POLK COUffTY NEW ?ibl !i* d C. BUSH. PoblWher H. M: FRASER. Editor Phone Published every Tryon, North hursday at Carolina For*i?'.? Advertising H IF. AMERICAN PREi ^preventative fc association PAVE THE HIGHWAY of hard sur chian High th Carolina endersonville Asne ridW Ways and mea facing the Appal way from the N state-line 'to linking in with th , ville-Hendersonvillf highway will be taken up at a mectm? to be heki in Tryofa within t ie next thirty days of members of the highway commissions oi both North "and Squth Carolina. Plans are underway to assem ble the commissioners here to gether with representative citi zens of Spartanburg, Ashevi le and intermediate fflomts mtei - ested in fostering |of a paved r?Parts of the Appalachian Highway between I Saluda ana Hendersonville, ha|e been m bad repair throughput the win ter season- As onaiof the prin cipal roads from th| Piedmont section into the resbrt towns oi Western North Carolina it was pointed out by the Relegation of Tryon and Spartattburg busi ness men who attended a con ference with Col. J Pratt, director* North Carolina, Inc day, that some me be taken in the nea place this road in tion for the annual summer tourists an ists. It was furt that Ashevilte and ville were advocatin the Greenville-Heij highway as a . motoring to southern! points, in spite of the fact that the Ap palachian Highway was passa ble under all conditions- Atten tion was also drawn tp the fact that the delegation did not want to eliminate travel lover the Greenville highway, qbt on the contrary wanted to -see both roads hard surfaced which would give an excellent loop road for recreation raivtoring. The delegation frontf Spartan burg assured their h port to any move th made to surface this ing that this region v playground." With pletion of the bridge Savannah river withinjthe next few days, it was pointed out that the route via Spajrtanburg and Columbia south tot would be considerably than the present rou used. Considerable attention was given the road conditions j of Kentucky and Tennessee j north to Cincinnati which dis- j closed the fact that this high- i way would be in good condition in ample time for summer; travel. This would throw a large vohime of travel, Florida-bound each year through Asheville, Tryon and Spartanburg rather! than through Ohio, Pennysal vania and south from Washing- ? ton as the route that the major-) ity of south-bound mottyr traffic eph Hyde Western last Fri ures must future to bod condi influx of vacation r shown enderson the use of ersonville eans of trty sup may be load stat is "their ;he com tcrosslhe Florida shorter being now takes At the present time a well or ganized bus-line is runiiaiw be tween Greenville and HAder sonville over forty odd miles of highway along which there are but few settlers. All hard surface road from. Greenville across to the. Landrura road through Gowansville, connect ing up with the Appalachian Highway and thence through Tryon, Saluda, Flat Rock and into Hendersonville would per mit well regulated, passenger runs for busses serving the Piedmont sectionsxas well as the resort sections. It is true that this routing of bus-lines would increase the mileage but not enough to offset the tional territory served by Such a step on the pai the Chamber of Commer? Hendersonville, the secretary of which states that that or ganization's pledge has q been given to Greenville in its at tempt to hard surface , that road, would be of immeasurable benefit to the mountain j com munity as well as vacationists and business interests inGrreen vill^ Col. Pratt has repeajtedly outlined the value of circuitous roads , throughout the mountain region in giving motqrists pleasure runs' through the scenic drives of thisgreat '^play ground." But it is essential that highways entering West ern North Carolina, of which there are three in this imnaedi ate vicinity, be placed in S the best of condition in order to at tract the thousands of ther, to the harm (I should say) of Hendersonville. | You stated that you had ob 1 gated yourselves in favor of the Greenville Road, which was perfectly proper, but you pre judged the attitude both of Col. Pratt and of. the Tryon and Spartanburg delegations to ward that road and yourself :nd youif Chamber. Col. Pratt did not, as you stated, pledge imself for the Tryon road and commit himself against the jther; he specifically stated to us that he wanted both, and ad vocated for Hendersonville and Asheville the loop through Hen dersonville as a pivot to Green ville and Tryon; he specificially warned us against knocking the jreenville highway; unneces sarily of course, because wei had no such intent. We want' both- ? i You should go on and fulfil your obligation (If any) to Greenville; in your own inter* st you should take up your ob ligation to your own Chamber, for Hendersonville, to bring in the road from Tryon; but you accused us of knocking Green ville, when one of the party merely asked the question what Greenville would say if your at titude to them was what it* seemed to be toward .us. ; Hen dersonville should pujl for it self in any and all directions, and will be harmed only as it varies from the rule of fairness and equal and Qourteous treat ment for all "who seek its con nection. Go on, as I say, and fulfil any obligation and if Greenville or any other point asks that beyond this you re fuse rights or courtesies or fair dealing to others, it will be to their detriment alone that they do so, unless you yield to such suggestions; as it would be if the shoe were on the other xoot and we were asking for discrimination as against any othfcr section or community. I know you wish to do what is right and that you will? be glad to have well-meant sugges tions; and it is one suggestion tnat I would like to Insist upon cnat I offer as the first thing for you or your Chamber to do; and that is to get into immedi ate touch with Col. Pratt and und out exactly what he desires and why,, and then co-operate closely with him. He has at neart, first and foremost, the interests of hi$ principals, "Western North Carolina Inc", and you and we and all Western iNorth Carolina must cooperate actively with hjin. Tryon in vites HendereonviMe to take off its collective coat and work in iriendly competition with us and everyone else in assisting aim in his work; which can beat be done by getting togeth er. For the Chamber* of Com merce of Tryon, I am Very truly yours Wro C. WHITE. February 18, 1924. Mr. Wm. C White, Tryon. N. C. ? . Dear Mr. White: ? Your letter of February 16th surely contains much wisdom, good advice, and carries every ear mark as coming from a gentleman. You can be assur ed of its appreciation by the Writer. . We agree with you that the Spartanburg Road is of much importance to Hendersonville. I tried to be frank with you gentlemen, (and I am sure you are a man that appreciates frankness above deceit X and show you that we had pledged (now get the word, pledged) our cooperation with Greenville Dver twelve months ago in building the Greenville High way. It seems I could not get your delegation to understand .hat we were not against the Spartanburg road but were afraid if we should start agitat ing the Spartanburg Highway, Greenville might misunder stand our efforts, thus causing them to withdraw their co-op eration with us. We certainly cannot treat our pledges and obligations lightly- We must first fulfill our obligations to Greenville; then we will be free to join hands with Spartanburg. We do not mean to discrim inate against one community to Mie detriment of another, and this we firmly deny. We have no attitude toward Tryon other than friendly. If Tryon and Spartanburg had come to us be ffnre the Greenville delegation, md secured our pledge to co operate in building to Spartan burg, we would have been bound to have stuck by your people; nd, if later Greenville had rtome to us as you did, we would have been iust as frank with them as we were with you. Now Mr- White, it is not a mat ter of which road with us; ? it a matter of honor. I The Writer firmly denies that e had jumped to any prejudg ments in regard to Col. Pratt nd your delegation; We are yying to act in good faith with narties concerned. If you can build the road to Spartanburg without tearing wn -ur program, we certainly 11 be glad to see it done ' ? , * TLE ; \|?vr?7Y ? '? ? Tryon, N. C. ?to, ii?NT 1 Cottage on Godshaw " vHill. Close in and "?on van ! . Apply to t I SAM P. HILL E*s* Hat IjwV. 1. C. However, we must not dream but face the facts as they are. Where is the money coming from to build both roafls at the ^ame time We certainly shall be 'glad to Inave a large delegation of your Citizens to come to Henderson Iville and put before our citizens {/our thoughts and ideas. Before closing the Writer wishes to reply to the fourth Paragraph of your letter: \ The Secretary of the Hender jonvilie Chamber of Commerc? , ries to visualize the future and vorks to that end; his first Ihought is for the City for