The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-24
Motoring News
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dIct"w1 and commence tie ascent
OF Soath mountain. ON the siintu:L
of the mountain, where TOOK place
the battle of South Mountain. are To-
Gated number of war plates along
the roadside, which give a complete
description Of the various encounters
which took place and the prominent
officers engaged. Another descent
and a short spin over the rolling
country and We pulled into Boones-
.boro. with Its church spires towering
among the mountain tops and neat
freshly painted homes lining the turn
pike. which is the main street of the
town.
AT this point We left the pike and,
turning at forty-f1ve-degree angle to
the left in the center of the town. We
started over good macadam roadway
for keedysville and the Antietam bat
tlefield. at Sharpsburg. About d mile
and a half out from Boonsboro we
were stopped for the first time to Day
toll, which amounted to IL cents. We
proceeded over another fine macada m
read. which was heavy from dust ow-
Ing TO the vast amount of traffic over
this pike The country is rolling
with stone walls lining the roa dside,
while here and there will be found
markers and war plates telling or me
battles fought in the vinicnity of An
tietam. Befor arriving at the bat
tlefieId, however, another halt was
necessary and this time 10 cents toll
was exacted. Leading from the main
roa lway as We approa chpti Sharps-
burg could be seen the road which
leads up to the Dunkard church, sit
uated one mile north Of SharpsbCrg
along the Hagerstown turnpike. This
stone and brick building was badly
damaged at the time of the battle by
the Federal and Confederate batteries,
1t being in direct range. Both armies
sought and found refuge within its
sanctuary. After the battle the church
was repaired and il still in use. The
same road also takes the visitor II
the famous bloody lane which at the
time of the battle was a narrow coun-
try lane followed out somewhat be-
tween the fields and partially shaded.
it was here that the Confederate
fortified themselves and the result
was an immense slaughter. The head
quarters of General Mcclellan were
located about mile and half
northeast of Sharpshurg. number
Of monuments have been erected in
Bloody Lane including those of the
i30th and 132d Pennsylvania and the
Sth Ohio regiments. Another build
ing of historical value is the Grove
house, in Public square, Sharpsburg
1t was here that General Robert E.
Lee held a council of war September
II, 1862. Another point of interest
to the visitor is the Antietam ma
tional cemetery
Pflgrimages to this and similar
places In the grand Old Dominion are
especially appropriate at this semi
centennial period,
Uncinnatis New Signals.
The traffic ordinance in Cincinnati
which for several years has prevented
motorists from using all kinds OF
warning signals except the hand
operated bulb horn has been repealed.
The new law that supplants 1t went
into effect today.
This provides that all automobiles
must be equipped with signals capable
Of producing an abrupt note. suf-
ficiently loud to be heard under all
conditions of traffic. 1t restricts
their use, however, to times OF actual
necessity.
In both respects the new measure
is exactly similar to ordinances re-
Gently enacted by the councils OF Chi
cago, st. Louis, Newark and other
large cities throughout the country.