The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-12-01
GOOD ROADS
RALLY HERE
Fort Pierce to be Mecca of An
Last Coast Automobile Tour
WILL RUN WEDNESDAY
Immense Barbecue viii be Provided The
Visiting Delegations Afternoon Mass
Meeting az an Evening Smoker.

Fort Pierce is making extensive prep
aratlons for the good roads rally, Whic
Is to be held here December 6 in tn,
interest of the Montreal to- Miami high
way and the indications are that thu
event will be the greatest good roads
rally ever held in Florida.
j. K, Williams, secretary of the st.
Lucie County Good Roads association
Is in receipt of advices from the vari
Gus towns between Jacksonville anc
Miami, as well as from several inland
towns that large delegations will be
present, and the various committees
are preparing for crowd of five hun
dred.
Definite information has been re-
cieved that Logan W. Page, director
of roads for the national department
of agriculture. and President Elliott, of
the Touring Club of America, will be
in attendance on the rally, and will
address the crowd assembled in the
Crystal theatre.
H. B. Race, of Jacksonville, presi-
dent of the st. Lucie County Bank,
will lead the delegation from Jackson
vile, which is now estimated at twenty
cars, with fair prospect of thirty
coming from Jacksonville, which, when
augmt along the road, will amount
TO nearly sixty from the northern divi-
sion of the run. Added to this there
are expected to be nearly an equal
number from points from the south.
An immense barbecue will be served
on the Tucker lot between the store Of
Hendry & Penney and the St. Lucie
Drug store, with an abundance of
barbecued beef, mutton and pork pre-
pared under the skillful direction of
j Ohm Parker. of Fort Drum, whose rep
utation in this extends far beyond the
limits of the country.
The following committees are at
work in preparation to make the rally
here next Wednesday the greatest road
rally ever held in Florida.
Reception committee-R. Why tie, j.
G. Coats, j. E. Andrews, N. o. Penny,
K. b. RauIerson, F. H. Fee, r. N.
j. K. Williams, Perry Carl
ton, w. E, VanLandingham, r. r.
Ricou, R. T. Garrison. A. X. Wilson
and Stanley Kitching.
Checking in and Allotment Com
A. B. Brown, C. M. Horton,
]. K. Williams.
The Entertainment Committee-R.
Whyte, l.. l.. Carlton, P. c. EIdred.
Committee on Meet'ng-A. K. Will
son, e. M. Horton. and 4. Whyte.
Decoration Committee A. d. PEN
1ey, C. c. Feigel, w |. Fee.
Invitations were extended to the
Boards of Trade of the following towns
20 send representatives to the Good
Roads rally to be held here December
,th: St. Augustine. Jacksonville,
Miami, West Palm Beach, Daytona,
DeLand. Palatka, Ocala. Orlando, Sam
lord, Gainesville, Titusville, Fort Laud-
,rdale, Stuart and Cocoa.
Arrangements were made with N.
}. Penny, to meet the visitors from the
,orth at the Sebastian river and pilot
hem to Fort Pierce, while r. L. Gar
'ison and r. r. Ricou to meet those
rom the south at the st. Luce river.
The committee wishes to urge upon
he people of Fo. t Pierce to cooper |
tie with the decoration committee in
heir effort to have every building IN
Fort Pierce fttinEly decorated for this
occasion.