The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-14
ALABAMA CITIZENS
WILL WORK ROADS
OF STATE TODAY
First of a Three-Day Cam
paign for Better High
ways-Business Men
Are Active

The Inauguration of good roads days
opens up today and continues tomorrow
and Saturday. All day yesterday letters,
kilograms, telephones and personal calls
were received at the headquarters of the
Alabama Good Roads association, indicat-
ing a great success of good roads days
in Alabama.
Judge William h. Skeggs of Decatur,
in company with the four commissioners
of Morgan county, and other county Of
ficers. will start at o'clock in the morn
ing and do manual labor in the construc-
tion of roads in that county. 1t is esti-
mated that over 500 volunteers will work
in Morgan county as we'll as those that
are required by law to work.
In Jefferson county the volunteers head
ed by j. A Rountree, secretary of the
Alabama Good Roads association; Hugh
McGeever, vice president of the Alabama
Good Roads association, also a member of
the board of revenue and L. H. Penning-
| ton will wend their way over Twenty-sey-
| enth street road and join with road work
ers and show their good faith and de-
termina ton to help the good roads cause
A party of q business men and citi-
n
| In over % of the various precincts OF
| Jefferson county the business men will
| join with the farmers and do manual work
in helping to build permanent roads. Road
Supervisor Bob Taylor reports great in
terest in certain sections of the county.
He Will superintend the working of the
Mt. Pinson road.
Judge j. w. Shepherd of Walker county,
with the members of the board of COM
mis- al hundred Wnl1ln- =
teer workers together with the regular
workers will start early this morning to
work on certain sections of Walker coun-
ty roads. News comes from Chiffon coun-
ty that Judge Deason with a large num-
ber of citizens will start work on the
roads in that section of the state.
Governor Emmett ONeal with his office
force and other state officers have prom
ised to start this morning to do manual
labor on certain sections of the Mont
gomery county roads.
Every indication from the information
received by Secretary Rountree goes to
show that at least 100000 people with have
worked the roads throughout Alabama
by the setting of the sun on Saturday.
Enthusiastic at Gadsden
"Gadsden, August IL, 1918.
MIR. J. A. Rountree, Secretary Alabama
Good Roads Association, Birmingham,
Ala:
Dear Mr.. Rountree:-At meeting of
our chamber last night the subject of
good roads was the most important one
of the evening. We are going to do some
thing on good roads days, the 14th, 18th
and 18th. A committee has been ap-
pointed to list all available help for the
occasion. Already any number of our
automobile owners, business men and 9TH
ers have offered their services or will
furnish us with a laborer to work the
roads on these three days.
"Since the governor of our state has
set aside the three days for good roads
days our people should observe the days
in that way. We cannot expect our cities
good roads facilities for the farmers to
bring their produce to the city. Gadsden
realizes this and we are going to try to
do our share.
You can appreciate how much good the
Good Roads association could do If they
will hold their meeting here this year,
and we hope they will decide to come to
Gadsden. Yours very truly,
&C. W. ROBERTS,
General Secretary"
Reports have been received from Nor
gan county that 54 county overseers have
organized and summond over 500 men of
ioad age and subject to road duty to start
| to work on the roads this morning
| Besides this number several hundred
volunteers have agreed to work the roads.
The information CLEANED is that at least
| 1000 men will engage in working the
| roads in Morgan county.