The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-07
GOOD ROADS {
 MEN DEPART The Convention Adjourned
 Until Next Year. J. TOM HEFLN SPOKE The Addresses Yesterday Were Highly Interesting. The Good Roads Train Will Leave Here for Atlanta Early Next
 Sunday Morning-Conven- -a tion Here Success.

After a session continuing throughout three hours during which time many in- teresting addresses were delivered, .,le Alabama Good Roads Association at 1:3G o'clock yesterday afternoon adjourned sine die. The date and place of the next mee ting will be fixed by the President of the associa ton. It is more than prob able the next annual meeting will be held in Montgomery next summer The good roads special train of tho Southern Railway will leave here early Sunday morning for Atlanta. Ga. It was announced that the convention would meet at 10 o'clock yesterday morn- ing but the delegates were slow in as- sembling and when the body was called to order at 10:30 o'clock only about 70 delegates were present. Several ladies were in the audience.
 Rev. Father William A. Kerrigan, as- sistant rector of St. Peters Roman Cath ollie Church of Montgomery, opened the convention with a fervent invocation in which he dwelt upon the imporance Of the good roads movement.
 Captain J. M. Falkner, District Attor- ney of the Louisville and Nashville Rail- road Company, was then introduced by President Poole as the father of the good roads movement in Alabama" :" When Captain Falkner advanced to the rostrum he was enthusiastically ap- plauded.
 In a logical and forcible address Cap taiF Falkner interested and entertained the delegates. He spoke of the roads of Alabama from -bellum down to the present time and told of the difficulty of travel in Montgomery county until the people realized the value of good roads kl ctyuto of the county was begun.
 Captain Falkner advocated organiZa- tion for good roads in each of the coun- ties of the State, and made an earnest appeal for rural mail delivery which he said would come with the improvement of the country roads.
 Rev. A F. Dix of Montgomery followed Captain Falkner in an earnest and patri- otic address He declared that better roads would increase the attendance upon divine worship.
 At the conclusion of the address of MT. Dix President Poole introduced Hon. J. Tom Hefiin of Lafayette and MT. Hefiin was given an ovation by the audience.
 In his inimtable style Mir. Hefiin took the audience with him as he related his personal experience with the bad roads of his section of the State. His speech consisted largely of droll stories and clever anecdotes cleverly told. But MT. Heflin reached serious vein before he closed his remarks and expressed his ap- preciation of the great movement for the betterment of the public highways of All abama. He pledged himself to aid in ev- cry way in the movement.
 B. B. Smith and Chappell Cory of Mont gomery were called for and they address, ed the delegates briefly on the importance of good roads.
 At this point resolutions were present. ed and adopted expressing the apprecia- ton of the association of the service rem dered the State by Hon. Martin Dodge and Hon. M. O. Eldredge, Director and Assistant Director respectively of the Government Office of Road Enquiries, and of the services of w. H. Moore and R. w. Richardson, President and Secretary re- spectively of the National Good Roads