The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-13
LOCAL DELEGlTES
 URGED ID ATTEND Will Act As Reception Com
 mittee for Visitors TAYLOR CANNOT ATTEND Congressman From First District Writes from Washington That He Has Just Returned From the
 Hawaiian Islands.
TAYLOR CANNOT ATTEND

Everything is In readiness for the meet ing of the Alabama Good Roads associa- tlon Thursday morning. The following counties have sent in their full quota of delegates to attend the convention: Bar bour, Blount Bullock, Calhoun, Cham bers. Chiffon, Clay, Clebourne, Colbert, Coosa, Covington, Cullman, Crenshaw, Dallas, Dale DeKalb, Escambia, Eto- wah, Fayette, Franklin Greene, Hale. Jefferson. Lamar, Lauderdale. Lawrence, Lee. Limestone, Lowndes, Madison, Ma rengo, Marion Marshall, Mobile, Mon roe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pick. ems. Pike. Randolph. Shelby, St Clair Sumter. Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa and Walker
 Of these 4S counties each has appointed 25 delegates and letters have been re ceived showing that there will be an average of 10 delegates from each county About 50 towns and cities of Alabama have also appointed delegates. which will make the convention one of the most representative bodies Of business men that has ever assembled in Alabama to discuss the question of good roads.
  accompanied by the Mobile delegation, will arrive in Birmingham this morn ing. MT. Craft will open headquarters, where he will be very glad to receive any of the delegates. He comes very much enthused over the convention and looks for lasting good to be accomplished
 Every delegate that has been appointed by the probate judge. Board of Revenue n Hn clubs in Jefferson county, is urgently re- quested to be on hand at 9:30 tomorrow morning in the auditorium of the Cham Der of Commerce for the purpose of act ing as members of the reception com mittee. It is desired by the local ar- engagement committee that every delegate from Jefferson county be present.
 Judge James A. Crowley of DeKalb county writes that he has appointed a delegation of 20, that he has the promise of every member to attend, and that his delegation will arrive m Birminp- ham on Thursday morning
 Senator J. H. Bankhead passed throue h the city last night route to Huntsville to talk on good roads. He will return to Birmingham and be on hand for the convention Thursday morning
 D. Fl. Winslow of Washington. D. c. who comes as the representative of the United States road department writes that he will arrive in Birmingham this morning. A number of the delegates from South Alabama arrived last night
 Congressman George W. Taylor from the First Congressional district writes from Washington, stating that he has just returned from the Hawaiian islands after an absence of over two months and finds that 1t is impossible for him to at tend the meeting of the Alabama Good Roads associates.
 He writes:
 There is no more important improve ment than improving our country's road 5 and it is more important than the im- <provement of our railroads or river har- Alabama Please express to the members that l am, indeed, sorry that 1t will be impossible for me to participate in what l know will be a most encouraging meet ing, for people are taking more notice of the needs of our roads now than ever be- fore"
 President c. W. Ufford has appointed the following delegates to represent tha Business Mems league at the good roads convention: M V. Joseph. J. L. Parker, A. Fl. Ford, Sol Caheen. R D. Burnett Herman Sals, Eugene Fies George Mo- Cleary. Bert Jacobs Dan A. Hogan, John w O'Neill, s. Spiro, Fl. J. Porter, Frank P. Chaffee, Hugo Marx, L. Pizitz, J. D. Collins, A. w. B. Johnson, J. Burger, Coleman Blach C. H. Nabb, J. H. Hol- combe, G. B. McVay. H. C. Abbott, w. l. Gum.