Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-15
At $40 Monday Morning Lamar's
Big oldsmobile, Carrying Jour-
nal Party, and Hsrald's White
Steamer Made Start.
MAYOR RoBT. z. MADDOX
GAVE SIGNAL WHICH
PUT SCOUTS IN MOTION
Great Crowd Had Gathered and
Gave RcrEing Cheer-Big Ma
chimes Are Deckcd Like Memo
War for the Journey.
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Hip. hip hiP-HooFayt''-
Again. and re; again. a thousand
threats Hsled Up The parting cSeers. And
while the hubbub was s.sH reveTberating
in Bread street. the two big scout cars
Of The Journal and the New xc-.s Herald.
moving slowly through the crowded thor
oughfare. caught Their momentum and
were or on the long road frcm whitehall
10 Broadway.
South on Broad street they moved to
Mitchell street. and 5hen one block east
into Whitehall North they cane again
on Whitehall. across the v-aiucJ and into
Peachtree al rive Points. and at Five
Points. where they turned out EdgewOod
avenue TO leave the citv three miles be-
yond on Dekalb avenue, the ndometer
readings on each car were taken and the
first cnec'E recorded on the long list Of
observations that will be accumulated In
their notebooks before they roll into Her
aid square. New York. more than a week
hence.
At $50 O'Clock Monday morning the
start was made. with every man in place
and both cars in the pink OF condition.
No formal pcrtinGs were planned. No at
tempt was made al elaborate farewell on
the Fart OF the city. Mayor Robert F.
Maddox. persOnifying the city CT Atlanta.
shook hands with the menaSe-s Of each
party. and as the cars moved or waved
them r CHEEKY farewell. The throngs
opened 10 let them PASS. and they were
gone.
Hundreds gathered early 20 witness the
departure. The sidewalks % Bread street,
and the street itself. were crowded. Pa
trolman Turner. the bluecoat OF News
paper Row. was on the Job. else the ha-
raised photographer could not so easily
have gotten his farewell pictures OF the
scouts The windows OF the surrounding
buildings were filed. So. though the
leave-taking Of the scouts was informal.
II was by no means unnotfced.
LAMAR AT THE WHEEL.
Al the wheel OF The Journals big
Oidsmobile seoUt-the same mog1I car,
wheeled Ike a locomotive that sped up
70 Virginia recently 20 bid the New York
Heralds car welcome 10 Dixie, sat Hen
~ J. Lamar. Jr.. Of Macon, owner OF
the machine. He had driven the car I'M
from Macon Sunday night
In the Oldsn1obiIe beside Mr.. Lamar
were Major John s. Cohen. managing
editor OF The Journal. who will be IN
charge Of the scout party OF this paper;
DR.. ". g. Lee. OF Macon. Mr. Lamar's
champion on many tours: Walter L.
Jones. also OF Macon. and another friend
OF Mr.. Lamar. and W. Inman Gray. son
manager OF The Journal
In the White Steamer Of the New York
Herald-the SEINE car that The Journals
Oldsmobile tade welcome in Virginia
Bob Lambert. one OF the south's best and
most wtdely-known drivers. sat at the
wheel Beside him was Hamilton Peltz,
OF the New York Herald. in charge OF
the Herald's scout party. In the tonneau
sat James r. Gray. The Journals editor
who left the car several hours later In
the day at Athens; Nathan Isazarnick
New IOrk's outdoor photographer, en-
gagged BY the White Company. Of CIeve-
land. for the tours OF it's car and E w
Cans. manager OF the White Company's
southern branch in Atlanta
Aessrs- Peltz and Lazarnick had been
In the White Steamer when Il was met
IN Virginia by the Oldsmobile. With
them then. as a guest In the Herald's car.
was Major Cohen. Messrs Lamar, Jones
and Gray were members OF The Journal
party at that meeting. SO the scouts
let Atlanta Monday with six among
them OF the original parties.
LIKE MEN-o'-wAR
Decked and dressed like men-o'-war on
q holiday were the big scout machines as
they left Atlanta over the boot OF the
Oldsmobile waved a flag OF the nation.
Ike the ensign on a vessels stern. Or
the pennants were The Atlanta Journal
and The New York Herald" New signs
had been painted for the OldsmobiIe its
original banners having been torn 70
pieces b. the hard run IL made recentIy
70 Virginia and back to Atlanta. Allan