Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-16
Miseellaueuus 8eading.
THE RURAL CARRIER SERVICE.
President Wicker Issues a Call to
Workers.

President Wicker Issues Call tc
Workers.
Thos. E. Wicker, president of the
Rural Free Delivery Carriers associa-
ton of South Carolina, has issued an
address to the carriers of this state
urging increased interest in the or
ganization. Mr.. Wicker, in his ad-
dress, says:
Brother Rural Carriers of South
Carolina: Below you will find Isl
of rural carriers whom l have ap-
pointed special organizers for theil
respective counties. See if your name
Is on the list, and if it is, then go to
work with vim for your county asso-
ciation; if it is not, then write your
county organizer at once and tell him
your services are at his command.
IN several counties l have made
no appointments because don't know
who would be willing and interested
enough to undertake the work.
should be glad to have the names OF
hustlers from those counties, so that
the list of organizers could be made
complete. The appointment of spe-
cial organizers doesn't mean thai
states 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 Florence say about it;
What does Burch say about it? What
do we all say about it? Our pres
ence in goodly numbers will make II
a success: our absence will make it a
failure.
County Conventions.
Now let us all get busy in the in
terest of our county conventions on the
3Oth of May. Remember the national
dues, as fixed at Little Rock last year
are rs cents and state dues 25 cents
Your county dues, if any, are what you
choose to make them.
Let us all join the association fol
the good of the service and for ouI
own good. If by getting together ir
and exchanging ideas, we
are benefited, then, of course, the SER
vice will be benefited to the same eX-
tent. The carrier who refuses or neg
lects to join the association isolates
himself and pockets his salary at the
end of the month. This Is the sum to-
tai of his interest in the rural mail
service. The carrier who joins the
association manifests by that very act
a desire to learn, through the associa-
ton as a medium, the wishes of the
department 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.
Eliminate lmperfections.
There may be some among us who
think that the recent salary increase
was not as large as it should have
been. From our viewpoint perhaps II
was not; but from the viewpoint OF
the government it was solely a ques-
ton of economy. We must not forget
that our branch of the service is young
and, in some respects, imperfect;
therefore. looking at it in this light
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 be as generous
as we could wish. Uncle Sam is not
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 3, and 5-three
days. Come, whether member of the
association or not.
"Fraternally yours,
"Thos. E. Wicker,
state President.