The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-19
GOOD ROADS,
 AT LEGRAND Big Convention Held There Yesterday. PROBLEMS WERE EXPLAINED Speakers Were Messrs. Under wood, Brown and Seeds. A Fine Barbecued Dinner Was serv- cd to the Crowd Which Cath cred For Miles and Miles
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PROBLEMS WERE EXPLAINED

The Good Roads Convention, held yesterday at Legrand, was one of the most notable and successful of the kind ever held in Alabama. The al- ready strong sentiment for good roads existing in Montgomery County was given great impetus by the meet ing.
 Stirring addresses were delivered by Hon. Oscar Underwood. Congress man from the Ninth Alabama; Hon. Armistead Brown of Montgomery, and Hon. Walter D. Seed. State Treasur- CT. The addresses were n-po1itical z The speakers were only interested in furthering the cause of good roads. Nor was the meeting directed specifi- Amendment which win be voted on in the coming general election.
 The Good Roads Convention was held under the auspices of the Mont gomery County Board of Revenue. It was held with the special purpose of cultivating the good roads sentiment in the county. It was attended by all khe road superintendents and super visors of the county.
 Incident to the meeting the people of Legrand served notable barbecue dinner. The special committee which had charge of the arrangement for the occasion was composed of Messrs. J. T. Robertson. P. M. Mcintyre and John W. Underwood. Those who took a place at the dinner table gave the spread unstinted praise. The barbecue reflected great credit on the commun- ity.
 The attendance was large and the meeting enthusiastic The crowd was fully as large as had been ex- pected. For miles and miles around the people drove over for the. speak ing and the barbecue.
 J. T. Robertson presided over the meeting and presented the speakers to the crowd. The speakers were given a fine hearing and an enthusi- asm at times was high.
 MT. Brown led off in the speaking. He made a fine stirring address. Mir. Brown took occasion to say that wh en the project oe the State helping in the building of good roads had been first preached he was opposed to 1t. He feared that 1t would be an un- any hand in internal improvements. Inasmuch as the question was live one he had made deeper study of it. As a result of that study he was convinced that the interests of the people and the welfare of the State would be served by the States giv- ing some assistance to those who iheIped tnernsesYes in gerfing good roads.
 MT. seed waz the second speaker. He spoke of the fine history of Mont gomery and the intelligence of her people. He took occasion. also, to conn pIiment the county for the work 1t had already done for good roads. What Montgomery county had done. he said, might serve as a model for other eoun- ties. The fine system of roads now fin the county was one of the couptys best assets.
 MT. Seed said that he had always been an advocate of good roads. He believed that good roads contributed as much as any other agency to the prosperity of county and state.
 Congressman Underwood closed with the principal speech of the day. MT. Underwood has made special study of the subject of good roads. Since he began his service in Congress he has made a speciality of good road leg islation.
 He has become interested in the