The age-herald., 1901-10-26
ID ARRANGE FOR CONVENTION ID
 TALK GOOD ROADS Mayor Drennen Appoints Com
 mittee to Take Charge
 of the Plans BIZ. RIDDEN MADE CHAIRMAN Governor Jelks Will Be Asked to Name Delegates and to Make an Ad.
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B.F. RIDDEN MADE CHAIRMAN

Mayor Drennen has appointed an exec utive committee to take charge of the ar engagements for the good roads convention which will convene in Birmingham on November IS. The committee follows:
 B. F. RIDDEN, Chairman;
 II. B. GRAY.
 M V. JOSEPH.
 HUGH McGEEVER,
 ROBERT HENSON
 JACK TARRANT,
 CULPEPPER ExUM.
 The Mayor will be an ex-officio member of all the committees having charge Of the several branches of the work. The executive committee will hold a meeting early next week. when the foundation will be laid for the work that must be done before November 1s To Invite Governor.
 Governor Jelks will be asked to appoint delegates to the convention form the counties and will be invited to make an address The Congressmen and Senators of the State will be invited to attend as we'll as many other prominent men, in cluding railroad officials.
 One of the tasks for the convention is to select suitable place for the practi- cal demonstration of road-making. It has been suggested that locality near the car lines be selected. An indication of the magnitude of the work Is the fact that the committee must provide twelve teams and as. many laborers for the demonstration. Besides this, a supply of stone. chert, slag or gravel must be ob- tained.
 Mir. Moore Leaves.
 W. H. Moore, president of the National Good Roads Association, who left for Mobile yesterday, said just before taking the train:
 "I know the newspapers will do their part in advertising and promoting this good roads convention. But in addition to the cooperation of the press and of city, county and state officials, I want to see every man, woman and child in this sec- tion talk good roads from now until No vember 1S.'
 "The railroad companies will sell cheap tickets to Birmingham from all points within a radius of 100 miles on the oc- casion of this convention, and there is every promise of a great crowd. Our specimen road-making is extremely inter- esting to watch, and no one in Birming- ham must fail to see 1t.
 q look upon this question of good roads as close kin to religion, and I am prepar- ing a letter to every minister. Protestant, Catholic and Jew; to every preacher, white and black, asking that he preach on good roads on certain day in the year 1902.
 To Preach Good Roads.
 'I will select suitable text of scrip ture and request a sermon on it. There are 1s4oOO church buildings in the United States and early in the new year I hope to have every one of them ringing with discussion of good roads, Asked about the condition of country roads in New York, MT. Moore said that while there were beautiful highways in many sections of the State no part of the Union had worse mud roads than certain sections of New York. He said some counties in New York needed as much missionary work as some counties in Alabama.
 Although MT. Moore gives great deal of his time to the presidency of the Ma tional Good Roads Association, he serves without pay. He is a dealer in timber lands but he has been agitating for good roads for many years and Is just the sort of enthusiast that will accomplish much for the benefit of civilization.