The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-27
STRONG MOVEMENT
 FOR GOOD ROADS
Organization Is Effected and
 Committees Named
CLUBS ARE TO BE FORMED
Establishment of Juvenile Department of the Prison System of Missis- sippi Is Being Discussed
 at the Capital.

Jackson, Miss, June 2s-(sjecial1-A number of automobiles representing every section of the state met at the Knights of Pythias hall here yesterday and or ganized the Good Roads and Automobile club. with Eugene Simpson of Jackson president; R. S. Withers of Clinton vice president ". D. McRaven of Jackson secretary and treasurer.
 The subject of road building and main tenance was discussed at considerable Tenth, but no definite conclusion reached. and 1t was determined to leave the mat ter in the hands of a good. strong com mittee of three. viz: George c. McIaurin of Bonto, G W. Hicks of Jackson and Floyd Willis of Jackson, who are to re- port at an adjourned meeting with reeom- mendatfOns as to the best methods of building and maintaining roads in the state of Mississippi, the Idea being that autoing will never amount to much in the state till the roads are improved, and that there can be great improvement if the roads are properly ditched and drained and thrown up in the middle
 Another committee of three was nained R. S. withers of Clinton, Jesse Birdsong Of Bolton and J. P. Landon of Jackson( charged with 1deyising plans for the or ganization. the mapping out of work to be done, and to solicit members.
 These committees were ordered to re- port at the next meeting of the club which will be on July in this city.
 In the meantime clubs are to be or ganized in every county In the state. the object of which will be to secure better roads and their maintenance, and once this is done state good roads association is to be organized and charged with pushing the work in every direction, through the legislature, boards of super visors and boards of trade.
 The attendance on todav's meeting was all that was expected, and the enthusiasm was such as to guarantee that very great interest is being manifested now in the subject of good roads.
 The state reformatory proposition has received a healthy boost here during the past few days, and it may be that the foundation has been laid for the estab- 1ishment of a juvenile department of the prison system.
 There is a certain young woman whose name is withheld for obvious reasons, who is taking a great deal of interest in the matter She has discovered that there are IS convicts in the penitentiary, IS white boys on the convict farm in Ran kin county, under the age of q, and she has an idea that she can reform them and do them a great deal of good in moral way.
 This lady. whether matron or miss makes no difference, has beseiged the pen itentiary board of control for permission to do something for these IS young con victs. and 1t Is possible that she will sls- ceed in having them set apart as her especial charges before she is through with It. Her idea is that the IS young men should be separated from the common herd of convicts and that they should be given an opportunity to read and study and educate themselves-most of them being of the more ignorant class. and in that she is perhaps more than half cor rect
 Superintendent Neyaland has given this matter considera ble thought. eand he Is very decidedly of the opinion that the young convicts should be separated from the old and hardened criminals, but he does not go to the extent of demanding A Juvenile refornnatorv That would in volve and include the hundreds of young negro convicts, and there would be no way of separating the white and the black convicts
 The lady who is interesting herself in this matter proposes to give her services free to the state and is confident that she will be Joined by others who will assist in the aducation of the young white coflvicts of the state.
 The remains of Lewis Green, the 15- year-old son of Hon. Marcellus Green of this city. who broke his neck by diving into shallow water at Biloxi last Monday a week ago, were laid to rest here to- day The active pallbearers were from among the business associates of the fath- CT of the boy but the honorary pail bearers were the school and playmates of the deceased. who was one of the brightest and most promising boys of Jackson.
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 Such profusion of flowers and floral designs were perhaps never before seen in the city-the caslyet being hidden be- meath mass of daisies while three car riages were required to transport tne surplus to the cemetery.