The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-17
WOMEN'S CLUBS
 MEET TONIGHT
In Building Where COnfederacy
 Was Graded
MRS. GAYLE TO PRESIDE
Vote on the Good Roads Amendment May Be Fought In the Courts. May Issue New Road
 Bonds.

Montgomery. November 16.-(Special)- When the Alabama Federation of Wom- en's Clubs opens it's 1908 session Tuesday evening the members will be in session in the same building, little changed, that housed the men who organized the Con federacy, and in which Jefferson Davis took the oath of office. For the occasion there has been worked out a pretty scheme of decoration, under the direction of Mrs. H. M Futile.
 The first meeting, which will be called to order at p. m, by Mrs. W. A. Gayle of Montgomery, the president, will be of a welcoming nature, greetings for the state to be presented by Gov. B. B. Co., mer. Alderman Moritz, father of the re- gently installed night school department, will speak for the city and Mayor Teague,
 while Mrs Phares Coleman will repre- sent the clubs of the city federation. Re- sopnse is to be made by Mrs. Charles Henderson of Troy, wife of the president of the railroad commission.
 Mrs. Phillip N. Moore, president general of the national federation, will make an address Tuesday evening, giving a com prehensive view of the work in the rest of the United States. While the federa-
 ton is in session Mrs. Moore will be the guest of Mrs. Gayle; after that for few
 days she will visit the family of Capt.
 J. W. Dimmick number of social
 events of interest have been arranged ] for the entertainment of Mrs. Moore 1 while here. She is one of the most noted xornap in, couptrU in litoraf11rn i The present outlook is that the meeting of the state federation will be very sue
 cessful. Mrs w H. Seymour of this city, corresponding secretary, says that
 no changes have been made in the repre- l sentation reported, which indicates that
 most of those appointed to come will do
 so. The executive board, composed of the
 officers of the federation, will be enter
 tained at lunch on Wednesday morning l by Mrs. Gayle. This is to be the time
 for laying out the work of the rest of the l session.
 l The most important feature of the new work in hand will be the address of
 Enos Mills of the national forestry serv-
 ice. on Wednesday evening. Mir Mills
 has been in the west for much of the
 time and is well posted on the best way
 for the ladies to aid in preservation of l the forests of the country He will be
 introduced by John Fl. Wallace, Jr., state game and fish commissioner. His sub
 ject will be .TThe Spirit of the Forests" ]"
 Fight on Road Law.
 1 Indications point to fight on the good roads amendment recently adopted by the people of the state. Attorney General
 A M. Garber has an inquiry from a
 source that would seem to justify this im-
 pression. The idea is that the vote should l have been a majority of all of the votes cast at the election, not simply of those | cast on the amendment. The old consti- tuition made this necessary, but the new organic law does not go so far, rather l leaving the impression that the majority vote on the question itself is sufficient. May Issue New Bonds.
 So pleased are the people of Montgomery
 with the good roads another bond issue of s250,00O may be issued. The county has the right under a recent act to issue s500,0dO, of which $250,O00 have been sold.
 It is found that the old board of revenue went $127 ,000 in contracts over the money in hand and in an effort to take care of it another issue is to be made. The total
 values of the county are s29,0e0,000. which would allow issue of as much as s1, ,200,0 900 according to law. The retiring board of revenue built in this year 140 miles of l new road.
 Bushrod Bell Dead.
 News of the death of Bushrod W. Bell 1 at Seattle, Wash, has been received in 1 Montgomery. He was a Confederate sol
 dier and was born October 10, 1S41, in Montgomery. He went to Seattle in 1901.
 The late Col. " s. Reese of Montgom- cry was his half brother.