The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-31

ing around up and down mountain
hills in the rain at midnight and a
cheer went up from the tourists when
the lights of the Cliff House shone
in the distance at a little past mid
night.
Upon arrival at the Cliff House Sec
rotary Clarke Immediately counted
the cars and found one was missing,
which proved to be the car of L. C.
Montague containing Mr. Montague
and his wife, and Mr.. Earl Griggs
and his wife, of the Atlanta Georgian.
Captain J. c. Glover volunteered to
go back with his car and find the miss
ing tourists and he did so accompani-
ed by Secretary Clarke and Homer
Waters. About seven miles back the
lights of Mr.. Montague's car were
seen shining and soon they reached
him. and he was hobbling along do
ing the best he could with a slipping
CLUTCH and would have eventually
made the trip in safety without as
sistance; but his load was lightened
by transfer OF baggage and passeng-
ers to Mr.. Glover's car, and he then
made the trip in without difficulty, and
at little after 200 o'clock all the
| tourists had arrived.
The next day had been planned as
a rest day at Tallulah Falls with only
fortytwo mile trip for the entire
day, being from Tallulah Falls to Ra-
i bun Gap Ga distance of twenty-one
miles) and return.
The tourists slept late Wednesday
morning and spent the entire morn
ing around Tallulah Falls. and about
noon started for Rabun Gap The sun
was shining but the air was damp and
indications pointed to rain in the af-
ternoon. At Tallulah Falls, however,
the tourists were cheered in regard
to the road by the fact that the pub
licity car spent the night at Tallulah
Falls, having been over the roads
from Tallulah Falls to Rabun Gap the
day previous, and they reported the
roads in good condition. At Tallu1ah
Falls Secretary Clarke gave up his
seat in the pacemaker's car in order
to allow Mr.. Earl Gdiggs of the At
lanta Georgian to ride with Mr.. Girl
ner, and took a seat in the car with
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Brewer, and remain
ed in this car until the tourists reach
ed Macon.
At noon Wednesday the tourists
started for Clayton where they had
been scheduled to take dinner and
the trip of about fourteen miles was
made in about an hour, and upon ar
rival the tourists scattered to the diff
ferent hotels and ate dinner.
AS soon as dinner was over the
tourists started for Rabun Gap but
had gone only half mile when a
heavy mountain shower descended
and the roads, which were practically
all red clay, became as slick as glass
and after going about two miles,
President Griner who was pace-mak-
ing the tourists, stopped at danger
Gus curve in the road and decided it
was best not to attempt the trip to
Rabun Gap, decision which seemed
to satisfy all the tourists.
Upon the arrival of the last car at
this spot Secretary Clarke called for
a volunteer car to take him to the end
of the official route-Rabun Gap
and in his usual enthusiastic way, Joe
Brewer turned to Secretary Clarke
and said: do you really want to go
to Rabun Gap?" Secretary Clarke re-
piled that he was very anxious for at
least one car to go to the end of the
official route, and Toe Brewer remark
ed: "All right, partner, we've done
gone to Rabun Cap" and by careful
manoeuvering the car ~eased past
all of the others and fought it's way
along the slickest road of the tour
to the school house at the head of
Rabun Gap.
All along the route from this point
to Rabun Gap the farm house veran-
das and small store fronts were lined
with people who waved and cheered
the lone car as it skidded and sloshed
along manfully fighting its way to the
end of the official route
Arriving at Rabun Gap school
house which is a state institution,
and located on the highest land in the
state of Georgia, only about FIVE miles
from the Tennessee line, the car was
met by the wife of Prof. w. F. Rit-
chic, who is relative of Prof H. B.
Richie, formerly of Fitzgerald, and
who is in charge of the Rabun Gap
school and farm, and Miss Cornelia
Steele, one OF the teachers of the
school.
The main body of the tourists wait
ed until the rain had subsidized and
made the trip back to Clayton and
to Tallulah Falls without serious diff