The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1917-01-14
ASSOCIATION. AftIe All.
DAY srsslON. AcRrIs
TO UsT OF HANf
.MlSSlSSIPrlANS
FIGHT ~ VAIN
Miss Rii,enbsffy. After Cen.
suring President snd Dirse.
tors, Resigns

"A the meeting af The executive
committee ~ the i8fkson Highway
Association which waa held IN hr
mingham last Thursday. The Ala
bamians won their fiHht fot recoF
milton, and the running from Nash
Vile. Tenn. 10 selma. Ala, of the
Alabama Jackson Highway via
Huntsville. Gadsdeu, Birmingham
and Montgomery will be- officially
known ~ an arm Of the Jackson hiFhs
way
The Mississippi delegation put up
a strong fight to prevent the adop
ton Of the resolution providing for
official recognition Of the route
through Alabama, and Hon. j. T..
Locke, Jr., local member of the ex-
ecutive committee, stated that Mis-.
sissippi had already raised practical
~ S6,0O0,00 toward the construe.
tion and maintenance of the route
through this state. This amount, he
said. would not be forthcoming,
should the road through Alabama be
Incorporated in the official route.
Hon. j. NJ McBeath, of Meridian,
chairman of the Mississippi Highway
Commission, made similar state
ment.
In reply to statements of Mr.
Locke and Mr., McBeath that the
roads in Mississippi had been built
with the understanding that they
would be on the Jackson Highway
route, and that no other road south
of Nashville would be thus designat-
ed, Mr.. Dent of Kentucky, who was
one of the pathfinders going over
the proposed routes, said that the
Mississippi roads which connect one
county seat with another in most in
stances would have been built wheth-
er there had ever been any suggestion
of Jackson Highway through Mis-
sissippi
kilograms and letters were read
from persons in Indiana, Illinois and
other northern states, asking that
every effort be made to have the Ala
bama route Incorporated as part Of
the Jackson highway.
Official recognition was given the
Alabama route when the committee
adopted by vote of l5 to reso-
luton including the road from Nash.
vile to Selma in the meanderings of
the highway, This resolution was
submitted by T.. G. Dent, of Bowl
ing Green, Ky, having been substi-
tuted for one which had formerly
been offered by President Atherton.
| Following the adoption Of the Dent
resolution, which ended the discus
sion, the following officers were
elected to supplement those already
serving on the Jackson Highway As
soeiation: To be added to the ex.
ecutive committee, new directors for
Alabama: j. II. Nathan of Shelf.
field, DR.. John Clark of Russellville,
j. W. Miller Of Florence. For Mis-.
sissippi: s. B. Street, Jr., of Co.
lumbus, III. S. Weston of Log Town
For Tennessee: ]. A. Sloan of Co.
lumbia, Marion Richards of Law.
renceburg. Committeeman for the
Alabama-Jackson route for Tennes
see; James Woods of Shelbyville
j. A. Jetton of Murfreesboro, r. II
Gray Of Fayetteville. For Alabama
Earl Lay Of Gadsden, Julian Smith
of Selma, Robert Jemison, Jr., Bir
mingham.
k. 7. Simpson of Florence, and J
M. McBeath were elected additiona
members Of the executive committe,
, of the Jackson Highway Association
T and R. f. Spragins of Huntsville
member of the executive committe,
4 OF the Alabama-Jaekson highway.
: The convention authorized tn,
president to employ L. r. Haney o
Virginia, as field secretary Of tn
association at a salary of $500 pc
, year.
: Miss Alma RittenDerry, who ha
: been referred to as the "patrol
5 saint Of the Jackson Highway. an
r whose efforts for the Decatur rout
e through Alabama have features
every meeting of the Jackson High
way Association, offered her resig
nation as member of the associa
n tion, following the adoption of tn
n resolution which gave the highway I
e the Huntsville route.
Miss Rittenberry's resignation
: speech, coming at the end Of nearf
five hours of heated discussion. wa