The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-03-23

cars across.
When the tourists offered to pay
ferry toll, Mr.. Dyal mopped his brow
and said:
'All | want is the eastern route"
Start From Jacksonville.
The tour left Jacksonville yesterday
morning with fine weather and with
an escort from Jacksonville, Bruins
wick and Savannah. From Jacksonville
all the way to Brunswick the directors
encountered nothing but good roads,
over which they made splendid time
and with but very little dust. From
25 miles out of Jacksonville the tour
ran over a fine shell road and after
that the road was graded and top
soiled practically all the way, a good
deal of the road being cherted.
When the tour arrived at noon at the
| st. Marys river, which is the dividing
line between Florida and Georgia,
they were given a fine farewell from
| Florida and hearty welcome to
Georgia at big fishfry on the Florida
bank of the stream The women folk
had prepared a feast fit for a king and
! the tourists did it most complimentary
! justice.
: After the dinner DR.. A H. Prince,
J of Kingsland, Ca. introduced various
{ local speakers and members of the of
ficial party. The visitors had high
| praise for the hospitality of the people
and for the great work which they
have done in road building
The dinner and speaking took place
at Wild's ferry, across which the tour
lists were quickly and easily transport
ed. The event was the joint compli
ment to the tourists of the people OF
Nassau county, Florida, and Camden
county, Georgia.
Among the Nassau county people
who had charge of the entertainment
were County Commissioners j. w
Loman, o. R. Sander. A. ~ Jones ant
| Mr. Gowen, Harry Goldstein and 9th
ers
From the Georgia side were Camden
county commissioners, ]. C. Buie
!Clyde Mccarthy, M. B. McKendrie
George w. Brandon and G. B. Smith
J. Oliver Dyal, J. G. n Davis, W. H
King. Thomas Casey and others.
S. c. Townsend, attorney for tht
county commissioners of Camden coun
ty, made the tourists welcome back IL
Georgia in speech
From the state line to Woodbint
ferry the tour had fine going, and a
Woodbine-it happened!
Arrival Here.
The first car to reach the CITY
brought in Commissioner Clark How
ell, ex-Lieutenant Governor Harry L
Gordon, vice president of the asso
citation, and one or two others. From
that time on the machines arrived il
the city at intervals of about Is min
utes, the last party arriving abou
l1:30 O'Clock. After the wind sub
sided at Woodbine the cars were fer
ried over in rapid succession. whil
the aid rendered by Mr.. Dyal at Owen
ferry assisted number of the cars.
Brunswickians, who had gone ou
to met the visitors, returned to tn
city during the afternoon, that is thos
who had not crossed the river. TIL
car of F. D. Aiken, including A.
Crovat, l.. H. Haym and b. F. Jone
went as far as the ferry, then return
ing to the city in order to clear tn
road of any trees which might hav
been blown down by the heavy gale
That the wind was blowing at a hig
velocity, is evidenced by the fact tha
this party of Brunswickian assisted il
removing three trees from the road.
Some Is machines which ha
gone out to the community schoo
/, headed by the Boy Scouts in the bi
, city automobile, waited for a TINS
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