The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-10
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 had been chartered for a trolley rid' at s:30 D. m., but he thought. on ac count of the cold weather, the conven tfon might desire to abandon the ride He left a decision to the convention and 1t was unanimously decided tt have the car ride. regardless of th' weather.
 The president announced commit tee on resolutions composed of l.. F, Fleming of Birmingham, P. J. Cash man of Mobile and J. c. Bender of Sel- ma.
 Next in order came the annual re- port of the presiding officer. Isaac H DeWees of Montgomery. The message was short and informal. Mir Dewees said he was sorry to see the Alabama division come into its 18th annual convention, not being able to make a better showing. The work now being done in the organiza l. tion is by few. What Is needed Is that everybody shall get out and work for the interests of the association. Each member should make 1t his du- ty to secure at least one member dur ing the coming year and this would not be a diffioIlt task.
 The president expressed himself, not so much in favor of the so-called "ba- by or offspring posts scattered
 
 membership in the lorger posts. At the Birmingham convention two years ago, he said. reports showed that the T. P. As had SIS members In Alabama, a year later the membership was 6s2, and at this convention the figures showed 63S members. He did not at all regard these statistics as fiatter- ing and, in comparison, illustrated by figures, what progress other divisions in the United States were making. For instance. he asserted that the na- tional membership had increased more than 4.O00 during the past year
 MT DeWees said that he wished to extend thanks to every member of the division for the assistance rendered him during his tenure. and he hoped they would give his successor much more assistance. In closing, he again thanked the division and said he would always do what he could for the good of the association.
 On being questioned by MT. Weiss, of Mobile, the president said that he would pledge himself to secure two members during the coming year, and then. on motion Of MT. Weiss, the convention. sy unanimous vote haoe 1t the duty of every member to use his efforts in bringing in two new members.
 REPORT OF SECRETARY.
 Secretary Higdon then submitted his report as follows:
 Montgomery, Ala. May 8, 1906. ITO the officers and members In con
 vention assembled:
 "Gentlemen: bursements since my last report: ''Total receipts for dues from "Firhtv per cent remitted Ma
 tlonaI Headquarters $4.393.41 "Ten per cent remitted
 posts .... =. ....: .. 64e.17 4'942.O Leaving total for Alabama
 Division '.'' .''. ofV'A' "Received for reserved fund.
 Division 269 50 ''Twenty-two applications Soc II. % "Rcceived July 14th from Ma
 tional Headquarters from re-
 served fund Q. 1el .23 "Balance on hand last report 376.1S ''Total receipts. .. .... .. .St, ,397. .OS
 Disbursements. Delegates to national con- Printing. letter-heads. envel-
 opes, etc :. .. .. 1850 Badges for delegates to na-
 tional conVenIlOn.. oV.uV TT. P. A. Magazine .... 10 900 Rent for headquarters 120.00 "Secretarys salary .. 3sO % stamps and postais 52.50 'Telegrams and expresses 5.25 Car fare and tickets to get
 third fare returning for
 delegates from last State con
 Vention e. .... 70 Exchange on private checks. SIPS Return to posts one-half of
 reserve fund on hand last
 report -. .. =. .. . 71o1 "Returned one-half reserved
 fund received from National
 Headquarters, July 14th,
 1905 to posts. ., e. 95. .61
 Total disbursements ..Si,015 82 Leaving a balance on hand. 3S1 .26
 The above report does not show re- ceipts since April 1st date books were closed for this report. During the month of April thirty-tive new members were received showing plainly that if the members would only make a little