The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-07-25
Big AUTOMOBILE SHOW.
Many Persons Attracted 10 Points Along
the turnpike, Monday Forenoon TO
See the Glidden People.
TOURISTS TANNED BROWN AS INDIANS

bOuElStS biif'uSh Vbio ~"NHOJ
Monday, attracted many persons
to points along the turnpike to
witness the unusual parade. Au-
tomoblle enthusiasts from Hunt
ingdon, Mount Union, Cham bers-
burg, and other points had come
here Sunday and early Monday
morning to see the big machines
and their many drivers of nation
al repute.
The first machines to arrive
were the two pilot cars, which left
Bedf Springs at $50 and were
here at 7:45. About an hour lat
er came rolling IN, the big path.
finder, and soon thereafter, came
the advance car OF the procession.
They continued TO come at inter.
walls of few minutes until near
ly noon, and the less fortunate
ones came struggling along until
late in the afternoon.
There were about sixty cars o.
the tourists, each car carrying on
an average of four persons.
About dozen other cars passed
through with the tourists or dur
iny;' the afternoon.
The cars were dust covered,
and the tourists, many OF whom
did not wear any covering on
their heads, were sunburned as
brown as Indians, and they were
carrying away generous quanti
ty of Fulton county sand in their
hair.
There were very few ladies'
among the tourists, and the men
were jolly, gentlemanly set of
fellows, who seemed to be enjoy
ing the trip Immensely. One or
the ladies', however, merits more
than a passing mention, and that
one Is Mrs. John Newton Cuneo,
of Richmond Hills, L. | who was
driving The big 36 horse power
Rainier entered by her husband.
She was the only woman driv
er on the tour, and the only WON
an who ever drove car IN nation
al tours. She drove car in the
tour of 1905.
A young man in one of the cars
passing through town, threw out
picture post cards with his ad-
dress written thereon and re-
quest ''to write," wherever he
saw bunch of girls. Some OF
our girls thought this funny, aud
taking the cue, wrote their names
on slips of paper, wrapped the
paper around a small stone to
make the paper carry, and when
they saw a young man to their
llkeing, flung the paper with the
! stone into the car. THIS worked
all right until one young lady who
thought certain young man In
car came up to her ideal
flung a package to him and II
missed the young man, who hap
pened to be Mrs. Cuneo's hus
band, and struck Mrs. Cuneo OF
the head. Quick as wink, she
stopped her car, but every CIR
looked so innocent, that it was
not possible to locate the one wht
threw the package.
This was not the last nor th,
worst experience for Mrs. Cuneo
however, for as she was driving
her car near the site of the OLE
u. p. church In .Mercersburg
there is a curve in the highwav
and Mrs. Cuneo was maintaining
high speed in order to retail
her prestige. In gong aroun'
the curve the right rear tire ex
ploded with loud report. Tn
car sweryed into telegraph pole
the left axle striking the pole
The car pushed on through
fence, throwing the occupant
out. Fortunately, no one wa
hurt, but the journey of th
piucky little woman, who ha
been the wonder of the tourists
was sadly interrupted. Withou
crying over the matter she gait
cred the machine together, an
with wrenches IN her sturd
hand, began the task ofreleas,n
the broken axle, which was sci
toa nearby shop, repaired All