Evening Star Newspaper, April 3, 1921, Page 59

3. 1921—PART:3 ] PRIL ) [ | which is about twenty miles, §o | straight out North Quecn street and FLORIDA TOUR OF 3.500. MILES WITH A “TIN CAN" TOURIST IN PICTURESQUE SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH| TOUR TO MARTINSBURG, W. VA., i oStk Wit et ahd |large quantities of railroad supplt | m were seized six locomoti | by Gen. Stonewall Jacks Roads in Splendid Condition. With Excep- i ‘oeitonditen’ cute! t6 feel very much affronted whe which is one mot y Intércsting Trip Taken by Washingtonians | [ | | : : 3 5 stopped three times by tollgal ;._.‘.n,,. in a Ford Shows What Can Be Done tion of About 15 Miles—Many Points ‘:‘.’,.,;?»‘..“(L&‘.“"TF:‘ : "'u;"-"-é‘.-“ha i at Small Expense. of Historical Interest to Pass. o o 1s b tui keeper at the further side, “because he is an older man, and can't collect BY GEORGE ADAMS HOWARD. |are seen on both sides of the road ‘:TW',";‘,"",;.'",?,";“°;_\~D::.:::n;;|:; omm- Now that the mild winter has given | (R0 CRTPTRUNE, Yarions IACients of| cials. who take pleasure in Siudying way to spring, motorists of this city | forces under Gen. Les, triumphant | theg mno%Fy Whcea ":.h‘;,""l':,'] -~ are turning their minds to tours, so|Bfter their successes at Chancellors- | Pected for a bad road, they will jov- as to get temporary relief from the | Vi4e; Gossed the Potomac and ‘in-| jally’ remark, “Well. it pays for our > Sl salaries.” monotony of municipal life. There | fought the battle of 3 {are three requisites that the pro one of the most thrill- Willinmsport Next Stop. ¥ith the Army of the| Apout fifteen miles from Martir BY J. W. BRASHEARS, JR. | Central City Park, with a miscel- T am just back from an interesting | fraee b, CollSction of outfits ranging Seventy-one-day tour in a Ford. This| Leaving Macon, we had good roads trip covered more than 3.500 miles— m‘;’!a":%:';:a (o e T e 24}‘;,,'2;‘2‘,.;% ‘f‘lr:!"‘lg:»b:-&f“ miles in E:::;}:k'lnd drove through Madison to Leaving Washington Jjanuary /| From Liveoak we drove through cold snap caught me at Richmond and | Lake City, High Springs and Archer. 5 <o i aegy g o e, T froze things up. but did mo seriousj At the last place we jump~d off into spectivelStourit Stk o0 i thet hotomac under Gen. McClellan during | yyrg lies Williamsport, Md., where damage. On the far side of Can-|real sand for Tampa. - At Juliette we } templating a trip. They are, in A So Sociat Bligad: %o mons ferry. in a cold driving rain, I1|camped beside Blue Springs, an en- i order named, condition of the roads.{. A few miles further on the mo-|the WOIOREL & SICEL Y0, had to hunt for wheels in the Roa-|Ormous spring. with water o clear 1 ecenery and historical places of in-|ioTist enters Sharpsburg. Md. (seven.; Soath fOr B 3 noke river-bottom mud in order to|YOou can distinctly see a two-foot ty-four miles). which is just a stone's | the Potomauc. 1Cis long vridge, ¢ s Ll : - HE R Y E terest. throw from the Antietam battlefield. | /8 in Kood repair, the vi O on chohar trout refuse to play with your bait = 1 > A . 8 she Antletam battlefield.} S, i onis the v‘\t Xo(rlnr:: that same night the |tVenty feet down. ! 5 p 4 A trip magnanimously graced With| Here is a national cemetery where 5,000 .:m b b nm“\t\‘l ) See First Oranges. o i i g » ! all three of these attributes, with the [soldiers who were killed lie buried. OF0F 1S SVITIE SISO (e We picked our first oranges at In- % 5% £ o g { . s exception of about fifteen miles ofThree miles further is the bridge over streteh 3 lands of Washington county | the P 3 01 vhicl ) entes caty; poor roads, is found in that toli Fotomac from which one enters|out on the left bank. Williamsport Brooksville and drove into Tampa : / b e B S e ok R e | itxelf, ulthough a smail town of about Plant v. marveling at the num- ¢ { i . Sy, ", s : Mar UL, : e 2 o oL ihabriage. by 3.000 people, has quite a history. It of bricks used in paving the fine 4 5 : i ? Sharpsburg, Md., and return by way|old man. who cheerfully tells you the | was at ome . time suggested as the in_that vicinity. . : 3 57 7o ot ‘Hagerstown. Md, a total distance | road improves from this point. Shep- verness, saw our first green peas at y an A e capital of the United States, and_its With Tampa as a base, we visited . : v 5 of 185 miles. The road to Martins-|herdstown is an interesting old town, | history dates back as far as 1786. all the resorts on Tampa bay and | ) % : S * ;i s ) : 5 burg by the first named route 38!where Gens. Lee, Gates and Stephens | Many churches now standing date the adjacent gulf coast, from Tarpon ( 5 A ” £ <l eighty-five miles, and the other way |jived at different times. James Rum-| back to revolutionary war days. al- Springs to St. )‘etersburg, spendin ’ § ol % _ L 3 : o fifteen miles longer or. to be exact. 100 | gey, who was the first man to set a|though the town was not incorporated 8. SP 5 4 ) ' | ten days very pleasantly. i iles. The second way is the he(ll_‘l: steamboat afloat on the Potomac, was|at that time. During the civil war The night we reached Tampa some- e 5 one, but lacks many of the scenic|born here. . Y the town was the scone of many cav- oty “stick wa the eaneeas Mee i x and historical points. i alry skirmishes. The bridge across got a athm‘, mnoney. While we . Macadam in Good Shape. s Rough in Places. {the river was used by Gen. Lee on were in the vicinity of Largo they . vashington on the Wis- urn right on the main street and | his retreat from the battle of Gettys- broke into the bank there and got Leaying Trashine 5 consin avenue pike to Rockville, Md. | follow the road into Martinsburg, W.| burg.. X COCOANUT PALMS AT VIEW NEAR LEESVILLE, 8. C, SHOWING A GROVE | (fourteen miles), the motorist finds;Va. which is about ten miles. The! From Willlamsport it is only six BOYNTON, FLA. OF THE FAMOUS GEORGIA PINES. the macadamized road in very good;road is narrow and somewhat rough|miles to Hagerstown. Md., a town condition, the surface being broken in places, but shows of attempts hav- | FRiCh embraces a population of about away with mors money. The night NE ) we got back to Tampa we were raja-| O e OF THE BEALWY ed by detectives at midnight. e are still shivering to think wha: | Vi . i ly a few places. From Rock-|ing been made to improve it. Gravel]285.000. Entering the town on Poto- might have happened if the large de- { by calculating the difference between trolling automobiles for the purpose |l OBy % few places, Erom Rock_ling been made to lmprove it Gravel| oo sireat, turn right on Baitimore tective in charze of the party had [what we started with and what we of arresting men. Tl to gl M, o the | has oen deposited, and when assimi- | gircef. which turns Into Frederick 'nolf‘r::n‘rir:::d‘(‘:dze e cmfi.“”{ Brenghtibac =) Moat Are Respectable. road is excellen Care should bej ;a4 will be in fair condition sl:(tfli («gunm; a\Ionxh vh: ‘F;red'::'ll:: 4 e Oriad s i U Ve i i 3 % <2 i pike to joonsboro, abou n o across the penir.sula via Orlando and | The total necessary oxuensce for Unfortunately, the majority of |taken, however, in rounding the left| yrriinghurg, the county seat ,,,‘l‘?‘_'he" Ahe incls 1 ompleter OF the De Land to Daytona. This is 170 |tWo of usamounted to 17, or $2.85 violators are respectable citizens.|2nSle turn at Damascus, which i8|g. peley county. is a pretentious|Sfartinsburg triv, the trip from there ! ! t ix miles from Ridgeville. a 1 miles of fine yoad, through well do- | P ¥, T (LomS ios: tiren. oil The police took action in connection | Tora” sharp left at Ridgeville and |country town of about 14,000 inhabi- | on back to Washington being aiready Tows Sand beautitul Takes On this|and erease, $60.90, and toll. $4.71. In with 56,000 trafic law violators in|continue along the finely grade&l p\l;(e‘_ s. g & . | described. stretch the combination of good |addition to this we frittered away on: 1920 and found the most of them were | through New Mafi‘::{ EoREredericl | v T i T~ road—fast driving—hot weather, pro- | {uXuries the sum of $39.10, making a Feimcotablo leltians | Thelr) Gondiot | MO (At tmo milles) BT R ‘g[“mmm||m|"“m“m|mm“mmm T duced as much tire trouble as a. |&rand total of $241.27—a fraction un- Tt e Ution 1o the ausr| Pass straight througl rick, I the rest qf the 3,500-mile trip. der 7 cents per mile. The miles cov cess of banditry and It would shock |along by the bridge where & tablet == From *lmbl We drove south to|ered equal 49.3 for every day out. We D ‘ . P . ) “ ' them to be told this fact. commemorates the place w‘ ere uIHE e o ar e Minm plcking oranges a1 Rockiedge, | would have had more fun if the daily [ Detroit Police Official Tells of | o7, 2" na thoughilessnens are a |house of Barbara Frietchie immortal 155 3 visiting friends at White City. boat- |average of miles were less. dangerous combination, and theseare | ized in Whittler's poem. onte = The gasoline used for cooking and i ci d getting - i e y and turn right just beyond on the|= . ing on the St Lucle and getting sun- |, ,,iing ana by the motor totaled 230 Perils of Reckless gmploved by the majority of drivers | 3 gerstown road. Continue along lres' J. W. BRASHEARS, Jr. few hills, but plenty of lakes, sand, |2 fraction cents. It ran the stove and | - DI'lVer- b e Braddock Heights, of French-Indian | YOI B o d “ se swamp, Spanish moss, pines. palmet- | Carried us an average of a little more children have OSon illed In Detrolt| war fame, where the beauties of| weather changed and froze the caritos, insects. snakes. citrus fruits, [than fifteen miles per gallon. . = A : el et o 4L IX JeAT®: | Frederick county may be readily ob-; Tast In the mud. holding me there for | cilmate. sali water. razorback caitle, |measured by the filling station pumps. | That a high-powered automobile n Ar e o P Boceler- | erved. Continue onward, taking care thirty-six hours. Then by way of | free-ranging hogs, cigar factories,| \Ve blew two tires irreparably and|in the hands of a reckless driver is ator and forget the brake. en they —The biggest hit that ever struek r . o ] |run down some unfortunate pedes-|at & dangerous turn og curve down okt i See: Taricty there Was mow. aiush. rain | Tleter grone Tomeianies and Beonle | behe“the "houdm biaie of . tront | 20 JATECTO 5, IO o Ln | frian they sell he pulice how thought. | EEaie LS, et and T uscend | = e Wdmemcd | ata Redneed ,:“““ . hrough thia T arrived at Hajergh | tastes. and it is worth seeins: spring and replaced it with one re- [4utomatic pisiol in the hands of ARl e one side but did hot|Erade up South mountain. Here at! SWIE Lt ot - e ou trieved from a junk pile. We start- |insane man was the view expressed by turning to one side, but did mot 2 t-! mew standard for where Archie Mosier joined me. Dur- Leave for Home. e e R e bt wudistor and - | vecentiys Inl Dotroit. Ty Gooree Al |ussitneibrake; the summit are tablets commemorat- | « le of South mountain in} bargains, ing the war the raider Moewe took | We left Florida via St. Augustine, | paired the leak With a drop of solder. | o~ “The minute a person learns to(ing the batt n in Bis ‘off his ship and to Germany,| Palatka, Gainesville and’ Madison, | Dur. fan beit kept “breaking uniii | Walter, secretary of the Detroit po-|drive a cat he should learn to stop | the civil war, Here. L e where he spent eighteen months in |retracing our down route through |we crocheted the ends together with |lice department. it. There are probably 5000 woman|may be obtained ' Descerd Sou " the Luebeck Kriegs Gefongenur | Valdosta to Macon. bale wire. Also our generator went| “AMore seriously needed than addi-|drivers in this city and their faults are | mountain into o ! s st o K Lager. From Macon we drove north|wrong. S lonal Fknawid bout the laws is| Ot more conspicuous than those of most | seven miles). One o rst monu- Moo Ratartecnis through Athens, Greenville, Spartan- | Of the roads in the south several|!ional knowledge about the 1aws is{men. One of the common mistakes of | ments erected to George Washington For $1.00 List Tells the Tale One Two One Two Tire Tires “Tire Tires t i . = 9.25 $20.25 32x4 $ITS5 SIS burg, . Charlotte, Salisbury, Dur- | things may safely be said. They are|8reater consideration for others,” {both is making & lefthand turn abruptly | may be seen on the slopes of South |= 30x3 in.S1 From Raleigh we made fair prog- | ham, Oxford, Clarkaville. Dinwiddie, | gradually Ylosing their old-time bad d Mr. Walters. “Motorists who |#nd without the slightest notice, com- | mountain. I 30x31% 2420 2520 33x4 39350 4050 ress to Hamlet, N. C., which village | Peteysburg and Richmond to Wash- |reputation; there are more good | .. ot i pletely upsetting ali the plans of auto-| At Boonesboro take the road left 32x3% 283285 2025 3434 4025 4135 we left in a fresh rainstorm, and | ington. without noteworthy incident, | roads in the south than most north- [¢2use death, injury an mage On|mopiles- that are following. The un-|near the center of the town and pro- | = 3124 in. 3383 - 3455 35x4 5633 devoted all our enegries to getting) From Macon to Washington we had | erners suppose. our streets.comprise 5 per cent of |heralded lefthand turn is the bugaboo of | ceed along a fine concrete road for = Other sizes in proportion. We pay the war tax. out of that part of the country. In|good roads and fine weather. We did| We saw many wonderful things on |the driving population. They can be | motordom. about five miles to Keedysville, Md. THE TUBE SALE CONTINUED—Matching the the next four days we made 200 miles | this stretch too fast for pleasure, |this trip. among them being the “Then there is the motorist who pre- | Here the good road ends, and its values in the Tire Sale with equally By dint of hard driving. One day we |averaging 100 miles per’day."'Ouf | Georgia bine trees, the peach blos- °"“'l:;'::":’“";,;" "hee"; °:le"h';" ‘t:“ fera the middle of the road, shading | successor, while of a.good hard foun. important values in Tubes. id forty-five miles in the low gear. | longest day's run was 144 miles. An|soms covering the whole landscape | Pun . ve the|always to the left. Just why he wants | dation, is badly broken up in ruts and Perhaps the less said about this |average of fifty miles per day is quite | around Fort Valley: the orange and !accident investigation bureau, com-[to use both sides at the same time is|gyilies, which, however, may be trav- CHAS . stretch of road the better. The |enough. grapefruit groves of Florida, t posed of twenty men who specialize | 97® of the \nuol;‘eg :yterln g: tfl:‘mg ersed without much difficulty if going ol 3 wrecks of seventeen burned automo-| For the information of prospective | Fiorida lakes and the “tin ca bureau annals. T may slow. Over 28 Years in the Tire Busineas in Washington. biles were counted along this road. auto campers the following precise ex- | tourists. It s certainly a grand |in prosecutions for manslaughter and crosswalks, inconveniencing m Battlefield. = At Macon, which is a fine city, we | pense figures are given. We kept tabs | old country and touring over the |reckless driving. For them also we 2 I;’;I:' ?:r‘t::e‘: e 812 14th St. 4 Doors Above struck springlike weather, camped in lon money spent and verified the books | roads is the best way to see it. have the motorcycle squad and pa-fis usuall ot e famons Antietam batte fleld. where monuments and tablets RN NRNRRY XRWRBRHR () A ' 1921 Value— Based on 1921 Costs . 1921 material costs are lower. 1921 car prices should also be lower. : ; And they are lower in the Auburn Beauty-SIX NEW PRICES == tewer e jax. - You xnow that the Auburn Automobile ::;i"d .Tc:urfng.Ca.r, s;gg: Company readjusted their prices on all models Touteter. . . - i1e0s on the basis of present costs of materials. Coupe . . . . . 2795 You xNow that the twenty-one years of con- Roadster . . . . 1745 tinuous manufacture guaranteesin the Auburn Cabriolet . . . . 2045 Beauty-SIX a product of time-tested experi- F. O. B. Auburn, Ind. ence—a car of character and worth. You xnow that you can depend upon an Auburn Beauty-SIX to serve you consist ently and well. You have confidence in its power—its stability—its performance. KNow1NG ALL THIS—And realizing the SAV- ING to you in buying a car which has already been reduced substantially in price, your own judgment,'we believe, will dictate an Auburn Beauty-SIX. The Motor Company of Washington 24th and M Sts. N.W.—Phone West 710 Show Reom. Conn. Ave. and R. I. Ave. at M St. Phone Main 6177 - ANBAIRN Beauty-SIX of course you’ve seen them HAVE -YOU USED THEM? “HAIL THEM ANYWHERE" or call ranklin 1212 REDUCED RATES ' 50c The First Half Mile 10:=HALF MILE No extra charge for more than one Passenger YELLOW CAB COMPANY I I T R R I KRR R RN -