The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-31
GEORGIA'S GREATEST
AUTOMOBILE TOUR
Continued from Page 2.)

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sudden shower and made a stop on
the road side, huddled together under
q clump of trees like a flock of chick
ene seeking shelter At this point,
also, the car OF L. c. Montague ran
into a hole on the side OF the road,
but with the assistance of Joe Brew
CT and the negro boy in his car Mon
tague was soon extricated and the
tour went on it's way, and half mile
from the point where they were in the
terrific downpour, the roads became
dry and dusty and remained SO all,ths
way into ElbertoS,
The party reached Elberton over
fhree hours late and found that Ell
berton had prepared an elegant sup
per and music and body of citizens
met them and escorted them into
town but it was SO late and the tour
lists had promised positively to get to
Athens as early as possible, they
therefore, asked the Elberton people
TO excuse them and let them 60 their
way which was reluctantly done, and
the tourists started about $50 on the
forty mile trip to Athens.
At the little town of Conner, hall
way between Elberton and Athens,
the tourists again, on account Of being
late, missed a delightful time, as the
mayor of Conner met them and stated
that the citizens of Conner had been
waiting for the tour for FIVE five hours
and that big barbecue had been
served in their honor at the park, and
that the citizens of Conner had just
finished eating it up, having received
the information that the tourists were
going to spend the night at Elberton
instead of going through to Athens.
On arrival at Athens they found
that in some way the same informa-
ton had reached Athens as that which
reached Conner, to the effect that the
tourists would spend the night at FL
berton, and the big banquet which had
been prepared for them at the State
Normal School was called off and the
party of automobiles appointed by
the Chamber of Commerce to meet
the tourists ten miles out OF the city
had also abandoned their part of the
welcome program
The tourists, therefore, missed an
exceedingly delightful time at Elber-
ton in their effort to keep their prom
use to Athens and then missed all the
entertainment planned for them al
Athens on account of inaccurate in
formation received by Athens from
somewhere along the route
On Saturday morning the President
of the Chamber of Commerce at Ath.
ems and Prof. H. B. Richie and wife
played hosts to the tourists and rode
them all over the citstefs Athens and
sga"D them mighty good time, and
somebody presumably Professor
Ritchie) paid for the supper of the
tourists at the restaurant in Athens
Friday night.
At Athens the Secretary and Man
ager of the tour, Mr. Clarke, G.kas
blamed with failure on the part of1tlic
tourists to enjoy big entertainment
at the Normal school which was held
specially in honor of the tourists
Thursday night by the children of the
school. 1t was claimed by Professor
and Mrs. Richie that Secretary
Clarke wrote them that the tour
would reach Athens on Thursday, but
Secretary Clarke got out OF it by
blaming his stenograhper with the err
ror AS the result, therefore. of de-
layed schedule and general mixup the
tourists missed at Athens the most
royal reception they would have re-
ee;ved at any place on the tour, but
nevertheless, the tourists had a good
time afAthens.
The tourists left Athens two hours
behind schedule time and the first
stop out of Athens was Madison,
where the tourists were scheduled to
remain for thirty minutes, but as nei-
Their the Mayor nor a single citizen OF
Madison came forward to greet them
the tourists only remained in Madison
ten minutes and went on to Eatonton
the Mayor of Eatonton having came
all the way to Madison to escort them
back to his home town. The only city
through which the tourists passed
where they were not officially greeted
was the city of Madison.
About FIVE miles out OF Eatonton
Hon. B. w. Hunt, one of the most
prominent bankers of the state, JOIN
ed the Mayor of Eatonton and the :
cars escorted the tourists to about
one mile of Eatonton, where num-
Der of other Eatonton cars, filled with
beautiful women, joined the tour and
escorted them on into Eatonton. The