The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-18
An Auto Trip From Marietta to
Savannah and Return. :.


our party of four left Marietta.
! Our car, Maxwell, G. A. 1911, was
packed with all the necessaries for a
long trip. On the back of the car a
large placard red with white letters
Marietta TO Savannah This pla-
card was our trade mark and drew a
crowd of spectators and advisers" at
every stop.
We went via Macon and the roads
to that city are very good, reaching
there about 1880 p. m. Getting out of
Macon was a difficult matter, every
one advising" us to go different
way. Finally we started out for JEFF
| fersonville. We had picked out the
worst road, I think. After Jefferson.
vile, Danville the roads being almost
impossible. We spent the night in
Danville, where We had good meals
and good lodging.
Leaving Danville at Sis a. m. Sat.
urday going to Dublin. a beautiful
town and having fair roads, From
Dublin to Tennille, Barlow, Louisville,
Waynesboro, Millen and ROCKFORD,
with the roads from Dublin to Rocky.
ford the finest in the country.
Leaving ROCKFORD we met with bad
roads, crossing the Ogeechee River
on a tall bridge one-half mile long.
This bridge is an outrage, Just about
holding together. Here we picked up
nail as souvenir, which was our
only puncture.
Crops all through this country are
extraordinary, but needing a little
rain.
Getting into Statesboro was all
right but from there on for forty miles
we drove through sand up to the hubs
of our wheels. Our hands were Bills
tered and almost paralyzed, but our
engine never tired, never missed an
explosion and went through most of it
in fine order.
Just before reaching the city limits
! of Savannah there is a beautiful
stretch of road, straight and smooth
as glass. We reached Savannah at
s p. M, having driven over 200 miles
that day.
After a most delightful visit in Sa-
vannah, visits to the seashore and the
watering places, we left again on Fri
day, August 4th at a. m.
While in the city parties had advis-
ed US to come back via Augusta. We
retraced our steps to Statesboro. The
return trip to Statesboro was good
as big rain had settled the heavy
sand. The improvement in the looks
Of the crops was very noticeable. The
crops striking us as being much supe-
rior to ours in North Georgia
1t was near here that a Mr.. C. H.
Warnock waved down our car, saying
he wanted to give Marietta a water
melon" 1t was a grand one and
much enjoyed. We also passed
wrecked Ford" near Statesboro, and
although the wheels were in kindling
wood and the engine stove through
the car no one had been hurt. We
were told it was reckless driving,
which caused the wild dash into the
pines along the road.
There are two tell bridges over
branches of the Ogeechee River. We
took these in for so cents apiece with
no nail as a souvenir of our return
trip.
On to ROCKFORD, WaynesbOro and
then to Augusta. In Waynesboro a
gentleman directed us who owned
Maxwell and had made trip of 600
miles the week before, not having had
a puncture or having a bolt frightened
on his machine. Our good roads end
ed in Augusta. From there we fol-
lowed the Georgia railroad on to
Thompson and Barnett, stopping at
$50 p. m. at Crawfordville. 1t was
here that We struck up with the only
cheap thing on our trip. A livery man
only charged us 25 cents for keeping
the car over night. Real good hotel
! in CrawfOrdville.
The next morning we made a late
start for our home run, 700 a. m
Very little good road for the balance !
of the way home.
We arrived at Marietta at p. M |
and very glad to be here We pass
ed through numbers of nice towns but |
very few the equal of our Gem City.
We were minus a tail lamp when |
we got home but our Maxwell was !
running better than when we left. We |
used forty gallons of gasoline and |
seven quarts of oil on our downward |
| trip, but coming back was much shor-
ter and we used thirty-three gallons
of gasoline and five quarts of oil. The
quantity of water used was simply |
surprising to us. l will say that in
my opinion the Maxwell can't be beat
for endurance. Our tool box was not
opened except for the one puncture
and our engine did not miss an ex
plosion. We drove little over 1000 |
miles. Let us hope for good roads.
Motorist- Beware of advisers"
HENRY MEINERT.