The Hattiesburg news., 1915-09-22
CITY RALLIES TO CALL
AT The ELEVENTH HOUR
opeo'a' Train Carries 300 Delegates
from Magnolia state to Tennessee
10 Fight for Military Highway
-
armed With Literature, Logic, His.
tory and Reasonlns-city Paws $1o5
" toward Expenses Of Holding Con-
vention.

~oS ny hb anu pSllHdutS llut-
tering in the breezes, 800 Mississippi
good roads enthusiasts this afternoon
are speeding on special train for
Nashville where, on tomorrow, they
Will advance the claim of Mississippi
that the Jackson Military Highway
should traverse the Magnolia State,
on its way south to New Orleans.
On board the special are two Hat
tiesburg delegates. Two others left
on No. 4, at 11:50 o'clock this morn
ing, and will reach Nashville tomor-
row morning.
The Hattiesburg delegation will
have with it $1O5, or IS more than was
required, donated by local business
men toward defraying the expenses
Of the meeting called to reach some
kind Of an agreement as to the route
the highway should take.
Ben Holmes left the city last night
\ for Meridian and this morning board
Nd the special which pulled out Of
Geridian for the Tennessee city.
&, Shortly before noon today, E. L. Rob
ing and C. T. Singleton left on No. A,
and will reach Nashville tomorrow
morning in time to attend the first
meeting of the association. Prof. Joe
Cook, who is in Meridian, wired here
today that he would go to Nashville
II he finished his work in time today.
Camp Steps In.
For a while it looked as If Forrest
county would not be represented at
the meeting. At the last minute, H.
A. Camp stepped in, succeeded in in
ducing delegation to go to Nashville
and within an hour, collected $lO5 as
Hattiesburg's part of the conventions
expenses.
The money was subscribed as fol-
lows; Hattiesburg Traction Company
st0. Calhoun's Bankrupt Store, $40;
iMerchants Grocery Company, $40;
\rhe Hattiesburg News. $40; the J. j
Newman Lumber Company, $40; Bank
of Hattiesburg, $40; John A. Mcleod
81. M. D. King, IS; l. c. Alexander
s5. Love Drug Company, s. Owl Drue
Store. s.; Citizens Bank, So; Deas q
Duke. s. Century Drug Store so
uattiesburg Hardware Company
$3.50; C. f. Linneman, $3.50.
The special train left Meridian a
o'clock this morning. Between lo'
and ,5O other Mississippians boarde'
tbe train north of Meridian Thes'
,,,,, seek to snatch the victory IRON
,ho Alabama crowd that seeks to Oil
r0r, tbe road by 21O-mile detou
,S,oupb a territory which Andrew
Jackson, going direct to New orleSn
disdained to travel.
The train goes direct to the con'en
tiou city by way of Jackson lenn
snd tbe Nashville, Chattanooga an
ouis railway. AT Columbus, tn
M will nick up a delegation iron
rr,h Mississippi and another on
torinth.
Town still Lively.
u 1 Camp who rounded up I'd
delegates and raised the money .1'',,o, to a.
s.av uattiesburg's part of the CONVEX
,las tlos expenses, says there is plent
$ aAr AT YOU need said Mr. Camp I !
aay ~,is somebody to go after lnem mn
.&s ,ss right way. ! made t up my MN mn
~ .Sor,ls before noon YESTERDAY Una .ns
ss,,,s.0arr suSs was going 2 y repr = y.
ns .Sn,sa d met eopssutio's and sna1 y
SEM ss,ss 4 were going q have snous
os'ss sss< 3 psy Hattiesqprs's part
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