The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-09-03
GREAT GOOD ROADS MEETING
Formulating Plans for One of Great
est Good Roads Meetings Ever
Held in New York in OctOher

ToTmuldtlnS rams Tor One of Great
est Good Roads Meetings Ever
Held in New York in October
| Washington Dispatch
Mr.. II. B. Warner, editor of South
! ern Good Roads magazine, Lexing-,
ton, N. c., and one Of the best-post-
! ed road men in the country, spent
Friday in Washington en- route home
from New York, where he attended {
conference with Dr.. Clarence j. Ow- !.
ems, managing director of the South
ern Commercial Congress, and the '
Hon. William F. McCombs, former
Democratic National chairman, form
ulatlng plans for the greatest good
roads meeting ever held in the coun-
| try at the Hotel Aston, New York
city, October 18th, 18th and 18th.
. Mr.. McCombs is chairman of the
: New York Good Roads committee
and Mr.. Warner is chairman of the
, Southern Good Roads committee of
, the Southern Commercial Congress.
A great amount of interest is being
t taken in the annual congress by the
r big men in every industry and the
: success of the New York convention
I is assured. The resources of the six
Y teen Southern States will be exhibit
e ed to the nation at the New York
n show and should create a wonderful
, impression, for the South is growing
n faster than any other section of the
h country. In the selection of Mr..
S McCombs as chairman Of the New
r York committee, a happy selection
was made, for Mr.. McCombs, a ma
tive of the South, is thoroughly con-
II versant with that section, and is al
:. so a good rroads enthusiast Mr.. Var
# ner is president of the North Car
l. DINA Good Roads association, pres
g ident Of the Central Highway asso-
$ citation, vice president of the Ma.
II tional Highways association, and fol
70 many years has been vitality interest,
+ ed in the construction Of better high
N ways.
x Mr.. Warner today gave out the lis
20 of appointments to HIS comm htee
" which will work with him to maxi
as the New York good roads meeting
o. the biggest thing of it's kind eve
held. These men are all leaders il
their respective States in good roa'
W work, and are prominently identi
fled with the general movemen
Fl. throughout the country.
wy Hon. H. R. Carter, State highwa
of engineer, Little Rock, Ark.
he Gen. T. Coleman Dupont, vii
:es mington, Del.
nt Hon. VIM. F. Cooke, State roa
at commissioner, Tallahassee, Fla.
~ Judge T. E. Patterson, chairma
Low State Highway Dept, Atlanta, G;
in Hon. Rodman Wiley, commissions
to of public roads, Frankfort, KY.
bo Hon. Duncan Buie, State highwa
'o engineer, New Orleans, La.
orc Hon. H. G. Shirley, chief enginee
n ,co Baltimore, Md.
, ,ot Hon. z. A. Kramer, State highwa
Nv W. engineer, Jackson, Mich.
w w Hon. w. S. Falls, State highwa
~ engineer, Raleigh, N. C.
~ Hon. ]. J. Murray, secretary Sta
or' Highway Dept, Nashville, Tenn.
oro Hon. Geo. P. Coleman, State hig
70 way commissioner, Richmond, Va.
~ Hon. Williams, chief road eng
1oo neer, Morganton, w. Va.
,,,s Hon. A. G. Batchelder, edit
ich ~ Nao'oilS'' Wishing 'oh'
,+ eo Hon. Harry B. Halves, st. Lou
s Mo.
;na Hon. Curtis Hancock, chairm
had Good Roads commission, Dallas, TIE
90 as.
"a. 81 Hon. John Craft, State highw
commissioner, Mobile, Ala.
o,,+ Hon. F. M. Murray, State highw
~ engineer, Columbia, S. C.
'e I'll Hon. Paul Nesbitt, McAlester, Ok
r,1a preparations for a mammoth GO
49, roads convention to be held in N
~ w York in connection with the Southe