The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-18
MORGAN CITIZENS
 WANT GOOD ROADS
Sentiment Is Growing for Bond Issue to Build
 Bee Line Route

Albany, January 17.-(SpecIal) )-Senti- ment in favor of a bond issue or the adoption of some other means to build 20 miles of modern highway in Morgan
 county to connect the Bee Line" route
 with the bikes of Limestone and Cullman
 counties began to crystalline here today.
 In both Albany and Decatur citizens de- clared themselves in favor of any move
 ment to insure the completion of the pro
 posed lakes-to-t -the-gulf highway, and evil dences are that a strong delegation will
 go from this county to Birmingham on
 January 9, to attend the highway meet
 ing called for that date there by the Jefferson County Highway association.
 Among those who are taking the lead
 here in advocating the early building of
 the new highway are Mayor Nelson, Post master Crawford, Aldermen Jones and
 Wyker of Decatur, and Hon. Samuel
 Blackwell, w. B. Edmundson G. A. Nei- son, B. A. Malone and others of AL bany.
 The new highway will be identical with the state highway, so far as the Morgan county section is concerned and part of the state road has already been built The state and county each give 5000 per year to the continuation of the work and bond issue may be authorized to hurry it to early completion.
 Capt Samuel Blackwell, in an inter- view today, urged that steps be taken to secure as large 8 part of the $10O, 900 which the federal government will ex- pend in road work in Alabama during the coming year for the new thorough fare. He said; The United States has appropriated $75,000,00O for the highways Tor the next five years Alabama's part IS more than $l0O,00O per year. Alabama part will be spent as directed by the highway commission of the United States government and the highway commission of the state. Let those who favor the
 Bee Line route send delegates to the meeting at Birmingham on January 22 and help organize the new highway; there appoint a committee to go before the highway commission of Alabama and urge them to recommend the new highway. and get from the United States govern ment the SlOO0O0 per annum appropriated Tor Alabama, or as much as is possible for this highway"
 Captain Blackwell suggests that the new thoroughfare be called The Wilson way for President Wilson. while T. T Jones suggests that it be named the Lin- coln- Davis highway, as it will pass near the homes of the two war Presidents
 The remains of Lieut.. Shirley Tisdale. company E, Fourth Alabama infantry. who died at Nogales, arrived here this afternoon at 3:16 o'clock and were con Veyed to the home at "A Third avenue, west, from which the funeral services VIII be conducted tomorrow afternoon tt 2:So o'clock. The fallen officer will be buried with military honors.
 Although they have resided less than 40 | miles apart for the past 25 years, James 1 Early of Albany, and Mrs Cassie Bax- ter Of Huntsville, brother and sister, did not know that only a 30- minute railroad | trip had kept them apart for a quarter | Of century until this week, when the discovery was accidentally made Early i was seriously injured 9 years ago and l his sister heard that he died from his in- | Iuries. Early was under the impression | that his hister had moved to Texas and | did not know her address When mu- | tual acquaintance told Early that his sis | ter lived at Huntsville he hurried over to | the Madison county capital and an af- l fecting scene occurred when the long sep- afation was thus abruptly terminated l
 The North Alabama Dental associa tion | formed recently at the initiative of AL l, bany dentists, and with a membership | composed of the dentists of number of ] north Alabama counties, held it's second i meeting tonight at Decatur city hall An l programme was carried out