The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-23
PLANS AUTO PARADE
OVER NEW HIGHWAY
Towns on Paducah-M Memphis Road
Will Send Many Cars.

A monster automobile pageant tc
celebrate the completion of the Pa
ducah-to- Memphis Highway, to in
clude motor cars from all towns OF
the Interstate pike, has been planned
by L. G.. Norveli, of Newbern, Tenn.
president of the League of West
Tennessee Business Mems Clubs.
/ The parade will start from Pa
ducah, and as the auto train pro-
ceeds toward Memphis it will be
ljoined by more autos at each town,
The parade will be timed to reach
Memphis on Aug. IT, the opening
day of the annual convention of the
Cotton States Merchants Associa-
tion. It is expected that several
hundred cars will be in line.
Every portion of the Paducah-to-
Memphis Highway will be put in
frst-class condition July 20, which
has been set apart by Gov. Rye as
road working day in West Tennes-
see. Business men and farmers will
put aside their regular duties and
Join together in improving the roads.
SILVER CUP is OFFERED.
To stimulate rivalry among the va
rious towns along the route, F. N.
Fisher, president of the Business
Mems Club, announced yesterday
that he would present silver loving
cup to the county which gets the
best results on good roads day.
w. G.. Reynolds, OF Union City
has appointed committee of three,
composed of Tom B. King, w. A..
Johnson and John M. luther, to go
over the completed highway and de-
termine which county is entitled to
the cup.
Regarding the auto parade to cele-
brate the completion of the highway,
Mr. Norvell has written to Mr..
luther as follows:
"In my opinion this is capital
idea and will fit exactly into the
minds of the people in the territory
this highway traverses. l am sure
there is no spot on the globe they
would rather visit than Memphis,
and they have been hungry for a
long time to ride over a first-class
highway.
"They also have live interest in
the Cotton States Merchants Asso-
citation, and, believe, an auto train
as long as that of the good roads
boosters, June 22 and 23, can be
easily formed. Laterals to this
highway, which also will be built
on the 29th, no doubt would con-
tribute many cars to the parade.
WILL INCREASE INTEREST.
"As it occurs to me, this parade,
besides it's other values and the
pleasures of the trip, will be an ex-
cellent medium thru which further
to spread the good roads interest
thruout our country. People riding
over that much of model dirt road
will surely go back home more con-
firmed and enthusiastic good roads
boosters, and will want other good
roads in their respective communi-
ties. They will enter with increased |
energy into determined effort of this
league for a network of perfect |
roadways all over West Tennessee.
II have communicated this matter
by telephone to w. G. Reynolds of I
Union City, Tenn, chairman of the
good roads department of the league,
and the same meets with his hearty
He informs me that right |
after July 20 the movement for this
auto parade will be taken up.
'Mr. Reynolds has uniform way
of making good on what he under
takes, and l am sure that Memphis
may expect on Aug. II to be cap
sured again by progressives from
along the highways course, as she
was on June 23."