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< ■—■ -J Tourists by the 1 housands From All Points in the South Will Come to Magnificent Automobile Show ALL ROADS LEAD TO ATLANTA DURING NEXT TWO WEEKS Making a slight adjustment, on Decatur road. Stewart avenue road entering Atlanta. Ilf Mi ill i ll "iTjiiiiiii v x J 1 •WtMW te // —t i ~ x. SB TENN £ C y x/ X #wt “** / y S H 6 vmt £ \cr ri \ * 3L-< A T - V ' 1F j I // LAKE- -,<*T <5 ♦«*. aif i f' / * z ? y Jk. f K XAiiTittfs 2 *' 1 WzzlLfc t4W / r&rl Wjl 4 WTu MFjF f 77 if >p£)cKArrAKOOGA- V J'' fj/f / * MtT " _A§M ( A 'wk A-J"" I |w L WL IB P nW %->' Z* ~—Jr *W M I / X ; o WxeH- "V witMWGrcmW ■*. 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Ind any ear owners, living within 250 miles of At lanta, who come any other way are overlooking one corking flue bet. The Season Is Right. In the first place, this is the season for Southern touring in the summer it is mighty hot. it isn't so bad when the cars are moving, but the stops are hot, and if any night stops are made they are likely to be uncomfortable ones, except for those fortunate folks ■who can bleak the jump with a night stop in some big city, when good hotel accommod; tiolis can be emmied mi. <>n the other hand, winter touring Is un certain. If tin weathei is tim it is i delight. If cold rains set in it is a mis erable pastime at best- and sometimes all but impossible. In the fall, however, touring condi tion- in Dixie are ideal. The roads, aft' i tie dry siimnn r and the mod, rate ruin.- of the fall, are in the main ex cellent. lif coins' this Iris been an exceptionally w< t y< ar. and the roads have washed more er less. But there drive been n > ecent rains of sufficient severity to make the going bad. The weather is likely to be ideal. Mid-No vember iu mid-Dlxb is n-ually all that man could de sir* The air is nipping cold in the morning and at night but in the middle of the dly it modi iti s to a most pleasing temperature. Ar. .v:>a’ there that I"'.it.- a . smooth spin through the heart oi Dixie on a fall day. with the roads good, the ear running smoothly and Atlanta tin destination! Avoid "Big Tours." There xvas much talk a while back of organized tour.- from various points to Atlanta. And it sounded tine. But for tunately the plan has been given up. And in the place of these "tours" will be a thousand informal runs, one car to the hour, with no schedule, no checking in, no checking out. no sit rub-, and nothing but a pleasant run to the pleasantest city of all the globe. Regular "tours" arc tine, in their way —Gliddens, New Yolk-to-Atlanta*. and such. They test curs -but they test the patience, the endurance and the dispo sitions of the contestants to the limit And nobody ever went on such a formal tour and enjoyed it. They aren't designed for | ieasure. You turn out at some Unearthly hour, grab breakfast along with a eoiiph of hundred hungry tourists, waft around it half hour to check out. run all day through the blinding dust kicked up by others in the tour, tuk' tic ditch u dozen times an hour to pass the laggatd- g" Into it < for safety an equal number of times, to get out of the way of the speed de mons. check In tired and worn at night. ! find yourself assigned to a hotel you wouldn't send y our dog io, because the tour olth ittls had grabbed off tin good hotels for themselves and their friends; and then toss a- best you can through a hard night, sleeping iu bed with a total stranger, perhaps—and three or four beds to the room! Yes. v< i lly any man who goes on om of thosi ’ rcgulnr” tours for pleasure is burned to a eiisp. There is nothing to it. Every Car For Itself. The wax' to travel across country in an automobile is on a basis' of each ear , foi Itself. If you are coming to the show get up a party just big enough to comfortably till you ear. Don't overcrowd.. Leave plenty of room for luggage. Don’t fix any sclu dole Don't be too particular about a route Just pack up. start some morning with the radiator pointed to ward Atianta. Plug along, at a moder ate speed, until you get there, or until night falls. Put up at the first decent hotel y m see and start at a comfo. table houi the next morning for Atlanta. Take it easy. That’s the way to get comfort out of automobiling. I ew preparations are necessary for a trip of that sort. Bo sure you have a little extra oil and gasoline tucked away somewhere whole neither will leak. They max come in handy. You don't need much, for oil and "gas" can be purchased almost anywhere these days <if eoui's". provide yourself with all that is needful in the way of tires. What ym will need to carry will de- ' i' nd. of course, on the length of your trip. Don't litter up with a lot of tools and icpair junk. All this Southeastern ter ritory t- well supplied with automobile repair shops Send Baggage By Express. Dui'l load the car down with a lot of luggage. If you are to stay in Atlanta fseveral days and need rial clothes ship them ahead by express. They will turn up in better ordei and they will make It easier on your car. II Is always safe enough to carry a length or rope, and a ehovel isn't to be - tied If you strike sand. Don't, by any chance, forget a set of chains -and l.av< them for all four wheels, it Is easy to guard against a skid, but . mighty hard to get out of a ditch once you have slid in. Plan to Keep Warm. Another thing, carry plenty of heavy • ' 'th' -, ap robes, foot warmers, gloves and such They take up space and they a’-' mightily in the way when it is hot. but het ■ is nothing more miserable than riding along with the cold winds curl ng around your spine. It will make you wis you wen horn quicker than almost anything else. A so provide yourself with a first - 1 is- guide book There ate plenty of them issu' d. Th Blue Book ha.- some exe. ", Ut route- all' tile '"dings are ieadily understandabh Th, map shown li. ~ gives an Idea of th, mam 1 link lines These routes 1 ~v, al! been scout,,,ut mid the road [readings and dii'< tioiis m> given in tin , Him Bo k Mix pel sou- who d<str< to \' i * The Atlanta Georgian Automobm Departmint ■ this map how fai they are from the mniit routes and can judge of the length . arid difficulties of the trip. 1 Hoxv to Get to Atlanta. There are five main trunk lines into 1 Atlanta—-five routes that have been scouted out, mapped and over which road readings have been made. These four come, approximately, from the I north, south, west. northwest and east. Roughly, the live routes are as fol lows: NORTH Extending from Atlanta. I through Marietta and Cartersville to Chattanooga. There it joins three oth er trurik lines, one northwest to Nash ville, another northeast to Knoxville and Bristol and one southwest t » Deca tur. Ala. NORTHEAST This route is the sq ealled National highway, it extends through Anderson. Greenville. Charlotte and Greensboro, up through Virginia. 1 . and on to New York. EAST —This is the road to Augusta. At Augusta it brunches, one branch running to Macon, one to Savannah and one- the so-called Capital to Capital route to Camden. Pinehurst and thence north through Raleigh, and Richmond j to New York. SoCTH —This is the continuation of the National highway through Macon to Jacksonville. At Macon a road in tersects that extends from Augusta to Montgomery, and taps southern Geor gia and Alabama. WEST This is a little known route through Douglasville and Edwardsville to Birmingham. At the Alabama me tropolis this road intersects a north south road from Chattanooga to Mont gomery: and It also extends southwest to the Mississippi river. As to the Northern Route. Two routes exist to Chattanooga. One Is through Rome. The other runs al most due north from Cartersville. Either ought to bo fairly good in dry weather. The road from Rome to At lanta Is excellent. What it is the other side of Rome we do not knoxx from personal experience, and the road read ings are silent on the subject, so tile worst is to be feared. The Route Through Rome. In getting to Atlanta from Chatta nooga byway of Rome the tourist leaves Chattanooga byway of McCallie avenue and on to Lafayette. Front there only one town lies between the | tourist and Rome, and that town is Summerville. From Rome south the roads are good in fair weather and the tourist passes through Kingston, Car tersville. Kennesaw. Marietta and At lanta. This Is a much traveled road and one any tourist can scout out w ith, out trouble. A good tip is to follow the main body of wires arid the main line of telegraph poles. The Alternative Route. The other route from Chattanooga tarries the tourist on Missionary Ridge, past the cavalry post, across Reeds bridge, and on to Ringgold From there the route passes through Millicane Tunnel Hill. Dalton, Resaea, Calhoun. Adairsville, c sville and on to Car tersville, from which point it it clear sailing to Atlanta. National Highway Good. If th. weather conditions ale fair th. tourist mWII th. National highway from Chui otti and Gt.envill. to At-I lanta will find tile suing fine Then Map showing how easily at’fesahle Atlanta is. over all Southern roads. • »eeeceeeeeeec«,ic<one«4eee • • • Same Distances by • Road to Gate City £ • Chattanooga 143.3 miles • , • Marietta 18.4 mile’s • • Cartersville 42.3 miles • » Rome 68.7 miles » • Dalton 93.3 miles » • Adair, .file 60.7 miles o ® Greenville 188.6 miles ® • Anderson 154.8 miles • • Lavonia 121.6 miles • • Commerce 81.9 miles • « Wind' r 58.2 miles • • Augusta 171.3 miles ® e Macon 96.7 miles • • Barne-ville 57.6 miles • • Valdosta 346.2 miles • • Jacksonville 401.6 miles • • Birmingham 190.3 miles • a Anniston 108.0 miles • • Savannah 396.9 miles • • Nashville 286.4 miles • • Asheville 248.1 miles • • Charlotte 304.6 miles • I ® Montgomery 302.4 miles • ••O®®99®®C«®®®®®®®®®®®o®®« are a few sandy stretches, but they ate not likely to be troublesome. The route from Greenville as mapped oat in the Blue Book leads through < »ak Grove, Piedmont and An derson. Lavonia. Bowersville. Canon. Royston, Franklin Springs, Poeataligo, Commerce, Jefferson, Winder. Law renceville. Stone Mountain, Clarkston Scottdale and 1 teeatur. This, by tl'e wax. Is not the real na tional highway , as used by the Glidden tour of 1911. This route runs through Anderson. Fairplay, across the Tugahi" river at Knox I'aidge. through Lavonia, Carnesville, Commerce Jefferson. Win der. Auburn Station. Duluth. Pittman Norei'bs, Doraville. Ciambli Station and Buekhead to Atlanta. Either of these routes is first class. Augusta to Atlanta. 1■ om Augusta to Atlanta tne c ar - • good roads, with some scat'le'ing and not very bad exceptions. The Worst roads are between Greensboro and Madison. The route runs through Bomsvilie. Crawfordvi . I'nion Point, Greensboro. Madison, Rutledge, Social I Circle. Covington. Lithonia. Stone Mountain and Decatur to Alabama. Macon Route Familia". The Macon route is so well known that mention Is buroy necessary, it extends from Macon through Lorane. I'orsyth. Barnesville. Griffin. Jonesboro to Atlanta. From Valdosta north to Macon is a tine strip of :oad. in parts the equal of anything in Dixie. The cities passed passed through after leaving Valdosta are Hahira. Adel, Lenox. Tifton. Chula. Cyeloneta. Sycamore. Ashburn. Worth. Sibley. Vienna and Echeconnee to Ma con. Tough Going Toward West. The route to Birmingham is not as well known a- tin others and is pie -umed t" be none too excellent. How ever. it is constantly tsaversed and should lie good enough provided tin I weather is good. From Hit mingham I tin tourist gi" - through tin dat. Ch.'. | Ti'U-s li Si. i'. , Sp.lngi A- ■ vide. A'lllist'ip ''xtord, lion city H'tlin. Tallapoosa, Waeo. Bremen. Temple, Winston. Douglasville, Mableton to At lanta. From Birmingham to Montgom ery it is 112.2 milesZ Tourists from Mc- Coy. Wetumpka. Clanton and Thorsby would follow the Montgomery-Birming ham pike to Birmingham and then turn eastward toward Atla.ita. From Further Points. Touiists from the various states ad joining Georgia will find first-class roads to Atlanta From North Carolina I the would-be visitors would naturally take the national highway and would find the going excellent. From South Carolina there is a choice of routes— the national highway and the road down to Augusta and from there to At ianta. Floridans who are coming to the show will find two good routes the national highway through Macon and the route through Savannah. From. Savannah, by the way, there are two routes. One is through Augusta and the other through Waynesboro and Mil ledgeville, both good. Alabamans will find the rout to Bir- 9 0 1 -4, E ; iimni L —52,000 Gray and Davis Electric Lighting System and Starter No amount of description, however complete, <-an justlv por tray the many excellent features of this car. It represents vears of experience and successful trial, and all that, is good in motor car manufacture. The 40 is the standard by which all medium-priced cars will be measured for the 191'3 season. SERVICE AND SATISFACTION “The Name Insures the Quality” Nfetfc Motor Vehicle Company ATLANTA BRANCH 453 PEACHTREE ST. V X r -— ~ Beautiful spot along the Marietta road mingham and thence east to Atlanta a fairly good one. From Tennessee there are several routes—through Decatur, Ala., through Chattanooga, and south to Birmingham, and then east. All in all. there are ways enough and good roads enough. And next week and the week after will see thousands and thousands of automobiles traveling over them, headed for Atlanta. FIRESTONE PERFECTS TIRE THAT REDUCES BATTERY DECREASE One of the most important developments of the annual conference of salesmen of lhe Firestone Tire and Rubber Company at Akron, Ohio, just concluded, was the announcement of the perfection of a tire which would reduce battery consumption per mile by at least 12 per cent. The conference, which was a most en thusiastic one. brought out many points, but from the standpoint of the electric ear owner none was so important as this one. The new tire, xvhich is interchangeable on pneumatic-rims, whether standard clincher or quick detachable clincher, bin fair to revolutionize the solid tire in dustry. It is of the dual tread type and extra resilient. The makers claim for it (and ti e clai have been proven by a large number ut prominent electric ear builders) that the unusual amount of resilence built into il" tire is the secret. It is a well known fact that the bear Ing surface of a tire has much to do with the amount' of electric current consume I by the ear. Too little bearing surface. . n the other hand, causes friction which will retard the car, and waste electric current by the resistance. As shown by the Firestone Company, and proven by electric ear manufacturer.-, this new tire, by a scientific exactness of resiliency and consequent bearing sur face, avoids both pitfalls. A poor mixture is one which con n : - too much air and not enough gasoline, a condition oft'n du.- to lau ty adjust ment of tiie float or air valve, a lea:-: m the inlet pipe, the supply cock pare!; shut off. the spray nozzle, float v;i!v' or teed pipe partly clogged, or wati / 11 the gasoliru.