The Forrest City times., 1913-06-20
GOOD ROAD MEETING

Pursuant to announcement made in a previous issue of The Times and other papers, we had visit last even . ing from the State Highway Commis- sion in the person of MT. E. A. Kings ley. the State Highway Engineer The entire board was to have been in the company, but owing to sickness in the family of Judge Kilgore, of Magnolia, and of pressing business engage ments Chairman Dye, of Little Rock, and MT. c. W. Highflll, of Paragould, could not be present.
 There was present at the meeting held in the courthouse good repre- Sentation Of business men and farmers, and all listened with interest and pro. ht to the outline given by MT. Kings ley Of the work that the Highway Commission is willing and anxious to assist Tn doing toward the completion of a section of the uluth-to-the.Gu ulf Highway between St. Francis {the state line) and Forrest City, where connection is made with the Southern National Highway, which road ex- tends across the continent from ocean to ocean, from Washionton, D. C., to San Diego, California, one of the most important lines of road in the coun- try, and will in the course of years to come be one of the most important stretches of highway in the world
 The road as being projected and fos- tered by the State Highway Commis- sion Is one of almost equal importance and one Of the four main roads that will soon be reality, as passing from Canada to the southern borders of the United States. This particular road being more important than any of the others, for the reason that it will pass down the Mississippi valley and through the most fertile and pro- ductiye part of our nation.
 Ample assurance by all present was given the Highway Commission of the hearty cooperation of the citizens of Forrest City and of St. Francis county.
 Since it has become fact that these roads are to cross in our beati- ful city, and that St. Francis county has become the great national good roads center, il appeared that we should identify ourselves actively with l these great improvements in fitting manner, and rO that end our strongest good-roaders were made officers in the St. Francis County branch of the 1 Southeru National Oceanic. Ocean Highway association. Senator F. w. | DeRossitt was made the local presi- dent. Judge s. H. Mann first vice president and Hon. Edward Roleson second vice president Dr. J. O Rush was made secretary-treasurer
 A meeting is called to convene at the courthouse at 2;30 ?. m. on Satur- day, June 2S, which every goodroader in St. Francis county is asked to at- tend. We want 800 members of this association in this county. The mem- bership fee is one dollar only, and 75 cents of this goes to the national association and p cents will remain in the home treasury for the purpose of defraying local expenses.
 Just here it might be mentioned that there is but one salaried officer in the entire association, incluing the all of the branch associations. That is the secretary of the national asso citation. His salary is S75 per month None of the other officers get cent. This money goes entirely to paying the expense of logging the road across the continent and m writing up the trip and all the interests represented including photographs and interest ing facts, such as were portrayed in the supplement so widely circulated by The Times few years ago. The getting out and printing of these will cost over S40,000, and they will be dis. tributed all over the United States
 This will readily be conceded to be the greatest advertisement of the resources of the South that has ever been attempted, and will at once create such an interest in this great road project that it is believed we can readily secure aid from the United States government in building this road and that eventually the main. tenance Of this road will be entirely In the hands of your Uncle Samuel.
 After the meeting lunch was serv. ed at Malouf'S restaurant to the yisi.