The Forrest City times., 1911-10-27
FORREST CITY TO MEMPHIS
Auto Party Have Successful Run Over Newly Reopened Road Warmly
 Received in the Bluff City.

ly dozen enthusiastic good roads boosters, left Forrest City Tuesday morning at o'clock for a tour of in spection over the, not proposed road, but the sure enough practical high way to Memphis-50 mics away yia the old Military Road
 This highway starts at Forrest City, crossing the steel bridge which spaHs the St. Francis river at Madison thence north along the St Fraaeis river to the Hunter place, l6 miles: thence inland, intercepting the Old Military Road at the Patterson place: thence straight away through an arch way of royal forest to Mound City on the Mississippi River. totake the boat to Memphis.
 After many stops, inspecting and taking pictures by Mir. Orrin Winford, the artist who accompanied the Boes- ters. the party arrived at Memphis about o'clock.
 Registering at the Peabody as Ar
  tention, and the party was interview ed by the Commercial \ Appeal, and next morning the interview together with view of part of the road, and the object of the party coming 10 Mem phis was stated at length. And in the afternoon the Scimitar published d asplendid appeal to Memphis to be come interested in the highway to the Great Wests
 Memphis is always awake to it's ih- terests, and especially so when Arkan- sas Is concerned, and next morning the party was taken in charge by Mr- l. T. Willingham, who introduced them 10 the various Boosting Clubs, who seemed anxious to talk and work in the cause of good roads. The office of the Memphis to Bristol Highway Association was visited, and Hon F. W. DeRositt and Capt. Jas. Russell, as spokesmen of the committee, clear ly stated the object of the visit. Much encouragement was offered, and the committee was assured that the mat ter of the Forrest City Memphis High way would receive attention. The Automobile Club, consisting of over 1000 members, was then visited \ number of members were present. So impressed were they when the sub ject was discussed and they realized how Memphis would be benefited by this highway, they almost pledged the funds forthcoming to finish it. Mem phis is surely interested
 \ road through the bot tom Was thought by many to be impracticable, but that idea has been abandoned thanks to the spokesmen of the com mittee, who demonstrated how easily and with but little cost the road could be made the handsomest highway in the nited States. For twenty miles or more Of the road the limbs of the trees interlace, making q perfect syl van bower, and the sixteen miles along the banks of the St. Francis river k a panorama Qf scenery unsurpassed
 At Marion the party captured ! E. Thompson. County Judge of Critten- den. and carried him To Memphis The Judge k an enthusiast on good roads, and he k now working the Old Military Road tothe Grittenden eoan- ty line St. Francis county is never behind n the march 0f progression, and we can depend upon Judge Rolfe making model road to the county line. thus leaving scant four miles along the line of Cross county to he met by subscription
 "Wednesday afternoon the party was taken in charge by Mr. and Mir |. T. Willingham and treated to d Hj0y ride" through Memphis magnificent parks and thoroughfares. And by the way, there is no more enthusiastic booster" of good roads than Mrs. Will. lingham, and she is heartily in accord with the movement te build this con meeting link 10 the west, practically making great highway from Mem phis to the Rio Grande. The party is also indebted to MT H (. Luckett. of the Chalmers Motor Car Co, for fayorS.
 Delighted with result of their mis- sion, the good roads committee left for their homes at o'clock Thursday morning, making .he run of 50 miles over this incomplete road in 3 hours 49 minutes, stopping at Fishing Lake Plantation al noon to accept the invi- tation of Mr. Jim DeRositt to partake of "chickin and dumplina dinner
 The members of the party were $. P. Mcdaniel. A. n cDaniel, Chas. Mcdaniel, Col. Ed. Landvoigt. !. N. Barnhart, R. 0. klotz, James Russell, F w. DeRositt, Otis stevens, | NJ Davis, ] O. Winford.