternoon when the
Commercial club of Clinton entertain
ed delegates from every county on the
proposed route. which stretches from
Athens, Georgia, n through, Elberton
Calhoun Falls, S. c., Abbeville, Green
wood, Clinton, Whitmirt,Ca rlisle,
Chester, Fort Lawn, Lancaster, Page
land, to Cheraw. The route was Of
fcially designated and Is incorporat-
ed in the onstitution adopted and can
only be changed by two-thirds vote
Of all the members Of the association.
The meeting was called subsequent
to a meeting held at Clinton several
weeks ago when temporary organ
ization was perfected and was for the
purpose of permanently organizing.
]. F. Jacobs, ST., of Clinton, was elect
ed president; R. E. Hanna, of Cheraw
vice president for South Carolina;
and Martin ]. Abney, Athens. vice
president for Georgia; Wilson w. Har-
ris, of Clinton, secretary and treasur-
er.
A vice president was elected for
each county alng the route as follows;
Chesterfield, j. E. Egerton; Lancast-
er, George B. Craven; Chester, R. o.
Atkinson; Union, NJ. C. Deayer; New
berry, D. E. Child; Laurens, James R
Copeland; Greenwood, Kenneth Bak7
er; Abbeville, ]. S. Stark; Elbert, Ca,
8. M. Orr; Madison, DR.. H. H. Hamp-
ton; oglethorpe, A, P. Dunaway;
Clark, Jno. T. Pittard. These vice
presidents are ex-officio members OF
the board of directors, and, in addi-
ton, one. director was elected from
each county. as follows:
Chesterfield, C. c. Douglass; Lan-
casstr, D. Reece Williams Chester A
/ L. CASTOR; Union c. A. JeteE New
berry, w. NJ. Sherrard; Laurens, c.
! w. Stone; Grsan y nod, Thos. W. Goth
/ ran: ALnav;::::, VI. Ni.s'i*: Elbers-
( on, Ga, C. A. Arnold; Madison, F.~B.
! Smith; Clark, w. G. Griffin; Ogle-
thorpe, E. ]. Erwin. These. With the
county vice presidents, the secretary
and treasurer, the two state vice
presidents and the president compose
4 the board of directors.
The meeting at Clinton was held at
$3.50 this afternoo min the Masonic
hall, and it was remarkable and unu-
sual that so much interest and en-
thusiasm was displayed by the dele
gates representing every local asso.
citation along the route, every one OF
the IL counties between Athens and
Cheraw being represented by from one
to eight delegates. In addition to
these there was a representative firm
the Georgia state highway commission
and one from the South Carolina state
highway commission, the federal aid
commissioner for South Carolina. and
several county engineers. II the as
sociation wer enot 'ging concern,
so many men, mostly business men
and farmtrs. would not have taken the
trouble and gone to the expense Of
attending the meeting.
In the adoption of the constitution
the route Is definitely established, and
the possibility Of its being changed
I except perhaps in minor details is re-
mote, and the working machinery o
i the association was Immediately pu
4 In motion after the formal organiza
tion. A total of 1900 members wtr
reported from the different local OF
ganizations along the route and man
places are yet oorganize. Cqty Err
gineer Kester,, of Chesttr, promise
for his county, when formally orgaf
lied, 800 10 1000 members. At pr
sent, Clinton has the largest meIt
befship, about 300. The Lancastf