Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-03-28
JACKSONVILLE IS HOST
FOR SCOUTS AFTER RUN
Plans for New Link in High
way Discussed in Florida
City
nv w. =. wArrRs. JR.

ious event. Jacksonville received The
Journal-Herald scouts in their official
} Primo car Thursday afternoon at the
end of the first lap of their journey in
quest of the extension which will be
added to the national highway.
Eight Jacksonville cars met the scouts
several miles out on their road. The
: scene there was remindful of the mo-
ment. now almost two years ago. when
the two original scout cars carrying The
Journals banner and the other those.
of the Herald net on the lonely road
north of Franklin Junction, Va. where
they first welded the two ends of the.
highway together.
At Jacksonville the scouts found that
the first of their trial routes from At
llanta is 4O51 miles long by the meas
urement of their Warner autometers.
OF that 1855 is in Florida and PITS is
in Georgia Distance that the scouts
had estimated thew would have to travel
on that road was Ala miles. The diff
ference of only eight miles shows that
the scouts are proceeding on pretty &C
lcurate advance knowledge OF their work.
The days run from Live Oak to jack
sonville measured 87.7 miles. and was
leasily completed despite voluntary stops
made by the scouts
willie Friday Thew are not superstttious.
They have no fear a Friday start will
have any effect on the Waycross route
whose interests they now have in hand.
The reason for their delav is that they
will be in Jacksonville this once In their
scouting. and thew have decided to avail
themselves of the opportunity to come
lin closer touch with the gentlemen
whose city will soon replace Atlanta
. as the southern terminus of the high
way
Friday morning saw the travellers rid-
ling about Jacksonville seeing the city
Friday afternoon will find them at Pab-
Ito Beach watching the speed monsters
of the automobile world eat up the
miles. And Friday evening will FIND
them the guests of the Jacksonville
board of trade at dinner on the beach
WILL LEAVE SATURDAY
Leaving Saturday on the Waycross
route the scouts will pass in successioG
through Waycross. Douglas. Fitzgerald,
lAbbevilIe and Hawl1insville. Some three
days thereafter, they turn southwark
again at Fort VaIley to try out the Cor
dele link in the Waycross route. Thurs
DAYS run of the scouts from Live Oak
Ito here was under the continuous con-
voy of Capt. W. ], Hilman. whom The
Journal-Herald representatives have
unanimously elected q scout of the third
degree. Other scouts came and went,
but Captain Hilman and his party stayed
! on with the scouts. In Captain Hilman's
party were:
T. s Baisden. W. H. Lyle and Jo-
seph Hinely the mayor of Live Oak.
These gentlemen came to Jacksonville
! with the scouts and were their fellow
guests in the hands of the local board
, of trade. The scouts learned as they
! were about to take their departure from
, the Suwanee hotel at Live Oak Thurs
: of had IA
the guests of the citizens of Live Oak.
This courtesy is one which has been
: extended at each nights stop since the
! scouts left Atlanta, despite their re-
, peated protestations.
; Leaving Live Oak the scouts saw some
of the new road which is being built in
Suwanee county for the route to Jackson
vile. Four cars were in the convoy out
of Live Oak. Three of them turned back
in Welborn, Captain Hilman's party COM
ing on. In the three other cars were
r. e. MCNEIL, o. o. Williams, A. e
Leslie, W. A. Edwards s. S. Harvard.
DR.. William McCree, J. p Lamb, L. p.
Giddings, G. H. Davis and Arnold P.
Mickler.
Five miles west of Lake city the scouts
and their pilot found four cars from that
beautiful town waiting for them on the
road with banners and bunting and glad
smiles and all In the party were j. A.
II u. u. n.
Ray Young, ]. M. Harris, Ray House,
J. H. owen. J. H. Sparl1man, w. G.
. Brown. j. w. Nance. Thomas Cribs
: ]. G. Sheffield, NJ. L. Plympton, r. Fell
der, ]. W. Ethel and A. III. Dodd.
Lake City gave the scouts a rousing
welcome. The student body of the local
high school was given recess for the mo-
ment ana lifted multitude of treble
shouts as the line of cars swept past.
At the Hotel Blanche the scouts and their
Live Oak Companions We're the guests
of Mr.. Ethel at an extemporaneous early
luncheon.
In front of the hotel a photograph of
the company was made by Mr.. Slade, of
the local firm of Slade & Roberts for
the future prideful reference of Mr.. Ell
tel. The Lake City cars conveyed the
scouts to Mount Carrie, six miles be-
yond their town, and there turned back.
At Sanderson the scouts were met by
a Glen st. Mary car, containing several
gentlemen connected with the Tabor nur-
series, headed by G. L. Tabor, and fur
l ther comprising H. H. Hume, NJ. M.
Bass and w. p. Jernigan. These gentle
men conveyed the runners on beyond
! Glen ST Mary to McClenny.
A brief stop was made on historic
} ground Just beyond Glen st. Mary. where
the road led over the breastworks used
: in the famous civil war battle of olus-
tee.
! DIR. E. F. Brown and w, B. Cone, of
McClenny hailed the scouts there. and
5 led them through Baker county to the
Nassau county line. DR.. Brown stat
e ed that the county forces are already at
E work on a new and shorter road than
the one the scouts followed for the jack
sonville route
Thirteen miles beyond there the Jack
sonville cars were found drawn UP in
the road, and the Florida extension Of
the national highway became a fact with
only details and mileage and route yet
to be settled.
ESCORTS WAITING.
The scouts found their Waycross es-
y eort waiting for them in Jacksonville.
Representatives from Triton and Valdos-