The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-20
B|G DELEGATION
 FROM BIRMINGHAM
Delegates to Good Roads
 Meeting Leave Today
PROGRAMME IS GIVEN
Executive and Legislative Committees Meet in Montgomery Tonight-Del- egates to Farmers Union to Visit
 Convention After Adjournment

Birmingham will send a very large dele gation to the Alabama Good Roads con vention at Montgomery October 2l. The following citizens will leave on the southbound Louisville and Nashville this afternoon en route to the convention: John 1 ". O'Neill, H. K. Milner, l.. H. Penning- ton. vice presidents: J. A. Rountree. sec retary the Rev. ]. W. Cary. field agent and state organizer of the association. Hugh McGeever. W. J. Cameron. members of the board of revenue; ]. w. Gwin, county engineer, B. H. Cooper. railroad commissioner; Lee Cowart, commissioner of Immigration; State Senator Thomas J. Judge. Isadore Shapiro and N. w. Scott, members of the legislature: c. B. Rogers. county treasurer; Job Going. expresident of board of revenue; Judge Dan Greene. T. H. Spencer, Joe R. Cook, C. B. Beas- ley. E. l.. Byron, Henry Turner, Dr. w. ". Burnes, Wallace c. Johns, Solon Jacobs, J. H. McCary. H. r. Gay, A. T. Newell Neut Newell, Al Campbell and lothers.
 The legislative and executive commit tees of the association will hold joint 1 session in the parlor of thes Exchange hotel at Montgomery tonight at o'clock. The governor. Governor-elect Charles Henderson and the members of the state highway commission have been invited to attend this meeting, which was called to discuss resolutions that will be present. ed to the meeting of the Alabama Good Roads association for its adoption asking the next legislature to pass many impor tant measures that will be recommended to it, such as continuing the present state highway commission and making an appropriation for state aid roads. Judge F. B. Almon. chairman of the legislative committee, cannot attend on account of legal business but Judge Dan Greene. vice chairman, will preside over of the legislative committee to the con- vention on Thursday.
 Farmers to Visit Convention
 Arrangements have been made so that the Farmers union will hold it's special meeting in the Montgomery county court hopse tomorrow morning at 9 O clock and will adjourn at Il o'clock and come in a morrow night he will addres sthe Ala bama Good Roads association. ! Senator Bankhead will reach Montgom- cry tonight, and will address the Farm CTS uhioi toluoFiOW mornlnS on the Bankhead plan for financing cotton. To- morrow night he will addres sthe Ala bama Good Roads association on the sub <, ject of Federal Aid for Good Roads"
 A. G. Batcheldor, chairman of the ex- ecutive committee, American Automobile association, with headquarters in Wash ington, will reach Montgomery tomorrow morning and will be ready to address the convention in the afternoon on the sub ject of "The Help the Government Should Give Good Roads" M sate
 A. E Ausman of Ohio, national or sanizer of the United States Good Roads association, will be present and will ad- dress the convention on 'Systfnatizing Highway Building
 M. V. Richards, land and industrial agent Southern railway, will reach Mont gomery Thursday morning and will ad- dress the convention on Good Roads and | Immigration"
 Programme Announced
 The full programme of the meeting
 WEDNESDAY MORNING
 Meeting called to order by John Craft, president.
 Opening Prayer The Rev Stuart Mcoueen, rector. of the Episcopal church of the Holy Comforter
 Welcome Address-On behalf of the city of Montgomery, w. A. Gunter,
  : Commerce Duncan May, president; on 5 behalf of the state, the governor of D Alabama.
 Rosponse-On behalf of the Alabama : Good Roads association, John Craft. Annual Report of the Secretary-J A. Rountree.
 : Enrolment of delegates.
 Appointment of Committees-Resolu 4 tion committee, committee of highways nominating committee.
 Adjournment until 2:30 D. m. . WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON Reports of delegates from counties , cities. good roads, farmers, commercial r and civic organizations.
 Good Roads and Women's Interest . |, in the ame"-Address by Mrs. Nora ! E. Miller, Dadeville
 ''Co-operation and Observance of Good Roads Days"-Address by w. F. Fitts, president Tuscaloosa County Good Roads association.
 Good Roads from the Viewpoint of lthe Rural Mail Carrier"--Address by g. A. Reynolds. secretary of Alabama Rural Letters Carriers association. fol- lowed by F. B. Skipper, chairman If the executive committee of same asso- citation.
 "Good Roads from the viewpoint of lthe Farmer'--Address by O. P. Ford. $ president of the Farmers union, fol- ] lowed by W. A. Morris of Fayette county.
 Good Roads and Immigration"-Ad- dress by M. V. Richards, land and in- : dustrial agent Southern railway. "Trees on the Public Road"--Address by F. A. Gu1ledge.
 "Convicts on the Public Roads"-Ad- , dress by John W. O'Neill, first vice president of Alabama Good Roads as- socintion.
 }, Followed by Thomas J. Judge, Isadore i, Cha rfro a nd V. B. Atkins. Il Report of Progress of State Highways-- , Hon. R. F. Spraggins, president Alabama State Highway commission. Convention adjourns until 7:3o WEDNESDAY, NIGHT. II Address by Gov. .-elect Charles Hender- i, son.
 {. "Systematizng Highway Building"- . Address by A. F. Ausman of Ohio. Uniform Good Roads Legislation for [ Counties in the Construction of Roads 3 Address by N. Mitcham. 'sFederal Aid for Good Roads''--Address by Senator John H. Bankhead. Fl Convention adjourns until 9:30 Thursday . morning.
 THURSDAY MORNING.. 2 Convention called to order at s:30 .. m. : Invocation.
 The legislative committee of the asso- ciation will make report on recommen- datiDns of changes, appropriations and new legislation that will be requested oi 1 the next session of the Alabama legisla. ture This report win be discussed by al :. of the Htate senator's. member0 of th<