The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-03-10


stand. 1t is certain tn there is going
to be highway from one end of the
state to the other and it is also morally
certain that the initial work on the
proposed road will be started ere many
months have passed. 1t can not be
done at once. No great undertaking
like that can be inaugurated within
few weeks, it should not be done, but
! the people between Memphis, Jackson
and sBeauvoir may rest assured that
this great undertaking will be sue
cess. There are too many big minds
/ and large purses that say the road must
be built for it not soon to begin to fruc-
tify. The great noise of the big con-
vention of March will find its echo in
the greatest and best highway that the
South has ever seen. The roar of that
big crowd in the court house that day
will ere long find its counterpart in the
rush and rumbling of the wheels of
commerce and vehicles that shall speed
along over the Jefferson Davis High
way as memorial to the energy,
brains, zeal and enthusiasm of ambi-
tious Mississippians that stood upon
chairs, upon desks and benches and
waved hats and yelled in Grenada,
March 2, 1916.
OF course the court house was not
large enough to accommodate such a
crowd; there is not building in any
town in the state that would have seat
ed even half the crowd. Memphis has
not building that would seat such a
throng.
Everybody in town did their best to
! see that the crowd was shown every
. courtesy and that meals were provided
'Fhe lsiies of the different churches had
. ,nncn rooms, and, with these, together
: with the hotels, there was no necessity
of anybody's not finding plenty for the
, inner man. With such a throng, it was
impossible for one to get around to see
, just who was here and 1t was impossi-
, Bile also to see that anybody was given
, individual attention.
; The train bearing the state officials
) and the legislature, as well as all other
: trains, was met at the depot and con-
veyances provided fol- all up town.
: Meal tickets were given the legislators
and they, with 1t Gov. Russell and a
! few others, We're regarded as special
: guests. Gov. Bilbo did not find it con-
} venient to come. Gov. Bilbo, Lit. Gov
) Russell, Hons. Oscar johnson, David
5 E. Crawley, Dan J. Morrison and Mr..
I H. H. Lotter, chief engineer in the u.
S. office of public roads, and Messrs.
2 S. A. Morrison and Cowles Horton
: were on the program for short speeches
r but the crowd showed little disposition
: to listen to oratory. Mr.. Lotter and
? Mr.. Morrison, the latter president of
) the good roads movement in Missis-
sippi, were the only ones that even
made half speeches. But in spite of
J this and of the sharp conflicts of the
7 day, the occasion was richly enjoyed
J and will bear good fruit for the future
welfare and development of Mississippi
Grenada sends good cheer and kindly
greetings to one and all who were here.
She greets them as loyal sons of great
state and asks that all join hands to
shake off what is in the past that the
future may be met with united hope
and purpose.
The following was adopted by ma
jority of the convention and named the
official route for the highway:
Be it resolved, That this convention
: organized by the accredited delegates
from the several counties here repre-
sented of the State of Mississippi
First. That it is the sense of this
organization that there be constructed
; an highway through the State of Mis-
sissippi, to be known as the Jefferson
Davis Highway.
!, Second. That said highway shall be-
gin at the Tennessee and Mississippi
line on the north so as to connect by
public highway with the City of Mem
phis, Tenn. run thence as near as
practicable to the Frisco railroad to
Holly Springs, Mississippi, thence. as
near as practicable to the l. c. rail-
road. south through the cities of Ok
ford, Water Valley. Coffeeville, Gre
NADIA, Winona, Walden, Durant, Canton
and jackson. Mississippi, to points
lsouth, to be hereafter determined.
Resolved, That supervisors of each
county through which the adopted
route runs shall appoint three commits
sioners to form a permanent jefferson
Davis Highway Association, of which
]. T. Thomas shall be President, and
to meet at such time and place as he
shall appoint.
Mr.. Thomas called the meeting for
Thursday. March 18th, at Grenada.