The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-07-28
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
AND ITINERARY
For Dixie Highway Tour, Florida to
Cincinnati, Sept. to 8, Under
Auspices Chattanooga
Auto Club
FIRST DAY

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first division composed of all Florida
East Coast cars, from points between
Miami and Jacksonville, assemble in
advance at Jacksonville and start
from that city at a. m, the first
days run being to Macon, via Way
cross, picking up South Georgia cars
en- route.
Second division, composed of all
central and west coast Florida cars,
from points between Fort Myers and
Gainesville, assemble in advance at
Gainesville and start from that city
at a. M, the first days run being to
Macon, via Tallahassee and Thomas
vile, picking up north Florida and
southwest Georgia cars en- route.
Second Day
TUESDAY, Sept. 6.)-All Florida
cars of first and second divisions con-
solidate as first division, under lead
ership of Jacksonville.
First and second divisions leave
Macon at z a. m. for Atlanta, second
division picking up middle Georgia
cars en- route.
Third Day
"wednesday, Sept. 7.)-As a per-
sonal compliment to Judge M. M. AL
lison, for six years president of the
Dixie Highway Association, the pres
ident's division, under the leadership
of Chattanooga, will form at Chatta-
nooga and blaze the trail on to Gin
cinnati, Chattanooga being the south
ern terminus of the eastern division
of the highway, of which this tour will
mark the formal opening. This divis-
ion will be made up of cars from
Chattanooga, from Marion county
from which Judge Allison originally
hailed, and from points between Chat
tanooga and Knoxville.
The afternoon run from Knoxville
will be to such points in Kentucky,
via Jellico, as each division can reach
by z D. m. No one town in this ter
ritory has hotel and garage accommo-
dations for the entire party. 1t will
be the purpose to cover as much mile
age that day as possible in order to
insure arrival in Cincinnati the fourth
day.
Fourth Day
| Thursday, Sept. S).-The ninth di-
vision will form under the leadership
of Lexington, at Lexington. taking
over all Kentucky cars picked up by
the seventh division and additional
Kentucky cars between Lexington and
Cincinnati.
All divisions leave overnight sta
tions at Z a. m. and proceed via Lex
ington to Covington, KY, where the
tourists will be met by reception
committee from the Cincinnati Auto
mobile Club and form for drive thru
u Covington and across the Ohio river
bridge into Cincinnati, disbanding al
Gibson House, headquarters for Dixie
Highway Association meeting.
There win be no entrance or Other
charges for this tour, other than the
personal travelling and hotel expense!
of each individual, which the individ
ual viii determine according to hi:
| own requirements.
) The Cincinnati Automobile Club an
nounces prizes to be awarded tourist:
driving to the Cincinnati meeting, a
+ follows:
One hundred dollars in gold for th'
t automobile coming the longest dis
{ tance; a suitable prize for the larges
a number registering from any count.
( on the Dixie Highway. outside of 10l
e miles distance from Cincinnati; and
. suitable prize for the largest numbe
registering from any county on tn
Dixie Highway within 100 miles dis
tanee from Cincinnati (Hamiltol
t county, Ohio, Kenton and Campbell
q COMMITTEES XIV excented)