Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-02
SPEEDING AUTOS ARE
NEARING GEORGIA SOIL
Continued from Page One

OOAbAAhO0 IL YIN = CSC SAO
other misfortune, however. on Sunday
when it's last tire blew out. The Alec
official car driven by Pat johnson, and
carrying Maj. j. S. Cohen. of The Jour-
nal. and others aboard. went out from
Charlotte Sunday afternoon with a tire
to No. g. and both cars returned to Char
lotte Sunday evening shortly after 9
o'clock. Car is in At condition now, and
Will resume the run with the tour Monday
morning.
WILL MAKE SECOND TRIP.
DR.. DeGiers. who is interested with am
! pie New York capital, says that the bus
! mess possibilities of certain sections of
the highway have struck him forcibly,
and that he intends to make the return
! trip after the Atlanta show and races a
! leisUrely one, devoting such time as is
| needed to the investigations that he wish
es to make
| Car No. rs, the Maxwell which ]. w.
J Mangham, of Griffin, is conducting
/ through the tour, showed up at Charlotte
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. Mangham at
the wheel and with a homemade rear axle
| from the Cheshire foundry at Martins
/ Vile. Mr.. Mangham was given an ovation
! by his fellow-tourists, few of whom had
dared to hope he would rejoin the column
before its entry into Atlanta. Mr.. Man
CHAM said that his rear axle went cripple
in creek ford, 10 miles south of Rocky
mount, Va, and that he was towed into
Martinsville by a team; that in Martins
VILE the foundry made him an axle from
the pattern of the broken one, and that
he himself fitted it on; and that he left
Martinsville at 10 o'clock Saturday night.
arriving at Greensboro, N. c., at o'clock
in the morning. He reached Charlotte
at 3:15 Sunday afternoon, after spending
the rest of Saturday night in Greensboro.
"And let me tell you what a blessing
found those yellow and black highway
signs to be-" said Mr. Mangham. talking
of his hard experiences. They looked
! mighty good to me last night whenever
found them at a fork Or d turn or a
cross road. I knew by them that I was
going right, and 1t made me feel good
every time l saw one. / really enjoyed
the night travel with them to guide me,
whereas otherwise 1 would have doubtless
lost my way and had miserable night :"
TOURISTS ARE GAME.
The determination exhibited by Mr..
Mangham to play the game through even
IL there is a discontinuance penalty or
1000 points scored against him for not
checking in at Winston-Salem Friday
night. is but typical of the whole spirit
of the tour. Dr. and Mrs. DeGiers have
met several misfortunes with their steer
ing gear and their carboretor, which
must be level before it works we'll
Mrs. DeGiers even had to put her shout
der to a rope with the rest OF the car
party on one little hill, to haul the car
m the grade. But notwithstanding all
this and despite their penalties ana thelI
hard work and night riding DR.. and
Mrs DeGiers seem to gain fresher en-
thusiasm with every hour.
rrbev and Mr. and Mrs. Hughes ana Mr.
Vaughan and his party were the reclp-
tents of many hearty and sincere congrat-
ulations from their fellow-memoers IN the
tour Sunday. -.s -, +,,o
Car . the White. steamer entered py the
Anderson, S. c., chamber OF commerce.
came into Charlotte SATURDAY ai'ei MON
with a broken front left spring Tor, whlch
H,ools had been substituted. A new
snrinq already at hand will be put on by
FRANK Stupke Monday morning after the
car checks out.
car %. the little Maxwell runabout en-
tered by the MAXWELL Briscoe company,
and the baby of the tour, came into Char
lotte with both front springs broken. A
new pair will be put on Monday morning.
This car, a $3.50 machine, is considered the
earnest participant in the tour and is al
ways cheered with hearty good VIII by
it's fellow contestants. IL is staholhs the
long tour admirably.
One bad railroad crossing just south of
Newell (the last point before-Charlotte
was reached is said to have been respon-
sible for seven blow-outs Saturday after
noon.
BANQUET was rendered Ty Cobb by
some of the enthusiastic fans of Char
lotte at the Hotel Selwyn Saturday night.
Mrs. Joan Newton CuneO, who is driving
the Rainier official car, was complimented
with a dance at the Colonial club.
George NJ. Tolley. president Of the An
derson, s. c., chamber Of commerce, who
has been travelling in the Anderson White
steamer of DR.. w. Z. Atkinson, received
a wire calling him back to New York Sat
urday night. on account of the Illness of
his wife. He left Immediately to the great
regret of his fellow tourists.
MRS. PRATT JOINS TRIP.
His place in the Anderson car will be
occupied during the remainder of the
run by Mrs. Joseph Hyde Pratt, wife OF