Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-28
VIRGINIA PROGRAM
CAN Be COMPLETED
WITHIN SIX YEARS
Coleman Makes Earnest
Plea for Betterlnent at
Roanoke.
RECOMMENDATIONS GO
TO CONVENTION HEAD
Contracts Representing sol
Miles Of Roads Are Now
Under Way.
TUCKER ATTENDS MEETING
candidate for Governor OF Virginia
Hiinglcs With Crowds in
Hotel Lobby.
GO
TO CONVENTION HEAD
TUCKER ATTENDS MEETING
Candidate for Governor OF Virginia
Aiinglcs With Crowds in
Hotel Lobby.
IspecIaI 70 Tho r!mes.plspa,ch.

f''N-"' ~ iNt ! lfltS- pISpatJn.
EphNOkE. VA. Jan. 27.-with IN.
auivai IA tho city OF Harry $,
george Tucker OF Lexington. and
T. Lec TTinnkie. OF Wy;hevillc.. his
'ppDncnt for the nomination for Coy.
ernor Of the state. both stopping OF
mere 20 attend tho annual convention
f 90 the Nirg! !nia Good Roads Associa-
fp'. nov IN progress. the lobby OF
me Hotcl Roanoke took az, a de-
e."cd political aspect. while the hun
1itGA az delegates 10 the convention
"ri" nearing II series of addresses
totb Ar. Tucker and Mr. Tr!nkie
W'Ss iainSlitg Win the hundreds Of
men from every section or the State
as they Were moving dbou, the lobby
"s the hotel between adiresscs
N'ithe1 u 50 understood. vii! make
M aadress aeto-c ,he convention
The second days session of the
'i i,Hih anaE3. convention OF tha as
soe ation was called to order at 10
"'clock with i'vs; President r.
II Nigel. of this city. presiding In
No abscHcc Df =. O'Conor Cool
Illk. Mr. Argei Introduced Miss
&ary Elizabeth r!dgeon. director OF
citizenship "lacaticn at .he Univcr-
sly oi Virginia. as ahe speaker Of
the morning session on the subject,
"Woman'a Interest IA Highways"
Makes Favorable Impression.
MISS Pidseon received "a rousing
Welcome as she walked to the sneak
ors platform. every man In the audi
encc rising to his feet and giving
her applause lasting several seconds.
Ia IL voice tina; carried throughout
tho auditorium. aud WITH an earnest,
ness tha; commanded attention. Miss
P.dgeon gave facts ana Asurcs TO
base her contentious. and made most
favorable Impression upon the dele
gates.
In opening her address. Miss Pid-
geon paid high tribute 10 the late
Senator s. l.. i.upton. Announcing
her subject AS "Woman's Interest In
HIghways." Miss Pidgcon rapidly dis
posed OF 1t by saying that good
roads are an important part OF good
citizenship. and womans interest in
highways is exactly the same as the
mems. You can't separate the in
terests OF good men and good women
in the welfare OF our state"
The speaker pointed ou: that at the
last election there were eight States
tnat voted bond issue and that In
five of these States women were vot-
ing for the first time. There was
total OF s356,oo0,0oO appropriated in
these eight states. she said, and IL
ehalf OF this amount was due to
the influence and votes OF women
they would be credited with securing
siis.00o,000 for good roads.
Women Make Good Showing.
She stated that the women in this
state had only had one month In
which TO register. but that the men
Mad had 4 total OF l9S months and,
Nerefore, should have been 1913 times
sth,ngcr in their registration.
TH.s speaker gave several instances
that} lad come under her personal OBJ
servation as to the need OF roads in
many counties of this State and in her
talk picked out some of the most
important questions before the coun-
try today and pointed out that a sys-
TEN OF good roads would helm to
remedy the matters that she referred
to-
Woman was Interested in the de-
velopment of peace, she said. and that
that question was one of woman's
greatest luteTtSiS-Inc dDOliShmcnt
o. war. The cause of war and not
having peace was because people did
not understand each other. she point
ed out, and that transportation prob
EMS should be solved so that people
could go to. each other and under
stand their problems.
Wheat Being Burned.
She also spoke OF seeing ,dvertisc-
nlents calling for relief for thousands
of starving children in Armenia and
said that she had seen great quanti-
ties Of wheat being burned In West
ern States because they could not
get IL TO the markets
This may seem far cry from
war and Armenia to roads of Vir-
gina" the speaker declared, hut
CONTINUED on Fifth fas6.)
s5 T.. NJ TRAM, TO WASHINGTON
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