The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-11-30

KUN F>OF
morning at Z O'Clock, this being the
eighth day of the endurance run out
Of New York city. The distance for
this days run from Charlotte to
Greenville, N. c., was III miles. There
was a tedious delay eleven miles out
from Charlotte where the cars, two
at a time, had to be ferried over the
Catawba river.
At Gaffney, the noon or luncheon
stop. an al-fresco feast was given to
the tourists in the public park. The
food and light refreshments served
by those lovely ladies and affable men
of Gaffney vas of the most toothsome
variety. and all were made to feel at
home indeed. Even water. soap and
towels had been provided for the
auto travellers, and winsome lassies
distributed artistic souvenir post cards
among the wondering strangers on
which they might land did send
tidings of themselves and messages O
love to the dear ones at home.
At Sp%artanburg, twenty miles south
west of Gaffney, more gracious hospi-
tally "a dispensed to the touring
party, and here they were given the
choice of a hot afternoon luncheon or
imprisonment in Jail. A squad of pc
licemen were planted solidly athwart
the pathway of the moving cars to
impede their further progress through
the town. 1t is needless to say that
everybody enjoyed a nice luncheon, so
as to no be compelled to go to jail.
The night spent in Greenville was
one of the ~pleasantest ones OF the
tour. Private homes were thrown
open to the stranger within the gates
out the hotels in entertaining the sud
den influx of new population.
That Greenville, n. c., is a Demo
cratic stronghold may be readily in
ferred from a comment of the Daily
News of that place, evoked by the
presence Of the tourists in Greenville.
In a copy of that newspaper l pur-
chased just before leaving G~reenviile
| read: "Of course the autoists who
are participating in the New York to
Atlanta endurance u have the Re
publican party to thank for the fine
weather which has been smiling upon
them" Being something of a Demo
crat myself, l could not help enjoying
this neat way the Greenville ne vs.
paper man adopted Of paying his re
spects to the G. o. p, which, not con-
tent in it's exclusive and unmolested
possession of a choice variety of the
American plum tree" must needs lay
claim to everything else in sight (and
out of sight as well), even to the pre-
| tention that the north pole could not
have been discovered one time Clet
alone twice. except under a Republi-
can administration!
A light rainfall Furnished by the
Is. U -. uO uOuDI) UlOIOdy AA6AS, oAAu
the first and only rain encountered
on the entire trip, nicely laid the dust
for the ninth days run from Green
vile, N. c., to Commerce, Ga, a dis
lance of 10 miles. The populace
turned out in full force to give the
| glad hand to the tourists at Anderson,
the noon stop for luncheon.
For the benefit of those persons
who find pleasure in trying to spell
and difficult names, / will
state that the checking station for the
autoists at Anderson was Hotel Chic
quota. And another place we passed
through that day bore the e%uphonious
appellation of Pocataligo.
The arrival Of the tour at Com
merce. Ca. was celebrated in q very
noisy fashion, by the tOlling OF bells
and the blowing of many steam whis
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