The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-27
Tie Vote Makes Two Routes Necessary Through Ger
 tain Points in
 Mississippi OFFICERS NAMED BY ASSOCIATION AT ITS OPENING SESSIONS
"Hoover' Banquet Last Night Proved Decided Novelty Which Pleased
 the Visitors

The definite route for the Atlanta to Memphis division of the Bankhead na- tional highway, which is to link the Atlantic and Pacific at Washington and Los Angeles, was decided upon by the board of directors in the ballroom of the Tutwiler last night
 It was decided after careful consid- eration and deliberation to let the highway beginning at Atlanta extend along the route of the Southern rail- way to Anniston. This route includes Austell, Villa Rica, Bremen, Waco, Temple. Tallapoosa, in Georgia; Fruit hurst, Edwardsville, Heflin, DeArnan- vile and Oxford in Alabama. The route from Anniston to Bir-
 mingham was accepted as the path finding committee recommended and includes the towns of Silver Run.
 Munford, Talladega, Stemley, Eason- vile, Cropwell, Pell City, Eden, Cooks Springs, Prescott, Brompton, Leeds, Lovick, Pole Cat Gap and on into Bir- mingham.
 The Birmingham to Winfield sec tion also was accepted as recommend ed by the committee. It includes Pratt
 City, Adamsville. sayre, Jasper, Car bon Hill Kansas, Eldridge, Texas, Bazemore, Glen Alles, to Winfield. CONTENTION IN MISSISSIPPI The point of greatest contention arose over the route to Tupelo from Winfield. After all arguments had been
 made and the vote taken it was found that the directors stood 10 to 10 on the question of accepting the route as laid out by the committee. The final designation resulted ill q northern and southern route. The southern route will include Twin, Guin, Sulligent, Gattman, Hat | ley, Amory, Nettleton and Tupelo. The l northern. Baccus, Pearces Mill, Ham, ilton. Gainesville, Bexar. Fremont Fulton, Tupelo.
 It was also found necessary to des- l ignate northern and southern route between Tupelo and Holly Springs. l The northern includes Belden, Sher-
 man. Blue Springs, Wallerville New
 Albany, Glenield, Myrtle. Hickory Flat, Winborn, Potts Camp and Holly l Springs. The southern, Pontotoc, Toe I copoIa, Oxford. Abbeville, Malone, Wa terford and Holly Springs.
 | From Holly Springs to Memphis the route includes Red Banks, Victoria, 1 Byhalia, Olive Branch, Capeville and on to Memphis.
 | The Virginia delegation contended l strongly for a designation of the | route by Lynchburg and Danville to Greenville, $. C.. but were ruled out I of order by the chair. The chair was sustained by the board of directors, | the board holding that the convention | last April had definitely designated | the route by Greensboro, Danville and I Lynchburg, and that no further acton was necessary in order to strengthen l the prior designation.
 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED | Several resolutions were made and adopted by the directors. One was to | the effect that the plans and specifi- cations of the highway as set by the I pathfinders be adopted. Another reso- 1 lution naming the president of the as- l sociation, the secretary and J. O. Prude of Amory, Miss. as commit l tee on marking the road, was also adopted. l A third resolution asking the gov 1 ernment to take over the Bankhead 1 national highway was also accepted. Before adjourning from their closed session the directors drafted reso- l lution of thanks to the citizens or Birmingham and the city as unit I for the courtesies shown tP m while i in the city
 ELECTION OF OFFICERS | At the opening of. the convention of the Bankhead National Highway associ- l ation yesterday morning in the ball. room of the Tutwiler hotel, the first
 business brought before the body was I the election of officers for the ensuing l year.
 With five exceptions all of the former officials were reelected. Three Vir- I ginia representatives were added, one, l D. B. Ryland, being chosen vice pres 1 ident, and the other two. John L.sl lLivest and I. C. Freeman, being selected to act ] as directors from that state
 ] w. w Henton of Tupelo. Miss, was l elected to fill the position of director-at- large, which was made vacant by the 1 death of John Allen of Mississippi The remainder of the new quintette Is George | B, King of Tennessee, elected to dlrec- l torship in the place of C.. M. Ninnlnger l of Memphis. who recently rendered his l resignation.
 l discussion of the pathfinders re- port was sindulged in immediately after the election of the officers. Several of the counties not on the line of the pro-
 l posed route of the Bankhead highway
 sent large delegations to the meeting
 and many warm discussions arose over
 the suitability of the several proposed I ways. Of particular interest to residents of this section were the arguments pre- sented by the counties surrounding Jef- ferson county. Well prepared reports of
 the assets of several of the counties were
 subnitted, and in some instances funds
 for the construction of the amount of
 road desired were found to have already
 been subscribed.
 A motion to adjourn until 2:30 o'clock
 was carried. at which time the directors of the highway association were given Ia banquet in the private dining room Sy the Birmingham Civic association.
 DISCUSSION OF ROUTES
 The afternoon session was opened by the argument presented by J. A. Lowe lin behalf of the citizens of Monroe coun ty. He was very enthusiastic in his talk and it was characterized by several
 strong allegations It was directed
 mostly against the acceptance of the pro- posed route of the highway through Ita-
 wamba county, on the assertion that the
 people of that county were not in favor
 of the issue and even that if it were
 forced upon them they would refuse to maintain the road in the way 1t should .l be, He produced certified check for
 s60O0, given by the people of his Monroe
 county for the purpose of beginning
 work on the road as soon as the direc-
 tors decided that 1t should be chosen as nart If tha ro,,te The assertion was