The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-09-06
MOUNTAIN TO THE SEA
Enthusiasm For Highway From
Wilmington to Charlotte
= Fine Meeting of the Progressive
Men From Eleven Counties Set In
auences. i'm Motion That Will Insure
important Highway.

Especial to News and Observer.)
L~aurinburg, Sept. 3-There is no
doi,bt that the Observation-Disclosures
Hfghwav from Wilmington to Char
I,dta will be built. The size, the
character and the enthusiasm of the
meeting here is guarantee Of that
fact. as is the capacity n zeal and
ability of the men who were put at
IN, read Of the movement. Col. II.
- of Rockingham, was made
president; Mr.. H. w. Malloy, Of Will
rnjngtOn, vice-president, and Mr.. John
Everett, Of Rockingham, secretary
and treasurer.
All Of the ten counties through
which the highway will pass were
reUresented. A Legislative committee,
with Mr.. George Rountree, of Will
mirgtOn as chairman, and other nee
essary committees were named The
WAYS and Means Committee appoint
cd is composed Of d. M~cEachern,
New Hanover; ]. A. Brown, Column
bus: Robert Ruark, Brunswick;
J. ". Garter, Robson; DR.. W: t.
pate, Scotland; W. N Everett, Rich
mond: J. NJ. Fairview, Union; J. H.
Ham,. Mecklenburg; G.. H. Currie,
BIaden. On motion, DR.. Pratt was
added to the committee as an honor
2rv member. Joseph A. Brown was
made chairman of the committee and
". \. Everett, secretary.
These other committees we're ap-
pointed:
Executive Committee: Mecklenburg,
{. Z. Bryant, Charlotte; Union, r. f.
Beaslev. Monroe; Arson. Rev. I. w.
ChAmbliss, WadeSboro; Richmond. w.
]. Everett. Rockingham; Scotland, J.
A J. McKinnOn, MaXtOn; Bladen, q.
H. Currie, Clarkton; Columbus, K. B.
Council, Wananish; Brunswick, A. NJ.
Chinnis, Phoenix; New Hanover, A.
B. Shedding, Wilmington.
Finance Committee: Mecklenburg,
DR.. Chas, Bland, Jr.; Union, B; G:
Richmond, E. A. Lackey, Hamlet;
Scotland, J. F. McNair. L~aurinburg;
Robson, r. D, Caldwell, Lumberton.
bladen, A. A. Clark. Rosindale; Co
Iumbus, G. Herbert Smith, Cronly;
Brunswick, r. w. Davis. Southport;
New Hanover, Walker Taylor, Will
miugtOn.
Legislative Committee: George
Rounree, Wilmington: A. S. Dockery,
Rockingham; A E. White, Lumber
ton; c. E. Taylor, Southport; e. II.
Gibson, L~aurinburg; w. b. Love-, Mon
roe.
state Should Furnisl, Convicts.
The following resolution, differed by
MIR II. w. Malloy, vas adopted:
"Resolved, That it is the sense OF
this meeting that the State should ap-
prppriate a sufficient amount to make
it possible to give, through the Geo
logical and Economic Survey OHigh-
way Division) adequate road engineer
ing to all the counties desiring 1t IN
the construction of their roads and
bridges;
Resolved, That it is the sense OF
this meeting that the best use tina
can be made of the State cOnVicts is
III the construction Of public roads
and that counties desiring same
should have the first right to use
them for this purpose: Provided, that
they pay the State IL stipulated amount
per day for each convict, the State
10 bear all expenses Of maintenance
care and guarding of cOnvicts-"
There We're a number of enthusiastic
Speeches by representative men from
all eleven counties, and the pledges
made assure the Mountain-to-the-
Sea Highway. A valuable address
vas delivered by State Geologls'
Pratt.