Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-20
POSTMASTERS WANT
PARCELS POST; ASK
FOR MORE SALARY
State League Meets at Audi
forum Saturday Morning.
Wants Fourth Class Offices
Under Civil Service Rules

Resolutions indorsing the parcels post
and urging that Georgia postmasters OF
the fourth class be put on the civil serv-
Tee lists were adopted Saturday morning
AZ the annual convention at the audi
forum Of the Georgia State League OF
Postmasters OF the third and fourth
class. The administration of Postmaster
General Hitchcock was also Endorsed.
Following are the resolutions adopted;
Resolved. That we. the Georgia State
League OF Postmasters OF the fourth
class ofhces. now assembled. do indorse
tire administration Of Postmaster Cen
eral =. H Hitchcock We deem him an
able and efficient postmaster general.
Resolved further, That we respectful
" ask him to follow up the former adj
ninistration In the reforms advocated
and especially the placing Of the fourth
class ofices In the classified service
We also endorse the establishment of the
parcels post"
Under civil service. the third and fourth
class postmasters win receive increased
pay.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
s The following officers were elected: w.
W. Webb, Of Hshira. president; s. r.
Pope, Of Buchanan. secretary. and W. NJ.
Cobb. Of Temple. vice president These
three were also selected as delegates
tsrs IN Chattanooga In October.
They VIII present to the national body
fhe resolutions adopted. These resolu-
lions will also be sent TO the postoffice
department.
q. d. Britten, postoface inspector. who
represented the postofice department at
the convention. said that the establish
nent OF parcels post Is assured, anu
that postal savings banks should be in
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The convention sdjourned at the end of
the session Saturday morning. II is
probable that the postmasters will meet
in Atlanta next year.
Amorx those present Al the conven-
tion are:
]. w. Morgan, Auburn; L. K webb,
Alpharetta; ". NJ. Cobb. Temple; ]. I.
Williams, Hull: Jno- W. Bell, Bethle-
hem: p. S. Steven, Putnam: ]. F. Hub
bard, Fair Mount; c w. Ward. ]. 5
White, Rydal: S. b. Britten. Valdosta;
!. r. McKenny, Chestnut Gap; ]. w.
kitchens, Fayetteville; A. W. McVicker,
LoveJoy. ]. s. Hardy, Ben Hill; L. A
spiIlers, Gai;lard: 6. A Hinton, Dacula;
w. R Watson, Lithonia: ]. S. Jackson.
Lorick p. Trimble, Bremen; o. s. Croker
Hiram; c. A. z Strickland, Austell; Roy
L. Todd, TiIburn; A. T. Swords, Lonan-
vile; Hugh L Mckee. Atlanta; Walter
Johnson. Atlanta; Henry S. Jackson
Atlanta
President w W. Webb opened the ses-
sion Of the postmasters by introducing
Mayor Robert r. Maddox. who welcom-
ed the postmasters to Atlanta.
MAYOR MADDOX SPEAKS
ct has been my pleasure to welcome
many gatherings 10 this city," he said,
s'but Il gives me especial pleasure to well
come you
II know Of no body OF men more
important 20 their state than YOU You
are one Of the most efficient and nee
essary parts OF our commonwealth"
President Webb next introduced Col
r ]. Lowry.
Il was invited here to speak TO fourth
class postmasters." said Colonel Lowry,
but / see no one who Is fourth class.
] am free to say that today we have In
the United States the most efficient class
OF postnnasters in the world The people
OF this state and Of the country as a
whole can feel absolute security in their
postmasters."
Colonel Lowry detailed how the postal
service has developed during the last
few years.
Postoffice Inspector A. B. Britten adj
dressed the pOstmssters- He had been
appointed 70 represent the pOstoffice de-
rarrmenI al the cOLNGlilAoh- SbS1AS
Of the errors that a postmaster is likely
70 fall into.
TELLS OF ERRORS
He said that II q postmaster deposits
rovernment money in a state bank he
must place IL in a locker receptical so
that IL cannot be mingled with the other
money in the bank he went into other
details Of a postmaster's work.
when we nave the parcels post.
which is bound TO come" he said, you
will have more troubles than you have
now"
He gave some details of how the
postal savings banks will be operated.
His prediction that the parcels post is
n certainty in the future was received
with interest, coming as IL did from
an appointed representative OF the gov
. eminent
Colonel Walter Johnson. United states
marshal, was introduced TO the conven-
ton
There has never been day in the
history OF the state OF Georgia when
the federal officials in this state were