Southern good roads . he building of a highway460 miles long, dealing with all kinds of soil. Tobuild it meant co-operation and organization. Thething to do was to go over the road, arouse the people,and carry the work to completion. Mr. George C. Royall nominated as permanent sec-retary, ilr. Edward E. Britton, of Raleigh, and hiselection was unanimous, being seconded by Mr. Wright. Both i\Ir. Clem. G. Wright and i\Ir. George C. Royal 1were nominated for treasurer. Each gentleman advo-cated the other, but finally on motion of Mr. Wright,the trustees elected Mr. Royall as treasurer. Th
Southern good roads . he building of a highway460 miles long, dealing with all kinds of soil. Tobuild it meant co-operation and organization. Thething to do was to go over the road, arouse the people,and carry the work to completion. Mr. George C. Royall nominated as permanent sec-retary, ilr. Edward E. Britton, of Raleigh, and hiselection was unanimous, being seconded by Mr. Wright. Both i\Ir. Clem. G. Wright and i\Ir. George C. Royal 1were nominated for treasurer. Each gentleman advo-cated the other, but finally on motion of Mr. Wright,the trustees elected Mr. Royall as treasurer. Then came the election of the Central Committee. Onmotion of Mr. Royall, seconded liy Capt. S. H. Webb,the chair named as a eonniiittee to select these. Dr. , of Durham, and Mr. CUem. G. Wright, ofGreensboro, tlie ehairman being added on motion of The report, Avhicli was adoiited, namedMessrs. William Dimn, of New Bern ; Dr. J. JM. Tem-pleton. of Cnry: R, R. flnrk. of i-^ : W. T. :\ror-. Macadam Road, Oak Kidc-e. Guilford County, N. C. gaii, of Marion ; Thomas J. ^Iuira>. of ^Marshall, andJ A. Wellons. of Sniithfiehl. with H. B. Varner, exofticii cliaiiinan. Discussing Good Roads. Capt. S. II. Webb, of AianiaiK-e, said that therewoidd be full eo-operatiou given iiy Alamance. Hespoke of road conditions, and said that with a fewmiles yet to be Iniilt. there would be good roads forthe Central Highway in Wake. Durham. Orange, Ala-mance and Guilford. Chairman Varner spoke of the need of definitel>]ans, and that money must be raised. He tohl of va-rious donations that might be oljtained from citizens,business concerns, and railroads. He declared thatthere must be organization; that a blaze of enthusiasmmust be created that would burn a streak from end toend of the state. He urged that there be an aggressivecampaign, and told of a machine company offering tlieuse of an automobile to go over the route. Mr. George C. Royall next spoke concerning the
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