Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-25
ALABAMA ROAD SCOUTS
HEADED FOR AMERICAS
To Connect With Anderson,
-ThOmaSViIIe Route
(By Edward Doty, Special Cores
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Andalusia, Ala, July 23.-TheI
South Alabama scouts, using three
cars and carrying ten persons, left
Andalusia Thursday morning for Mo-
bile. The aim of these scouts is toI
connect South Alabama vitPSAe An
lle-ThomasvilIe Highway qtl
Americas, starting at Mobile and
passing through Daphne, Bay Min
nette, Atmore, Brewton, Brooklyn,
Andalusia, Elba, Troy, Clayton, Eu-
faula, Cuthbert, Dawson and Ameri-
Gus. Much enthusiasm was demon
strated all along the line on the way
down to Mobile, but the return trip
was simply an ovation at every stop
and on every road that the cars pass
ed. South Alabama has simply gone
wild over this connection with the
great national highway. The COM
missioners of the several counties
through which the proposed road
passes are pledging the construction
of whatever roads may be necessary.
Not one county has thus far failed
to make this guarantee where it was
asked.
The actual running time of the cars
from Andalusia to Mobile was nine
hours and thirty minutes. The dis
lance is 1873 $40 miles. The scout
cars reached Mobile Friday morning
at 9:15 O'Clock and the Mobile Com
mercial Club met them at the landing,
The entire day was consumed in en-
tertainments, closing with banquet
given in the Cawthorn Hotel vine
yard, where the officers Of Mobile
Commercial Club, Mobile Newspaper
men and the scout party were the
guests of Manager c. B. Harvey, Of
the hotel. 1t would be difficult 10
describe the excellence of this affair
without consuming column of space.
However, the Mobile newspapers con-
tributed literally of their space and
melted out full Justice. 1t was late
in the evening when the three scout
cars were driven on the ferry boat
and the start was actually made for
Americas and Atlanta, At 11;15 Fri
day evening the scout car pulled into
! Pensacola, siXty-one miles from Mo-
bile. The scoute desired to make this
trip, as there is a prospect of touch
ing that city on the proposed high
way. Pensacola city and the county
promised everything that was neces-
sary to bring the highway through
that part. At 10 o'clock Saturday
morning the scout cars started for
Andalusia, to rest over Sunday. OF
all the receptions along the line, and
of all the demonstrations, it was the
one coming from the homefolks that
touched the scouts in tender spot.
:, Perhaps every automobile in this part
, of Covington county was brought into
use. Twenty-four miles below Anda-
lusia the first delegation of twelve
cars was met. Every two or three
| miles punches of cars would join the
: parade, and by the time Andalusia
, was reached the parade was perhaps
two miles long. Here the scouts pass
ed Sunday with their families. Al
= 6 o'clock Monday morning the cars
left for Americas and Atlanta
: Each county in Alabama will furnish
escorts for the cars through the en-
tire county. Tuesday the cars will
? be AT Eufaula and attend the big
l barbecue The cars are expected C
5 reach Americas Tuesday night 81
Wednesday morning. On account o.
the receptions and entertainments j
> is next to impossible to keep any
! where near the regular schedul