Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
HITCHCOCK is TO
ATTEND THE SESSION
VIII Deliver Address to West Virgins
Postmssters Convention in
in Wheeling.
in Wheeling.

Wheeling. w. Va. July 27.-The
general committee in charge of the
state convention>of the West Virginia
Association of Postmasters of the
first, second and third classes have an
| nounced the dates of the meeting for
this year which will be held at Wheel.
ing, the dates being September 6, 4,
and s. the first three days of the West
Virginia state fair. Postmaster Gen
eral Frank H. Hitchcock and several
other national postal officials will
probably be present as they have ac-
cepted the invitation. Senators Scott
and Elkins, Congressman Hubbard
and many other state politicians will
be present and a representation of
about 20 is expected from Washington,
d. c., for the meeting, which will be
the largest and most important ever
held IN the state.
While the first. second and third
class postmasters are meeting here it
is also probable that the convention
of the fourth class men will be in
session although the committee in
charge of the latter class have not as
yet definitely set the duties There are
81 members of the first, second and
third class organization in the state
and upwards of 2,400 OF the fourth
class. All OF the 81 members win be
present as replies have been received
from them stating that they win be
here and take an active part in the
meeting.
The board of trade has already TAX
en- up the arrangements for the meet
ing and 1t was partly through the
efforts of the local board of trade that
the convention was brought here. The
Injecting last year was held at Clarks-
| burg. The rooms of the board OF
trade have been offered for the meet
! inb but it is not thought that they
will be large enough to accommodate
the delegates The fourth class post
masters convention will have about
800 delegates but the place to hold
/ their meetings mas not been decided
although efforts may be made to Sc
cure one OF the local theaters.
j There is but one first-c1ass post
Office in the state of West Virginia,
that being Wheeling, as all postmas-
tiers of the state report here and send
in their money to the local Office
which makes 1t one of the most i'm
portant of the country and it is said
that in the rating at Washington the
local office ranks among the top
notchers.
!. OFFICERS of Association
II The state officers of the first, sec.
ond and third class association are as
follows: James K Hall, president
Wheeling; Romeo H. Freer vice pres
ident. Harrisville; r. T. Huffman sec
rotary, Keyser; III. N. Bradley, treas
Iurer, Charleston; executive committee
Clarksburg; w r. Miller, of wells
burg; Il. l.. Love, of Grafton; James S
Postens, of Elkfns; H. A Darnell, cof
j Buckhannon; S. w. Wiley, of Hinton
,lW. H. Lantz. of Pennsboro; W. c.
i Baxter, of Sutton; Ben o. Holland, OF
I
l.snn. The committee on topics for the
convention is composed of j. o. Huey
LOT Warrington, A Howard Fleming
lof Farmont, and S. A. Poster, cf
Morgantown. The committee on reso-
4 buttons Is composed of Alex Clohan,
of Martinsburg, Il. A. Hall. of Weston,
and S. S. Buzzard, of Berkeley
Springs.
/ The full detailed program of the
state convention has not as yet been
completed but this will be done this
week The headquarters OF the dele
gates will be at the McLur hotel and
arrangements will be made to have
all the visitors occupy one portion to
the hotel 1t is expected that Sena-
tors Scott and Elkins and Congress
man Hubbard will be on the program
for addresses while the part to be
taken by Postmaster General Hitch
cock, of Washington, will not be de-
cided upon until further word is re-
ceived from him. Mr.. Hitchcock has
never teen IN the city before and on
his visit here he will probably take
up several matters connected with the
local Office.
VaQaries OF a Cold.