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VOL. XIII, No. 17.
SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 26, 1910.
FIVE CENTS
PINEHDRST TO ATLANTA
President Tofts Makes Initial Ran Over
Portion of C. H. A. Auto Ronte.
Interesting: Statement of Existing1 Con
riitlon and Accomplishment of
Eight Month Work.
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R.Leonard Tufts, Presi
dent of the Capital High
way Association, makes
the following report of a
recent trip from Pine
hurst to Ausrusta and
back in company with Mr. V. C. John
eon of New York, in his 1910 4-cylinder
Reo. As near as can be estimated,
when the Capital Highway Association
was formed last June, only about sixty
wiles of road out of the two hundred
and sixty was much more than a cleared
ppace between the fields or through the
woods. The sixty miles had been grad
ed to a certain extent and some attempt
to a greater or lesser extent, to make a
road surface. On this recent trip, how
ever, it was found that only twenty
three miles of road had not been built
and a good deal of the so-called made
road had been improved. Of this twenty-three
miles there was only one
stretch of six miles on which the road
forces were not working. The money
for this six miles has been raised, how
ever, and they expect to get at it at an
early date. A large portion of this im
proved road is through sections which
never had a road before and it will,
undoubtedly, be an example for the
people of that section which will be of
tremendous advantage and benefit to
them. A large part of the improve
ment and the building of the roads has
been done entirely by private subscrip
tions and the enthusiasm for good roads
among the people along the Highway
was great. Except during the very
rainy and cold weather during the latter
part of February, the road was probably
A-orse when this trip was made than it
will ever be again. The cold, wet
weather softens the new roads and the
enormous amounts of fertilizers being
hauled to the farms had cut them up.
The difficulty in getting hands at this
Reason of the year also made it impossible
in some sections for the road Super
visors to keep the roads in condition.
Below will be found a detailed ac
count of the distances, conditions of the
i'oads and accommodations : Pinehurst
to West End (7.1 miles,) perfect sur
face, parts of the roads rather narrow
and crooked. Jackson Springs (11.2
miles,) the same. Jackson Springs to
Naked Creek (1(5.2 miles,) the road is
not quite so smooth but they are im
proving it. Naked Creek to the Old
Fair ground (23.8 miles,) is a sand bar
ren with three or four bad stumps in the
road and no work has been done. The
best road goes by an old negro's house
by the name of McQueen. From the
Old Fair Ground to Rockingham (34.5
miles,) was found a well graded,
clayed surface road and that would be ex
cellent if it was dragged immediately af
ter a rain storm occasionally, but we
found it was pretty badly rutted and
there were a few holes. At Rocking
ham there is an excellent hotel with a
large number of private baths, called
"The Rockingham". From Rocking
ham to South Carolina Line (46.8 miles,)
is another well graded road with a good
private subscriptions when it is com
pleted. From Cash to Society Hill
(68.9 miles,) h;is already been improved
and when it gets settled down will be a
fine strt-tch of road.
From Society Hill to Darlington (83 9
miles,) is very good but it needs more
careful care and supervision. From
Darlington to Hartsville (97.7 miles,)
also needs attention. Hartsville to Lydia
(104.5 mile?,) is in similar condition.
Lydia to Bishopville (144.7 miles,) needs
a lot of work done on It as It has been
sadly neglected. The road Supervisor
was working on this, however, and
seemed to be doing excellent work.
From Bishopville the best road goes by
way of Barnett's store (120.5 miles,) and
crosses Scapo Swamp to Manville, (120.9
miles,) and at that point you turn sharp
to the right toward Camden, (140.7
miles). This road also needs consider-
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A TYPICAL BIT OF GOOD ROAD ON THE NEW AUTO ROUTE.
A portion of the Pinehurst-Southern Pines Boulevard ; one of the first stretches constructed.
surface, but which has deteriorated sad
ly, due to the lack of attention. From
the South Carolina line to Kollock (54.5
miles,) is an old road that is, perhaps,
the most uncomfortable road to drive
over in the whole distance. Most of
the surface is hard, but the hard surface
is full of holes and ruts and the rest of
it is sandy. Money has been raised for
the improvement of this section, but the
people of Marlboro County seem to be
very slow in doing the necessary work.
From Kollock to Cheraw (56 miles,) is
better, especially the last part of it,
from where you turn to the right in
going toward the bridge.. From Cheraw
to Cash (62 miles,) is being rapidly
improved. There was, however, two
and a half miles of deep sand which will
soon be in fine shape. This load will be
an example of what can be done by
able attention.
In going from Camden to Columbia
(173.9 miles,) we found the bridge still
incomplete over the Wateree River and I
presume that this has prevented the en
tire completion of the road between these
two points. Parts of this road in Ker
shaw County are fine and demonstrate
what good work the road Supervisors of
that county can do. There is a ferry
across the river that could accommodate
three machines and possibly more. After
you pass the little town of Blainey there
is a horrible stretch of sand for about a
mile, I should say, for which sufficient
funds have been provided, but which had
not been completed when we came
through. The last ten or twelve miles
of the road going into Columbia, is the
finest that we found on our trip. It is
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BENEATH FLORAL GARLANDS
Tin Whistle Fancy Dress Party an
Evening of Brilliancy and Mirth.
Arab Chief, King: of Spades, Gothic
Queen and suftrarette are imeng;
Prize Winning- Costume.
URELY the entire social
season provides nothing
which ranks with the an
nual Tin Whistle ball for
as entertainers the Club
is uniquea master in
originality and in consequence, this
year's "fancy dress party" ranks high
among the brilliant aflairs which have
preceeded it. Planned on elaborate and
extensive lines, even to the minutest de
tails, the dance claimed the attention of
the entire Village, the evening one long
to be recalled as a one of mirth and
brilliancy.
The decorations were singularly ap
propriate to the occasion and the season,
and planned on absolutely new lines ; a
superb effect being obtained by the use
of floral garlands hung in festoons and
wreaths above the floor and on the
stage, with the ever pre ent "tin whistle"
in evidence on the wall panels above the
windows. The same general care was also
carried out in the three-color dance or
der bearing a reproduction of a carica
ture by Mr. P. S. MacLaughlin, and the
admission tickets upon which the same
figure was repeated in miniature.
Dancing began at nine, Mr. F. A.
King, chairman of the committee of ar
rangements, leading the grand march,
the opening number of the following
carefully selected and well arranged
program which rounded out the night
and saw the coming day well on its
way:
Grand March Friedmann Kaiser Frledrich
Waltz Beautiful Blue Danube Strauss
TwoStep Marche Japonaise King
Polka Redowa . Perpignan
C'est Le Prin temps
Lancers The Strollers Englander
Spanish Waltz L'Estudiantina Waldteufel
Two Step Rings on Her Fingers Selles
Barn Dance Satyr Dance Lincke
Waltz Vision of Salome Joyce
Two Step Tin Whistles King
(written for the occasion)
Virginia Reel Old Tunes Anon ymoiis
INTERMISSION SUPPER
Waltz Dollar Princess
Two Step The Beauty Spot
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Fall
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