The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-06-16
Some Interesting Addresses aud
Much Practical Discussion
AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION
Proposed fer the State and Approved
by the Delegates Question Box a
Most Interesting and Instructive
Feature Of the Convention Officers
Elected.

Winston-Salem, June 15.- Tho
morning session OF the North Carolina
Goods Roads association was preceded
BY a tour Of inspection over the For
syth county good roads and review
OF demonstration of "Taryia" By the
Barrett company, Of Philadelphia.
Charles H. Mooreiield, OF the United
States Office Of public roads OF Wash
ington, delivered a thoroughly inter-
esting address ON "Sand-clay Roads"
A. B. Bachelor. OF New York city,
OF the American Organization OF Au-
.omobilists, made an excellent ad-
iress. which was greatly enjoyed. The
speaker proposed strong automo-
ollie association for the state, which
met the approval of the delegates. He
also thought that repairs should be
made on good roads after they we're
constructed and that road building
should be kept out of politics. He
was OF the opinion that country peo-
pie viii soon become owners or motor
iriven vehicles as 1t Is a matter OF
sccnomy. He favored federal aid In
oad building. He spoke very enthu-
,iastically OF the crest OF the Blue
aidge highway. now under consider
ition by the association, and declared
hat Il would bring thousands Of tour
lsts TO this state.
p. ID. Gold. Jr.. of Raleigh, who xas
icheduled to deliver an address on
State Security for County Roads
was detained in Savannah on busi-
ness. but he sent a paper here on the
nbject, which was read BY Dr. Pratt.
This paper greatly interested the
delegates and a motion was carried to
have Il published ane scattered broad
cast over the state. Col. A. II. Boy
leu, Of Salisbury. declared this to be
ihe most important paper that had
been delivered before the association.
An invitation was extended by ]. H.
Brodie. chairman OF the good roads
Of the Henderson chamber
II commerce. for the association to
aold its next meeting at Henderson.
rhe executive committee will decide
On the next place OF meeting al later
late.
The answers to the questions IN the
box were started at the
morning session. This was one OF the
ieatures OF the convention, the number
u addresses having been limited so
that more practical work OF a definite
iaturc might be accomplished. AL
Iarge number OF questions dealing with
road problems we're asked and an-
'werod BY experts. The discussion or
questions IN the question box was
continued when the afternoon session
opened, aud many valuable sugges-
lonz we're offered ON road problems
~ those present An address BY c.
= Foy. president OF the association
Il county commissioners. was followed
ly the reports Of committees and the
election OF officers. after which the
adjourned. The resolution
committee favored working state con-
slcts on roads, federal aid In road
and number of other pro-
policies.
The membership committee made
suggestions for increasing the rcyc-
nue Of the state association.
OfIlccrs elected: President. II. u.
yice-president Tone from each
district, n. II. Gotten.
bruce: J. L. Patterson. Roanoke
Rapids; X. L. May. Trenton; N. C..
Winston. Selma: z. II. Hanes, Win
ston-Salcm: d. McEachern. Whining
ton; Leonard Tufts. Pinehursi: p. u.
Beard. Salisbury; y. NJ. shannon
house. Charlotte: y. c. Chambers.
Asheylllc.
Secretary. JOS n. Pratt; treasurer.
]. O. Brown. Of Raleigh. The exccu-
tive committee will be named BY the
president