The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-05
TODAY'S PROGRAM.

., < TopAY's PROGRAM < E < < 10:oO a. m.-Opening prayer, Rev. < Ss G. w Patterson. N St Report of Committe on Credentials. < F Report of Committe on Officers and Ss ss Convention. Ss < Address, Hon. Martin Dodge, Di- # SS rector Office of Road Inquiries, U. ss < s. Government. < ss Relation of Public Schools to Good $ < Roads," Hon. John w Abercrom- < % bic, Superintendent of Education, < % Montgomery. Ala. < % Address, Hon. M.' l.. Drennen, & $ Birmingham. se F Relation of Good Roads to Diver $ < sificatIon of Farm Products Fred < as erick Duggar, Professor of Agricul- 9s E ture, Auburn. Ala. N & Relation of the Press to Good $ A Roads" c. w. Hare, Tuskegee. < < GENERAL DIscUssfoN. 3: < Appointment of Committee on Res * $ olutions. a :. Appointment of Committee on <.
 # Plans for Permanent Organization !: # State Good Roads Association. 7S < Adjohrnment to view road con # x struction. Snowdoun,' Ala. Train < <. leaves Union Depot 2:S0 D. m.. < 7 Thursday and Friday, returning at * < 6:30 D. m. ". < THURSDAY NIGHT. < & q q 5: 7:so D. m.-Address, Henry Fonde, <
 % Mobile, Ala. s x Address, G. H. Farnham' EVer- z. < green, Ala. :, Ss M Address, The Roads of the World. t x illustrated by stereopticon views, M < x O. Eldridge, Assistant Director Office 9; ,. Road Inquiry, |. $. Government q.
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 The State Good Roads Convention be gan yesterday in the hall oi the House of Representatives with about lVo oeie-
 rotes nresent Addresses of welcome and responses were made and at
 o'clock the convention adjourned until |
 o'clock this morning It is believed tha' the attendance today will be much larger
 than it was yesterday. The attenoahce
 will be largely increased today by the
 presence of students and the faculties ol
 the State University at Tuscaloosa and
 the Alabama Polytechnic Institute al
 Auburn.
 Among the prominent visiting delegates
 in attendance upon the opening session
 of the convention were c. r. Lane, edltol
 of The Huntsville Tribune; Howard
 Douglass of Washington County; Judge
 II. T. Benton and Hon. B. deG. Waddei
 of Scale: ]. IT. Nathan of Sheffield; J
 A. Rountrce of Birmingham; Hon. NJ. b
 Curry and Colonel NJ. l.. Stansel of Car rolton; Captain J. w. Grayson ol Mad' son County Captain T. D. Sanford o Opelika; Hon. W. II. Sanford of Troy
 Frank N. Julian, Secretary of tho
 recent Constitutional Convention anf Hon. Rufus A. ORear of Jasper.
 The only disadvantage attending th' opening of the convention was the dis comfort experienced by the delegates be cause the hall was not heated. Tw' | hours and a half they shivered while the! IIfstened to the speeches. It Is expecte' tflat the hall will be made more com | fortable today
 Governor Jelks and Mayor Joseph wei comped the delegates Tn behalf of th | State and city. Responses were made b! | w. H. Moore, president of the Naaiona | Good Roads Association; M. A. Hay, representative of the Southern Railway | and Hon. Thos. L. Bulger of Dadeville MT. Bulger spoke in behalf of the visiting delegates.
 Governor Jelks and Mayor Joscpi spoke briefly. Mir. Moore and Mir. Hay spoke. at some length and Mir. Bulgel closed the opening session with [ patriotic address in which he paid { glowing tribute to the State and it! resources. Mir. Moore evoked considera ble applause carly in his remarks by hi | reference to the wal Sbetween the States He declared that sectional animosity wa: dead and that he reverenced the memory