The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1922-04-21
VOLUME XXXIV
PLANS DISCUSSED FOR
JEFF DAVIS HIGHWAY
Association Holds Important
Meeting at jackson, Miss.,-
Old Route Through Water
Valley to Remain.

Valley to Remain.
JACKSON. Miss, April 1S.-The
meeting of the Jefferson Davis High.
way Association held in the Chamber
of Commerce rooms in this city was
one of the best attended gatherings
of the kind held here in many months
an unsual degree of enthusiasm
marking the addresses combined with
sane and practical recommendation;
for the perfecting and furthed davel
opnent of the highway throughout
its course.
Representatives from Kentucky
Tennessee and Mississippi were pres
ent and offered helpful suggestions
the number Of delegates including
Ben Weile of Paducah. secretary OF
the Kentucky state highway comms
sion and one of the original promot
ers of the Jefferson Davis highway
commission; Thomas B. King of Mem
phis. secretary of the association; W
G. Reynolds of Union City, Tenn; n
Forcum of Obion Station, Tenn; H
E. Parks of Trimble, Tenn; w. K
House of Dversburg, Tenn, ant
Franklin Lee of Memphis.
Mississippi delegates were as fol
lows: J. T. Thomas, president of the
jefferson Davis Highway Association
Mrs. J. P. Broadstreet of Grenada
superintedent of the woman's auxil
iary of the association, in charge oi
the Identification and arrangements
for marking the highway; Fred Laml
of Courtland. E. L. Hoffa of Grenada
s. A. Mullens of Holly Springs, state
highway commissioner for the second
district: lester Fant of Holy Springs
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Anderson of Holly
Springs, w. D. Hoffa of Grenada, Sen
ator J. P. Stone of Coffeeville, Mr.
Sheppardson, DIR. Gillesnie of Duel
Hill. Walker Wood of Winona, H. c
Deitzer and G. A. Draper of the STATE
highway denartment. Eugene Travel
of Water Vallev. L. T. Wisdom of Cof
feevil'e, 7. L. Harrison Of Coffeeville
George T. Lyon of Tillatoba, G. W
Price of Oxford and j. S. Eskridge Of
Oxford
The following resolutions were
adonted:
Wheras, the jefferson Davis High
wav is one of the first interstate road;
laid out in the south running from
Louisville, KY. to Beaurvoir, Miss.
New Orleans. La, and,
Whereas. the travel. both local anC
interstate, is very great over this
highway. it connecting some of the
larger cities in the, north, middle west
and south, and,
Whereas, much Improvement has
been made on this road in the severa
counties and states through which il
traverses, showing the interest thai
the people feel in its developement
and.
Whereas, there is certain stretch
or part of the said Jefferson Davis
Highway, located between Temple
Tenn, and Obion Station, Tenn: {
distance of four miles, through Obior
river bottom and across said river
which section is impossible much Of
the time during the year, and,
Whereas. Obion and Dyer counties
which are divided by Obion river, are
ready with bond issues to aid in the
construction of a levee and bridge
across this bottom and river; There
fore,
Be it resolved, by the jefferson
Davis Highway Association, in annua
convention in Jackson, Miss, April IS
1922, respectfully requests and urge
the Federal Highway Department anC
the State Highway Commission OF
Tennessee to make special appropria'
ton of money at once to construct
this levee and bridge so that trave
will not be obstructed at any time OF
the year. We deem this one of the
most important links in the Jefferson
Davis Highway, and we pledge oul
cooperation in every way possible. tc
have this link completed and work be-
gun Immediately.
Resolved, second, that copv OF
these resolutions be sent to the Fed
eral Highway Department, to the state
highway commissioners Of Tennessee
and to the board officials of Obior
and Dyer counties.
W.K. HOUSE,
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