The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-01

Day-Delegates Elected to the State
Convention % be Held I'm Kinston
Carriers in Eastern North Carolina.
An enthusiastic meeting of the rural
letter carriers for the eastern part of
North. Carolina was held in this city
yesterday and delegates were in attend
ance from quite a number of points.
The meeting was held at the Elks'
Temple and the following mail carriers
Were in attendance:
Messrs. r. F. Gore, Wilmington; W.
I. Robbins, Phoenix; E. D. Pearsall,
Rocky Point; D.. j. Ward, Winnabow;
W.F.Register, White Oak; L. .L.Guyton
Wilmington; H. w. Whitney, Chad
bourn; H. l.. Hoey, Faison; Jas. T.
Barden, Warsaw; S. L. Bradshaw, Rose
Hill; c. F. Mathews, Watha; C. J.
Switzerland, Kenansville; J. H. Fus-
sell, Rose Hill; A. j. Mallard, Atkin-
son; G.. w. Clark, C~hadbourn; w. H.
IIluScu, CuIIlc anu r. II. O1T, CurT1S.
An address of welcome was made by
Postmaster Thomas E.. Wallace and the
same is given below in 1uIl.
After the address permanent organ
ization was effected by the election Of
the following officers:
PreSident-R. F. Gore, Wilmington.
Vice President-W. T. Robbins, of
Phoenix. "
Secretary-D. J.. Pearsall, of Rocky
Point.
TreaSurer-D. J. Ward, of Winnebow
Quite a good deal of business was
transacted. A constitution and rules
Of government were presented and
adopted. 1t will be known as the Eas-
tern North Carolina Rural Letter Car
riers Association and embraces the cas-
tern portion of state. Resolutions were
adopted thanking the Wilmington
lodge of Elks for the use Of their hall
and thanking Senator and
Congressman Thomas for their strenu-
u efforts in behalf Of the rural car
riers.
The address of Postmaster Wallace
was highly appreciated and this was
shown by the passing of a resolution
asking for its publication in the local
papers. Atlanta Constitution and the
r. F. D. News.
The next place of meeting will be in
this city and will be on the 3rd Of Sep
TENDER, labor day. 1t is expected that
a very large number of rural mail car
rierS will be in attendance at the fall
meeting for there are a number Of the
tribe who carry news in the rural sec
tons in the eastern part of this state.
The rural mail service is truly a Won
derful thing and it has been a very few
years since it was regarded as impract-
icable.
On July 3rd and 4th, the state con-
vention will be held at Kinston and the
delegates named to attend the conven-
ton are:
Messrs. W. T. Robbins, Phoenix; c..
J. Switzerland, Of Kenansville and al
ternates, Messrs. E. D. Pearsall, of
Rocky Point, and J. L. Barden, Of
Warsaw.
To the Rural Carriers Of the adjoining
Counties.
Wilmington bids welcome and it is
but natural that the heartiness of her
hospitality would be extended unstint-
eddy to a class of men whose daily
avocations are Of such a character as
to- always make them welcome in their
individual capacities to the homes OF
all the people throughout this broad
land, and whose visits are the cause
of more rejoicings as glad tidings are
Re- conveyed from the dear ones at a dis
lance, and messages of affection n
love are brought to the anxious wait
erS.
While your visit to this city is of a
- norSonQ1 nature and If jS 70 lac h0DPd
for your individual benefit, let your
efforts also be in the direction of eS-
tablishing a friendlier and more COM
p~anionable feeling among yourselves,
and by banding yourselves in an organ
ization let your aims be for the bet
terment of the service and a clearer
conception of the duties that are as
signed to o by the department,
thereby bringing about that unity of
action which is so essential in all un-
~dertakings of the magnitude of that
branch of the service with which you
are connected.
The rural free delivery service is as
vet an Infant, whose lustiness Of
growth is far beyond his years.
Like all new departures and radical
changes it met with considerable op-
position when the idea was at first
preached, which was no doubt due
largely TO the IdcI that = was not
clearly understood and it was also an
rtagonized by those whose interests
would be affected by the establishment
,.of such a service, however when it
was established, it's advantages were
so apparent and it's benefits so numer-
" Gus that no community would willing
Iy surrender them, nor would any in
dividual n many supporters in any
locality who would advocate the cur
staiIment Of the privileges, yet this
service was launched only after the
greatest difficulty, and for three sue
cessive years appropriations a been
made by congress for the purpose of
experimenting with routes in rural dis