Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-06-18
ROM PINE BLUFF
m virginia and
RETURN BY AUTO
,,,ae Young Lawyers
zach 1 Home Yesterday
After $500 Mile Trip.

!, The way from Pine Bluff to
exington, Va. and return a trip
,voring in round numbers 1900
"os and carrying Arkansas air
a ,.' the start until the machine had
onned in front of the courthouse
o .tarday was the record made by a
n s, car and United States tires,
u s;ob we're used by City Attorney
a u.I Wood, Attorneys Ben Harvey,
~ Foster. who returned yesterday
an. their trip to Washington &
!. w. University at Lexington, and the
.nfederate reunion at Richmond.
y %rhe car was right there all the
~ said Mr.. Wood. "Once or
,io se some of the wires on the en-
no ~, would work loose, but a moment
two sufficed to tighten them up
an and we would proceed on our
~ We had only one puncture and
'Iv two blow-outs, on the entire
n One of the tires is as sound
'w as it was when we started-the
Kansas air it started with is still
ere" 49, III,
The party left here about three
bpks ago, Judge w. H. Harvey being
member Judge Harvey could not
main away as long as the others in
Il Marty. and returned home by
hin some days ago: When the car
Lexington, the party had with
em a Helena boy, John Faulkner,
h remained with them. until Nc
hoe was reached, when he caught
train. for his home. This means
h the car carried four passengers
the entire trip, going and return
Had "Barrel Of Fun
I'VE had a most pleasant and in
lesting trip said Mr.. Wood. I'VE
4 barrel of fun, and enjoyed our
Ives to the limit. There were lots
experiences, most Of them funny,
none ofthem, tragic or even ser
n. The car was. covered with
Gnted signs, which let the people
Erywhere know We are from Pine
bf,fiOn to Richmond We're from
kansaw,,' sWe did it, and other such
ngs. The machine stood up to ev-
Ething we asked of it, we never had
breakdown, and although we were
against some mighty stiff road
bnositions when we passed through
sissippi in a rainy season, the car
its part all the way"
DR. Harvey mentioned that the car
travelled perhaps $4,000 miles in
around Pine Bluff before it start
on this trip, which indicated that
car had not been previously pre-
ed for the journey, was not a
cial make, and was not even
car. All of which makes the
cess of the trip the more note
kthy, so far as concerns the car.
Through Eight States.
I'VE travelled straight into Lexing-
after leaving here" said Mr..
liter. 1--WE made a number OF side
ps out Of Lexington, going over
Richmond for the Confederate re-
on on one such journey. Coming
he, we travelled south along the
antic coast states, passing through
Eth and South Carolina, Georgia,
bama and Mississippi, into Az
bsas.
I'VE had excellent weather all the
!, until after we left Rome, Ca,
our way home. The rain made the
roads mighty hard on us, through
bama and Mississippi, and we re-
mber we'll the buckshot mud OF
orehead, Miss, and the slick hills
und Starkville. We pulled through
0. K, however. Last night we
nt at McGehee, coming from there
ay."
he car was dirty and showed other
ns Of having made a long journey,
apparently was just as ready as
to start somewhere right away.
feat of the car and the sturdy
nner in which the tires held up
II part of the job, was the subject
more than ordinary interest among
tor enthusiasts here yesterday aft
loon and evening.
The Woman0 DE OF thaatra TODAY,