Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-06
PLEASURES OF
MOTOR TOURING
OPEN TO NATION
interesting Trips of Scenic
Beauty Plentiful in
All Sections.
FINE ROADS EVERYWHERE
Automobile is True DisCoverer
of America and its
Charms.
FINE ROADS EVERYWHERE

When you hear man say that he is
sorry he ever bought his car it is not
necessarily an indication that he paid
more for it than it was worth or that
operation of it is costing him more
than he can afford. The probabilities
are that he is one of the people who I
never have INDUCED in the pleasures of /
touring.
There are many men who still have
the old-fashioned notion that automo-
biles are to be used only on city boule-
wards They ride from their homes to
their offices and from their offices to
their homes, with an occasional trip
through the parks and over the routes
where the crowds are to be found on /
Sundays.
Consequently. they soon grow weary |
of what they call "the same old thing" /
They have yet to learn THAI toaring in /
an automobile is not surpassed by any |
other kind of outdoor fun. They have
failed to put their cars to one of the |
best of their many splendid uses.
In these days of road-improvement, |
and since automobiles in general have
been developed to a point at which the
troubles that used to. be common have |
practically been eliminated. it is pos
Sible for the tourist to start for almost
any point with reasonable certainty |
of getting there and back.
The betterment of roads in almost all
parts of the country has been accom- |
panied by the establishment of many
conyeliences which add to the pleas
ures of motoring. One never gets far
from place at which gasoline is sup
piled; tires can be found at nearly any
country store, and shop at which
emergency repairs can be made is usu-
ally close at hand IL things happen to
go wrong.
Furthermore, there has. owing to the
popularity of touring, been an appre-
ciable Improvement in the accommo
Stations offered by hotels in the small
towns and villages. Good meals and
-%mforuahle beds at reasonable prices
-Sre the rule, rather than the exception,
almost wherever the tourist finds 1t
necessary to put up for the night.
The country tavern has been rehab-
1litated. To the livelness and preten-
sions of the old stage coaching days
have in many instances been added
modern conveniences and up-to-date
service which contributes much to the
enjoyment of the touring party.
Attractions Everywhere
Within easy reach of almost every
city in America there is some place
that is well worthy of visit from the
tourist In most cases there are many
such points.
The car owner who complains that
there's no place worth seeing" within
. days ride of the town or city in
which he lives is to be pitied, because
the trouble undoubtedly is his own in
ability to appreciate what Is sublime,
or beautiful or interesting.
Not every state has a Grand Cam
ycn, a Yosemite. Yellowstone Park, a
Niagara Falls or a Mt. Vernon, but
there isn't a single state of the Union
hot ia who NJ
ders, IL 1t possesses no other spots that
should be interesting for one reason
or another. 1t Is hardly too much to
say, indeed. that there isn't single
section of any state that is altogether
lacking in places of unusual scenic
charms or historical or romantic asso-
Citations.
The coming of the automobile tour
fst has brought about the discovery"
of hundreds of interesting places that
might otherwise have remained for
ever unknown and unsung. The hilly
regions and the prairie country, the
lakes, the rivers and the valleys. all
have their peculiar charms, so that
there is easily accessible within a
weekend tour of every important CEN
ter of population some place that Is
worth seeing and worth knowing.
In addition to the attractions that
are to be found on short local tours
there are always the long trips to make
their appeal to the automobile owner
who has a desire TO see the beauties
and study the greatness of his coun-
try. The man who crosses the CONT
nent in an automobile gets real con-
4eeption of the vastness of the United
States: he has an adequate under
standing of the countrys agricultural
and mineral wealth, and he obtains the
opportunity to get q CLOSE UP" view
of the most splendid among It's multi
7plicity of charms
Some Favored Sections
There Is the Berkshire Hills coun-
try in Massachusetts, the White Noun
tain Region In New Hampshire, the
Beautiful district around Lake Cham
plain and Lake George In New York.
not to mention the Mohawk Valley,
the Catskills or the Adirondacks. The
Blue Grass section of Kentucky; pic
-turesque Eastern Tennessee and West
.@rn North Carolina; the Lake regions
ct Michigan, Wisconsin and Mime
aota; the splendors of California, Colo
rado and Arizona. To attempt to name
all or half of the wonderful places that
are easily accessible to the automobile
tourist would be to follow the example
OF the brook, and go on forever
There should be no trouble whatso-
aver in obtaining any route informa-
1fon that may be wanted no matter
what section OF the country the tourist
mav wish to visit Route cards and
maps are free for the asking and they
supply all the directions that the mo-
Noraa4 RA0uiRNa,