Smith. Sr., of Meridian: “I believe I can
safely say that every business man of Meri
lian and surrounding territory highly com
mends the stand you have taken.” Saya
Horace Wilkinson of Birmingham: "The
ipening of undeveloped territory in a county
ar removed from the most direct route be
ween county-seats is essentially a county
natter. There is no justification for penaliz
ng the rest of the state in order to accommo
iate a small section of a county.” That is
the kernel in the nut—-the highway commis
sion is penalizing" the whole state to serve an
isolated community. That should be the ob
ject of local and county enterprise. State
Senator Geo. W. Randall of ’West Blocton
declares that a detour, such as that to Selma,
"not only flagrantly violates and throws to
the four winds the ‘seven per cent.’ system,
but burdens the traffic for generation! to
come with an additional twenty-five miles.”
This is one of the legislators who voted for
the passage of the highway amendment and
well understands that its intent is to promote
through traffic and not to hinder it. Mr.
W. U. Young, president of the West Blocton
Savings Bank :
Only for the publicity The Age
Herald ia giving the highway aituatiun,
the citizenship of the state would surely
he helpless and the people as a whole X
am sure will appreciate your interest in
the matter.
Messrs. Spragins nndSpeako. attorneys of
Huntsville, write: “We heartily approve the
attitude you take iu the matter.-’ Also Mr.
