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In [[1906]] Mayes served as president of the [[Pensacola Chamber of Commerce]]. Mayes was a member of several social organizations, including the [[Osceola Club]], the [[Knights of Pythias]], and the [[Knights of the Macabees]].
On September 3, 1911, accompanied by physician Dr. S. R. Mallory Kennedy (an accomplished long-distance and speed driver), and friends F. C. Brent, Jr. and A. M. Avery, Jr., Mayes left Pensacola on an 1149-mile "pathfinding" automobile trip to Chicago, IL. Funded by the Pensacola Commercial Club, Mayes wanted to attend the National Good Roads Federation conference in Chicago. His real purpose, however, was to publicize Pensacola as a tourist destination as well as to map for the AAA Blue Book (the premier road guide in the US at the time) the first motorcar route between Pensacola and Birmingham, AL. The party took 76 hours over 9 days to complete the trip through Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois, arriving in Chicago "with Pensacola air in the tires."
==Death==
