Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-21
TOUR OF SUMTER
TOLD At length
Journal Tells of Tourists
Stop Here.
Hospitality Of AmericuS and the
Good Roads Of Sumter Are Alike
Praised at Length By Its Cores.
pOndent En- Route.

Americus and tie open-handed hos
pitality extended the 125 auto tour
lists here a Nday or two since are prais
ed at length by w. T. Walters in the
Atlanta Journal yesterday. Mr.. Wal.
ters was a member of the party here
and was enthusiastic over the recep-
tion rendered, as we'll as upon the
splendid roads over which the party
came.
In the half column article he thus
sings Sumter's praises:
Ogletforpe pas passed ait 1876
O'Clock, 50.6 miles from Macon. Ella
vile came next, at 1 o'clock, 67 miles.
And from Ellaville to Americus the
tourists sped rapidly on to Americas
and lunch along one of the finest
roads in the state, straight, wide,
smooth and well graded. A speed of
40 miles an hour was easy to main
tain along the whole distance of the
road.
Schley and Sumter counties are
alike to be credited with it. A sign
on gin at the Sumter county lile
said $500 fine for speeding more than
80 miles an tour" Nobody was fined.
Americus, S07 miles from Macon, was
reached by the last cars at 1 40 p. m.
Americus Royal Hosts.
The first cars were the ones to re-
ceive the biggest part of Americus'
welcome, which took form in such a
demonstration as had never been seen
before in that country.
Some 25 Americus cars went out
to meet the tourists, and returned at
the head of "a procession numbering
81 machines. In TIE
Americus escort were many ladies,
whose presence in amy demonstration
is sufficient alone to demonstrate its
cordiality
The barbecue was served in the
hall park by ladies representing the
Carnegie Library and Americus Hos
pital Associations, the hosts being
the Americus Board of Trade Pres
ident John w. Shiver, of that body,
was one of the active leaders in the
task of welcoming all the tourists and
making them feel at home.
y. E. Mathis, as chairman of the
reception committee, ran him a close
second. The ladies' began serving the
barbecue at II o'clock, when the fist
cars arrived, and continued at their
self-appointed task until we'll in the
afternoon.
Field day sports by the students of
the Third District Agricultural Col
lege were scheduled for the later af-
ternoon in the same park, as an az
,elmath of the tours passing. One
feature of this later program was 70
be ladies' bobble skirt race, pro5a-
bly, the first ever held in the United
States.
Messrs. Frank Weldon, chairman,
ilHl u. Iunbdp, lHcUfD6T Ol Iu0 I,
made speeches of thanks to their hosts
during the barbecue. Bulletins of the
tour approach had been posted all
during the morning by the local office
of the Postal Telegraph Co.
A further attention was shown the
tourists in Americus where commit
teemen took different parties n
charge and escorted them on brief
sightseeing tours of Une city.
At $3.50 o'clock the tour passed
Smithville, 944 miles from Atlanta.
Signs indicating the turns were posted
through the town. Adams, 1907 miles,
was reached at 3:15 p. IN. Leesburg,
10S miles, came next at 3:45 p M,
and just beyond here the tourists
found a road-scraping gang at work.
From this stretch the tourists came
upon THE fine highway of Dougherly
ccunty that was to lead them on into
Albany, II miles beyond.