San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-16
T. P. A, NEWS.
ITS FINANCIAL AND MEMBERSHIP
GROWTH.
Posts Organized, Death Benefits Paid-John
A. Lee Declines Renomination-De-
partment of Commerce Bill.

tional president was instructed to
employ an organizer and to push
forward the organization Of posts
in Iowa and Minnesota.
An appropriation was made for
the use of the railroad committee
for promoting state legislation
along the line OF compelling rail-
road companies to issue 5,000.mile
interchangeable tickets in Ken
lucky, Georgia and elsewhere, to
be sold at cents per mile.
At the meeting OF the National
board of directors, held at head
quarters, st. Louis, February 8,
1896, the date for holding the Ma
tional convention at Terre Haute
was fixed for Tuesday, June 2, 1896.
The National secretary reported as
on deposit in the American Ex-
change bank, February l, 1896,
$40,ll2.14. -.
Post X, of Gainesville, Texas, has
elected officers as follows: j. f.
Mahoney, president; G. l.. Palmer,
first vice president; d. B. Mccall,
Dallas, second vice president; A.
III. Gardner, secretary and treas
urer. Board of directors: s. G..
Bennett, Il. ID. Mitchell, l.. G. Kone
and M. A. Miller, Ardmore, l. T.
Little Rhody elected full board
of officers on November 80, 1895, as
follows: President, George N.
Kingsbury, Jr.; first vicepresident,
William Il. Knight; second vice
president, w. r. Taft; third vice
president, II. Frank Conlon, secre-
tary and treasurer, j. S. Roberts.
Directors: G. III. Beedle, j. Illings-
worth, Charles s. Bush and George
H. Grant. Auditors: w. F. knight,
George III. Grant and c. f. Lawton,
all OF Providence, r. /.
Disability claims to the extent
of $500 were approved and or
dered paid by the secretary, and
the claim OF Rebecca R. Kahn, for
$4,000, as beneficiary Of Ralph
Kahn, who was killed on Deem
Der 25, 1895, at Selma, Ala, was al
lowed and ordered paid. Ralph
Kahn was a salesman for the
Kahn.Keeble grocery company,
wholesale grocery house of Selma,
Ala, and was killed by the acct
dental discharge Of pistol.
Post g, OF Terre Haute, Ind,
gives its annual reception on the
evening of Friday, February IA,
1896. 1t is the largest post but
one in the entire association, and
will entertain the national con-
vention June 2, 1896. President
Lee and Secretary LaBeaume will
attend the reception and spend
day in Terre Haute for the pur-
pose Of comforting with the men,
bers and officers.
All officers and members Of posts
and divisions should remember
that the end of the fiscal year of the
association was changed at the last
convention and is now May i, in
stead Of June l, as formerly. The
membership will be estimated to
May l and the representation OF
divisions through delegates at the
national convention will be based
on the membership in good stand
ing on May instead Of June l as
heretofore. Therefore, active or.
ganizing work should be begun at
once by those divisions who are de-
sirous Of being fully represented at
the convention.
John A. Lee, OF Missouri, will
positively not be a candidate for
reelection as national president,
having found 1t necessary to devote
his entire attention to his private
business. 1t looks just now, how
ever, as if there would be several
candidates in the field, though
only one from Missouri. 1t is
rumored that John G. Wilkinson
will be Missouri's candidate, and
that Virginia will place in nomi-
nation Joseph Wallerstein. AS soon
as definite information can be OBJ.
tanned the candidates of the va
rious divisions will be announced
in the news letter.
The actual loss OF membership
in the January assessment is
smaller than we reported in our
last news letter, and is just 5SS on
a total membership OF 10, 6S1 which
is, as near as 1t can be expressed,
.05I per cent Gust .555 per cent?.
This is tho smallest per centage Of
lapses ever before experienced in
the history of the association on a
regular collection OF dues. Many
of the lapsed members are still
coming back, but Of course, must
now come back as new members
by making application in the regu-
lar way and paying the required
81 membership fee in addition to
the dues.
Presidents and other officers of di-
visions and posts should not forget
that the following resolution was
passed by the National board OF
directors on August l3, 1895, and
is still in effect, viz; lowing to
the fact that state or post officers,