The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-05-14
CIEANINGS FROM THEIR WORLD
THAT WILL INTEREST
EVERYBODY.
DRUMMER OLD and NEW THE 1OP|C
OF Terry NJ. Porter's Address to be De
liyered at the National Meeting IN
Terre Haute This Spring-Other
Items of Interest.
st. Louis. May 9.-The following week

" r. p. A. letter was issued today:
State divisions have all elected dele
gates and officers for 1869 and we Will
give a complete list of them in our next
letter.
The recent state meeting of Texas divl-
sion was largely attended and handsome
" entertained. 1t was one of the most
successful ever held in that state.
Nashville has been chosen as the head
quarters for Tennessee division for lS9o-
81. The state meeting at Knoxville was
well attended and well entertained.
Atlanta, Ga, was selected as the city
in which the Georgia state convention Is
to be held in 1897. The state conven-
ton of this year at Columbus, Ca, was Il
great success.
Hon. Charles |. Brannan of Georgia,
loyal member of Georgia division L. L.
A. of A., and who has served an Atlanta
constituency creditably in the state legis-
lature is now a candidate for congress
sional honOrs and has launched his cam
paign with characteristic energy.
1t is hoped that every member OF the
association will endeavOr to send in a
new application this month. Officers of
posts and divisions are particularly re-
uuested to bring the matter of new ap-
plications before the attention of the
membership and make concerted effort
| to send in Il thousand or more new appll-
cations if possible this month.
Barnham. Parry, Williams 4 Co., pro-
prietors of The Baldwin Locomotive
Works, have placed at the disposal of
the Pennsylvania division the free use of
the beds in the Presbyterian and Hahne-
mann hospitals of Philadelphia and ask
that any bills for treatment of COM
mercial travellers at these hospitals for
one year from date be sent to them. The
firm offers to renew this generous assist,
ance year by year. This is Il grand and
generous gift and should make the name
of the firm honOred among commercial
travellers throughout the earth.
The Associated Press reports in rela-
ton to the meeting held ON April %, 1896,
of commercial representatives at Chicago
| with the central passenger committee
wherein it was stated that the delegates
were divided among themselves as to the
kind of mileage ticket they wanted, and
that the probability was against the is
suance of ticket, were erroneous. The
delegates were unanimous in asking for
5000 mile interchangeable ticket, and
the probability is that it will soon be is
sued. The meeting was held in eXecu-
| tive session and reports were not admit
ted and the report sent out by the Asso-
ciated Press was not based upon facts.
The Hon. Jerry NJ. Porter of Ken
lucky, "Our Jerry" has announced his
intention of being present at the annual
convention at Terre Haute, and we I'M
derstand that he is down on the program
to handle the subject of "The Drummer
Old and New" 1t will be worth a trip
across the continent to hear him. By
the way, it is possibly not generally
known to our membership that he was
strong dark horse held in reserve
Blackburn in the Kentucky legislature
for election to the United States senate.
If the deadlock could have been broken
Mr.. Porters friends felt very confident
of electing him as a compromise candi-
date to that high position.
The issuance of 5000 mile inter-
changeable mileage ticket has been rec
commended to the general managers
meeting of the central passenger COM
mittee roads by their general passenger
agents who held conference with rep
resentatives of the II. p. A. of A. and
other commercial bodies on April % at
| uc DdlldSeTS UlepllHS COLI
venes at Chicago May and 8, 1896. and
it looks as if the ticket would at last be
issued The Western Passenger AssO-
citation and other associations will then,
in all probability, follow suit. Advices
have Just been received. however, that
| the meeting of the general managers of
railroads in the central passenger COM
mittee territory which was to have been
held May s, 1896, has been postponed
owing to inability to secure attendance.
many of the general managers having
previous engagements. The meeting
will, however, be held at as early date
as full representation of the lines con-
cerned can be secured.
The members are hereby notified that
for each new application filed with the
state secretary or received by mail at
national headquarters on any date be-
tween and including May s and May %.
, 1896 a regulation II. p. A. 'lapel but
| tom will be furnished free of charge to
J the member securing the application and
whose signature shall be found first at
the bottom of the application as one of
the parties recommending the applicant
The application must be accompanied by
the membership fee of 50 and So for six
months dues, and the button will be for
warded by mail to the member securing
| llc llcN as SDOu us lllp InpHl-
Der is accepted. This proposition begins
May 8, and positively closes May %,
1896, and it is made especially to secure
a large number Of new applications be-
fore the meeting of the annual conven-
ton June =, 1896, at Terre Haute. Only
one button will be presented free of
charge with a new application, and it
can be either given to the new member
or to the old member securing the new
application as the party sending in the
application shall direct. Presidents and
secretaries of all posts and divisions have
been requested to call a meeting of the
board of directors to place this PROPOSE
ton before them with application blanks.
Malcolm Graham, ESQ.,, secretary of
the Texas division r. Z. A. of A.. has
been invited to deliver an address before
the national convention of the Travellers
Protective Association of America to be
held at Terre Haute. Ind, on June ..
| 1896
IF THE barry Is CUTTING TEETH.
Be sure and use that old and well-tried
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for children teething. 1t soothes the
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cures wind collie and is the best remedy
for diarrhoea. Twenty-Five cents q bot
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