The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-05-13
MAIL CARRIERS GET TOGETHER
WILL IMPROVE SERVICE Ry CO.
OPERATION.
An Enthusiastic Lettcr-Thos T..
wicker, President of Association
Issues Call to Workers i'm soutb
Carolina.

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 ad-
dress, says:
Brother Rural Carriers of South
Carolina: Below you will find a list
of rural carriers whom 1 have an
pointed special oganizers for their
respective counties. See if your name
Is on the list, and if it is, then go to
work with vim for your county as
sociation; if it is not then write your
county organizer at once and tell hir
your services are at his command =.
In several counties 1 have .
no appointments because .N.n't
know who would be will: d in
tarested enough to under, Ike the
work. | 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 Newberrv
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
1t? What does Burch say about it?
what do We all say about it? Our
presence in goodly numbers will make
it success; our absence will make
| it failure.
Now let us all get busy in the in
| terest Of our county conventions on
the 3Oth of May. Remember the ma
| tional dues, as fixed at Little Rock
last year, are rs cents and State dues
20 cents Your county dues, if any.
are what You choose t make them.
Let us all join the association for
! the good of the service and for our
own good. If by getting together in
conventions and exchanging ideas. we
are benefited. then, Of course, the SER
vice will be ben eIited 10 the same ex-
tent. The carrier who refuses or neg
lects to join the association, isoIatas
himself and pockets his salary at the
end Of the month. This is the sum
| total u his interest in the rural mail
| service. The carrier who Joints the
association manifest by that very
act desire to learn, through the
| association as medium, thu wishes
Of the department officials in the con-
| duct Of the service. He is wide-awake
and more efficient than his isolated
| brother, because he is in touch with
| the department and in sympathy with
| those who are trying to improve the
| service.
Eliminate ImpcrfectiOns.
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
1t was not; but from the viewpoint
of the government it was solely a
| question Of economy. We must not
forget that our branch of the service
Is young and, in some respects i'm
perfect, therefore, looking at it in this
light, let us who are in the field CO.
operate with our superiors at head
quarters, to the end that the imper-
fections in the service may be elm
mated and that we may become more
efiIclent and deserving. When these
things have been accomplish d there
need be no doubt that our crmpensa-
ton will he as generous as We could
wish. Uncle sam is not stingy. but.
as every good business man should
be, he is conservative.
I'm closing, let mo again urge upon
YOU the Importance Of your presence
at Florence, July 5. I. and three
days. Come, whether a member Of
the association or not.
"Fraternally yours,
"Thos Z. Wicker,
state President"
Special Organizers.
The special organizers as as fol
lows:
AhhcviIIc County Milton +. M.tr-
tin. DunaIds.