The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-10-17
LINDSAY H0N0RED
BY Reelection as President
of Rural Carriers.
CONVENTION ADJ0URNS

ennuai Meeting Of the National Asso
citation In Atlanta Brilliant Sue
cess-omaha Gets the
Next Assembly.
The election of officers, the selection
Of place Of meeting. for 1908, and
trolley ride around the city were the
features OF the closing day of the sixth
annual session of the National Rural
Erse Deliyery Carriers Association in
8 Atlanta.
Before the election of officers came
IN 3 committee named at the Peoria
sassion TO revise the constitution and
bv.laws presented it's report There
Was practically no change in the or.
sassic laws Of the body suggested, ex-
scent as TO the per capita tax. Since
1.-The 1QEmauCn OF INC OESdUAAaIioA IA1S
ner capita assessment has been 10 cents
IS year The committee suggested in
It's review Of the laws that the annual
dxau upon the member be made 81
easa yeax- twice the amount paid in
the past. The proposed increase
bsolSghf about lively discussion. Some
members were emphatically opposed to
ne increase. Others favored 1t. And
yet others declared it a good move
nasn bat expressed themselves
;aani,st SO radical a change at once.
Yqae discussion resulted in an endorse
sa1eat cf the increase, that increased
assessment to become effective July
L 1908
rba salaries Of the national officers
fere not changed, except that of the
treasurer. The treasurer has been
{77ra wing s25 year since the Rural
Fsee Delivery Carriers Association
Faa asganized. That sum, the review
l1s c0snmittee thought, was wholly in
4zseanate and suggested that the sal
ax7 be made s100. The suggestion
Has made effectiYe by the adoption
Is 81 resolution covering the change OF
feHreS. The salary Of the president
ana That OF the secretary $500 each
4 sfsar and of the members of the
executive committee. three in number
SIS sach annually, were not dis
S yhea the election Of officers came
81 President Paul L. Lindsay Of Geor-
ia vacated the chair, Mr.. McManus
1a Txas taking up the gaVel, asked
Examinations, indicating the officers
IL fe elected
M M. Stoddard Of Virginia was rec
o9rized By the chair, and in a pleas
assf manner presented the name of
IN Lindsay, for president. From all
ions OF: the assembly hall delegates
izaed attention of the presiding off,
E& 20 second the nomination.
no imposition was indicated, and the
secrekary was, directed by the chair
IL fo cast the ballot of the assecia-
foa znr Mr.. Lindsay. Announcement Of
He eesHt was received with applause
hat was an ovation to President Lind
H 81 Erum of Michigan was nomi-
nslzea .or nice president. Mr.. Crum
aaection was without opposition, and
pas unanimous.
R N Cull Of Massachusetts, who has
been secretary Of the association since
Rs l0zmation and whose work has been
nanst Thoroughly satisfactory to those
6gr whom he has been keeping min
Ntes these half dozen years, was nom
nated FOR another term by Delegate
ngg OF Connecticut, who, in pre-
8enting Mr. CulPs name, evoked fre-
qnen applause as he recounted the
work Nar. Call had done as secretary.
mere was no opposition to Alr. Gull,
Is the secretary cast ballot for the
association.
D Williams of Pennsylvania was
eeselectM national treasurer, his name
being placed in nomination by c. NJ.
ADAMS Of Iowa.
Little Rock; Dayton, Ohio; Albany,
DesMoines, Iowa; Omaha, Neb.,
and Milwaukee, Wis, were placed in
Mczaisation for the next meeting.
The riyalr5 was strong, and num-
her of ballots were necessary. The
eontest finally narrowed down to Lit
lie Rock and Omaha. and on the last
vote Omaha won out by a good mar
sia