Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-06-10
Great ConcourSe of Autos and
People Make Wednesdays
Noon Control One of Most
Pleasant of the Trip
GUESTS OVERWHELMED
BY COURTESY OF HOSTS
BY w. T. WATERS, JR.


members OF the Journal-Herald tour feel
should be studied very closely by At
lantas citizens. The broad and generous
spirit OF the private subscription at Win
ston-Salem collected for this work is
something which other well-to-do COM
munities could well afford to emulate
for the benefit not only of their less
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fortunate neighbors, but Of themselves
as well.
Atlanta's portion of the national high
way in Fulton county is beautiful on
Peachtree road and miserable on Deca-
tur road. DeKalbs portion is excellent
on the former and poor on the latter,
but is being improved on both stretches.
Winston-Salem interests which reaches
far beyond the limits of it's own city
and it should yet prove a powerful ex-
ample.
NEWS is FLASHED.
The Winston-Salem Mitchell No. 81 en-
tered by the Winston-Salem good roads
committee had been checked out from
Charlotte first behind the pacemaker.
When Lexington was passed a dispatch
flashed over the wires into Winston-Sa-
lem, over 20 miles away, and almost in
stantly fulfilling a prearranged program.
the fire bell of the latter city began
booming it's signal for assembly, q
strokes in three groups Of nine. That
meant the tour was beginning to pass
Lexington, and was the signal for organ
ization of the welcome.
Both the Winston-Salem Journal and
the Twin-City Daily Sentinel had given
generous publicity to our tour and had
announced all the details of the pro-
gram. Local cars and visiting cars were
asked to gather on Main street and all
were particularly requested not to go out
on the highway, but to leave that road
free for the runners. When the pacemak
er and it's close followers swept up the
long hill on Main street through the
historic city Of Salem to the modern
city of Winston at the top of the SLOPE
their way lay in a lane of the several
thousand people who cheered and cheer
ed and cheered again till the ovation
seemed to flash ahead of the runners
like a double trail of gun powder.
The fire bell had spoken another signal
and over all the cheering the roar of
the big manufacturing city's whistles in
gigantic chorus throbbed loud and
hoarse.
BEDLAM OBJ NOISE.
1t was bedlam Of noise. Added to this
was the frenzied hubbub raised by every
horn and whistle and siren on the local
cars that stood parked at the left with
backs to curb in long line of more than
two city blocks. In each of these cars,
Of which there were more than 60, and
which
inSly predominated, there were parties OF
from three to six and seven. And each
party was composed almost entirely of
ladies'. The gentlemen of Winston-Salem
were afoot for the once and very active
In their several capacities as commit
teemen. This was shortly before noon.
The uproar Of welcome lasted for several
minutes, not car OF the local company
moving from it's place,
And for three hours or more II con-
lhued, Till the very last car in line had
come H. passing outgoing contestants as
they entered. And the last cars to come
received as cordial and as general well
come save for the whistles, as had the
very hrst. Cards extending the courte-
sizes of the Hotel Zinzendorf, the Young
Mems Christian association, Winston's
lodge, No. 449, B. p. o. E., and the Twin
City club had been sent down to Char
lotte and there distributed to the men,
bers of the tour as they left Wednes-
day morning.
At Winston still other cards were dis
tributed inviting the tourists to get the
dust out OF their throats In the grill room
at the Zinzendorf and urging them 10
make themselves at home everywhere
MANY INVITATIONS.
Over 600 cards of invitation had been.
sent out days before by the local com
mittees to the Automobiles of Durham,
Clifford. Rockingham and Rowan eoun-
ties, bidding them be present at Winston
Salem on Wednesday, which was in those
cards styled North Carolina Automobile
day." and which was expected and as a
matter of fact, was actually the first
gathering of its size and kind in the
whole state of North Carolina, more than
200 cars assembling at once. Other cards
had been distributed locally, asking the
selected citizens to assemble at the Zin-
zendorf at the appointed hour to assist In
entertaining the tourists. In fact, every
last minor detail of the great progr am
had been carefully arranged and worked
out by master minds.
From the least to the greatest every
possible courtesy and attention was
shown the tour. Homes were decorated.
The streets were decorated. The Brown
q Williamson Tobacco Co. distributed
souvenir packets individually addressed
The Zinzendorf hotel gave out attractive
ly illustrated pamphlets cordially worced.
And Wins -Salem's two daily papers
the Journal and the Sentinel, gave them
selves over almost completely to the tour
The Journal issued a good roads tour
edition profusely illustrated and filled
with interesting reading about the tour
and the highway.
WHOLE TOUR PLEASED.
The whole tour is more than delighted
with the reception that Winston-Salem
gave it. Nothing could have been more
thoroughly planned or better executed
The Winston-Salem program showed not
only complete preparation, but absolute
cooperation of the kind that does things
and makes cities famous, of the same
kind, in short, that has built the new
stretch of road in Davidson county for
the short route from Lexington.
SOUVENIRS GIVEN.
Every member of the tour was tagged
with souvenirs of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
campaign now being waged in and around
Winston-Salem. Blue ribbons, bearing
simply the name Of Winston-Salem, were
also pinned on each. During the en-
trance of the tour the Salem bands was
keeping things lively with excellent mu-
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