Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-06-28
ATI4AxrA.nIaH1AANps H1dHwAY
Mapped and Logged by Way Of Wal.
hella BY Atlanta Constellation.

terest and Importance is the mapping
and logging Of the automobile high
way from Atlanta to Highlands via
Walhalla.
Pursuant to appointment delega-
ton from Walhalla met o. J. VII.
loughby, automobile editor and man
ager Of the Motors and Highway De-
partment Of the Atlanta Constitu-
tion, at Jarrett's Bridge last We'd
| nesday, and accompanied him 30
Walhalla, arriving here at noon. This
delegation consisted Of w. l.. Werner.
chairman OF the Oconee County
Highway Commission; J. C. Shork-
ley, County Supervisor; r. H. Alex
ander, County Treasurer; C. w.
Pitchford, president of the Chamber
OF Commerce; Jas. NJ. Moss, Mayor:
K. T. Jaynes, w. D. Moss, c. +. Het-
rick, r. c.. Carter, S. H. Ballenger
and J. E. Bauknight.
| Dinner was served at the Alexan-
der House, and in the afternoon Mr..
W1lloughby went on to Highlands,
accompanied by VIM. J. Stribling,
Norton Stribling, r. H. Alexander,
Geo. Seaborn, r. c. Carter, C. F.
lietrick and w. o. White. The party
spent fhe night at Highlands as
guests OF the Alexander House there.
Many points OF interest around High
lands were visited Thursday morn
| fn0 tho - -
hella in the afternoon. Mr.. Will
loughby spent the night here, and
started on his return trip to Atlanta
Friday morning. He was driving the
Atlanta Constitutions Pathfinding
Car, Packard Six, equipped with
two speedometers for the purpose OF
making accurate measurements.
| The drive from Atlanta was made
via Gainesville, Cornelia, Toccoa and
| Westminster. The register showed
the distance from the Atlanta Con-
stitution Building to the Confederate
monument on Main street In Wal
halla to be one hundred and thirty
four and two-tenths miles, while the
distance from Walhalla to Highlands
Is thirty-two and nine-tenths miles.
This trip was a revelation to Mr..
| Willoughby, who expressed himself
as being greatly impressed with our
roads and mountain scenery He
gathered full data for the map and
log Of this route and for the accom-
panying article descriptive Of the
section of country. all Of which will
appear in the Sunday edition of the
Atlanta Constitution Of July 9th.
An incident OF the trip by our
delegation to Jarrett's Bridge We'd
nesday morning was the meeting
with j. T. Marshall, U. S. senior
highway engineer, OF Atlanta, and
o. S. Wright, registrar of the State
Highway Department Of Georgia,
with headquarters at Gainesville.
They had just arrived and were
standing on the west bank Of Tu-
galoo river, inspecting the piers Of
the old railroad bridge, when our
party drove in sight on the east side.
Greetings were exchanged and all
met by appointment soon thereafter
at Jarrett's Bridge. A movement Is
en- foot by the two State Highway
Departments, in cooperation with
Federal authorities, for the early
construction Of an iron bridge on
the abutments and piers Of the old
railroad bridge. The prospect is that
this bridge will be completed and
open for travel within the next 12
months
On this trip Mr.. Willoughby was
accompanied by his wife and two
children. While here they were the
guests Of the Walhalla Chamber of
Commerce, and they made many
friends, who will be delighted to
welcome them on their return at any
time.
We predict that much good will
cnsue from this trip Of Mr.. Will
loughby and the spirit Of enterprise
cngendcrcd thereby. Walhalla is the
natural and logical gateway to High
lands, "The Land Above the Clouds"
The recent road development in this
section has made our roads conven-
lent for automobile travel. All that
is needed is judicious advertising to
attract large volume Of travel this
way.
Hail. SCatarrhM Medicine