Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-29
GLASS COMES OUT
STRONGLY FOR GOOD
ROADS IN VIRGINIA
Appeals for Adequate
Funds With Which to
Further Program.
SENATOR URGES DIRECT
TAX FOR CONSTRUCTION
c. c. Vaughan Heads Body.
Miss Pidgeon Made Fourth
Vice-President.
lspecla! TO Tho Timcs.pIspn,cl

lSpecia. TO The Times DlSpatchl
ROANOKE. VA, Jan. aS-The tenth
annual convention of the Virginia
Good Roads Association wa; brough,
TO close this afternoon. The last sos
sion cf the thrcc-day convention was
featured by TIL" election OF new o.
ficcrs. including Miss Elizabeth pid.
2con. fourth vice pre- cs.d.nt the first
woman to be elected 10 office in an
association of this kind in the liiatcry
of Virginia: an address Ny Senator
carter Glass. and the adoption Of i'm
portant resolutions. including the APP
arova' o: q deferred serial state nigh-
way bond ;ssuc and rccomm-nsla-
tibI ;hat the Statc-aid road act bc
amended Sc as to compel counties an
plying for state aid In road cous,ruc-
tion TO make definite and adequate
provision for the maintenance OF
roads after their conttrmciion.
Senator Glass was introduced TO
the road delegates about IL o'clock.
Declaring that h. has voted for the
constitutional amendment for good
roads. the Senator appealed FOR ade-
quatc finance 10 carry the movement
forward. That the returns from goC!
roads will he far more than the
money expended in their construction
is assured. the speaker said, is ground
for no argument.
Gins. Urges Direct Tar.
Urging direct tax FOR Eood-road
construction in order that the pub
lie may know where ito money IS GO
ing and to whom il should look for
4, 10 ne
Senator GLASS said tha; it Is Il gross
fallacy TO continue paying indirect
taxes.
For years, Senator Glass said. Nir-
ginia has been paying "mud-road
tax" IL would be far better TO pay
a smaller direct tax and. 1T the same
time, be able to 'N responsibility.
Following Senator Glass address.
the resolution committee rendered its
report en- the resolutions adopted by
the association. Forcm"s; among
these are No. 10. placing The Good
Roads Association on record rs ia
vcring deferred serial state high
way bond issue. and No. l, urging
the ma!ntenancc Of roads by the coun-
ties who ask state aid in construct
ing them.
Vaughan Heads AsnociH iion.
Tho following officers and COM
r,.ttce were elected hy the assoc;a-
zion: c. C. Vaughan. president: l.. II.
Angel, first vice -prcSidcnt: r. II.
Turner. second vice president. The
ria:ns: Miss Elizahct PidEeon. fourth
vlcc-presidcnt. Richmond: John w.
Chalklcy. NTH vice-prcsident. Big
II p,.l. .,,l
tary and treasurer
Executive committee: c. O'Conor
Gcolrick. Fredericksburg: W. s. Ben
ston, Norfolk: Thomas l.. McAdams.
Richmond: II. H. Turner. Clarksvillc:
$ $. Guerrant. Galloway: Herbert G.
Elliott, Roanoke: Il. : Miller. Front
Royal: j. Y. Williams, Alexandria:
Henry Roberts. Bristol: NJ. Il. Corsc.
Lexington: w. II. Rawlings. iiamp-
ton: Il. Il. EirdsonS. suffolk; George
l. Coleman. williamsburg; y. II.
Davidson. I'armville: L. G.. Holland,
Danvillc: o. l.. McCraw. LynchburG:
Hollis Rhnchart. Charlottesville; G.
l., Harrison. Elcrndon: l.. :. Finney.
Lebanon. and j. +. McAllis;cr. Hot
Springs.
Use Movies 10 Boost Roads.
Foremost among the speeches to-
day in point OF interest was shat OF
Francis Iioilcy. director OF the Eu-
reau OF Commercial Economics.
Washington. u. c. II was through
Mr.. IIollcy's efforts and co-operation
that the Virginia Good Roads Asso-
citation will undertake an extensive
good road campaign Of information
by means of the motion picture. Mr..
IIoliey will supply the state with one
of it's educational trucks. equipped
with motion picture iilms and phono-
graph.
Mr.. IIolley. in explaining the work
and purposes of the organization OF
which he IL director. said that the
Eurcau cf Commercial Economics is
an altrustic association using the ia
cilijies and iustrumenialitics OF gov
crnmcnts. manufacturers and cdu-
cational institutions in the disscmi-
mating of useful information by the
graphic method q! motion pictures
displayed invariably 10 audiences adj
mittcd free.
The bureau displays its reels IN
universities, colleges. technical and
tGOntInucd on Second PascD