Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-07-31

DCCH acknowledged DIS OllC VI aIlC Key
note addresses of the convention.
Mr.. Cole spoke on the subject Of
Lottery Advertising" President CD
Rountree stated that he regarded Mr.
Coles address as one of the most val.
liable of the entire convention, and il
| is his wish that the speech be reprinted
in pamphlet form and distributed thru
out the newspapers circles of the state
The address in full follows:
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen
Several weeks ago your ever-alert
and thoughtful president wrote a let
ter to Mr. Johnson, Inspector ii
charge of the Atlanta Division OF
Postoffice inspectors. inviting him tc
meet with you on this occasion and to
talk to you on some subject of mutua
interest to your association and to the
Postoffice Department. and SUCCESS
that if Mr.. Johnson should find it i'm
possible to attend, he delegate some
| other inspector for that purpose. Or
my return just day or two ago from
a trip to another state l found on my
desk letter from Mr.. Johnson stating
that it would be impossible for him
to attend and requesting that if practi
, cable ] arrange to fill the engagement
That accounts for my presence here
today. AS delightful as it is for me to
be here from a personal standpoint,
am frank to- confess to you that l fee
utterly incapable of representing him
and the Post office department in sc
important a mission as this. Mr.. John
son is an old newspaper man and his
understanding of your problems, coup
led with his thirty years OF experience
| in postal service, would peculiarly fiji
him for task of this kind Through
me he sends you his warmest greetings
with the assurance that his office and
, our service is always at your command
in whatever respect we may be able
to serve you.
This is the first time l believe that
representative of the postoffice de.
partment has ever attended one OF
your annual meetings and disclaimine
any attitude of self-assertion, con,
graduate your president on the limo
vation
The Postoffice Department and the
publishers have many mutual prob
lens, the solution of which might BIZ
simplified by frank and open discus
sion. Among these may be mentioned
such matters as fraudulent advertising
the computation of postage under the
zone rating system the preparations Of
papers for mailing and dispatch, wrap
ping, labelling, advance routing, etc.
so that when received at the postoffice
for mailing or delivery they may be
handled as expeditiously as possible
Doubtless all of you are familiar witt
order recently issued by the Postmast
err General under which newspapers, II
Guiding both dailies and weeklies, are
given preferential treatment in all pos
offices and in the railway mail service
By the terms of this order newspaper:
are required to be distributed in sack:
separate from other mail matter, ane
so marked, in order that every employ
ee into whose hands they may fall vii
instantly recognize them and expedite
dispatch or delivery as the case may
be. The enforcement of this order en-
tails additional burdens and in all prob
ability additional expense on the ser.
vice which insures to your bene1t ane
the department expects the cooperation
of ali publications to the fullest exten'
in reducing these burdens tot the min
imum consistent with the peculiar COZ
ditions under which each individual pa
per NAV operate. AS interesting and a:
helpful as a discussion of these ane
collateral questions might be, we shall
have to leave them for another time
and pass on the subject OF Lottery
advertising" concerning which l have
been requested to speak to you tor
few minutes today.
The branch of the service with which
I have the honor to be connected 1:
charged among other things with th'
enforcement of the postal laws OF the
United States, one of the most 1mpol
tant of which is the inhibitory statute
against the use of the mails tor th'
promotion of any lottery, gift enter
prise. or similar scheme offering pri
yes dependant in whole or in part up
on lot or chance" comomnly known
as the anti-lottery statute. In oroei
you may fully understand the scope
and intent of this law read IRON
Section 1894 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States:
mo letter, packages, postal caro- o.
circular concerning any lottery. gu
enterprise or similar scheme offering
prizes dependent in whole or in par,
upon lot or chance; and no lottery tlct
ct or part thereof, or paper, certificate
or instrument purporting to be or 10
represent ticket, chance, share, or IN
.terest in or dependent upon the even
of a lottery, gift enterprise, or siml
lar scheme offering prizes dependen
in whole or in part upon lot or chance
and no check, draft, bill, money, pos
tai note. or money order for the pur
chase of any ticket or part thereof, o
of any share or chance in any such lot
terry, gift enterprise, or scheme; and nk
newspaper, circular, pamphlet, or pub
LEGATION of any kind containing any ad
vertisement of any lottery, gift enter
prise, or scheme of any kind offering
prizes dependent in whole or in par
upon lot or chance, or containing any
list of the prizes drawn or awarded BY
means of any such lottery gift enter
prise, or scheme, whether said lis
contains any part or ali of such prizes
shall be deposited in or carried by the
mails of the United States, or be de
livered by any postmaster or lettel
carrier. Whosoever shall knowingly
deposit or cause to be deposited, Of
shall knowingly send or cause to BIZ
sent anything to be conveyed or dei1v'
cred by mail in violation of the provi-
sions of this section, or shall knowingly
deliver or cause to be delivered BY
mail anything herein forbidden to BIZ