The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-04-30

The Lone Star Trail organization
meeting for Mississippi was held at
Brookhayen Thursday, and was pro-
badly the greatest highway meeting
ever held in the state, in the repre-
sentative character of the citizens
present and interested and the de-
finiteness of the great objects sought
to be attained.
Besides the interests of the Lone
Star Trail, national highway be-
ing organized from st. Augustine,
Fla, to Los Angeles, CAL, vitality af-
fecting the eight counties along its
route from Adams to Wayne and in
directly all the counties adjacent,
this convention set in motion an is
sue Of statewide Importance that
will not down, but will be heard
from every platform and newspaper
i'll the State until it becomes a law
creating "A State Highway System
for Mississippi" 1t was referred to
by every speaker and was covered
by ringing resolution offered by
the committee ON resolutions and
unanimously adopted, as follows:
Whereas. The construction of dur
able roads has become the greatest
single economic issue before the peo-
pie of Mississippi and these United
States; and whereas, The cost of
building and maintaining such roads
roads is too great for the counties to
bear alone with their limited sourc-
es of revenue, even tho the Federal
Government is extending some aid
on roads of a certain class; and
Whereas, the State as a whole. is in
terested in the main highways con-
Meeting county sites and the larger
towns and cities to the end the va
ried functions of government may be
more speedily and economically ad-
ministered; and Whereas, the state
has and may find greater sources OF
revenue than the counties can OBJ
tain, for the building of the main
highways; and by the enlarging of
contracts for the purchase of road
building materials and machinery
could cheaper the cost of the roads,
as well as guarantee a uniformity in
the size and durability of same;
Therefore, be it resolved by this
mass convention of the Lone Star
Trail Association of Mississippi; made
up of delegates from eight counties
representing one thousand members
as we'll as invited representatives
from adjoining counties, that we de-
clare for a State Highway System
for Mississippi and that we urge
all the people of our state to dis
cuss this question and inform them
selves on the subject, to the end that
we may adopt some plan by legisla-
tion or constitutional amendment, at
the first opportunity, and certainly
not later than at the next regular
session of our state Legislature. Be
1t further resolved that the secretary
OF this convention be requested to
furnish copies of this resolution to
the Associated Press, to the weekly
newspapers Of Mississippi and the
members of the Legislature.
The delegates began arriving at
$3.50 on the Mississippi Central from
Natchez and continued to come in on
every train till the noon hour. The
largest delegation outside of Brook
haven, came from Jones County, in
which both Ellisville and Laurel had
a live bunch of boosters and many
farmers along the route. They wore
a Jones County badge in addition to
the regular convention hodge. The
delegation was headed by Senator T.
G. McCallum, and that inveterate
booster, Glenn Fleming. Many coun-
ties sent their county Board of Su-
pervisors to witness the road build
ing demonstration staged by Lincoln
The convention was held in the
splendid Mary Jane Hampton Au-
dftorium of Whitworth College,
which was tastefully decorated with
evergreens, flags and flowers, and on
the center of the stage stood beau
tiful signpost with the Lone Star
Trial emblem printed in full colors
and on its friendly arms the legend,
"St. Augustine, 621 miles; Los An
geles, 2123 miles," while on the
post was, "Brookhaven, i miles"
The meeting was called at 10:00
a. m. by the national Secretary-M
ager, H. L. Brian, and the Hon. Hi
lam Cassidy of Brookhaven, was
made chairman for the day, with L.
H. Bowen, Chairman of the Board of
Trade, Secretary. The convention