The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-05-25

OF the Good Road Association. made an
eloquent appeal for the movement and
In fact proved the orator Of the day.
His speech was full OF meat and aroused
every man present to his sense OF duty
in this work.
A motion was then made by Hon. W.
w. Stone that the organization be
made permanent, which was carried
unanimously. He then made motion
that the chair appoint q committe Of
seven on permanent organization The
following were appointed: AlfH. Stone,
4 VIM. Yerger, W. F. Randolph, H..
Wilczin, Fred Metcalfe, W @. Boyd
and Geo. NJ Helm. The chairman was
added by motion Of J. W. Duprey.
A motion was made for chair to ap-
point committee of five on resolutions
followed and carried. w. W. Stone, L.
P. Smith, P. s. Stovall, C. A. Winter
and Geo. B. Alexander were appointed
The convention then adjourned to meet
Tuesday, and before leaving the dele
gates were requested to 20 from there
to where the road was being built and
see the workings Of the machinery.
TUESDAYS TEssIoN.
Tuesday morning the convention re-
assembled. Owing to the absence Of
Chairman Goldstein, he having been
called to Meridian the night before,
Hon. w. w. Stone was called to pre-
side over the meeting.
The committee on permanent organ
ization then made its report, which
was in substance that such an organi-
zation was necessary: that its name be
the Washington County Good Roads
Association and its domicile the city Of
Greenville. The membership to be
composed of all citizens Of the Yazoo
Delta and those that attended this
meeting. The officers to be n presi.
dent, and two yice-presidents from
each supervisors district of this coun-
ty, one of said viee-presidents to be a
member Of the board of supervisors
from each district, the other to be Sc
lected by the board of supervisors, to-
gether with secretary and treasurer,
term OF Office to be one year. An ex-
ecutive committee composed of the
president, secretary and treasurer and
one member from each district, shall
direct the affairs of the association.
The duties of officers was then defined.
The time otmeeting was set for the first
Monday in each month, but the annual
meeting shall be held the first Monday
in August. The committee recon-
mended the following named gentle-
men as officers of the organization:
| w, W. Stone, President.
Fred Metcalfe, Secretary.
B. o. MCGEE, Treasurer.
The following resolutions were offer
ed and adopted:
! Resolved. That an Improvement of the
common roads ofthis stale will confer greater
social and commercial value to all interests Of
all the state 9 people than any subject now agi-
tating thu public mind.
.. Resolved That the peculiar local condl-
tions as to material and drainage here In the
Delta, make 1t especially nee essary TO have an
improved system OF road laws, that the dim
cullies that have in the past defeated ever at
tempt to improve the condition Of the roads
may be overcome Your committee therefore
recommends that committee Of three be Sc
Iecled by the president Of this association to
look into the provisions Of our present road
laws, and II same be found inadequate TO meet
tie demands Of the situation. that said COM
mittee be requested to prepare gene.al road
law TO be presented TO the next legislature
through Its members.
Resolved. That whereas the United sla'es
government has large interests Of comnercial
value in this state in the form Of lauds, post
otfices and custom houses; and, whereas.
through the department the government IS ex-
peudinR large sums of money in the extension
Of rurai free mail delivery in order that the
gricultural classes may possess better mall
facilities and. wherea-, rural free mail deliy-
ery. 70 be economical. must depend upon
good roads
Re IL resolved. that the Good Roads Conyen-
tion petitions through Hon. Patrick Henry ana
other members OF congress, to urge the Fifty
seventh congress to make more liberal appro-
priations for the support and maintenance OF
,he ..of1ice of Public Road Inquiriese now I'M
der the supervision OF the honorable secretary
Of agriculture, in order that all states may re-
ee,ye reasonable consideration for road i'm
provement.
ResoIved. That the National Good Roads
Association, through the liberal cooperation
of ,he Illinois Central Railroad Co. and manu-
facturers Of improved road machinery, and
Hon. w. H. Moore, Hon Martin Dodge, x.
". Rlchardson, secretary Of the Good Roeds
Association, W. H. Irwin, chief engineer, and
o,hers. in Waiting thus and other leading COM
,asrcI.i ernters Of the state, are, through OBJ
ject lessons in simple road eonstvucuon anu os'
rahizatIon. conducting campaign "lnch
sbould be supported and aided in every possible
manner by the clilzsns and taxpayers o. MIS-
sissippi
4 Resolved, That We most cordially endorse |
,hs nosition ofGoyernor a. B. Longlno In Civ
ipr assistance and issuing his excellent procle-
nation in calling state Good Roads Asseeis- /
,son a met At JACK sor, he capitol Of the state
snne ftth and 18Th. We esruestly urge that |
ss,s convention appoi II iull llst Of deegAtes
. stse1d 1ald convention and tske part lh iis |
toiibalaious.
ntsoIved. That The uusatlllhciolJ eonal-
,,en ~ the road laws Of fiie state makes 4 I'M
ssrsII3s thar practical and necessary lseis|A'