The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-09-28
n. G. POSTMASTERS SPEND
DAY OF CONVENTION HERE

noon with them.
The ride out Fifth avenue with ms
modern residences, revealed sorxsEe-
/ thing of the character of Hendersxa7-
! vile to the postmasters. So much sa8
| in fact, that one of them turned tea u
newspaper man in the party andn xa-
marked:
But Hendersonville is not as Iars.sH
as AshevilIe, is it,"
They all drank deep of the wat4szE
of Crystal Springs, admired and ssx-
pressed their open admiration of EfH
park, and then were taken, via EFRe
first inclined railway ever built IN
North Carolina, to the summit six
Echo mountain, where the. panor aEEan
of mountains and plains presenteGxD
their eyes drew forth many a gasp an
establishment and delight.
Several trips of the cars were nxs--
quired to transport the post1naRtExE
and postmistresses to and from FEEe
tower.
Finally however, all we're once IErsras
at the station below and from there
the marched to the amusement Eae-
Wilton, where President Joyce caIKEx
the meeting to order. During faEH,
course of his appropriate remarks KEr-
Joyce said that this was the nnszsE
unique meeting in the history CT tEEzA
association.
Postmaster Rollins of AshevITFEa
kept his audience feeling good all aEe
time during his speech-which ussF-
the less, was an earnest appeal Ear
suitable, understanding kind of mkzz
for rural route carriers. He sDo4keqEsEE
the influence such right kind OF rwEaa
may have on the lives and daily Kzss-
piness Of the people he serves, aE17G.
was not sure but that the r. r. ~.
men ought to be tried out for. the
suitability before being placed unGex~
the civil service regulations ER
spoke of the justice of extending EEse
mail service into the rural distr M11zs7
and remembered the time when it cCszs1
five dollars to send a letter to the Pa
cific coast
Ex-president Briggs of Raleigh tIzeR
took the chair and introduced POaf-
master Benbow of Franklin AEE
Benbow is a strikingly handsUaEEs
man, fluent and convincing taIKxE
His theme was ''The Duties or H
Postmaster to the Public and IKE
Duties of the Public to PCstmastex-sz
Mr.. BeEbow's subject was a seffrHIE
one and he treated it in a mastRHy
manner, showing, most convfncingky
that an obligation existed on B,Ukh
sides. HumoTously, he ren1aFEEsd
that he did not think postmasBT
should lick the stamps for the pubHEs
but in case they were, it would 11E
advisable for every postmaster to gs5x
a little Ticker" of his own.
Postmaster Briggs of Raleigh GE-
expressed the appreciation of F2fE
convention of the many courtesfes
extended to them by Mr.. Smith, BE
Postmaster Jackson, by the Me-
chants Association and the town or
HendersonvilIe. Ahc~It six O'clock
they boarded the waiting car for towE-
marched to Mr.. Smiths Office where
they were all presented with hand
some souvenirs of Laurel Park, aZ16
then to the depot where the CaromKz
Special picked up their special CIR
and took them back to AshevITKs@ss
where the concluding session wEg
held that night
They were all pleased with Mrs
city and did not hesitate to say HzR-
1t is most unusual for any conventBDg
to adjourn their meetings from E5rDn
city tc another, as was done In E3Tzs
case. The fact that it was done rs
owing entirely to the persuasive PSgEsr-
er administered by Postmaster JagaR4
son when he convinced his brother 0
ficials that their visit to Western NNsEk
Carolina would not, could not, be czzEz-
plete without visit to Henderson
vilIe-The Resort of the South.
Postmaster Jackson was chafrHEEu
of the committee which provided zzRE
excellent entertainment for zhE
towns visitors. The funds for EEIEB
purpose were subscribed by memBWB
Of the Merchant Association and EuR-
ploye of the Hendersonville pusE
Office.
The postmasters all seemed 1B.
have had "a thoroughly good HzrE
while here. They understood nBEy
would be welcome when PcstmaEzEw
Jackson persuaded them to hold EEse
days session here-but when IzEsy
left they KNEW they had been WeE
come and many one of them VII
return for longer stay.