The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-12
SELMA ID SEND
 STRONG COMMITTEE
Invitation to President Taft Backed Up by Enthusi-
 astic Mass Meeting

Selma. July 11-(Special)-W the next week or two a committee of Sel- mians will go to Washington to formally urge President and Mrs. Taft to accept the invitation to come to Selma on Oc- tober 27 during the sessions of the Ala bama Good Roads association, which will be in session here on that day. This was the sense of a mass meeting | of citizens of Selma and Dallas county, which was held at the courthouse here at noon today. The meeting was largely attended by representative citizens and considerable enthusiasm was displayed over the possibility of getting President Taft to come to Selma.
 The committee of Selmians will join the committee from the Alabama Good Roads association, which was recently ap- pointed by the executive committee of that organization to go to Washington and extend an invitation 70 President Taft to attend the approaching convention of the organization. This committee will be headed by Gov Emmet ONeal and will go to Washington during the early part of August
 H. S. D. Mallory, c. W. Hooper, J. B. Ellis and several others also spoke upon the invitation to President Taft and what it would mean to Selma. Just before the meeting adjourned MT. R. E. L. Nell in- | troduced set of resolutions in the nature of an invitation to President and Mrs. Taft to come to Selma on October 27 and attend the session of the Alabama Good | Roads association.
 On motion a committee composed Of V. B. Atkins president of the Central Ala bama Fair association; Clifton Kirk patrick, president of the Dallas County Good Roads association. and M. M. Lehman president of the Selma Cham Der of Commerce, was appointed as gen. eral committee and which is empowered to appoint all necessary committees needed to make the two occasions big events for Selma.
 Before the meeting adjourned and upon motion. of J. B. Ellis, w. B. Craig was elected permanent chairman of all mass meetings which are to be held during the next few months. Mir. Morgan Richards was also elected permanent secretary.
 The annual convention of the Dallas County Sunday School association con vened at the Church Street Methodist church here this morning at 9:30 o'clock. The convention Is being attended by q large number of delegates from every Sunday school in the county and the con vention is being presided over by Pres ident Hugh Mallory of Selma.
 The sessions of the convention which were held today proved most interesting to the large number of delegates. A nurfi- Der of prominent Sunday school workers are also here attending the convention, which will remain in session until noon tomorrow.
 J. H. Phelps, district farm demonstrator of Alabama, with headquarters at Au burn, addressed a meeting of the farmers of Dallas county, which was held at the courthouse at II o'clock this morning The address made by MT. Phelps touched upon various matters of farming and proved most interesting to the large num- Der of farmers from all parts of the county who heard him.
 At the semi-monthly meeting of the city council of Selma, which was held Mon day night ordinances authorizing the paw ing of that part of Broad street from the Hotel Albert to the Union passenger sta tion were passed. When this paving has been completed Broad street will be one of the handsomest thoroushfares in the state. The contract for the paving will be let by the city within the next few weeks.