The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-11-23
ESCORTED FROM MARIANA
TO QUINCY BY CITIZENS

swinging slowly into midstream Of the
Apalachicola river, fringed by the
great live oak trees draped with
Spanish moss. Look away to the fur
ther shore and and see there a land
ing black with waiting people. Lis
ten
TITS Long, Long Way to Tip
perary, a Long, Long Way to Co.,
and then the beloved, rt-thrilling
strains Of "Dixie," played by brass
band and thus it was on sunshiny
morning of the Sabbath day that the
scout car for the Old Spanish Trail
came to the west shore of the river,
to Chattahoochie and one more link
in the Florida demand for the route
of the great gulf coast highway pro-
ject. It was, an inspiring beginning
for day that found at Marianna at
o'clock In morning time an escort
party All the way fsuln Quincy, wait
ing to see that the scouts aafalx rnhde
detour through the river. swapps
around the place where Jackson and
Gadsden counties give assurance
that they will build approaches for a
permanent crossing within the next
few months.
II was a Sabbath that violated none
of the precepts of the Sabbath, but
one In which the Gospel of good roads
was preached across five counties and
the scout car covered TIA miles of
good, bad and Indifferent roads, with
all counties striving desperately to
show that they are heart and soul
with the Old Spanish Trail project
and that they will bring to the Mobile
convention in December live en-
thusiasm that has not been surpassed
anywhere else in America.
LEADERS FAVOR PROJECT.
| A state senator rode all day in the
scout car, being Senator Watson, VINO
said he would lead the Quincy delega-
ton to Mobile and he would see that
Florida had the kind of q highway
"steam roller" that would effect the
first great national highway conven-
ton organization for the southern
route from ocean to ocean. Mayors
of cities, county commissioners, post.
masters, sheriffs and chiefs of police
lawyers, doctors and other business
and professional men affixed their
signatures to pledges for the Ole
Spanish Trail, winding up with a re.
ception in Live Oak at night by Cap
tain w. X. Hillman, member of ths
Florida State Highway Commission
who will personally conduct the OLE
Spanish Trail scout car starting Wed
nesday morning down the west gull
coast on a whirlwind visit in recogni
ton of Tampa's claim to being in
cluded in the routing of the trail.
| Highway history was made fol
Florida on this day.
i Starting for Jacksonville the scou
party makes but one stop, that a
Lake City, spending a night in Jack
, sonville and returning to Live Gal
for the southern swing.
RECORD TELLS 1T.
And take the record, in the hand
writing Of Florida, (they have begun
to call it the handwriting on the wal
as they set it DOWN. It tells of wav
Of enthusiasm for the Old Spanis
Trail that Florida declares will sweeI
. all opposition to this route from tn
map. All are being assured by tn
leader of the scout party that fror
the moment of their arrival in Mobil
that the convention is their own; tha
with the delegations from the cour
ties and cities on the other routes
is with the convention to arrange it
own organization and to decide fo
itself where it's strength lies for th
most feasible, the most beautiful an
,, the most quickly built highway. The
! are adopting the convention and Mo
bile is receiving the praises of all con
munities for the idea originating wit
: its business men for correlatng tn
!, influences of the gulf coast into
great project that will not only cor
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