Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-11

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 arhe Alabama division is moving along nicely with new members coming in daily..
 saAll the boys report much better ac- d6mniodation from the hotels since the Organization of the division in Alabama, spd the boys say the Travellers Protee- ffe association button is a sure pass for the best on the road.
 sNfr O r. Gant has been elected by the beard of directors as chairman of the Hess committee of the Alabama divi- siDn.
 lsPost c, Mobile, will give a Travellers Protective association excursion to Fort Morgan and the snapper banks in a short tlfne which promises to be big affair, as aIl the jobbers in Mobile will join in with Hbe boys to make it grand success. Of 13cers from the division and members from each post will attend. Nr. M. Hirscher. president Post C, Mo- hIe, was pleasant visitor to Blrmingz ham yesterday and says he is sure to Have the largest post in Alabama before the next convention. He is hustler and the boys in Montgomery and Birming1 ham will have to keep the good work go- ing on or he will outreach them.
 a4E. l.. Higdon of Alabama, Frank H. Putnam of Illinois and Samuel Fried bFrg of Wisconsin were elected an audit ing committee under the national consti- tuition that three state secretaries shall Sd be elected by the board of directors. Mr. Higdon was named as chairman of the committeee, having served in that ca- pacity last year. This is quite com pDment to him and shows that he is held in high esteem by the association for his loyalty and ability.
 Tt being communicated to the board of directors that the St. Louis South western railway Cotton BelD, Tyler Southeastern railway, Missouri Pacific, S1. Louis Iron Mountain and South ern railway and Kansas City and Northwest ern railway have recently July l. 1S95,) pI1t in force interchangeable mileage tick cts, that nearly all the railway lines in the Central Traffic association, and that other roads, including the Chicago, Bur lington and Quincy railroad, have put in Interchangeable mileage into effect. it was moved and carried that the thanks of the association be extended to all such rail- way lines and their officers, and that members of our association everywhere be requested to favor in alloting their business such lines as have in that way given evidence of their disposition to favor commercial travellers and commer- cial interests generally.
 National President was requested to accept an invitation from the Pennsyl- Ndfld ASIlculluItl anu heCndnlcdi eh- position of Lebanon. Pa, to make an ad dress at the exposition on Commercial Travellers day, August 20, 1895, and an invitation from the Cotton States and Tn- ternational exposition at Atlanta, Ga, to make an address there on Commercial Travellers day, October IS, 1895.
 The national president was instructed to at once begin an effort to secure the passage of law in the Fifty-fourth con gresS appropriating $250, 900 for the pur pose of erecting suitable and creditable public building in the City of Mexico, to be occupied by the United States embassy and consular legation. It was the opin- ion that the erection of such building would do much toward establishing closer commercial relations between the two republics, and that the commercial interests of the United States would be greatly benefited thereby.
 sThe national secretary was requested ito establish a suitable registration sys- tenn and blank forms for filing and regis tering the applications of members of the association for employment and requests of merchants and manufacturers for re- liable and experienced commercial travel eTS.
 The next national convention will be held in the beautiful, wealthy and pro- gressive city of Terre Haute, Ind. Post c of that city is the second largest post in the association, and Terre Haute is one of the most enthusiastic and loyal Travellers Protective Association of American cities in the United States.
 In relative order the larger state divis- ions on July 1 were in membership as follows: Missouri, 2005: Illinois, 1895; h. diana. 1244; Texas, SIT; Tennessee, S92; Wisconsin, 65S Virginia, 535; Alabama, 316; Arkansas 301; Kentucky. 2S1; Geor- gia, PIP; Louisiana 257; Mississippi, 240; Colorado, 227. The remaining divisions being under 200 in membership. The chief changes made in the consti- tu<ion at the San Antonio convention were, briefly, as follows:
 1. The placing of a membership fee of s2son all applications of new members taken after July l. 1895. necessitatng the payment of $2 membership fee and $5 for the first six months dues with each application. old members. however are given thirty days after the expiration to pay up. and will receive their old num- Der back without the necessity of a new application or payment of the $2 mem bership fee. Therefore all old members who pay up before August 1, 1895, though not insured between July 1, 1885, and the date of payment, will be taken back and given their old number. Secretaries should note this matter carefully.
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