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VOLUME LID, >TTJEBER *4. NEWBER2Y, S. C* FRIDAY, 'AUGUST 6, 1915, TWICE A WEEK, *1.50 A IEAJL
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Interest Manifested.
"You can't build roads with a spoon
and a megaphone," some one remarked
on the trip over the proposed Appalachian
highway at one of the meetings
on Wednesday. This is very true,
literally speaking, but it is also true
that the megaphone and a certain
amount of "hot air" are necessary to
get the people aroused, for as Ben
Tillman said in his famous campaign
some years ago, you can't get your
Teforms through unless you can get the
ear of the people, and in order to get
the ear of the people they must be
aroused.
It takes agitation and a certain
amount of enthusiasm to accomplish
anything. You must first wake the
people up and make tit-em see things
before you can get them to do things,
oAmatimoc fhin.ors that are for
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their own personal good.
Some days ago Commissioner E. J.
Watson went over t):e road from Newberry
to Spartanburg via Whitmire,
Union and Glenn Springs, on to Spar tanburg,
with a view to scouting out
a highway for travel from the low
country to the mountains, via the
mountain highway from Spartanburg,
ffftin.or ftvpr fhp road and making
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a map and taking measurement of distances,
he?appointed Wednesday as t:e
day to bring along a government engineer
and to hold meetings at the
various centers touched by the highway
and talk the matter over with the
people and determine if an effort would
"be made to build the road.
Hie rains of the first part of the
week and the threatening weather on
Wednesday caused some of the Newberry
people to conclude that Col.
^ Watson would postpone the trip, but
when <he makes an appointment it
takes more than a little rain and mud<3y
roads to cause him to abandon it.
So he rolled into Newberry Wednesday
morning about 10 o'clock from Columbia
and some of the citizens got
together and arranged for two cars to
go with him. If the weather had been
good there would probably have been
some dozen cars and a number of
ladies in the party.
Accompanying iOol.'Watson in his big
60-horsepower Mitctell were Engineer
W. L. Spoon, LaCoste Evans, a good
roads booster from Chesterfield county,
and Mr. Blackwell. Going from Newberry
were Alderman J. R. Green, Dr.
"W. E. Pelham and B. C. Matthews,
driven by B. I. Hodge, and Supervisor
L> Sample, B. B. Leitzsey and E. H. Aull,
f driven by Sam Johnson.
The party left Newberry at a quarter
to 11 o'clock and went by what is
t called the lower road, down by the
Caldwell place and out by Charley Super's
and .John M. Suber's. This is the
-road surveyed by Col. Watson and is
yshown on the map of the Appalachian
nighway published in this paper. This
Toad, for the first nine miles, fcas
always been considered one of the best
A stretches of road in the county. The
remainder of the road is fairly good
in some portions, and in others it is
h not so good. In fact, all of the road
is now in need of repair. The party
' arrived at Whitmire something after
12 o'clock and soon after arrival a
meeting was (held in the school auditorium,
presided over by Mr. Wm. Coleman.
There were about 150 persons
(present, many of them being farmers
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hfft was one of the best and most enthusijV
astic good roads meetings he had held
in the State. Mr. Coleman, in introW
ducing Col. Watson, said he liad iheard,
I he did not know if true of not, that
VAwherrv who I
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did not want a good road from Whitmire
to Newberry. He could not understand
why that sftould be. Whitmire
was anxious for tfce road and he
I *us sure such a road would be beneI
ficiai to both, towns.
Col. Watson spoke of the value of
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in Playgrounds
good roads and of the motor driven
ivehicle, which was not now simply a
pleasure vehicle, and said that it was
a fact that more motor driven vehicles
are owned by farmers than those who
live in cities. It had become a necessity
in the matter of transportation
and the great problem before the people
today, especially the producer, was
one of transportation. And that was
til:e problem of better roads. He said
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be that South Carolina was at the bottorn
of all the States of the American j
union in the matter of road improve- j
ment. But this meeting and this trip j
was a matter of business and not one!
to discuss t e value of good roads. The 1
question was, did the people along the ;
way want the Appalachian highway, ;
or were they willing to let it go by i
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another route. If they wanted it, how j
bad did they want it, and wt':at would
they do to secure it. It would take
money or the equivalent to secure the
road. His plan was to see what could
be raised by private subscription and j
j labor put under the direction of the
county supervisor and in co-operation !
with him to build the road. The mo-!
torists from 4)':e low country were!
seeking ways to reach the playgrounds;
of the mountains, and they would mean |
I a whole lot to any community through
which the road went. He had built
another road in another section of the
State in the same way and when he
concluded a trip similar to this at one j
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meeting $>o,UUV was IOTSCU IU JLUI j
the purpose, in addition to the work!
furnished by the farmers wiio lived |
along the way wfco could not give in !
money. The road was built for about
half the cash subscribed and what was
left was returned to the contributors.
And that now was one of the best
stretches of highway in tfce State.
Mr. W. L.. Spoon, wno accompanied;
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Col. Watson as an enginner, said lie
had come to encourage the people to
do for themselves the most important
thing under the sun?get out of the
mud. He spoke of tice kind of road
to. build and how to build it, and of
the class of material that should be
used, all of which he felt sure could
be found along the road itself, and
wouia not necessitate tne 'naming, ana
in this way would cheapen tJ':e cost j
of construction. He urged community
co-operation and for the people to get ]
together and let the majority rule, j
Nothing could be done without co
operation.
Mr. LaCcste Evans said he was not \
a speaker, but was present because!
he was a South Carolinian and was in-!
ierested in good roads and better roads, j
He told what had been accomplished
:n Chesterfield county. He said if
you wanted to do things you liad to
go to it. That was the way they built
roads in the poor county of ChesterC
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lieiu. ne suggesieu u yvuiuu uc a. gwu
plan to organize good roads leagues
in every township.
Mr. B. C. Matthews was b':en called
on and said that he wanted to assure
the good people of the "Whitmire community
that Newberry stood ready to
help in this good work in every way
in its power.
Alderman J. R. Green was then called
on and said he was no speaker, but
felt sure of the co-operation of Newberry
in tris movement.
Mr. E. H. Aull spoke briefly of the
importance of securing this highway
for Newberry and urged the co-operation
of all the people.
Supervisor Sample said ;he would do
all he could to help out the good work.
Dr. W. E. Pelham also spoke of the
interest we would fcave in the Toad
and felt sure of the co-operation of
the people of Newberry.
Mr. John M. Suber said the people
of his community were very much interested
and of course wanted the road
by the lower route, and they would cooperate,
but it was decided to go
another way he would make some
other way to get to tJ-e road. What
he wanted was a good road from
Wliitmire to Newberry.
IMr. John W. Scott also spoke of the
need of a road, and he of course wanted
it to come around by- the Brick
Horse, and "he thought that was a better
road bed, but he would pledge ftis'
support and help in whatever direction
the road went.
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Columbia 0 miles
Newberry 43 9 "
Laurens 76 4 "
Greenville ' 111 7
Hendersonville 155 2 "
Asheville 176 9 "
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Mr. William Coleman was then call
ed on. He said he had no speech to
make, but he would assure those interested
ti-at Whitmire would do as
much in proportion, if not a little more,
than any other community. ,
Col. Watson then took a hand primary
and every one voted in favor of
the road and to go to work to secure
it. One man volunteered as a minimum
cash subscription $100.
There is eoinr to be a little pleasant
rivalry between the lower route via;
Caldwell and the upper route via the [
Brick House, but white ever is decided !
upon will have the co-operation of the j
other. In fact, it is the opinion of i
every one that the building of either |
one of these roads means the building!
of the other, and the result will be I
two good roads from Whitmire to New-1
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There would be a belt line, so to speak,
from Newberry around by Whitmire I
back to Newberry. Col. Watson and
the writer promised Mr. Scott in returning
to go around by Brick House
and measure the distance from Whit4-r.
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desire to say that after the iteavy raimf
of the afternoon and the condition of,
the road from Whit'mire to Union as
a result of the same, it was decided
to return via Laurens, and therefore
the distance was not t?ken, but that
will be done some time very soon.
After tiie meeting ti-e visiting party
from Columbia and Newberry were
delightfully entertained for lunch at
the Whitmire hotel by the people of
Whitmire. There is no doubt about
Wihitmire being in earnest and enthusiastic
on b-e subject of securing this
"lighway, and it is not all hot air, but
-he money and work will be forth->nm
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The party (fid not get away from
Whitmlre until nearly 4 o'clock, and
as a result did not reach Union until
about 6 o'clock, and that was too late
to hold a meeting. lAft the Itour apr
pointed a number of citizens of Union
assembled at the rooms of the chamber
of commerce and several cars drove
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out to meet the party. The people of
tne town are interested m uie uiuvement
and a conference was held with
several gentlemen in ti-e rooms of the
chamber of commerce and much interest
manifested. Supervisor Jeter says
that Union may be counted on to <lo
!';?r part. And that the pull will be
taken out of the hill just beyond the
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Tdger river. |
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From Union the party left for Glenn
Springs about 7 o'clock and reached '
t e springs about 8 o'clock, a distance;
of 16 miles. The road from Union to
Glenn Springs is very good. At the |
springs the party was met by a com- j
Tiittee of the Community club, or j
which Prof. H. P. Boggs is president, |
ana a oengniiui luncneon was sei vtru
the visitors by the .ladies of the Community
club. A number of cars joined
t).e party at Union and it should have
been stated that Messrs. William Coleman
and Thad S. Coleman went over
from Whitmire.
After the luncheon a meeting was
held to organize and appoint a central
committee to take up the active work !
of the construction of this highway, j
Speeches were made by gentlemen;
from Spartanburg, Cedar Springs,!
Union, Whitmire and Newberry, and j
after some more discussion the follow- j
ing central committee was named:
'Spartanburg?'Julian Calhoun, R. H.
Blackburn.
Cedar Springs?N. F. Walker, T. B.
Thackston.
Glenn Springs?H. P. Boggs, R. H.
Smith.
West Springs?Henry smitn, waiter
Betsill.
Union?L. C. Wharton, A. G. Kennedy.
Whitmire?William Coleman, J. D.
Tidmarsh.
Newberry?Z. F. Wright, B. C. Matthews.
Prosperity?Geo. Y. Hunter.
Little Mountain?W. B. Shealy.
Col. E. J. Watson was unanimously
elected chairman of the central com~
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APPALACHIAN" jhaWAVS
Columbia 0 m'ile$
"Newberry 43.9 *V
Whitmire 3 5 **\
Union SI 5-j ")
Glenn Springs . 08.1 -j **
Spartanburg . .110.3,
Her.dersonville. .159,3 '*
Asheville .181.0\
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Columbia 0 miles
Newberry 43.9 "
Laurens 78.4 ")
Woodruff 95.9
SDartanfcur? 115 (1
Hendersonville .164.0 '*\
Asheville .185.7>
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ivir. n,. n. Ami, in oeuaii ui. uuc dewberry
delegation, extended an invii
tation to the committee to hold its
first meeting in Newberry, and Mr.
Kennedy invited , the committee to
meet in Union. Union was selected by
one vote majority. The first meeting
will be held at Union next Wednesday.
This central committee will appoint
sub-committees along tJ'-e country side
to solicit aid from all the people along
the road. It is the purpose in this
movement to give every one an opportunity
to help from a day's work or a
cash contribution of 25 cents up to
any amount of work or cash he may
feel like contributing. It is the pur
pose to use tne spoon ana me megaphone
and T ot air and work and money
and anything that will contribute legitimately
in the construction of this
highway. As president Matthews said
at one of the meetings, it is not a
question of do we want the higfcway,
but it is a question of can we afford
not to nave it .mat is me spim mat
actuated all who were in the party
and with whom we met on the trip.
In view of t':e weather conditions a
few days before the trip and on Wednesday
the Newberry party had a most
remarkable trip in the fact that good
time was made, no accidents incurred 1
and no mishaps to any of the cars.
The road from Newberry to Whitmire
was in fairly good condition considering
the rain during: the week. From
Wf:itmire to Union the road was not
so good. Some of it had been fresh
worked and then after going about
five miles from Whitmire we ran into
a rain, or rather the rain was just
ahead of us and we had the red mud
of the Union hills to encounter. Tfhe
hill beyond Tiger river is some hill
in dry weather, but just after this
heavy rain, with the road bed already
soft, it took some pulling to get over
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aod-accepted a little help from tjbe passingers,
who got out. The only car
GERMANS HAVE TAKEN
THE CITY OF WARSAW
CAPITAL OF POLAND OCCUPIED BY
TEUTONIC HOSTS.
Russian Armies Under Grand Duke
Nicholas at Last Give Way Is
Late Report Thursday.
Special to T':e Herald and News.
Columbia, 'Aug. 5.?Dispatches received
here this afternoon state that
Warsaw has been taken and is now
occupied by the Austro-German forces.
All reports from Russian Poland,
state that tf:.e Russian armies un-fct
command of Grand Duke Nicholas
made a desperate and terrific fight to
the end, but at last had to give way
oefore trie superior tactics and apparently
inexhaustible supply of ammunition
of the armies of Field Marshals
von Heindenberg and von Buelow.
A great number of Russian prisoners
and artillery are said to have been
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It i': as been predicted that with the
fall of Warsaw, Russian would in
great probability soon withdraw from
the European war.
The capture of Warsaw by the Aua
tro-German forces is certain to nave
a great effect on the fighting in th?
other parts of the great theater of
battle.
that climbed tnis hill without any assistance
and wit-out hesitating was
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As stated, on account of the heavy
rains on the Whitmire road it was decided
to make the return trip via Laurens.
The road from Gienn Springs
to Enoree is one of the prettiest roads
've have seen anywhere in South Carolina.
Col. Watson's big car picked 'em
up at about thirty miles the hour and
the little Fords were right along with
Her. anis spartanourg roaa to -bnorep,
or part of the one we came, is called
the State highway and Jias sign boards
directing the way and giving t?e distances.
We are of the opinion that
there is a St< te law that requires the
county commissioners of each county
to postxall roads at forks of road and
T-no/1 /ir/\ccirtera This law shrvulri hfi
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observed, as all who travel the itighways
will readily agree. It is a great
comfort in going over a new and
strange country to know that you are
in the right road. Mr. Hodge, just before
reaching Enoree, pulled out in
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him until we reached Newberry. iWe
have learned that at Enoree river he
, took t?e wrong road was hitting the
grit back to Spartanburg, and went
about two miles before he discovered
he was in the wrong road. We drove
on to Laurens and waited there just
one hour in an effort to get some gas
and rest. We left Glenn Springs at
a quarter to eleven and reached Laurense
a quarter to one. We left Laurens
a quarter to two and reached
Newberry about half-past three. The
road from Laurens to Newberry was
a little heavy oh account of a rain
Wednesday afternoon and t)':e road
from Kinards to Newberry is in worse
condition than it has been for a long;
time. We iftay do the road machine
Knt wo hAlipvA thp work
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it did on this road is responsible for
this condition, by piling sand and clay
and debris in the center of the track.
But the use of the split log drag now
would be a great f;elp. Hodge says
he cut off about two miles at Laurens
by not coming through the city and in
that way got ahead of us while we
were waiting for him at Laurens.
Altogether tfte trip was a very successful
one for the party that went
and we believe will result m ims icag.uway
being opened. E. H. A.
P. S.?We took supper at the hotel
at Glenn Springs, instead of the lunch
furnished by tfte ladies of the Community
club, for the reason that we
felt like a hot meal after the strenuous
trip from Whitmire. The lunch was
fine, however, as the good ladies gave
us a box for the return trip, wlbdch we
greatly enjoyed. The hotel presents a
lively appearance and we very much
wish we could have remained over
there a week or ten days. This is one
of,the oldest and most famous of the
Southern watering places and (has a
water that has stood the test of year*
and there are many to teaetify to its;
efficiency. There are many .people at ,
the hotel whom we kn<yw and Uxe svpr
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