The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-15
Enthusiastic Meeting at
Columbia NJ ade Leonard
Tufts President
SCOUT CAR STARTS MONDAY

Good Shape-Tfe Movement Taking
Strong Hold and Giving Great I'M
petus to Road Building.
The meeting at Columbia, S. c.,
Thursday, Of delegates representing
the States of North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia proved to be a
very striking affair. BY special cOur-
tesy Of the Secretary OF State 1T was
held in the Senate chamber. All the
counties of central South Carolina
were represented and some in Georgia
and some in this State. Secretary
Fred A. Olds, of the Chamber Of
Commerce, was there to speak fo1
North Carolina and particularly that
port of the State of which Raleigh is
the enter. From South Carolina
there were great numbers of county
commissioners and road supervisors.
Everything was practical and business
like to the finish. Mr.. Leonard TUFTS,
of Pinehurst. who has been SO active
in the work, arrived the previous night
as did also Mr.. Frank Weldon, of At
lanta, and Secretary Olds and the
three had a preliminary conference
convention vas called by DIR. 4.
M. Whaley, the president of the au-
tomobile club of Columbia, the citi-
zens of that city owning 400 machines,
and he was delighted at the outcome
of his work. He called the meeting
to order and introduced Mr.. Hyatt, a
native of North Carolina-by the way
one of the most progressive Dla
men who gave a very hearty welcome
to the delegates. Secretary Olds was
then introduced by DR.. Whaley and
when asked to speak of North Caro-
lina's interest in the selection of the
apital automobile highway. He said
that this route would be available all
the winter and offered low grade; a
soil which will enable cheap n eX-
cellent road construction and which
links the capitals of some of the most
historic States, etc; Washington,
Richmond. Raleigh, Columbia, etc.
Secretary E. S. Johnson, Of the Au-
gusta, Ga. Chamber of Commerce, the
next speaker pledged the aid OF his
city in every way possible to secure
the selection Of the capital route. The
work of preliminary organization was
then taken up and upon Mr.. Weldon's
nomination Mr.. Whaley was made
chairman. Mr.. E. w. Robertson, one
of Columbia's wealthiest n most
progressive citizens, nominated Secre-
tary Olos for temporary secretary.
Mr.. Robertson described his exper-
fences in Europe where he has made
a number of automobile tours and
where he found that towns and rural
communities were alike benefited by
the automobile tourist travel. Presi-
dent Whaley appointed Messrs. Tufts,
Weldon, Meighan and Olds a commit
tee on bylaws and this committee re-
tired to map out the work. While it
was out, engaged in this duty delega-
tons representing all the South Car
olina counties along the line made
their report to show how active the
work is in building sand clay roads
which are conceded to be the finest for
o,+anonhi1aC Mr. q II QnkQU of
Hamlet, spoke for the section between
Cheraw, S. c.. and Pinehurst, and said
that the people would be ready with
good roads through that territory,
The committee returned with it's re-
port, recommending hat the name of
the organization be THE Capital
Highway Association" and that there
be a v,ce-president from each of the
States along the line and that the
president, vice-president, secretary M
treasurer select three directors from
each State. The recon-
mended for president Leonard Tufts
and for vice-presidentS the folloWing:
Edwar Butler, OF Georgia.; Edward
W. Robertson, of South Carolina; D.
\ Cooper, Of Henderson, for North
Carolina; John Branch. of Richmond.
for Virginia, and S. G. Rowland, OF
Baltimore, for Maryland. 1t also rec
commended for secretary, Frank We'll
don, Of Atlanta, and Edward w. Rob
ertson, of Columbia. The plan of or
SANITATION suggested as we'll as the
o1Hcers above named all received the
unanimous ratification of the meeting.
mere was not a hitch or a clash and
the IDEAS suggested by Secretary Olds
Mas 1ully carried out by word and
ueeu' t1ese being that the NJ
les must sink themselves and All
get s th;a IDEAS in the great effort to
States anaE hW through the various
- hnk their Capitals. ,fil-