Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-10-12
in every way possible;


have already employed such engineers
be most heartily commended;
4th. That this association notes with
pleasure and encouragement the growth
of sentiment for which the association
declared, favoring Federal aid in the es-
tablishment of the desired system of
Appalachian road-ways and of other
roads in the country at large snd hereby
proffers ags in, such assistance as may
be advisable to those now seeking such
aid at the hands of the Federal govern
ment;
5th- That this association notes with
great qualification the increasing inter-
est in courses of highway engineering
study among the higher institutions of
learning in our land and believes the
action on the part of those institutions
that have inaugurated such departments
to have been among the most impor-
tant, far-reaching and valuable of any
in recent years;
9Th That the valuable aid rendered
and the great impetus given to highway
construction and maintenance by the
various railway companies traversing
the Appalachian territory, through the
running of sp!endidIy equipped good
roads" trains, their expenditures of
money for the services of lecturers up
on all phases of road work and the pub
lie utterances of their officials when
ever opportunity presented, has been
watched with appreciative interest on
the part of this association and that
these railways be given the cordial sup
port and assistance of this association
in whatever plans they may have for
furthering road building in the future.
7th. Resolved, That the Southern
Appalachian Good Roads Association
heartily endorses the movement inaugu-
rated at Birmingham at the National
Good Roads Congress looking to the
concentrating of the efforts of the vari-
Gus good roads organizations throughout
the United States toward the securing
of the active cooperation of the Fed
eral government in the building and
maintenance of good roads not only by
furnishing expert direction, but also by
undertaking the building of public high
ways by Federal appropriations.
Resolved, second, That this associa-
tion will cooperate with like existing
organizations to bring about the desired
result as soon as possible.
8th. That this association desires to
express to the people of Roanoke
through the Chamber of Commerce its
sincere appreciation of the many court
estes extended the delegates to this con-
vention and the enthusiastic co-opera-
ton given the convention in all it had
planned to accomplish. The association
further desires to thank the Young
Mems Christian Association, of Roam
oke, for it's kindness and consideration
in allowing the convention the use of its
splendid hall and other conveniences.
At the morning session on Thursday
the report of the committee on nomina-
tions was made. and the following were
elected officers for the ensuing year:
President and Treasurer, DIR. Joseph
Hyde Pratt, of Chapel Hill, N. C.
Secretary, H. B. Warner, of Lexing-
ton, N. C.
| Vice-PresIdents: Tennessee-Cyrus
Kehr, Knoxville; Kentucky, Joseph F.
Bosworth, Middlesboro; Virginia, j.
Thompson Brown. Bedford City; Geor-
gia, Prof. Charles M. Strahan, Athens;
West Virginia, c. E. Krebs, Charles
ton; South Carolina, F. 81. Hyatt, Col
umbia; North Carolina, E. C. Chambers,
| Ashville.
Executive Committee-Professor s.
W. McCallie, Atlanta, Ca; j. N. Fish
er, Morristown, Tenn; DR.. A. Cheat
ham, Durham, N. c.; John Wood, Spar
tanburg, S. c.; Charles P. Light, Mar
tinsburg. W. Va; Governor Augustus
E. Wilson, Frankfort, KY: P. st. j.
Wilson, Richmond, Va; DIR. C. P. Amb-
Ter, Ashville, N. c.; Professor T. P.
Branch, Atlanta, Ca; E. F. Lipscomb,
Gaffney, S. c.
The selection of a place of meeting
for 1912 brought on a spirited fight.
The committee on nominations RECON-
mended that the semi-annual meeting
"a INC ooooSioIiei Dc uSiu III Spartan
burg, S. c., in March and the annual
meeting in October, 1912, in Atlanta,
Ga. John w. Wood was instantly on
his feet, pleading with the convention
to disregard the report and to come to
Spartanburg for the annual meeting.
He set forth eloquently the claims of
his home city to the next convention.
Representatives of Atlanta, AshevilIe,
and Nashville each in turn invited the
convention to hold the 1912 meeting in
their cities year hence, and when it
became apparent that neither would
yield, it was decided to leave the selec-
tion of a meeting place to the executive