The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-16

ton Says South Georgia's Advan-
tages Superior to Those of Florida.
Should Not Be Content to Sell a
Little Gas and Oil to Tourists.
Mr.. c. E. Henderson, of Columbus,
representing the National Motorist
| Association, was in Dawson on Thurs
day in the interest Of that association
and the huge motorcade which will
start at Chicago early next fall and
pass through the city over the Florida
Short Route highway.
Mr.. Henderson is anxious that the
motorcade, which will be under the
auspices OF the National Motorist AS
ISOLATION and composed of $50 to 200
automobiles with 400 or 500 people,
will be given a cordial reception as it
passes through south Georgia, and be-
lieves that the people of Dawson will
not miss this opportunity to welcome
these representative people from the
northwest and show them the many
advantages of this section.
| These tourists will be mostly citi-
zens of wealth and influence, and with
the assistance OF the people living along
the Short Route it is hoped by Mr.
Henderson to impress upon the WISH
tors the many advantages OF this sec
ton and show them they need make
no further search for the best place in
which to locate. Georgia offers much
better opportunities than does Florida,
and the people here should not be con-
tent to sell the thousands OF tourists
vino pass through every year little
gas and oil and allow them to pass
on to Florida, where fortunes are
turned over every day.
What About 1t, Dawson7
| There are two alternatives for the
people of Dawson. One is to allow
the motorcade TO pass through unno-
ticed except by few who may be
on the streets at the time, and the
other is to give the visitors a cordial
reception and entertain them in way
that will favorably impress them with
the town and its people.
There is no reason why Dawson on
the Florida Short Route, over which
all members of the National Motorist
Association will be routed on their
trips south, should not get in on the
ground floor.
The official bodies and civic organ
izations of the city should begin now
plans to entertain the members of the
motorcade when they pass through.
The next issue OF the Illinois Mo
, torist, the official publication OF the
National Motorist Association, will
contain an article telling of the ad-
vantages of Terrell county and print
photographs Of the roads, crops and
other things OF interest. Thousands of
tourists will read this article and see
these pictures, and every member OF
the motorcade will be expecting some
thing great in Terrell county. Will it
be shown to them, or will they have
to look for it? They won't have much
time to make search.
Other towns along the route are
making plans to entertain these vlsi-
tors, and Dawson and Terrell county
cannot afford to stand back and wait
until the last moment.
A Motorist Association.
Mr.. Henderson's visit to Dawson
was also in the interest of a motorist
organization as branch of the Nation
al Motorist Association. A fully func-
tioning motorists association today
does not confne its activities to the
dissemination and distribution OF
touring information. The N. M A..
shield is guarantee to the travelling
motorist that courtesy and accurate
information awaits him within, and
that it will be given cheerfully.
With the reorganization of the Ma
tional Motorists Association about one
year ago started new era in motor
club history. Each club of this asso-
citation was pledged to courteously re-
ceive and aid every motorist who APP
pealed to them for guidance or infor-
nation. 1t matters not who they are,
from whence they come, or whittier
they go. They are all entitled TO con
sideration from the representative or
ganization OF the motorists in the
community in which they are visiting.