McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, March 29, 1928, Image 2
Thursday, March 29, 1928
McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, South Carolina.
Page Number Two
Paved Road From
Chicago To Near
Greenville, S. C.
Required Six Years 9 Work By
Advocates In The Several
States
It has takQp a great deal of energy
and persistence on the part of a
—at anaay people in many cities,
towns and counties to secure grad
ually the complete paving of a great
highway from Chj^f^o and Detroit
down through Cincinnati, Lexing-
Asheville and to the South
Carolina line above Greenville in the
effort to get a paved road all the
way from Ch'cago and that reg.ion to
Augusta, Ga., and Florida. Highway
associatoins have bee.i formed in
many places, amongst the ablest men
in the various sections have given
their time to it; state highway com
missions have co-operated; counties
have issued bonds and it has been
the work of five or six years Xo com
plete the sections of paving out now
it is a completely paved road from
the cities named across Illionois. In
diana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee
and North Carolina to near Greenv-
ifye in opr state. In fact, the pave
ment goes much beyond Detroit—u
to and into Canada; and far beyon<
Chicago, to Milwaukee, Dutluth, St.
Paul. It will soon be possible to
tiavel on a paved road from McCor
mick all the way to Chicagc Duluth,
St. Paul, Detroit, Cleveland, Ohio;
St. Louis.
The paving contract will soon be
finished from the North Carolina
line below Asheville down through
Greenville to Princeton at the Laur
ens, S. C. county line. It has been
announced that the nine miles in
Laurens from Princeton to Ware
Shoals is to be paved promptly; and
it is known Greenwood County is
pavng from W|are Shoals to Green
wood. At the last Legislature
Greenwood County secured an act
allowing her to pave from Green
wood to the McCormick County line,
and this paving is to be done before
very long. So very soon we can go
from McCormick to Chicago and not
get off the pavement.
And do our people realize that on
the South the road is also being pav
ed from Miami to Augusta and that
it is scheduled to be opened as a com
pletely paved road by the end of th s
year—1928? There has recently been
paved seven miles from Augusta to
ward McCormick, leaving only seven
miles to be paved to the McCormick
County line at the new Furey’ Fer
ry bridge—which Augusta has saic
she is icady to pave.
Do our people realize that we are
about to occupy the position of be
ing the*only county between Chicago
and Miami, Florida, a distance of
1600 miles in which th's road is not
paved? The one isolated county that
has not acted, or co-operated; or
whatever we choose to call it. Is
that an enviable position to occupy?
Should we occupy it? Is that co-op
erative, when so many people and
so n^any miles of territory have co
operated in this gieat undertaking—
one of the greatest anywhere in the
union? Is it because we are the
poorest county in the great stretch
from Chicago to Miami?
Would we like to acknowledge
that? Or is it really true? Why
have we not fallen in with this great
movement?
Should not our people seriously
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consider this question of connecting
;his road through this county? Is
there not a way? Will it not be to
our hurt to have the public travel so
'ar each way on a paved road and to
lave to go through, our county on an
unpaved one—or go around us? Will
it be to our credit, or invite settlers
or the investment of capital?
Th s county is said by engineers to
>e fortunate in the possession of an
enormous amount of white flint rock
and gravel, which is said to be un
usually fine for road making. It is
said this rock can be crushed and a
thick layer put in our roads!, with a
tar or asphalt top and a road will re
sult as good as concrete while it lasts
and that it will last five or six years,
when for about $1000 per mile the
surfacing can be renewed for another
similar term; when by sacrificing
and a similar application on the road
will continue to be good. The origin
al cost, not including grading that is,
not including making cuts and fills,
taking out curves etc., is from $4000
to $7000 per mile—according to the
thickness of the rock road bed
whereas a concrete road costs around
twenty-five thousand dollars per
mile. The thicker the bed the more
lasting the road and pavement for
the cheaper pavement. There will be
about 30 miles of road from the
Greenwood line to the Furey’s Ferry
Bridge, when final location of the
road is made, it is thought. At ten
thousand dollars per mile, including
modem grading and a thick rock
road bed, the cost would doubtless
prove a good investment for this
county; a reimbursement contract
could doubtless be secured from the
state. A fairly good surfaced road
could be built for less. It is wotth
our serious thought whether we
should not join in this great devel
opment. This long, continuous, pav
ed road would attract thousands of
strangers through this county, who
seeing <?ur towns and lands would in
vest and settle with us—some of
them. This would increase the value
of our lands. Our water powcv would
still further induce strangers to in
vest. It is first necessary to get
strangers through—to le them
through. It can hardly be sr 1 that
this road paving is unwise \ ., L - if so
there are many unwise between
Ch'cago and Miami. The J2al ques
tion is whether it is not u iwise not
to establish this connection and get
this great stream of trave. tnrough
this county.
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The Rocky Botto:n
Camp Secured For
Epworth Leaguers
Secured Through Courtesy Of
Oounty Agent T. A. Bowen
Of Pickens County
Rocky Bottom Camjj flp]ps
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It 16 positively the best flour that money will buy.
Guaranteed to make more and better bread. Give it
a trial if you are not already using it and learn for
yourself that there is none better.
The same quality obtains all through our large
and varied stock of staple and fancy groceries. They
stand on their own merits. Our long list of satisfied
customers who have been supplying their grocery
needs here for years are ample proof of what we
say.
Are you one of them?
T; CARLTON FAULKNER
McCORMICK, S. C.
PMEDNESS
You will never be caught unprepared by unex
pected guests if you have on hand an assortment of
our canned goods. The ever ready housewife has
no need to apologize for the absence of daintiness
and palatables in her quick meal when prepared
from goods purchased from ils.
We buy country produce. You will always find a
ready market at best prices here.
Barbecue Hash Every Saturday.
J. PRESS BUCKDELL
Main Street McCormick, S. C.
m FORD ENGINE IS A
NED DEVELOPMENT
THE four-cylinder engine in the
new Ford represents a new develop
ment in modern automobile engineer
ing. It is unique in design and per
formance because it develops 40-
brake-horse-power at only 2200 revo
lutions per minute.
THIS means you can do 55 to 65
miles an hour in the new Ford and yet
you do not have a high-speed motor.
THE low r. p. m., or revolution
speed, also means greater efficiency
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and longer life because the lower the
speed of your engine, the less the wear
on its parts.
AUTHORIZED FORD, FORDSON AND
LINCOLN DEALERS.
McCORMICK, S. C.
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The best
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STANDARD
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above Pickens, in the Blue Ridge
Mountains has been secured for a
summer camp for Epworth Leaguers
of the Upper South Carolina Confer
ence, it is announced by Rev. W. B.
Garrett of Greenwood, who is in
charge of the Hi-League work of the
conference. The site is an ideal one.,
fully equipped in every way. It was
secured through the courtesy of Mr.
T. A. Bowen, county farm demonsrta-
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Voted Most Valuable
Player in 1927
National League,
Says Luckies Do Not
Affect His Wind
‘When I first started to smoke 1
was anxious to find a cigarette
that would give me pleasure
without taxing my wind or ir
ritating my throat I soon dis
covered Lucky Strikes. I am very
fond of the excellent flavor of
these cigarettes and they keep
my throat clear and do not
affect my wind in the least."
tion agent i^or Pickens County.
The Hi-League Camp will open or
Monday. June 11th, and run through
the following Friday, and is open to
all boys and girls betwen the age&
of thiiteen and seventeen.
The program calls for classes in
Bible, Missions, First Aid, Nature-
Study, and Epworth League Methods.
Swimming, hiking, and games will
be a part of the recreational pro
gram. A thoroughly trained group
of Camp Leaders and Instructors, in
cluding a trained nurse and an ap
proved life saver, have been secured
for the camp. Among these are:
Rev. and Mrs. T. C. Cannon, Rev.
and Mrs. J. E. Brown of Lyman,
Miss Grace Taylor of Greenwood, and
Rev. J. Dempsey Griffin, Field Sec
retary of Epworth Leaguers.
The camp is under the auspices
of the Upper South Carolina Ep
worth League Conference and is ap
proved by the Central Office of the
Epworth Leagues of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, of Nash
ville. Tenn. A certificate of credit
will be awarded those who attend
the camp and doing the work.
XXJ
Honor Roll Of
Bordeaux School
! For Month Ending February
Tenth
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It’s toasted
Evelyn Calhoun,
Mabel Moragne,
Fannie Mae Hodges,
Marie Gibert,
Fiances Lindley,
R. F. Sputh,
Mildred Moragne,
Martha Hoffman,
Helen Lindley,
Ruth Perryman,
Lettie Mae South,
Sarah Gibert.
Aline L'pdley,
Mary Lindley,
Pauline McKinney,
Minnie Lindley,
Bennie McKinney.
No Throat Irritation-No
The American Tobacco Co.. Jnc.
Honor Roll of Bordeaux School for
month ending March Ninth.
Evelyn Calhoun,
Mabel Moragne,
Mai shall Lindley,
Florence Hoffman,
Marie Gibert,
R. F. South,
Mildred Moragne,
Helen Lindley,
Martha Hoffman, ^
Ruth Perryman,
Lettie Mae South,
Sarah Gibert,
Aline Lindley,
Mary Lindley,
Pauline McKinney,
Minnie Lindley,
Beauia McKinney,..