Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-11-24
Detroit To Fitzgerald
In a Cadillac Thirty
A Race Across Five States, Or Dumping the
Bumps From the Lakes to the Gulf,


Thednce from Detroit Michigan Fitzgerald Georgia.
route know the count correct because
we saw measured, every inch of it,
Starting from Detroit Friday November 18th with regis
$685. Drawing all the hoodoo numbe1s we came to
along the shore of Lake Erie sixty three miles that evening
Saturday made the the state OF ONO just TWO une
and twenty miles, Toledo Cincinnati, via Finley Lima
Wapakone Sidney Pua Dayton and other smaller cities The run
except for speed and few animals killed
Leaving Sunday morning started due south the
Lexington pike with toll gates Wemade
Frankfort leaving the Lexington pike at Georgetown
turning due west
From Fankfortw lowered Louisville passing
through city rested West Point twenty two miles
southwest city, after fryng Salt River where it empe
Ohio Sunday made hundred and seventy
two Monday early turned due south from the Ohio
hills oIndana the distance by the of Elizabeth
town. Mammoth cave Glasgow Junction. Bowling Green and Franklin
Tennessee due south to Nashville and to ue
boro, recording exactly two hundred miles
Tuesday Muesboro the Shebyv pike
to franklin Tennessee where like franklin Kentukey
what of an experience Alabama line
Huntsville most tortuous mountain route
F Deposit landing at oaz on the top Oh oano
Mountain registering hundred and miles, but
by work mountain roads that would aK any
thing except Cadillac "Thirty."
From Gadsden, Alabama Admission, HELM and
the Georgia Carroll just west of Bowdon
ed Newman after travelling hundred and thirty i've miles
over Alabama roads.
left Newman Thursday morning Fitzgerald a
distance of two miles, arrived Fitzgerald early
Friday morning losing that half day repairing
The start to finish from Friday $3.50 M
to Friday barring delays account OF REPAIRS the trip was
really in about six days.
INCIDENTS
Along the shore bitter cold and that
EXTENT the trip unpleasant found beautiful city but
much smaller than air of prosperity and bust
ness light Saturday until added the beauty OF
the country really enjoyable At rate OF
than sometms above forty we could not
more than see country The Oil fields about Lima and the
burning wells interesting At Dayton we merely had to
look at the great National Cash Register Plant
In Kentucky experience mixed with pleasure and
hpson for at they that would have troubewh
the Experienced automobt who had been through
the state declared would make the trip for thousand
dollars that they compelled the muz the
hitch teams again for the ate mountane whose
prejudice against only his love of liquor
We Sunday and that would not
he menaced by so many guns hardly had the congau
tons passed realized the good
and proper of the bird Sunday the 18TH
and all Kentucky seemed be out after the quail Hundreds OF
with dog and were along the pixies ana IN the h
gnns evidence everywhere Ii we oHenoeo ndooo we nave
not found ou-e nge find out We left trail odead
now chicken along the pixies of Kentucky
At Frankfort we visited Gobe shrine and impressed
with the evidences supreme of John Barley Corn in that
country Although Sunday larger percent of drunken
men and bows than any other place on the route
After leaving beautiful little capital city, Frankfort nesting
in valley almost mountains made the best of
the trim over what Frankfort and Louisville pike The
nike is smooth grades and sufficiently for rapid
Near Louisville the first oiled roads which
much resemble asphalt built much cheaper At Salt river
below Louisville first ferry and from the Ohio river south
to Bowling Green KY. the first rough roads
At franklin KY the thd Tuesday, known
all section as swoppcs day and the crowds the
as if circus number ofcounty and teams
on the roads in that vicinity greatly retarded
From Nashville Mufresboro made the best time OF the trip
covering thirty miles in little more than one nou
stopping at three toll gates on the pike
I7 Mnrfrasboo TO the line a strenuous We
~ several dogs and breakfast and nearer get
ting into place the route We made our escape
at Franklin Tenn burnng the wind to the sno