Southern good roads . e adoption of thissystem in all our counties of conducting a convict forceas it tends to improve the character of the convict andthe etKciency of his work. Ninth: That this associiition endorses and approvesthe policy of President Wilson in his efforts to preserveneutrality and protect the rights of American citizensduring the existing European war, and hereby pledgesits support to the President in any measure he may seefit to adopt to eltectively carry out said policy. Resolution on the death of Dr. Joseph Austin Holmes. A special resolution was adopted by the North Car-
Southern good roads . e adoption of thissystem in all our counties of conducting a convict forceas it tends to improve the character of the convict andthe etKciency of his work. Ninth: That this associiition endorses and approvesthe policy of President Wilson in his efforts to preserveneutrality and protect the rights of American citizensduring the existing European war, and hereby pledgesits support to the President in any measure he may seefit to adopt to eltectively carry out said policy. Resolution on the death of Dr. Joseph Austin Holmes. A special resolution was adopted by the North Car-olina Good Eoads Association, in the annual conven-tion assemlded at Asheville, N. C, July 15, paying awarm tribute to the late Dr. Joseph Austin Holmes,director of the United States Bureau of Mines, and pre-viously to that state geologist of North Carolina, whosedeath occurred in Denver, Colorado, a few days before.;\lr. Pratt referred to him as the founder of the NorthCarolina Good Roads Association. He said that in. [Burnside Hill Foad, Near Asheville, N. C. working with the deceased, during the time that thelatter was serving as state geologist of North Carolina,that he derived great inspiration from Dr. Holmes forcarrying on his own work. He introduced the follow-ing resolution which was adopted by a rising vote, thespeaker stating that he regarded it as a fitting tributethat the association take such action in memory of theman who had devoted his life to his state and country: Whereas, the North Carolina Good Roads Associa-tion has heard with profound s:)rrow of the death ofDr. Joseph Austin Holmes, who was the original organ-izer of this association, and who as state geologist wasthe real father of tlie present good roads sentiment ofthe state; and ?Whereas, this association desires to give public ex-pression of the esteem in which it held Dr. Holmes, andthe sorrow it feels at the news of his death; Therefore be it Resolved, First, that in the death ofDr. Holmes, who pra
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