Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-08
.ANDERSONVILLE. BROWNSVILLE ROUTE
Will INCLUDE THE entire STATE
ROund,the-S Tour viii Be Organ
lied to Occur This Fall. AmeFiCuS
Gets Next Meeting Of the Executive
Committee. Meeting Enthusiastic
in Every Way.
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Montezuma, Ga, July 7, 1911.-As
result of the large and enthusiastic
good roads convention held here to-
day, at which were present delegates
from all counties on the Anderson
Iville-Thomasville Route, the Chatta
Inooga-Rome Route and the Macon
Dublin-Savannah Route will form
parts of the observation-disclosures
Vile Route and a tour of all the coun-
ties concerned will be organized to
take place during the coming fall,
ending in Savannah at the time of the
holding of the Grand Prize and Van
derbilt Cup races in November
The invitation extended by Amercus
for the next session of the convention
was accepted by by unanimous vote.
The Carnegie Library building,
where the convention was held, was
comfortably filled with delegates, who
numbered no fewer than $50. They
came from every county represented
along the line of the Andersonville
Thomasville Route. The Sumter coun-
ty delegation was a large and repre-
sentative one, being larger than any
other county along the route, with the
exception of Macon county Among
the delegates from Sumter were
Messrs. Crawford Wheatley, Clarence
j. White, Frank P. Harold, Frank
Sheffield Arthur Rylander, IS. l.. Sills,
G. o. Loving and Oscar Roach
The convention was called to order
by Mr.. H. A Taryer, secretary of the
Albany Chamber of Commerce. The
welcome address was delivered by Mr..
Yancey Hill, of Montezuma, and the
response to the address of welcome
was happily phrased by Mr.. Crawford
Wheatley, president of the Americus
Board of Trade. Mr. A. E. Bedingfield,
secretary of the Montezuma Board Of
Trade, was chosen secretary of the
convention.
On the ways and means committee
of the convention were appointed
Messrs. Nelson Tiff, of Albany, chair
man; Judge Hansell Merrill, of Thorn
asville, and Messrs. Frank Sheffield,
of Americus; Ed Mckenzie of Monte
yuma. and Fred Lewis. or Atlanta At
the meeting of this committee appear
ed Mr.. IA. N. Tumlin, chairman of the
North Georgia and Alabama Good
Roads Association, and Mr.. Frank G.
Corker, chairman of the good roads
committee of the Dublin Chamber Of
Commerce. In session this committee
adopted a series of resolutions, MAX
ing the Chattanooga-Rome Route and
he Macon-Dublin Savannah Route af-
fill, Ned branches of the Andersonville-
Thomasville Route.
On the special committee to arrange
for the perfecting of the Round-the-
State Tour were named Messrs CraW
ford Wheatley, of Americus; Nelson
Tiff, of Albany; Ed Mckenzie, of Mon
tezuma, AMI e. NJ. Owens, of Zebulon.
This committee will meet in Atlanta
July II, to complete all arrangements
for thes holding of the tour. For the
fund to finance the tour The Atlanta
Constitution subscribed 81 900, and
the Dublin Chamber of Commerce sub
scribed $500. The understanding is
that the sum will not be less than
$4,000. All the cities and counties
along the various routes are called
upon to make voluntary subscriptions
to help defray the expenses incident
to the holding of the tour.
The fund raised will be used also
to issue a booklet, including maps of
all the routes included Each city and
county will be allotted space in this
booklet in proportion to the amount { f
money contributed to the fund