The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-10-16
IMPRESSIONS OF CONVENTION,
MIR. 1. E. Wicker Writes of His Trip
to Omaha and Rural Carriers
Convention.

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SI"k" ot NE immense corn fields anG
aI*' o.: he splendid condition the
public highways were in. As fol
scenery. 7 saw nothing that surpassed
or even epualleri what I saw as the
trains dashed and N-hirlel around the
mountain nHakS and along the banks
OF TIE French Broad river in western
North Carolina.
On my way our 7 passed through
A>heville. knoxc;la, Lexington. Gin
elnnatl. indianapolis, Chicago, thence
to Omaha over the c. B. & Q. railroad.
On my return q party of us who
were coming east secured a private
car at 4 reduced rate to Chicago. We
left Omaha on Saturday morning at
|.23, and reached Chicago about 9 D.
m. Here our party diSbanded. with
the exception Of the delegates from
Virginia. North Carolina. South Car
ohna. Georgia and New York. This
party went out to Lake Michigan on
sunday morning. This is an immense
fresh water lake that stretches off in
to the distance as far as the eve can
see--a veritable sea with ocean liners
plying upon it.
We noticed that these western cities
know no Sunday. The street hands
were at work paving streets and law
ng pipe lines and the stores we're do
ng business the same as if it had been
Monday. A game of baseball was
for the afternoon, to which
thousands Of people were eagerly
eek1ng tickets. At 12.45 p. m. our
'arty was again broken up. the Geor-
ia delegation Of four men, including
PRESIDENT Paul L. Lindsay (the ma
lonal presldent) and myself, buying
lcets to Atlanta. via Terre Haute.
Evansville, Nashville and Chattan-
Oga.
Now, as to the convention. It was
he largest and most enthusiastic that
as ever been held, over five hundred
arl7ers begging present and represent
lg almost every State in the union.
-mong the conspicuous figures who !
adressed the convention were Gov.
heldon Of Nebraska, and W. R.
plllman, superintendent of rural de- 7
very, Of Washington, D. G..
The whole Of Wednesday afternoon
I'd evening was devoted to the dis \
lsslon Of the road question. The
'estlon was opened by three ad-
esses on the subject in the following
der. Adams, of Iowa; Maxey, Of P
.lnols, and Wicker, Of South Car
ina; after which the subject was
ened for general discussion. The s
lowing morning the good roads
mmlttee, consisting of Adams, Max
and Wicker, made its report, s,
lch is too long to reproduce here.
full account Of this feature of the
1vention will appear in the R. F. Il
News for November.
)ne of the sensations of the con-
ltlon occurred when in the midst
one Of the busiest sessions a dele G,
:e made his way to the rostrum
announced that a brother from
ssoul1 had been stricken with ap-
ldlcitis and was at that moment
ng carried to the hospital to be
rated upon. Immediately wild
h was made for the president s LA
lie. The Oregon delegate was the
t to get there with a five dollar
/ piece. President Lindsay rap
for order and appointed COM oU
tee to pass around the hat, and in
than ten minutes $1,000 had been J
ed, to which a considerable a
unt was afterward added. The
:ation was successful, and from
accounts the patient was doing sP.
ly. a
he election Of officers and the Sc q
ION of the next place Of meeting a
the principal events Of Friday.
president, the secretary, and the
surer were reelected. The vice GE
ident, H. f. Crum, Of Michigan, d
e the race for president against
SAY, Of Georgia. but was defeat
Elias Frey, Of Indiana, was elect A.
ice president. The next officers q
2 elected were the executive COM !