The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08
.DR, DEDMAN BACK . FROM AUTO JOURNEY Says He Had No Troubles on
 the Road KNOWS HOW TO RUN II Only Difficulty Encountered Was the Rain-showers Were Frequent.
 Knew Jefferson County by
 the Excellent Roads.
KNOWS HOW TO RUN II

pr. Dedman, Mrs. Dedman and their tWe children arrived in Birmingham last nighi after an automobile run to Huntsville.
 q want you to say" said Dr. Dedman- eThat I have just made arrangements to buy a Calling gun to use on newspaper reporters and other friends of mine In town who have. circulated reports that l was lost in the mountain wllds and was liable to meet with all kinds of trouble. I had no trouble at all. In fact not single accident impeded our journey
 q don't care so much about the jokes they have told on me but l hate for people to think l don't know how to operate a machine I am a competent driver and my machine IS not one of the kind that breaks down.
 After pretending to be serious on the subject the doctor laughed heartily at the numerous accounts of his imaginary trials and accidents but insisted that he could not allow anyone to question his reputation as man who knew the auto business"
 Took It Seriously.
 When I got to Huntsville" said the doctor, many persons, who took those jokes seriously, came to see me and want ed to know If We had had great difficulty in getting out of the mountains.
 You Just ought to have seen my ma chine climb those hills.' enthusiastically said pr. Dedman We went over places that would have made a team of mules hesitate. The only thing that caused us inconvenience was the rain. We certainly had plenty of that. We were all well provided with rubber coats however, and were protected from the frequent showers T did not know how to appreciate Jeff ferson county until heturned l knew the county the minute we touched it's borders. There is as much difference in our roads and those mountain roads as there Is between asphalt and Belgian block. The | best time we made on the whole trip was when we struck the macadamized road at Mt Pinson. The distance Is fifteen miles to Birmingham, and we made 1t through heavy rain in forty-fve min- rtes
 ''It was amusing to see the interest taken by the country people we passed Sci. of them would run towards our mat and some would run from 1t. One farme s,ld me that he had broken down nearly a half acre of cotton in running for safety when we passed along the road l then took him for ride, and he said, It was the sweetest ride l ever took"
 Difference in Dogs.
 "Another thing" continued the autoist. twas the difference I noticed between country and city dogs. In town if a dog sees an automobile he will chase 1t for several blocks. In the country the dogs would tuck their tails and take to the woods whenever we came In sight, The doctor closed his talk on automo- piles with the injunction that at no time must man say that he is an amateur and liable to run into a rock, stob or other obstacle. He says that he had much rather be reported to be lost on the high ways than to say he didn't understand how to handle a motor car as if it were trained
 The doctor was receiving conGratula- tions up to very late hour last night. C. B. White, another enthusiastic auto ist. received the following telegram last night concerning the trial of a machine which is a duplicate of the one owned by r. G. Kenney of this city.
 Detroit, Mich, August 2, 1904. "C. B. White, White -Blakeslee com
 pany, Birmingham, Ala
 At CHG last night Charles Schmidt started 1000 mile nonstop run on Crosse Point track in Packard Moxer l., crossed tap, finishing first 800 miles at 9:g1 this morning. Time for 500 miles 15 hours : minutes, average speed S3 miles per hour throughout night. Car running beautifully Prospects good for completing runs this evening. IS. D. WALDRON,''