The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-16
NOTED MEN INVITED
coop ROADS CONVENTION WILL
 BRING PROMINENT OFFICIALS
Postmaster General and Secretary of Agrioulturs, with Prominent Railroad MagHatss, Will se
 Asked to Attend.

There was an important meeting of the Executive Committee of the Good Roads Convention at the City Council Chamber at 5 o'clock yesterday after noon. At this meeting a Committee on Program was appointed, names of prom
 inent good roads advocates were suggest
 ed to the Invitation Committee, and minor
 business was transacted.
 There were present at the meeting
 Chairman R. R. Poolc. Hon. XIX Jack.
 son, Secretary; Capt. J. M. Fa.kner. May
 or Joseph, C. A. Allen, L. l.. Gilbert ana
 David Fleming.
 On motion of Captain Falkner. the committee decided 10 purchase 300 dele gate badges. Captain Falkner said they should be substantial and 1t would be
 good advertisement for good roads after the delegates returned to their homes
 On motion of Captain Falkner. the committee decided to recommend to the
 invitation Committee to invite all oh@ials
 of every railroad operating in Alabama
 to attend the Good Roads Convention. On motion of Mayor Joseph. commit tee of three was appointed to prepare .
 program for the convention, including the
 selection of speakers. Chairman Poole appointed on this committee L. L. Gilbert Kirk Jackson and David Fleming. Captain Falkner moved that finance
  three members. Chairman Poole appoint- ed Capt J. M. Falkner and c. R. Vest 1 cott The other committeeman will be appointed later.
 In addition to the general invitation which will be sent to officials of all rail- | roads in Alabama, 1t was agreed that the Governor and the Mayor of Montgomery
 should send personal letters to the fol- lowing named ofncials, inviting them to | attend the convention:
 The Postmaster General and Secretary of Agriculture at Washington; M. H.
 Smith, President of the L. and N. Rail- | road at Louisville; c. A. Wickefsham. President of the Western Railroad at AL
 ianta; Samuel Spencer. President of the l Southern Railroad; W. W. Finley. Vice. President of the Southern; R. T. Erwin, President of the Plant System; J. M. Easan, President of the Central of Geor-
 gia; A. B. Andrews. vice-President of the Southern: Superintendent Denham of the Plant System; Col. E. l.. Russell or the Mobile and Ohio.
 In addition thereto, Mayor Joseph agreed to write a letter to all the Mayors of Alabama and MT. Gilbert promised to write to all the Commercial and Indus- trial Associa ations and Boards of Trade. Chairman Poole is to write to all Probate Judges and County Commissioners. Captain Falkner promised to use every effort to get a rate of one fare for the round trip to the convention. The following names were suggested to the Invitation Committee. as persons to | whom a letter of invitation should be sent:
 J. R. Farnham, James D. Burnett. Nick stailworth. Evergreen; D. J. Mea- dow, Myrtlewood; Thomas W. Coleman, Greene County; Capt. John C. Webb. Demopoiis; M L. stansell. Carrolton; | Sterling B. Toney, Judge of the Law and Equity Court at Louisville, Ky; L. A.
 Morgan. R. A Hardy and George P.
 White, Uniontown; John J. King, McKin-
 ley: w B. Inge Greensboro: Col W. L.. Hubbard Monroeville.
 l meeting of the Invitation Committee
 iA called for 1s o'clock today in the City Council Chamber. The committee is com posed of the following:
 Thomas H. Carr, H. c. Davidson,
 Phares Coleman, J. B. Gaston, H. M.
 Hobbie. J. K. Jackson. T. G. Jones, N.
 Lobman, Tennent Lomax, J. I. Mckinney. 1 W. F. vandiver. A. A. Wiley, J. s. Will cox, George B. Tyler, c. W. Buckley, D. | C. Sims, S. Roman, J. S. Pinckard, W. R. Waller. Joseph Norwood. W. H. Micou. | Jr, W. L. Martin. S. B. Marks, Jr., R. F.
 Ligon J. M. Kennedy. J. H. Hartley. J. | G. Harris, W. A Gayle. John c. Cromme-
 lin, John ". Durr. Alex Troy and L. L.. | Gilbert.