The Washington herald., 1914-12-13
is available unless dry weather pre-

| is available unless dry weather pre-
vail.
Another course that may be followed
II the tourists time is limited, is to fol-
low the good gravel road through Seven
Pines; some sandy stretches will be
found on the way to Williamsburg. from
which point there is a good shell road
through Newport News to Old Point Com.
fort, where the boat may be taken for
New York.
New NOads to Atlanta.
Richmond Is fortunate in being located
on the Washington-Atlanta demonstra-
ton highway. This road has been greatly
improved and can be used at any season
without difficulty. A large amount of
money has been appropriated by the vaII-
Gus counties through which this road
! passes.
From Richmond the road follows
through Petersburg Dinwiddie. SkeltOn,
Boydton. ClarksviIle, then across the
Virginia Carolina State line and through
! Oxford, Durham, Raleigh, capital of
North Carolina, Smithfield. Fayetteville.
| Raeford. Montrose and Aberdeen TO Pine
| hurst.
Pinehurst is located in a, region that
! has a fine dry climate during the winter
| months. Golf, tennis and riding are the
popular sports, and there is some excel
! lent shooting on the 4O,OOO-acre private
J preserve. For the motor enthusiast there
is a network of over 1000 miles of excel
! lent roads
From Pinehurst good sand-clay roads
lead through Jackson Springs. Rocking
ham and across the Great Pee Dee River
TO Cheraw.
Atlanta Roads Improved.
From this point it was formerly neces-
Ta- lii i
BishopvilIe to Camden. A more direct
road is now available owing to improve
ments which have eliminated some OF the
worst roads on the entire Washington
Atlanta road. Good sand-clay roads then
lead through Lugoff TO Columbia. the cap
ital of South Carolina. This city is beau
tifully located on. the high banks OF the
Congaree River. Its streets are wide and
shady and there are several parks for
driving. Some of the South Carolina
roads were damaged by the heavy rains
in July. but the bad places have been i'm
proved and fairly good sand-clay roads go
by way OF Brookland. Lexington. Leese-
Vile Batesburg and Hibernia TO Aiken, a
popular and fashionable winter resort.
This is the sand-hill district and there
are forests OF fragrant pines growing in
the white sand. Beautiful gardens Of
jessamine and orange trees are plenti-
full. The atmosphere is dry and balmy
and it is well worth breaking into ones
journey to linger a while in this place.
The golf links are as fine as any in the
country, and fox hunting. polo. racing.
tennis, cricket and other amusementsI
may be enjoyed.
From Aiken. go by way Of Gloverville.
LOngley, Bath and Clearwater, then
cross the Savannah River into Augusta,
Ga. The city Is the third in size in the
State. and, located at the head Of max
igation on the Savannah River, it is the
center OF very active shipping indus
try. Among the many beautiful places
to visit in and around this city is Sum-
merville, a noted resort.
From Augusta. the roads have been
greatly improved to Atlanta. II is no
longer necessary to take the round !
about routes through Millredgeville or
Lawrenceville, and the two more direct /
routes which may now be used are by
way of Thomson. Athens and Stone
Mountain and through Thomson. Craw- |
fordsvile. Uniona Point and Stone Noun !
tain.
This tour to Atlanta is well worth TAX !
ing and the trip through the CarOinas, |
and Georgia will be found most enjoy !
able.
The return trip may be made by way
of Greeneville Charlotte, Greensboro, |!
Lynchburg. Natural Bridge and Staun- |
ton. where a connection may be made
with the Shenandoah Valley pike.