The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-21
.POSTA0A5TER5' ANNUAL NEE TING
F0R 1915 CLOSED LAST NIGHT

,,ionS for the bclIcrment of the ser
ivic" wee taken up and The future
work &c ne done by the association
was incidentally discussed by nearly
all present.
The NEXT meeting place Will be dcCl0'
led upon 9r Il special committee. com
posed OF y. {. King Of Elkins, and {.
&c. Riggle OF Middlebourne. Col. j. II.
Long. postmaster at Huntington and
iSimms Powell, postmaster al ParkerS'
burg. made strong bids for the next
convention. but ii is not likely that 1t
Twill be held al either OF those places
as the last TWO annual meetings were
convened in tnose cities. 1t Is prob
able that the next session will be held
! in RuckhannOn, harrisburg or FAIR
imOnt.
: Woman Suffrage Speaker.
To the surprise OF the convention.
! Mrs. \. G. Huston. national suftera%e
organizer OF The Woman'S National
Suffrage Association of New York. ap'
:pearpd and was presented by PoSi'
master Irwin.
! Mrs. Huston spoke only ten minutes,
t"but she told more facts about the
i uueStion than ever knew before. re-
marked a veteran delegate AT the close
! OF the meeting. She said that :h-'
! ice from the men anu that thai Jus
Itice was n representation with The oat.
Hot and she believed that the men CT
West Virginia will grant them that
Justice next November. Mrs. Huston
briefly reviewed The woman III tn"
wears gone by when the courts did not
:inllict suffering upon her for violation
1 Of he law. but that the womanS faith
Ter or husband was tn" court. She
declared thar now woman stand equal
with man before The law that *h"
! should have Il voice in making IN" laws
under which she and her child:"A
iNrc. Al the conclusion Of the. address,
! Mrs. Huston was loudly applaudcd.
| Dinner Closes Convention.
! This * indeed 'rh" End OF Il P"r.
! feet bay" was IN" opening remark Of
! Postmaster William ". Irwin. toast"
| MASTER. at tn" delicious dinner given
| las, evening in the Hotel Windsor. Mr..
| iIwir SPOKE "t III" "nl"Nahl" Nv" da!
! with IT," NiSitinE p"StlnaSurS IN ms
/ city. H. declared tina; tn" dinner Mas
! indrr,I bringing IL = clos" n most IN
! lnyahi. Iay f"r h.ru and h" h.li"yc'i
| Tor ~! ;h., n"rrl".r$ present. tn" he
! li,i at Mr.. Irwin WAS affirmed when
| every man. also every woman, present
| iH Spraking jnld Of I'll" enjoyable con-
: ,rniiOn.
Tn" ,Itnncr was attended by all the
! members "f III" aSSu"iait"n who ""u ia
! possibly remain in tn" city. IN" heads
Ut tn. various departments "t the
; Wheeling post office. Including the Elm
Grove and Brnw"Od branches and IN"
thrc" postmastcrs from across the
| river.
70 know whn spok" is IN read the list
! Of natn"s Of lh"S" present. There w"r"
! three things that the speakers en-
! phaSiz.d particularly. brttcr service for
! III" people. ih'. good "f such an asSorh-
, tior for social intcrmInSlinS and to OK
! change ideas fur nor" efficient work
! and the high endorsements az the pres
! rnt administration. rh" name off Mil
| son prompted applause, Will" the mcn-
! tiouinS of thc Maine Of Postmaster IT.
! win also invoked applause.
Anung til. speakers Of special note
: was III" veteran p"st"ffir', "mpluyr.
! John r.. 'rwl. wh" for forty years has
been in the Wheeling Office. and there
! Was never q nor" efficient and NOR
| Gi!igrnt worker than Mr.. Iowl" said
, President Irwin in presenting him..
! Mr.. GOVT is tn" oldest postal employee
| I'm West Virginia. in point of service"
/ and TOR many long years has been Sur"r-
. :n;"i,,"n: "f mails h"r". In responding
10 The beautiful trIbut" paid him Ivy Mr..
| Trwin Mr.. Cuwl said that he had served
| in the Wheeling office since the carly