There are quite a number of our citizens interested in the young men who started out several weeks ago, touring the country. The party consists of John White Moore, Doyt S. Cornelius, Edwin McPherson, Mack Worsham and Harris Mills. Doyt Cornelius writes the following letter from Niagara Falls, which is interesting:
Carolina Bluebirds
Niagara Falls, N.Y.
July 28, 1924
Dear Enterprise:
Just a few lines concerning our trip so far. We do not know whether you will be so much interested as to our whereabouts or not. Nevertheless we feel that you will me, and we have several reasons for desiring a little publicity on this trip. Therefore I will endeavor to give a short outline of our trip up to date.
We all feel that we are very fortunate, due to the fact that we have not had a bit of trouble. outside of breaking two springs, we haven’t even had a puncture. This of course is pretty good, considering the territory we have covered. After leaving Mooresville, our first stop was at High Point, at which place we looked up our volunteer firemen who were attending the Firemen’s Convention. After a short stay there we proceeded to Henderson, where we camped for the first night. We all had a very good night’s rest, but were bothered by mosquitos.
Shortly after sun rise the next morning, we had the car packed and were ready to ride for Frederick. We stopped a few minutes at Richmond, and arrived at Fredericksburg about 6 p.m. After we had made camp and were fixing to eat supper in drove Mr. Ralph Brawley on his return from the west. We were all very glad to see him. After supper we had quite a talk with him concerning the experiences which he had on his trip. Fredericksburg is a very historical place, such places of interest as Mary Washington’s old home, National cemetery and the Masonic Lodge No. 4 in which Geo. Washington became a member.
We drove to Fredericksburg, to Washington, stopping for a while at Mt. Vernon. We found that it would be impossible for us to take in all the places of interest there, due to our time being limited, but managed to take in as much as possible. We spent practically a half day in the National museum, and then didn’t see very much of that place. We all walked up Washington’s Monument, went through the capitol and Congressional Library.
Uninterrupted only by a short stop at Baltimore, our drive from Washington to Philadelphia was uneventful. We arrived there Saturday night and met Spencer Stines and Harry Cornelius at the station on their arrival from Mooresville Sunday morning. We had a fine time while in Philadelphia. Sunday afternoon we went to Willow Grove Park and were very much surprised to find out that Sousa and his band were entertaining there. We all had the pleasure of going out to see Mr. and Mrs. Frazier. (Miss Nadine Brawley.)
We left Philadelphia Monday morning headed for New York City via Atlantic City. After taking in the board walk and the beach, we left the City of Bathing Beauties and camped for the night at Lakewood, N.J., where the Shenandoah (the largest Zeppelin in the world) is stationed. We were very lucky there. One of the naval officers took us all over the Zeppelin and explained everything to us.
It took us six hours to drive through New York City. We arrived there around 11 in the morning and did not get out of the city until after 5 in the afternoon. None of us care to drive thru New York City again. We did not have any trouble going through, the traffic is so congested and it takes considerable time to go through the way we did.
We have covered all the New England States, camped one night on the beach at Narragansett Pier, R.I., one night at Portsmouth, N.H. We drove through Maine, and on through the White Mountains. The scenery through Vermont is remarkable, very different from any other part of this country and very similar to French scenery, as one of our party says who has seen both. The farms are beautiful and the homes all look like hotels with a barn connecting up at the rear. None of the homes are small; they all look as though they have from 12 to 20 rooms in them.
Friday night we camped at Schenectady, N.Y. We were awakened about 1 in the morning by the cries of a woman whose husband died very suddenly from heart trouble. They were camping within 50 feet of our camp.
We arrived here yesterday afternoon and will leave here in the morning for Chicago, going from here through Canada by Detroit. This is a beautiful place. The Falls are wonderful. We all when through the Cave of the Winds this morning and have been on the other side several times.
If we are as fortunate in the future as we have been in the past, we will all have a wonderful trip and will be able to say lots when we return. We are,
Very sincerely
“Carolina Bluebirds.”
From the front page of the Mooresville Enterprise, Thursday, Aug. 7, 1924
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