Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-08

eaohfles bearing prominent cittzens-sooo
roads champions and automobile enthusl-
asts-the scout cars OF The Atlanta Jour
nal and New York Herald, which nave
blazed a new trail from the metropohs
"a the Gate City, triumphantly entered
Atlanta Friday evening at $50 ocloeh'
T-hasr advent was marked BY one OF the
-,ost snectacuIar and enthusiastic pop
,,Iar demonstrations seen In Atlanta IN
many years, and eclipsed anything OF
Ire Kind the scouts encountered curing
the course OF their long journey. Whlch
bexan last Tuesday week. and which was
accorded ovation upon ovation as tne
cars sped through nine states
Tha Atlanta welcome really began al
e.oDa Mountain. where the scouts were
sntercented by fifteen or twenty automo-
blIa partfes. headed by Governor Hoke
smith and Mayor Robert +. Maddox.
Prom that point until the final ending or
the Informal welcome at the Capital
City club. where the scouts and the well
coming party were the guests OF The At
lanta Journal az q luncheon. the ovation
IN store for The Journal-Herald scouts
continued reaching its climax as the
procession moved out Peachtree street.
THE SCOUTING PARTIES.
The scouting parties were in two great
automobTes-the Herald men In big
sentatives in an Oldsmobile. In the
White were: Hamilton Peltz. Jr., of the
New York Herald; Nathan Lazanick.
photographer; Major John s. Cohen. man
aging editor OF The Journal; William
Cyphers mechanician, and R. H john
ston, advertising manager Of the White
Steamer company. who drove the car
from Herald Square through to Atlanta.
In the Oldsmobile were: Henry ]. Lamar,
IT.. OF Macon. It's owner and driver; Wal
ter Jones' OF Macon; W. T. Waters. Jr,
OF The Journal; w Inman Gray. of At
Ianta. and Frank Kanable. OF Greenville,
s. c., who oJined the party at that point
Leading the scouts into Stone Noun
tain, where the welcome began, was the
Charles l. Ryan's red fox" a Thomas
Flyer OF sixty-horse power. In the car
were Mr.. Ryan. Robert c. Clark and
Dr. Lee OF Macon They had Joined
the scouts at Jefferson. in Jackson coun-
u. and. with others. piloted them
through 10 the mountain
The scouts and their escort entered At
lanta via Decatur. Edgewood, Inman
Park and EdgewOod avenue. the car
bearing Governor Smith. Mayor Maddox
and Editor Gray leading the way. and
the tourists bringing up the rear.
At Moreland avenue, where the turn
from the Decatur road was made into
express car. manufactured by the Rapid
Motor Vehicle company. Of Pontiac.
Mich. and run BY +. H Sawyer. of the
Southern Commercial Motor Car COM
pany. OF 103-4 Fort street. carrying
wedemeyer's band. fell in at the head OF
the lire. and from that point forward
the trip was enlivened by lively march
music.
An, innovation was sprung In heading
The march into the city with a band on a
car OF this kind. and il attracted unusual
attention as II led the line of march
through the streets Of the city.
OVATION ALONG THE ROUTE.
En- route from Stone Mountain to At
lanta. the run covering an hour. the
scouts were given a royal welcome. At
Scottdzle Ingleside Decatur. Kirkwood
and all along the road cheer after cheer
was sent up from the houses and side
walks in salutation 20 the mud-stained
travellers. Many automobile parties that
had gone as far as Stone Mountain lined
the roadside at intervals. and as the pro-
cession passed fell in line. so that when
Moreland avenue was reached the num-
Der OF automobiles had been increased
twice over.
Passing through Inman Park the tour
lists received a generous ovation. Here
the porches OF the residences were crowd
ed with women and children anxious for
a glimpse OF the scouts. while the side
walks were thick with people. Handker-
chiefs and hats were waved by the
women In salutation. while the members
Of the sterner sex shouted their greet
ings TO the scouts as they passed.
CARS MUD-STAINED.
The scout cars. which were in the very
act OF completing their long and rough
frfp. showed the stains Of travel little
less than did the occupants OF the cars.
but every man aboard the machines was
healthy and happy; friends OF the Allan
tians in the party could scarcely recog-
nixe them. SO sun-burned and travel
stained were they. The khaki uniforms
worn By the men were little more affect
ed BY their exposure 20 all sorts OF
weather than were the faces and necks
and hands and arms Of their wearers.
The beaming rays OF the sun-and the
sun did shine some OF the time and IN
some OF the country through which the
cars passed-had caused the skin OF many
OF the party to peel not once. nor twice,
but three and four times. and their eyes.
protected though they had been most of
the time by goggles. were infiamed from
the dust
The scout cars were literally coated
with mud, but not once, II is recorded.
during the long trip did the engine Of
either falter for an instant. and the tire
troubles were few and far between. The
only delays experienced were attributable
20 the weather. such as the storm en-
countered in lower South Carolina and
eastern Georgia. where It rained so hard
and 50 persistently that the roads were
unsafe owing TO swollen streams.
When Mr. Johnston's White steamer
left Herald Square last Tuesday week its
brass and nickel work glistened and
spanked in the sun light: and when Mr..
Lamar's big OldsmObile pulled away from
The Journal Office in Atlanta on the
afternoon OF the same day IL was bright
and smooth and shining. Friday after
,-.Son as the two cars followed their es-
curt through the streets OF Atlanta II
was impossible TO tell the make of either
from appearances; but their engines were
s.-sfng nObIy. and u T. doubtful il there
was in Atlanta a car better conditioned
for a pleasure spin or rough ride.
INFORMAL But ENTHUSIASTIC.
The welcome given the scout cars was
Informal. but the enthusiasm was re-
markabIe. Owing to the weather condi-
tons which prevailed throughout Thurs
day the original program, which provided
for the welcome. was abandoned II
was not then believed possible TO meet
the scouts at Stone Mountain, but FRI
day neon. when II was learned that they
were approaching the city and was so an
nounced in The Journal, the automobile
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