The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-11
THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION MEETS Discuss Proposed Auburn Tuskegee Connecting Link CONTRACTS APPROVED Road Institutes Held in More Than 30 Counties-Feagin Coming Here to
 Aid in Promoting Hitter
 acy Campaign
CONTRACTS APPROVED

Montgomery, April 10.-(Special )-Dis- cussion of a proposed state highway from Auburn to Tuskegee. which will form a connecting link in the system of trunk roads throughout the state, the approval of contracts for county road building, and the submission of a report by State High way Engineer w. s. Keller featured the quarterly meeting of the state highway commission, which met at the capitol to- day. The members of the commission also conferred with Governor Henderson relative to the work of the department.
 Of principal interest was the discussion relative to the Auburn-Tuskegee highway. One of the proposed routes takes in the town of Notasulga, while the second, known as the Little Texas" road, does rot include any towns. In behalf of the former route, Dr. J. E. Williams, A. c. Noland and Dr. Ward, all of Notasulga, appeared before the commission.
 The road will be designated by com mittee appointed by R. E. Spragins Of Huntsville, chairman of the commission, composed of Capt. John Craft, J. B. Ry- lance, Prof. c. N. Mitcham and Engineer Keller, who will go over the two pro- posed routes tomorrow.
 Engineer Keller reported to the com mission that since the last quarter meet ing road institutes had been held in more than 30 counties of the state, before audi ences representing total of several thou sand people. He reported that the road institutes had been educational in nature, and declared that he had reason to be- lieve that much good had been accom- plished
 All of the members of the commission were present at the meeting today. The commission is composed as follows: R. F. Spragins of Huntsville chairman; Dr. Eu- gene Smith of Tuscaloosa, Prof. George N. Mitcham of Auburn, J. B. Rylance of Dadeville, and Capt. John Craft of Mo- bile.
 Superintendent of Education William F. Feagin will go to Birmingham tomorrow to assist in promoting the illiteracy cam paign in that city. Superintendent Feagin proposes to spend two days in Birming- ham, "Illiteracy Day" in Birmingham which will be signalized by the sale of buttons to secure funds to promote the campaign throughout the state, has been set for next Saturday.
 Following his visit to Birmingham. Su- perintendent Feagin will go to Gulfport Miss, to attend a meeting of the various state superintendents of education. which will be held there two days. After the Gulfport meeting. Superintendent Feagin will go to New Orleans to attend a gen. eral educational conference.
 Col. Hillary A. Herbert of Washington, for many years congressman from the Second Alabama district and later Secre- tary of the Navy under President Cleve- land, was the principal orator at the memorial exercises he'd at St. Johns Episcopal church here Sunday in honor of the late Maj William Wallace Screws. for many years editor of the Montgomery Advertiser. A handsome portrait in oil Of Major Screws was presented to the vestry of St. Johns church, of which he had for many years served as member.