Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-13
AMERICUS WILL be IN
GREAT GEORGIA RUN.
Cars Will Enter Here For
1000 Mile Contest.
Greatest Auto Event of
1910 viii Be Held
in Georgia.

Mr.. Frank Weldon, Of Atlanta, spent
yesterday morning in Americus, feel
ing the local pulse with regard to the
great ll-'round-the-state auto run
that has been projected by tie lead
ing newspapers and cities of the state
with a view to further stimulating the
good roads movement in Georgia
bringing about the connection of the
existing fine highways and giving to
the state one magnificent system of
roads that will permit of traveller
in his own car travers.ng the greater
par of Georgia.
Mr.. Weldon, who was business man
ager for the Atlanta Music Festival
Associations week of granG>opera, has
been manager of the State Fair and
other big events that have been pull
ed off in Georgia in recent years,
is now throwing his energies into the
preliminary work of the great run
within state lines that has been in
augurated by the Atlanta Constitu-
ton, the Macon Telegraph, the Sa-
vannah Morning News and the Au-
gusta Chronicle, and in which the pa
pers of many other towns will CO.
operate.
Georgia has seen runs from various
points in the state to a common ter
minal, such as last year, when autos
started from various towns in the
run to Atlanta. 1t has also seen
runs starting from a Georgia city to
city outside Of the state. But this
is the first circling of the state that
has been undertaken. 1t is the most
ambit.o Gus, as at the same time it ap-
pears to be the most practical and
the most helpful of all the auto runs
THAT have been worked out.
Met Local AutOiStS.
While in AmeTicus Mr. Weldon met
number of enthusiastic autoists,
including Mr.. Frank Sheffield, chair
man of thecounty commissioners, MIR
Frank Lanier, president of the Auto
mobile Club Mr. Crawford WheatIey,
NJ Cliff Clay and others. With Mr.
Sheffield he went over the situation
as to the roads throughout this county
and was gratified to know that so far
as Sumter was concerned those maxi
ing the tour of the state were guar>
anteed good roads. Before the run
in October the Oglethorpe road from
Americus to the county line at the
north will be put in fine condition,
and from here south to Lee county the
Smithville road viii be used. Mr.
Sheffield took the visitor over the
Smithville road in his auto. Mr.. We'll
don was convinced that what he had
heard of the new roads of Sumter had
not been exaggerated,
The plan that has been outlined is
for route about one thousand miles
long, making a complete belt and
reaching the four principal cities of
the state and numhar ~e it's most
prosperous towns, such as Waycross,
Brunswick, Thomasyille, VaIdosta,
Albany and Americus.
At the same hour on the same day,
the cars that are entered will leave
their home towns, all moving in the
same direction over the same course
which will be outlined in maps fur
nished those entering. The Americus
cars, for instance, will start at the
same time that the Atlanta, Macon,
| Savannah and other cars start from
their home towns. Through the ac-
tive cooperation of the county com
missioners, it is hoped to have all
| cross roads and forks of roads SO in
dcated with signs that autoists will
not deviate from the pathway laid out
Already there is much enthusiasm
aroused, and it is believed that every
county through which the autoists
take their way will be 50 awakened
to tie Importance and the great ad-
vertising value of the plan that ev-
erywhere the commissioners will be
found working to the end that the
roads travelled in their respective
counties will be in fine shape
The Years Greatest Event.
This great run, in which cars from
twenty Five to fifty cities and towns
will be entered, promises to be the
greatest event in this line that is pull
ed off in the entire South this year.
Attention will be centered on it
among autoists and good roads en-
thusiasts throughout the country.
Special prepared matter will be fur
nished newspapers, with maps, views
of good Georgia roads to be run over
etc, and a tremendous advertising
will be done for this state The main
purposes of the event are to create
additional enthusiasm for good roads,
to draw public attention generally
to Georgia, and to bring to the atten-
ion of tourists the fact that Georgia
holds many attractions for them.
Inasmuch as Amcricus is preparing
to advertise itself and to do all in It's