The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-19
.ETOWAH IS DOING CONSTRUCTIVE WORK Leading Citizens All Active in Progressive Effort ST. CLAIR ALSO BUSY Work for Schools and Roads Is At tracting Attention in the North,
 Which Will Mean Much
 in Future
ST. CLAIR ALSO BUSY
By HARRY NJ. AYERS


 Gadsden, April 1S.-(Special)-'I am food question feature of the meeting of the Alabama Press association in this city next month," said Prof. w. c. Griggs, superintendent of schools in Gadsden, who presided at a meeting here Tuesday, at which this subject was discussed.
 Professor Griggs is former president of the Alabama Educational association and one of Gadsden's most progressive ctizenss9 At present he is prime mover in effort to organize Rotary club here. He read the salient points of stirring talk at the meeting Tuesday aft ernoon.
 Etowah has become in recent years one of the leading food crop counties of the state. An excellent work is being done here by E. s. Pace, the county demon strator, and Miss Diana Bankston, the woman who has held the canning club record for the state several years in suc- cession. They were at the meeting Tues day and offered practical suggestions.
 HERZBERG AN ENTHUSIAST
 Probate Judge Herzberg, who has al- ways encouraged movements of this kind, was unable to attend the meeting Tues day, owing to a business engagement in Birmingham, where he attended the meet ing of the Alabama Good Roads associa- tion He is one of the greatest enthusi- asts in the state in this particular, and the stretch of highway through Etowah is one of the best an automobiist finds between Anniston and Birmingham. Cal houn and Etowah have co-operated in improving the mountain road and from Anniston to Gadsden there is now very smooth pike nearly all the way
 In this constructive work, the city and county authorities of Gadsden and Etc. wah have found capable and willing lieu tenants in c. A. VerBeck editor of the Journal, and Will T. Martin, editor of the Times-News, two of Alabama's lead ing dalies.
 McLane Triton, who is a banker. law yer. manufacturer, etc., also finds time to publish a paper at Pell City. Tn Editor Haralson, he has found a man who is in thorough sympathy with his progressive policies, and the Pell City Progress is doing a good work for better roads, bet ter educational advantages and diversi- f1cation of crops in St. Clair
 WORK IN ST. CLAIR
 Over a Ashville they are also getting in line for conservation of food supplies, plans having been made to operate can- ming plants at that place, at Springville and at Lock Three. According to Pro- bate Judge Perkins McClendon prices will be guaranteed those interested in the Ashville plant on all sweet potatoes, to- matoes olra and beans raised on a SO- acre plat
 Judge McClendon is at the head of the St. Clair road commission, the other members being R. J. Dodd of Ashville and J. D. Maddox of Easonville They have built one of the best bikes in the state on the Gadsden- Birmingham road, and are now planning to extend this road from Ashville to Springville.
 Judge McClendon is one of the young est men in the state in his position, but he holds the confidence of his constitu- ency and he is doing great work among his people. They have just voted favor able to a s-mill tax, and the probate judge received a letter from a man in Pennsylvania this week congratulating him on this wise step The Pennsylvan- ian stated that if St. Clair will now fol- low up this step by trebling the county S road and bridge tax, she will find an in- flux of citizens from the north seeking residence there. Such taxes, the writer stated, do not cost anything in the final analysis, and Judge McClendon and his associates in St. Clair are opera ting along this belief.