The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-24
SELMA PLACE OF TIE STATE ROADS MEET Executive Committee Ac-
 cepts Invitation TO INVITE THE TAFTS Committee Will Make an Urgent Re- quest for the Presence of the
 Chief Executive and
 Mrs. Taft
TO INVITE THE TAFTS

The executive committee of the Ala bama Good Roads association met yes- terday afternoon at 1 o'clock in the parlors of the Morris hotel with Pres ident John Craft presiding and decided definitely that Selma be the place of the next meeting and that the time be set for October 25. 26. 27.
 W r. Atkins, representing Dallas county, and G. Rosser, speaking for the city of Selma, appeared before the meeting and renewed the invitation which had previously been extended at the Fourth National Good Roads con gress. which met here in May. Both assured the committee that the assc citation would be received with open arms by the city of the black belt and every effort taken to make the next meeting the mos successful in the history of the good roads movement in this state.
 The committee shortly accepted the invitation and after confirming the date for the event and discussing many de- tails of the meeting next fall, adopted a motion providing for committee to go to Washington, D. C., to personally invite President and Mrs. Taft to at tend the good roads convention at date to be selected t? the secretary of the committee.
 Gov Emmet O'Neal, representing the state; President John Craft, represent ing the State Good Roads association; Senator John H. Bankhead, Senator Jo- seph F. Johnston. Representative os car W. Underwood, V. B. Atkins, W. T. Adkins and c. W. Cooper. repre- senting the Dallas County Good Roads association will constitute the larger membership of tho special committee to invite President and Mrs. Taft. The other seven congressmer in Washing ton also are to be members of the com mittee.
 As soon as a meeting with the Pres ident can be arranged for the commit tee will leave for Washington This committee, as was provided in another resolution, will also be instructed to extend personal invitation to Ambas sadors Bryce and Jusserand and Seo- retary of Agriculture James Wilson.
 Governors to Be Invited
 Tho invitation to attend the meeting of the Alabama Good Roads association will also be extended to Governors P. F Noel of Mississippi, J. Y. Sanders of Louisiana, Ben W. Hooper of Tennes- see. Hoke Smith of Georgia and James Gilchrist of Florida.
 President Craft said at the meeting yesterday: Ut will be the policy of the executive committee to make the coming event of great practical value. The probate judges of all counties, the road commissioners. engineers, super visors and citizens generally interested in the good roads movement will be urged to attend by reason of the fact that the people are to be enlightened on the subject of good roads building tnasmuch as they have been provided with constituted authorities for their respective counties charged with the expenditure of roads appropriation for The building and maintenance of public thoroughfares."
 According to informa ton furnished by the Selma members at the meeting of the executive committee yesterday they have planned as an inducement 10 the President to attend the meeting an old fashion southern barbecue, which Is to be served by the old black mann mics of the south. the chief items of the board to consist of 'possum and 'taters.
 Resolutions Passed
 The following resolutions were adopt ed at the meeting:
 Whereas, there is an agitation and movement on foot to build and to straighten out the various public roads from the Tennessee line to Mobile to be known as the Tennessee to- the gulf highway connecting the roads from De- catur to Birmjn sham, from Birming- ham to Montgomery, from Montgomery to Selma and from Selma to Mobile.
 Therefore, be it resolved that the executive committee O. the Alabama Good Roads association most heartily indorses this great highway from Ten nessee- to the-gulf and congratulates the various committees that have charge of the var!cu us sections of this great highway.
 Resolved, second, that we will lend every assistance possible in the agita- tion and building of this great high way to the indiviuual committees and