The age-herald., 1901-12-04
Two Demonstrations Being Made in Montgomery County
CONVENTION MEETS TODAY
Officials of Chiffon County Keep Good Books-Registrar Under New Constitution to Be Soon
 Appointed.

The continued rainy weather has greatly detered the work of road building by the Southern Railways Good Roads train, which is in Montgomery this week.
 The road building crew has been divid- ed into two sections, one for the build ing of half mile of gravel road in the city and another to build a half mile of road at Showdown, in the prairie sec- tion of the county.
 The weather has been better today and the demonstrations of road construction is being done in Sayre street, and large crowds have witnessed the work, includ- ing many of the delegates to the Masonic Grand Lodge and the association of pro- bate judges.
 The good roads convention for the state will convene in Montgomery tomorrow at 12 o'clock, and continue through Fri day. The sessions will be held in the House of Representatives at the State Capitol and very interesting programme has been prepared. Orators of wide repu- tation will address the convention. The student body of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn will be in attendance upon the convention.
 Programme of Convention.
 The following is the official programme for the conventions:
 12 m-Call to order, Colonee R. R. Poole, chairman Executive Committee; invoca- tion, Rabbi A. J. Messing, Jr.; addresses of welcome by Governor w. D. Jelks. Hon. J. B. Gaston, Judge of Probate; Hon. E. M. Joseph, Mayor; response on behalf of National Good Roads Associa- tion, w. H. Moore, President; on behalf of Southern Railway, M. V. Richards, L. and I. A.; responses on behalf of con- vention. Judge P. H. Pitts, Selma; re- appointment Committee on Credentials; reappointment Committee on Permanent Officers of Convention; adjournment to view demonstration by Good Roads train on Sayre street.
 Thursday Morning.
 10 A. M.-Opening prayer, Rev. w. C.. Patterson; report of the committee on credentials; report of the committee on officers for the convention; address, Hon. John Dodge, director Of the office of road inquiries of the United States government; address, Hon. John w. Abercrombie, state superintendent of edu- cation, Montgomery, Ala. address, Hon. w. M. Drennen Birmingham; address. Prof. Frederick Dugger, Auburn; address. c. w. Hare, Tuskegee; general discus- sions; appointment of committee on reso- lutions; appointment of committee on plans for permanent organization of the State Good Roads Association.
 Adjournment to view road construction at Showdown. Train leaves union depot pf Hh.,re VrlI turning at 6.30 D. m.
 Thursday Night.
 7:30 P. M.-Address. Henry Fonde Mo bile, Ala; address, G. R. Farnham, Ever green, Ala; address, "The Roads of the views, M. O. Eldridge, assistant director office of road inquiry of the United States government.
 Friday Morning.
 10 A. M.-Opening prayer, Rev. VI. A. Kerrigan; address, Col. J. M. Falkner. Montgomery; address, Lewis Mayer Dem opolis; address, Rev. A. F. Dix, Mont gomery; address, c. w. Buckley, Mont gomery; address, J. Thomas Hefiin, La- fayette; report of the committee on plans for permanent organization of the State Good Roads Association; report of the committee on resolutions; general busi- HeSS dflu ulSCuSSlOu.
 Adjournment
 Board of Registrars to Meet.
 Many applications Tor registrars under the new constitution are being filed with the board. The board. which consists of the Governor, commission of agriculture and industries and auditor, held it's first session today, and began an investigation of the applications, but no appointms .ts to hot board will from day to day make an- nouncement of county appointments Three registrars are to be appointed for each county.
 Clean Reports for Chiffon.
 Assistont Examiner of Public Accounts Woods has filed with the Governor re- ports on the books of Probate Judge S. M. Adams. former Probate Judge R. M Honeycutt and Tax Collector T. J. Hub bard of Chiffon County. The reports are very complimentary to the officials.
 The examination of the books of Judge Adams covered a period from November f. 1898, to September 30 1901. The examiner reports the books and accounts properly kept and all moneys received properly &C., counted for. The report on the books of former Probate Judge Honeycutt covers period from August l, 1884, to November
 
 The examination of the books of the tax collector embraced the years 1897, 1893, 1899 and 1900. The accounts were found correct, and all money properly accounted for.
 Montgomery Wants Army Post.
 At a meeting of the City Council last night resolution by Alderman Mcintyre was adopted, asking Congressman Wiley to use his influence to have one of the four new army posts to be established lo- cated in Montgomery. The advantages of- fered by Montgomery for the location of post will be properly drawn up and forwarded to Washington.
 There are now five Alabama cities and towns asking for these Birming- ham, Montgomery, Anniston. Huntsville and Florence.
 Montgomery Locals.
 The traffic officials of the Big Four Railroad are expected in Montgomery next Thursday. The party is composed of Freight Traffic Manager Edward F. Cost of Cincinnati, General Passenger and Ticket Agent Warren J. Lynch of Cincin- natl. Assistant General Freight Agents G. H. Ingalls, of Cincinnati, c. J. Bristel Of Cincinnati, c. Tillinghast of Chicago, T. c. Wright and H. Thorpe of Cincinnati and w. F. Greaves of Atlanta, general southern agent. The trip over the lines of the Louisville and Nashville road by these prominent officials is the subject of much speculation by local railroad men. It Is stated by a prominent local rail- road man that the Chicago and St. Au- gustine limited Is to be resumed on Janu- ary 16 This is the train that was run out