The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-05

of Jefferson Davis He also raised the at work on county road fonlghI Hon. NJ. 0. Fldridgc, Assistant llrector of Road Industry of the government will give an illustrated steropticon "o- dress on "'rhe Roads of the Worlo'
 Twelve o'clock was the hour set for opentng the Convention but the delesante5 were late in assembling and 1t was lZ'P o'clock when the Convention was caIlen c, to order by Hon. R. R. Poole, ConlnliS- sioner of Agriculture He immeo1Iaalsiy introduced Rabbi A. J. Messing or NMoill- M gomery, who offered an eloquent '"N0-
 Mr. Poole briefly addressed the Con ventlon. He declared that in his opinion the Convention marked an lHiport paI1ll' tali. cnoch iE the history of Alabama because 1t was the beginning of moVetheno which would, he hoped. result In the building of good roads in every county in the State.
 The Commissioner spoke of the great resources of Alabama and of the exhlnll sent to the Buffalo Exposition. Ills acc laration that Alabama bore off the ma ma i0rity of prizes awarded by the EXposi- tion was Yociferously applauoeh' E., ,h.
 The necessity for good roadS III lhC Black Belt as well as other sections or the State was pointed out by MT foole, He concluded by introducing GoX2Thof Jelks who was repeatedly applauded as he advanced to the rostrum.
 1'ho Governor expressed tho personal pleasure which he felt as the representa- tive of the people of Alabama at Welcom- ing the good roads officials ana the "ele- gates to the Convention to Montgomery Nothing, he declared. was so esSehlIdl ~ the material advancement ana prcsperlty of the whole people as good r0au3 nlai, 'iInl hl. hC felt sure the Convention Woulu De profitable to the whole state.
 Governor Jelks was frequently applauH- ed and when he concluded ms relhart;s Mr. Poole introduced Hon. F.. k. Joseph welcome delegates to the Convention lh pehal ol Mayor Joseph said it was not the GUS tom in Montgomery to elect aPehSh55rs Sh5 ,,r.s as ferred to select men of action. The hall of the House of Representatives. the Mayor said, had witnesses the aSsenlD- Ijog of many distinguished bodies Dut lt certainly ne,er held a Hlohe p"'i 'O''O
 The Mayor told the Convention some thing of the history of street improve ment in Montgomery. and closed by ex, tending the delegates cordial ana hearty welcome to the Capital City of Alabama. ,,,,- t,,,ao5 when he concluded. -,
 The next speaker was w. II: Moore, President of the National Good Roads Assoclatfon He has a distinguished ap- pearance and is q fluent and eloquent In beginning his address Mir Moore said he wanted to speak for minute on subjects other than good roads. He re- fcrred to the history surrounding the State Capitol and to great Jefferson Davis He said that he was a Republi- can in politics but he was one of those who believed the Southern people were best able to settle the negro question. His observation, he said was that the Southern people. if let alone. would solve the negro question themselves and bo deprecated the rule of the carpet bagger. He said he would dare to make these statements i'll any section of the country because he was not in politics.
 These decla. ations by MT. Moore were enthusiastically applauded by the dele
 Then MT. Moore took up the question of roads. Te paid a tribute to the roads of Montgomery County, saying that the Mobile road leading south from Mont gomery to the farm of Captain J. NJ. Falkner was one of the finest roads he had ever seen in his fife. It was not eX- cclled he said by road built by J. D. Rockefeller. which cost S60, 000 a mile. MT. Moore spoke of the warm enthusiasm with which the road movement had been received in Alabama. Captain J. NJ
 Falkucr of Montgomery he said. had been interchangeable ir his labors to make the Conventions successful. He had be il Instrumental in arranging for several hundred Alabama students ." come l) Montgomery to attend the state con Yention and he had also pledged himself