Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-31
An.RioUS To Inter IN
GEOR6IA'S BIG CONTEST
Dozen Cars Here TO Enter
State Race.

tic over the great endurance contest
now being planned by the Constitu>
ton, and contemplating an eight hum
dred mile circuit of Georgia. Already
the subject is one of deep and alb
sorbing interest, as hundreds of Geor-
g5a cars will speed over the fine roads
of Sumter in making the circuit.
Frank Weldon, writing of the great
contest in Sundays Constitution, has
very interesting article regarding
sumter's good roads.
Mr.. Weldo nvisited Amer.cus re-
Gently to discuss the contest with To-
cal motorists and take look at the
roads, of which he had heard SO much.
And this is the way the visit impress
ed him.
Sumter county is building model
sand-clay roads The u miles from
Americas to the Lee county line, on
, the way to Smithville, is one of the
prettiest pieces of highway construc-
ton to be found anywhere. Fulton
; Chatham, Bibb. Richmond and De-
Kalb have nothing finer, though they
have roads which cost two to ten
times as much per mile. Except for
one hill just outside Americas there
= is nothing to do but steer.
= Finest Road in Georgia.
Hon. Frank Sheffield, banker ant
chairman of the board of county com
t missioners, ran me out over that linl
N the all-Georgia highway and We
found it smooth and resilient, 80 fee
: wide, with the very best crown tt
; turn water.
And they say that the roads tina
have been built since that one wat
Il completed are even better. Mr.. Shelf
field stated that the road would b.
clayed by fall or most of it any.
) way. He is doing fine work Their
0 is nothing better in any state.
Hon Crawford Wheatley sad:
Americas will put ten or a doz
5 en- cars in that run; our people know
u the value of good roads. We hav
not been building them very long bu
we are proud of what We have. The
IS are a great advertisement for Sum
II ter county, and are a great bench
to Americas and every other tow
they reach. Georgia is fortunate j
| having enterprising, wide-awake, pub
lic-spirited newspaper men.
This proposed campaign is on
III of the best things ever undertaken i
) the state. l want to Sc eevery coun
ty seat connected by good roads an
then extend them into every par
j of every militia district. Just as 500
as the OgIethorpe road is clayed frol
Americas to the Macon county line W
n will have a fine highway from Thon
IL asville to Atlanta.
I will put car in that tour an
if we can't beat Atlanta and Sava1
e nah, we will make Macon and Thon
re asville give a hfgh-class imitation {
ty motoring
Auto Club to Cooperate.
president Frank Lanier, of tn
s, Americas Auto Club, promised tn
$; cordial cooperation of his organize
s. ton in promoting the good roads can
paign and the tour around the stat
Mr.. Cliff C. Clay, another America
Id motorist, said he was confident thu
ne number of cars would be entere
S. from that city.
Editor Thomas Gamble, of tn
Times-Recorder, rendered the supper
of his excellent daily, which has
wide circulation in that section {
the state.
= 1--WE have long been advocatin
Is kood roads, he stated. The people
Sumter and neighboring counties ar
with the papers in this movemen
- Even the mules would vote for roa
Z Improvement if they were registeret
Just as soon as a mule gets out c
the deep sand and upon one of on
c7dyed roads, he pricks up his ear
- and begins to trot just as if he en-
joyed it,
"(The Oglethorpe roads above re
ferred to runs about two miles east c
Andersonville)
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