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Automobile Association Trip Ends With Parties
Well Pleased With Results Achieved and
Reeeption Given in Many Georgia Towns.
By DUDLEY GLASS.
The round-the-State tour of the
Georgia Automobile Association end
ed yesterday afternoon, with the mo
torists’ return to Atlanta through La-
Grange and Newnan. While it was
by no means as large in the number
of cars as former tours in Georgia,
its promoters feel assured that it
was well worth while in the results
achieved. And from the standpoint
of pleasure, there was not one man
or woman in the party who did not
feel the trip was worth more than
could be estimated in dollars.
The members of the Automobile
Association did not start for a mere
boosting tour. Thetr idea was to im
press upon residents of many coun
ties the fact that only by co-opera
tion of the counties and central sup
port by the State can really good per
manent highways be built. They en
deavored 10 reach the members of
the Legislature directly and through
their supporters. And there was not
one member of the House or Senate
along the route who did not indicate
his hearty support of the proposed
legislation. |
There is lying in the Treasury at|
Washington abtout $400,000 of the
Federal road fund apportioned to
Georgia for building main highways,
but Georgia has never been able to
touch a cent of it, because her con
stitution forbids an appropriation of
money for internal improvements. It
will be necessary to amend the con
stitution to ‘take full advantage of
the Federal funds. It also will be
necessary to create a highway com
mittee under regulations satisfactory
to the Government. It is proposed
also to enact such legislation as may
be needed to enable several counties
to join in bond issues for road build
ing.
It was to explain these facts and
others bearing on good roads that the
auto association promoted the round
the-State tour. Meetings were help
upon arrival in scores of towns, ad
dresses were made by members of
the souring party, and local men of
prominence spoke on behalf of the
town. Everywhere the good roads
spirit wag in evidence.
The Winters Tell.
There were many laughing re
marks made by these local speakers |
at the apparent absurdity of Atlan
tans coming to South Georgia to
preach the gospel of good roads, while
their own highways were mixtures of
red clay hills and gullies frequently
impassable. For the South Georgia
highways are marvels of smoothness
and engineering—in the summer, |
That is the trouble which Presi
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dent W./ Tom #inn pointed out on
several occasions—that any road is
a fair road in dry summer weather.
\lt is the winter and the rainy sea
sons that develop the difference be
tween dirt and concrete. The road
between Valdosta and Quitman, for
instance, js ordinarily an excellent
sand-clay highway, where high speed
may be made. But after a sudden
and heavy rain which fell last Wed
nesday that road became a quagmize
dangerous to travel. It had dried to
some extent by next morning, when
the tourists passed over it, but the
drivers were a bit nervous in spots.
Just ouside of - Albany, too, where
some of the best highways in the
State are to be found, a shower caught
the tourists at the top of a long,
high, red-clay hill, and tgey skidded
and slid for a mile or more, in dan
ger of going into the ditch. = There
were no accidents on the whole trip—
but there was only a trifle of rain en
countered. X
The plan of campalgn for better
roads in Georgia, to be backed en
thusiastically by the State associa
tion and its local branches by the
auto dealers whose business depends
largely upon the quality of the roads
in their vicinities, is to be bent in
future in hetter work instead of more
j mileage. County commissioners, who
{have poured good money into quag
| mires for years, only to have the next
winter’s rains wash their investment
into the ditch, have decided in most
instances to spend more money on
fewer miles and better construction, a
hard road that will stand up under
freezes and wet. |
Interlinking Pian Needed. ‘
There is another feature to be |
amended in future before Georgia will
have the roads she needs. The coun
ties mrust make plans together for
interlinking roads, which lead from
county seat to county seat, not mere
ly through some part of the county
which has a local need. In this way
only will a through system of high
ways be perfected. {
The tourists left Monday morning
from the Hotel Ansley, in Atlanta,
and traveled to Macon, over the worst
roads encountered on the whole six
days’ tour. There are hills and hol
lows in Monroe County, especially,
which were said to be almost impass
able in the winter. The distance is
not great, and the value of a high
way between the two cities could
hardly be cverestimated. The soun
ties of Fulton and Bibb, bath wealthy,
probably would consider a contribu
tion toward a permanent highway be
tween the cities, but it is not easy to
explain why funds are spent outside
the county from which they are de-
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who lies between them, to the advan
tage of all concerned. X
The visitors received hearty wel
comes at Barnesville, where they were
guests at a dinner given by the May
or, and at Forsyth, where they were
entertained on the campus of Bessie
Tift College. At Macon there was no
ceremony of any kind. The tourists
went to the movies or spent the aft
ernoon and evening in the Hotel La
nier,
On Tuesday morning early the par
ty left over good roads for Perry,
where a rousing meeting was held,
enjoyed a barbecued dinner served by
the ladies at Vienna, and had a pleas
ant stop at Cordele. The day’s trip
ended at Tifton, where the tourists
visited Captain H. H. Tift’s big pack
ing house and his wonderful bank
buildipg, ‘which resembles a jewel box
more than a marble structure. .
Loridans Is Host.
Charles Loridans, president of the
Southern Ferro-Construction Com
pany, of Atlanta, who was on the
tour with Mrs. Loridans, was one of
the hosts here, by the way, as he
built the bank building. Mr. Lori
dans appeared in the role of host
again when the tourists reached Co
lumbus yesterday, for many of them
learned for the first time that he owns
the handsome Ralston Hotel, the pride
of Columbus, where the party stopped.
Needless to say, the choicest r#oms
in' the house were ours.
On Wednesday the route led far
ther south, passing through and end
ing at Valdosta, one of the best and
wealthiest towns of the section. On
Thursday the tourists separated, one
party going home by Fitzgerald and
Macon, the others turning west to
Quitman, where a meeting was held;
Thomasville, where a crowd heard the
addresses at the courthouse; Albany
and Americus, where they spent the
night. On Friday the party left for
the aviation field near Americus, but
conditions were bad and they saw no
flying. Some of them did pay a visit,
however, to the famous old Confeder
ate prison at Andersonville, now
maintained by the National Govern
mént as a park. Shortly after noon
they reached Columbus, where the
Chamber of Commerce, with a num
ber of cars, turned out to meet them,
on the magnificent Dixie Overland
Highway. There are no finer roads
in the South than the ten or twelve
miles of this road leading from Buena
Vista into Columbus. The highway
is broad, well graded, and of splendi
surface. The scenery from Buena
Vista all the 35 miles ig beautjful, a
fine, rolling country worth a trip
from Atlanta to see.
In the affernoon the tourists were
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taken by officers of the Chamber ot]
Commerce to visit the big dam up the
Chattahoochee River, which furnishes
the water power that makes Colum-‘
bus such a splendid manufacturing
center. In the evening they were‘
guests of the chamber at a dinner
given at the Country Club, where sev |
eral speeches on * good roads were
made by Atlanta men and Muscogee
County officials and prominent citi
zens of Columbus.
Reception at LaGrange.
From Columbus yesterday, the par
ty motored out over more excellent
highways on the homeward lap, with
LaGrange, Newnan, Palmetto ana
Fairburn on the route. At LaGrange
they were given one of the most cor
dial receptions of the entire journey.
After a trip around the town, es
corted by LaGrange folk who had
gone out to meet them, the tourists
paid a visit to the beautiful old Fer- |
rell Gardens, for many years the show |
place of LaGrange and now owned by
Fuiler E. Callaway, who has built his |
handsome home on the old Ferrell
site. They were then guests at a
barbecue served at the Abrahams
home by the LaGrange Motor Club.
Mayor C. N. Pike delivered an ad
i dress of welcome and’ speeches om
good roads were made by the three
Atlanta orators. W. P. Gaerrald and
W. Y. Atkinson, a son of the former
Governor, made eclogquent addresses.
At Grantville the tourists were met
by Mayor J. T. Williams and Ernest
Parrott, of Newnan, who escorted
them into the city. At the edge of
Newnan the chief of the fire depart
ment had his red car and the big
auto hose truck waiting, and the
tourists were led a fast pace around
the public square with the siren going
strong.
Addresses were delivered at the
courthouse door in Newnan by T. G.
Farmer, clerk of the County Commis
sion; Earle E. Griggs and Dr. J. C.
hite, Secretary Reynolds having
Heen lost somewhere on the road. No
body remembered seeing him after
the barbecue.
Break Records Home.
On the road in from Newnan brief
stops were made for speeches at Fair
burn and Union City, and the tourists
broke all records by arriving in At
lanta, at Gordon and Lee streets, at
exactly 6 o'clock, the time scheduled
several weeks ago.
Frank Reynolds, secretary of the
Automobile Association, was chair
man in charge of the party which took
this route, President Winn having
headed the Fitzgerald leg of the tour.
In the party which took the west
'em route were Frank T. Reynolds,
H. V. Bone, of the Paige Company; C.
C. Morgan, Representative J. C.
White, J. H. Simms, branch manager
of the Chevrolet Motor Company;
Bryan Newkirk and W. E. Alexander,
of the Chalmers Company; F. C. Fri
day, factory representative of the Kis
sel car; Walter Winn, official pho
tographer; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lor
idans, Miss Ethel Traynham, Mr. and
Mrs. T. F. Cathcart, T. F. Cathcart,
Jr., and Jack Cathcart, the boy bu
gler; Earle E. Griggs, representing
the food administration; Charles
Chandler, D. K. Roberts, “Spang” and
I, of The Georgian and Sunday Amer
ican; D. A. Matthews, of the Reo
Company, who kept the baggage truck
right up with the procession, and F.
C. McCaugh, manager of the Quick
Service Tire Company, who furnished
a service car for the trip. |
Going home over the Fitzgerald
route were President and Mrs. G. W.
Doolittle, Mr. and Mrs. Nel Mclntosh,
of Macon: George Watts, T. B. Wool
ford, W. B. Royster, of Griffin; Mrs.
F. H. Rahdolph, of Jefferson County;
H. M. McConnell, Mr. and Mrs. L. L.
Griner, of Fitzgerald, and E. Y. Clarke,
of the Fitzgerald Chamber of Com
merce,
CHAMBER MEETING. \
A program for the May meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce member
ship committee will be prepared by
the entertaiml\ent committee at =
meeting Wednesday afternoon at 4
o'clock. Frank Inman is chairman of
the entertainment committee,
BASS DRY GOODS GO.
MONDAY SPECIALS
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Best genuine National Bed Springs,
guaranteed for 20 years, exactly like cut,
the $6.956 kind, Monday at $4.95.
OAK PORCH 32.98
Solid oak Porch Swings, with best chain
and hooks, complete, to sell special Mon
day at $2.98.
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Full size 35-pound cotton top Mattress
es, good ticks, special at $2.98.
MATTRESSES $6.90
Full 40-pound, all cotton, roll edge Mat
tresses, $lO values, Monday at $6.90.
MATTRESSES $9.90
Full 50-pound, felted, all cotton Mat
tresses, imperial stitched, worth sls, at
SO.O.
Congoleum $1.98
Art Squares
Full 6x6 feet, new Congoleum Art
Squares, choice Monday at $1.98 each.
Brussels §$ 1 9.50
Art Squares
Full 9x12 feet, seamless, all-wool Brus
sels Art Squares, in newest designs, at
$19.50 each.
MORE MONDAY SPECIALS
Best Pillow 49(3
Cases, Each
Full 42x36-inch hemstitched Pillow Cas
es, best made, to sell Monday at 49¢ each.
Bleached 490
Damask
Full 60 inches wide, fine bleached Table
Damask, worth 75¢ yard, special Monday
at 49¢ yard.
New Dress 29(:
Ginghams
Five thousand yards mew dress cham
brays and dress ginghams, best patterns,
at 29¢ yard.
Fine Dress ch
Liners at
FULL 36 inches wide, fine dress linens,
best $1 values, most all colors, choice 69¢c
yard.
Silk, Shantungs, 9sc
Foulard, Ete.
New foulard silks, silk shantung, stripes
and plaids, worth $1.50 yard; choice Mon
day at 98c yard.
$2 Chitfon $1 10
Taffeta at o
Full yard-wide, $2 quality, black chif
fon taffeta, special Monday at sl.lO yard.
Fringed Bed $2 98
Spreads at .
Five hundred large size, fringed and
plain, Marseilles pattern Bed Spreads.
Some have cut corners, at $2.98 each.
Fine Bed 98 ¢
Sheets, Each
Full 72x90-inch, bleached, hemmed Bed
Sheets, limit four to a customer, at 98¢
each.
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Best all-steel, 120-coil folding bed
springs, like cut, $4 values. Special at
$2.98,
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Full size, 2-inch continuous post, steel
beds, with ten large fillers, white, gold and
oxidized, exactly like cut. Special at $7.95.
Full Bxlo feet, genuine Crex Art
Squares, worth $lO everywhere, here spe
cial at $7.90.
WINDOW 75c
SHADES
Duplex Window Shades on best spring
rollers; worth SI.OO, at 76¢ each.
Seamless $1 48
Sheets at ®
Full 81x90-inch bleached, seamless Bed-
Sheets, limit four to a customer, at $1.48
each.
Fine Pillow 19(:
Cases, Each
Fine bleached, torn and hemmed
Pillow Cases, extra good quality, limit four
to a cstomer, at 19¢ each.
fagieh, " $1.98
Nainsook ®
Two hundred bolts fine English nain
sook, extra good quality, worth $3, Mon
day special at $1.98 bolt, )
White Pajama _ 190
Checks, Yard
Full 36 inches wide, white Pajama
Checks, limit ten yards to a customer,
Monday at 19¢ yard.
Fine 40-inch l9c
Sea Island
Extra good quality, 40-inch Sea Island,
the kind other stores ask 25¢ for, limit ten
yards, at 19¢ yard.
Fine Cretonne 49c
Draperies
Fine Cretonne Draperies, full yard
wide, best styles and newest patterns, $1
values, at 49c yard.
Fine Bed $ 1 98
Spreads ®
Three hundred double bed size, Mar
seilles pattern Bed Spreads, choice Mon
day at $1.98 each.
ogtsh . $1.98
Longcloth u
Five hundred bolts, full yard wide, good
quality English longcloth, choice Monday
at $1.98 bolt.
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