The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1919-03-07
HOLD ROAD CON-
VENTION AT GRENADA
Jefferson Davis Highway AS
sociation of Mississippi Holds
Session as Result of the Mem
phis Meeting Last Week.

GRENADA, Miss, March 4.-The
Jefferson Davis Highway Association
met today in Grenada pursuant to q
call of President J. T. Thomas. Rep
resentatives were on hand from the
Counties of Marshall, Lafayette, YAH
obusha, Grenada, Montgomery and
Holmes.
A number of reports were made as
to the progress of the work in tho
several counties to be traversed by
the highway as mapped out. In ev-
cry county there has been most salts
factory work, if one is to Judge by
the enthusiastic and earnest reports.
Undoubtedly the road spirit is OBJ
sessing everybody in these counties
and nothing is going to be left undone
to meet all the government require
ments.
These men say that their counties
have put their hands to the pIow to
build the Jefferson Davis Highway az
a monument which their children can
point to with pride and as a memorial
to the dedication of the lives and the
efforts of this generation to the well
fare of the next.
The meeting indicated that it was
not unmindful of the desire of others
to deal the cards under the table and
if possible yet divert the road from
its first mapped outlines.
Felicitation was expressed over the
fact that the federal government was
going to use funds for the purpose
of making truck road from Mem
phis straight down the line to Gre
NADIA and thence southwark to New
Orleans. Grenada has from the very
incip;ency of the jefferson Davis
Highway discussion felt that the line
must touch here regardless of where
it leads from here, and there has been
just vein of amusement felt at this
place over the seeming scramble OF
other points to get on the line,
The meeting adopted the follow
ing resolutions:.
Whereas, certain individuals have
seen fit to question the legality Of the
action of the Memphis highway con-
vention of February, 1916, composed
Of Mississippians, III locating the Jef-
ferson Davis Highway III Mississippi:
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Jefferson Davis
Highway Association of Mississippi:
"First-That President Thomas
NPPOAtiS O NOAAAfA1lttc VI Two uiEt1
from each of the Counties of De Soto,
Marshall, Lafayette, Yalobusha, Gre
NADIA, Montgomery, Carroll and
Holmes, and in addition President
Thomas and Walker Wood, said COM
mittee to review the action of the
above mentioned convention and pre-
pare and publish a report covering
the action of said convention and
the work subsequently done by the
Jefferson Davis Highway Association
of Mississippi.
"Second-That said report be CIV
en- wide publicity"
1t developed that there was a strong
sentiment, perhaps a predominating
one, at the meeting which wanted to
treat with theaauthoritAs of the route
leading to Jackson, Tenn, as to con-
Meeting with that line from and above
Holly Springs northward.
The executive committee, which
drew the resolutions, is composed OF
President Thomas, Walker Woods.
Henry Hart. S. w. Mullins, G. e.
Sisk. j. H. Dorrah, ]. C. Elmore, w.
B. Hoffa and w. C. Bryant.
The representatives present from
Oakland, Tillatoba and Scobey join
ed in the meeting and it was evident
that they feel quite an interest IN
what Grenada feels and that they be-
heve that their road wants will pe
taken care of.