The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-08-05

and Charlotte, N. G.
Charlotte Chronicle. July 26.
Charlotte will be on the New York
Herald d-Atlanta journal automobile
route. This was decided on at n meet
ing OF those in charge of the highway
in Atlanta. Ga. Saturday. The fol-
lowing details from the two papers
will be of decided interest To autoists
and advocates of good roads, which
means everybody in Charlotte and
Mecklenburg county:
In announcing the decision OF the
committee as to the great Northern
Southern highway, The New York
Herald had the following to say yes
terday:
"After much careful study and
nearly four thousand miles of expe-
rimental touring in their scout ears,
the route for the national highway
between New York and Atlanta has
definitely been selected by The New
York Herald and The Atlanta Jour
nal
The itinerary finally chosen for the
endurance run which is to take place
next autumn from the metropolis
of the North to the Gate City of
the South, and the route which is
thus to be dedicated as the national
highway connecting those two great
cities, is the one traversed by The
Herald's White steamer scout car in
its first run to Atlanta.
'"The chosen path which is to link
the North and South together by a
series of fine touring roads and is
thus to unite more closely the inter
ests Of the two sections OF the coun-
try, passes through "a region rich in
scenic beauty and in historic memo
ries. 1t traverses many of the most
famous battlefields of the civil war
and includes the resting place of
many of the wars most illustriOus
heroes, among them the tOmbs OF
those splendid exponents of 1.-THE Lost
Cause, Gen. Robert f. Lee and Gen.
Stonewall Jackson.
COVERED THREE ROUTES.
''In their preliminary scouting ex-
petitions The Herald's White steam
er and the Atlanta Journals Olds-
mobile cOnscientiOusly covered three
separate routes, portions of some of
which were traversed with no little
difficulty and even hardship.
The first trip lay from New York
westward through New Jersey and
Pennsylvania, where one of the de-
cisive battles of the war was fought
and where the high tide of the Con-
federacy was met and swept back
ward when 'Pickett's heroic charge
scattered itself against the immova-
able lines of Hancock = Second Corps
From Gettysburg the route turned
southwark through Hagerstown, Nd.
and across the field of Antiet am,
another of the most famous of mod
ern battlefields where Mcclellan met
the first Northern invasion of Lee .
The scenes of these two great strug-
giles lie only ~ miles apart an d are
within the compass of an easy morn
ings touring.
THROU GH HISTORIC COUNTRY.
From Antietam the chosen route
extends across the Panhandle OF
West Virginia, to Winchester, Va,
another town fraught with war
memories and forever Unidentified
with the fame OF Phil Sheridan;
and thence down the beautiful Shen-
andoah valley OF Virginia through
Strausburg, Mount Jackson, Harri-
sonburg and Staunton. From Staun-
ton the national highway will extend
through the city OF Lexington, Va,
where both Lee and Stonewall Jack
wonderful Natural Bridge. There, IA
at Gettysburg. it is probable that
in the reliability run from New York
to Atlanta, next October, 1t will be
arranged To arrive sufficiently early
in the day To permit ample time for
the tourists to enjoy the scenic and
historic beauties of both places.
Night stops will probably be made
both at Gettysburg and the Natural
Bridge.
Leaving Natural Bridge. Roanoke.
Va. will be reached by the route
through Buchanan. II Journey repletc
throughout with superb mountain
scenery. From Roanoke the chosen
itinerary lies westward across the
Blue Ridge and thence through North
and South Carolina, traVersing what
is known IA the piedmont rectiom OF
the South and touching many OF the
towns where the greatest industrial
progress has been rna.se in recent
years, since the South began to man
ufacture. as we'll as grow, lis own
cotton and to develop it, own splen-
did water-power.
THE route selected. in order TO
distinguish il from the other two
| which have been tried out With no less
painstaking care, has been generally
designated as the middle route, or
the piedmont route"
The Atlanta Journal, the second of
thepromoting papers, had the follow
ing to say in part yesterday:
its the middle route. The middle
route from Roanoke south to Allan
ia is announced as The Atlanta
Journals selection for its portion OF
theg reat North and South highway.
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