The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-17
Will MEET SOON
RURAL MAIL CARRIERS URGED
TO GET TOGETHER.

The Service Will be Improved by
Cooperative Methods on the Part
of the Carriers.
Thos. E. Wicker, president of the
Rural Free Delivery Carriers Asso-
citation of South Carolina. has issued
an address to the carriers of this
State. urging increased interest in
the organization. Mr.. Wicker, in
his address, says:
Brother Rural Carriers of South
Carolina: Below you will find
a list OF rural carriers whom I have
appointed special organizers for their
respective counties. See if Your name
is on the list, and ii it is. then go to
work with a vim for your county as
sociation: of it is not, then write your
county organizer at once and tell him
your services are at his command.
In several counties I have made
no appointments because l didn't
konw who would be willing and in
terested enough to undertake the
work. l should be glad to have the
names of hustlers from those coun-
ties. so that the list of organizers
could be made complete. The ap-
pointment of special organizers
doesn't mean that State and county
officers may become less active IN
their efforts to secure members.
'The State convention at Newberry
last July was the largest and best
in the history of the association. The
question now is: Will it be excelled
by the convention at Florence next
July? What does Burch say about
it? What 90 we all say about it?
Our presence in goodly numbers will
make it success; our absence will
make it a failure.
Now let us us ali get busy m the
interest Of our county conventions
on the 30th of May. Remember the
national dues as fixed at Little Rock
last year, are Is cents, and State
dues 25 cents. Your county dues, If
any, are what you choose to make
them.
"Let us all join the association
for the good OF the service and for
our own good. If by getting to-
gether in conventions and exchanging
ideas, we are benefited, then, of
course, The service will be benefited
to the same extent. The carrier VINO
refuses or neglects to join the asso-
citation. isolates himself and pockets
his salary at the end Of the month.
This is the sum total OF his inter
est in the rural mail service. The
carrier who joins the association
manifests by that very act. a desire
to learn, through the association as
medium, the wishes Of the depart
ment officials in the conduct OF the
service. He is wide-awake and more
efficient than his isolated brother,
because he is in touch with the de-
partment and in sympathy with those
who are trying to improve the SER
vice.
"There may be some among US
who think that the recent salary in
crease was not as large as it should
have been. From our viewpoint
perhaps it was not; but from the
viewpoint of the government it was
solely a question of economy. We
must not forget that cur branch OF
the service is young, and, in some
respects, imperfect, therefore, let us
who are in the field cooperate with
our superiors at headquarters, to the
end that the imperfections in the
service may be eliminated and that
we may become more efficient and de-
serving. When these things have
been accomplished there need be no
doubt that our compensation will be
as generous as we could wish. Tn
Gle Sam is not stingy; but as every
good business man should be, he is
conservative.
'In closing. let me again urge
upon you the Importance of your
presence at Florence, July 8. 4 and
5-three days. Come, whether a
member of the association or not.
Fraternally yours,
Thomas E. Wicker,
"State President.
The special organizers are as fol.
lows:
Abbeville-Milton F. Martin, Don
olds.
Aiken-George T. Mccain. Haw-
Anderson-J. J.. Trussell, Honea
Path.
thone.
Barnwell-E. E. Fickling, Black
Vile.
Chester. c. Moore. Chester.
hesterfeld-D. NJ. 'McNair, Pat
rick.
Clarendon-silas 3. Cobb, Fine
wood.
Colleton4-Thomas P. Black, Ruf,
fin.
DARLINGTON. NJ. Cray, Darling
ton.
Florence-J. N. Gray. Darlington.
williamsburg. ". Gray, Darl-
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