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VOL. XLV. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JULY 6, 1914. . NUMBER 401
A NEW PLAN FOR
COUNTY GOVERNMENT
Commission-Manager Form of Gov
ernment for Counties Explained at
Length by Maj. A. J. McKinnon
Would Save County Thousands of
r Dollars It is Claimed Others Took
Issue With Major McKinnon and
a Lively Debate Followed.
The first thing and one of the big
gest things, on the programme for
the big Fourth of July celebration
held here Saturday, was the discus
sion of the manager-commission form
of county government. At 11 a. m.
a crowd that filled the court room had
gathered at the court house. The
meeting was called to order by May
or A. E. White, who was asked to
serve as temporary chairman, and
who was later elected chairman. Mr.
Grover Britt was elected secretary,
with all other members of the press
present as assistant secretaries.
The first speaker on this timely
subject was Major A. J. McKinion,
father of the plan, of Maxtor. Mr!
McKinnon was introduced by Mayor
White as a man who was not seeking
an office, but one seeking to bring
about something ci ; would benefit
his fellow-man.
When Mr. McKinnon rose one could
tell that he was loaded with big shoL,
and before he had finished his dis
course one could see that the load
fcad centered the spot. Jn starting
lWr. McKinnon said that ne wished
to thank the Robeson County Farm
ers' Union for the invitation to speak
and for the efforts made to secure,
such representative audience of Rob
eson county people. He said he was
not present loaded with flowers to
give in exchange for votes, but was
present to explain a system of gov
ernment that would mean a saving of
at least one half of the money paid
county officers under the present sys
tem. He said he knew the
county office-holders would be opposed
to his plan, and if they were to fall
in line and fight for his plan he would
think there was something wrong
with it; that conditions never could
become any better, but seemed to be
growing worse all the while, under
the present system; that the taxes
of the people were being increased all
the while, but the benefits from the
tax paid were not increasing with
the same rate of rapidity that the
taxes were increasing; that we need
not fear to try some other plan than
the one now existing, as there was no
chance of establishing a worse one,
or one that would be more expensive.
He mentioned several cities that had
adopted the manager-commission
form of government, and said they
were all well pleased with it, and
never had one gone back to the old
system after once establishing it. He
explained very plainly the form of
government he was endorsing. His
plan is to divide the county in 5 dis
tricts and let each district elect a
commissioner, and then these commis
sioners would elect, or hire, a mana
ger to look after the county's busi
ness and let this manager hire his
clerks, the business to be divided into
five departments, viz., department of
law, department of public service, de
partment of county welfare (which
would include the school and the
health work), department of public
safety and department of record of
finances. He said that this would as
sure that the people would receive one
dollar's worth of service for every dol
lar spent. He said that the present
salaries paid officers in the county
amounted to more than $32,000
per year, and declared it was
too much to pay officers to manage
our county affairs, and said' further
that the men who did the work in
the county offices worked for from
$600 to $900 per year. He defined
his plan as business substituted for
politics, and in closing his first speech
said that, as many would say, he was
expecting something, but that it wa?
not an office for were any office offer
ed him he could not accept it at all
SB business called him other ways,
but that he expected a change that
would benefit the tax payers.
Mr. H. E. Stacy of Lumberton was
the first to speak in opposition to Mr.
McKinnon's plan. Mr. Stacy declar
ed that though the plan had worked
In large cities it would never work
in a county, as a county and a city
was an altogether different thing,
' that it was taking the power out of
the people's hands and placing it !n
-thejiands. of a "boss," a thing a coun
ty like Robeson could never afford
to do; that it would be laying aside
liberty and independence for which
our forefathers fought and died; that
Rome had this kind of government
and fell. After Mr. Stacy was through
u. McKinnon made a rejoinder an
made another speech equal to his first,
after which Mr. Stacy came iorin ior
the second time and brought forth
some very strong points against Mr.
McKinnon's argument, and a hot de
bate followed for quite a while. Others
who spoke strongly in ;favor of Mr,
McKinnon's plan were Mr. W. K. Cul.
breth and Mayor A. E. White, Mr
UNION STATION; FINAL ORDER
After Many Moons Corporation Com
mission Says Railroads Really and
Truly Please Must Maintain Union
Station at Lumberton On Or Be.
fore September 15 Next Maybe
This is the Last.
It is a long lane that has no turn
ing; there must be an end to every
thing mundane, even to delays and
backing and "filing by the State Cor
poration Commission in the matter of
an order for a union station.
So it is not so surprising that Fri
day of last week the Corporation Com
mission made what is said to be its
final order in the Lumberton station
appeal. Several others had been made
but the Commission backed away
from each order as fast .as either road
made a complaint. It is understood
that this final-final order meets with
the approval of everybody and will
stand. Former orders are revoked
and the following order is made in
lieu thereof (Town Attorney H. E.
Stacy has received a copy of the or
der): That the present station of the Sea
board Air Line be established as a
union station, the Raleigh & Char
leston and Virginia & Carolina South
ern to use the station jointly with
the Seaboard; that the V. & C. S. ex
tend its track to the station and do
such grading and graveling on that
side of the station as may be neces
sary to put same in good condition, at
its own cost, and that it pay the
Seaboard a monthly rental of $20.
The expense of the proper mainten
ance of the station, other than re.
pairs to the building, shall be borne
by the three railroads as follows: Sea
board, 55 per cent; V. & C. S., 25 per
cent: Raleigh & Charleston, 20 per
cent. The station grounds, other
than the part to be graded and gravel
ed by the V. and C. S., shall be grad
ed and graveled to such extent as may
be necessary to put same in good con
dition and avoid standing water by the
Seaboard and R. & C, the expense to
be divided as follows: Seaboard, 73
per cent; R. & C, 27 per cent.
This order shall be complied with
on or before September 15, 1914.
JIMMIE PARKER, MIDGET.
An Interesting Visitor On the Fourth.
One of the most interesting visi
tors who attended the Fourth of July
celebration here Saturday was Jimmie
Parker of Elizabeth town. Jimmie is
53 years old and is only about 40
inches hieh. He is a great talker
and furnished much entertainment for
manv of the visitors. He said he was
over one hundred miles from home
(but was mistaken) for the first time
ever, and it seemed from his doings
that Lumberton was the first town
he had ever been in. He thought it
was a sight to see a town like Lum-
ebrton. The boys gave him the larg
est cicar that could be found, and
kept him eating, drinking and smok
ing and talking all day.
County Democratic Executive Com
mittee Meets.
The countv Democratic executive
committee met in the court housj to
day at 11:30, but at 2 o'clock p. m.,
when thev adiourned for dinner, noth
ing had been passed upon. Most of
fchA time had been taken up in dis
cussing whether or not to hold a pri
mary or a convention. bentiment
seems to be in favor of a primary.
The committee is in session again
this afternoon. An account of the
proceedings will be published in
Thursday's Robesonian.
Recorder's Court.
J. M. Stewart and Walter Ivey were
before Assistant Recorder E. M. John
son this morning for being drunk
Saturday, and a pistol was found on
Stewart. Judgment was suspended on
payment of cost in both cases for
drunkenness, but Stewart was fined
and cost for having the pistol.
Culbreth holding the chair while Mr.
White had the floor. Senator u. a.
McLeod made a speech against the
McKinnon plan. It was a hot debate
for more than two hours and good
points were brought out on both
sides, but it seemed that a number of
points were made in favor of the
commission plan which no one took
occasion to wipe away.
The people listened with intense in
terest, and many of them expressed
themselves as being in favor of the
move, and jnost all seemed to think
that something must be done for a
change from the way things were now
going on in Robeson.
Whether the , manager-commission
form of government is ever establish
ed in Robeson or not, Saturday was
a day worth while, and the people
heard discussion both for and against
the plan that will be good for them.
It was good to be here
Major McKinnon's speech will be
published in an early issue of The
Robesonian.
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HISTORY OF WALTERS' CASE
Heard By Large Crowd Hirt Satur
day Told by Dale & itiwlc of
Columbia, Miss., Walters' Attorneys
How Money, Politics and Soiial
Position Worked to Condemn An In
nocent Robesonian In a Distant
State Fight Not Yet Ended.
As had been advertised, Messrs.
Dale & Rawls of Coiumbi.., M.ss., at
torneys who have represented W. C.
Waiters in the famous Wallers-Dun-bar
kidnaping case since he.
v. is arrested during the yer 1912,
were here Saturday to j,iy the facts
iii the case, in which a son of Robe
tor, had been arrcoe 1, t-ied and sen
tenced to life imprisonment, for a
crime which the mases of tr? people
aie- sure he never convuillfcd. Mr.
Rawls, the first to speak, was intro
duced by Mr. K. M. Barnes, who was
raised in the same community that
Walters was raised in.
Mr. Rawls gave a complete history
of the case from the time the Dunbar
child disappeared on the 23d day of
August, 1912. He said that the Dun
bar family with one other family,
had planned a fishing trip and went to
a chain of lakes more than seven miles
long, which were filled with alliga
tors and surrounded by forests in
which were bears and other danger
ous beasts,' that the trip was plan
ned without anything being said about
it so no one could have had kidnaping
planned for this occasion. Mr. and
Mrs. C. P. Dunbar, a family that
was above the average fn wealthy so
cial standing and education, were the
parents of the child lost. The fam
ilies arrived on he bank of the
lakes on August 22d and it was when
the party assembled for dinner on
August 23d that Robert Dunbar was
first missed, it having been onlyj
about an hour since he had been seen '
by some of the other children along.
Just as soon as it was found that the
boy was lost search was begun, but
to no avail. Bloodhounds were secur
ed and could- not be persuaded to go
any other way than to the bank of
ihe lake and out on a log which went
out over the lake. Mr. Dunbar gave
out the statement that he was sure
his child had been drowned, but Mrs.
Dunbar still claimed that her Bob
bie had been stolen, and a reward of
$6,000 was offered for the return of
Bobbie Dunbar to his parents. Noth
;ng was heard of the whereabouts of
the Dunbar child until several months
.fter, when W. C. Walters was taken
sick and placed in a hospital in New
Orleans, leaving Bruce Anderson, the
child claimed and held by the Dun
bars as their Bobbie, with a fam
ily in Mississippi. While Mr. Wal
ters was in the hospital a brother of
Mr. Dunbar and another gentleman
called at the home ,ax which Bruce
Anderson was left to make investiga
tion to see if he was Robert Dunbar.
but declared it was not the Dunbar
child. After Walters left the hospi
tal peoplehad so much to say to him
and asked him so many questions
about the child that he treated peo
ple a little impolite, and very often
refused to answer their questions,
which caused the people to believe
him guilty. The mother of Bobbie
Dunbar went to the home and stayed
with the child now claimed by them
as their own, for more than two hours
one night and said when she started
away that if it was her Bobbie she
couldn't tell it, but later she returned
and claimed him. Mr. Rawls said
he and Mr. Dale had checked Walters
ten thousand times and never found
him untrue. Just as soon as it was
announced that Bobbie Dunbar had
been found, 2,000 men formed a mob
to wipe Walters off the face of the
earth, but still he would not try to get
away, saying that he had not done
anything, and if they killed him they
couldn't eat him; and never did make
any effort to get away. After Wal
ters was arrested and placed in jail
the jail had to be guarded, ar.d all
who knew it was' not Bobbie Dunbar
were afraid to say so. Mr. Rawls
sctmed to think that the way it was
managed it was more oi a political
scV'Ti- than anything :.y, and de
clwred that he had no idea of getting
a fair trial any of the time. He said
thnt 'be people of this section of
Louisiana were a strange people anj
that 99 2-3 per cent of them were
Catholics, that 11 of the jurymen
were Catholics and a Catholic judge
heard the case. He declared that he
fought the case with his pistol in his
hand and that while he was speaking
Mr. Dale guarded hirir and"that while
Mr. .Dale was speaking he guarded
him. He said it was the most sen3a
tional trial ever held in America, that
the howling mob would meet visitors
at the trains and ask them if they had
any business there, and if they were
there to testify for Walters, and if
so to get farther, as that was a dan
gerous climate for them to stop in
He said that he had five-hundred wit
nesses that would swear Walters was
in Mississippi on the date that the
Dunbar child disappeared, and that
after looking at Julia Anderson and
(Continued on page four.) :'
MEXICAN ELECTION.
Voting Light Deemed Unlikely That
Plan to Make Luscarain President
Would Work Out.
Washington Dispatch, 5th.
Washington awaited anxiously to
night for details of the election heici
today in Mexico to choose a success
or to General Huerta. Up to a late
hour little had been heard from the
election except that it had been held
and that the voting was light.
While an early report from Mex'o
City said it was believed General Hu
erta had been the favorite in voting
for the presidency, the general be
ljef here wasthat Huerta had not
been a candidate and that it the. in
tention to choose Pedro Lascurain a3
President.
Reiterations were received today
in private dispatches from Mexico
City that Huerta, in a final effort to
restore peace, intended to turn the
Government over to Lascurain, who
in turn would name some constit'i
tionalist as Minister of Foreign Af
fairs. Then Lascurain, according to
these reports, would resign, leaving
the Constitutionalist to succeed to the
presidency. (Huerta "would be as
signed to a foreign post by Lascurain
before the latter's resignation.
That this plan would work out was
deemed unlikely in some sources here,
although some Constitutionalists
agents were inclined to credit the re
port that some such scheme would be
tried. Luis Cabrera and Rafael Zu
baran, General Carranza's chief rep
resentatives in Washington, have not
abandoned hope that Constitutionalist
agents will be authorized to meet Hu
erta's delegates to the mediation con
ference.
Rumor of Alliance Between Huerta
and Zapata Crisis Imminent.
It is rumored here that an alliance
between provisional President Huerta
and Emiliano Zapata, the revolution
ary leader will be formed soon. Most
Mexicans regard such a combination
as inconceivable because of the long
enmity Zapata has borne Huerta, who
under Madero gave him the hardest
fight he ever had. aBut the report
brought here appears to leave little
doubt that Huerta has entered into
negotiations with the Morelos chief
tain. Both here and in the Capital the
conviction exists that a crisis is immi
nent. Mexicans prominent in the political,
commercial, and social life of the Cap
ital, have been joining in increasing
strength the army of fugitives. Sev
eral foreigners other than British
have taken the advice of Sir Lionel
Carden, the British Minister, to gee
out of what he regards as dangerous
territory.
INDIAN CUTS NEGRO.
Blow On Head With Piece of Iron
Fails to Stop Bethel Chavis and
He Carves Up Haynes Lennon, Who
Struck Him Neither Seriously
Hurt.
Haynes Lennon, colored, and Bethel
Chavis, Indian, engaged in a row Sat
urday afternoon about 6 o'clock at
Mr. W. W. Carlyle's sales stables on
Sixth street. Lennon threw a rock at
Chavis and Chavis opend up his knife
and advanced towards Lennon, when
Lennon picked up a piece of
iron and gave him a blow on the head,
but the blow, although severe, didn't
stop Chavis and he proceeded to
carve Lennon up to some extent.
Three gashes were inflicted on the
right leg, one on the right arm. Len
non was taken to the hospital, where
he remained till yesterday afternoon,
when he was placed in jail. Chavis
was placed in jail Saturday after
noon. Their wounds are not very ser
ious. They will be given a hearing
in the recorder s court at an early
date. Liquor was at the bottom of
the trouble.
Superior Court Tomorrow.
A 2-weeks term of Superior Court
for the trial of criminal cases will
convene tomorrow morning. As stat
ed in Thursday's Robesonian, Judge
C. M. Cook of Louisburg, who will
preside will not arrive in Lumberton
until this evening.
Income Tax From North Carolina.
Washington Cor., 3d, Wilmington
Star.
The statement made public tonight
by the Treasury Department- shows
that CoThmissTdner; OsborneVolIecled
in income tax from corporations in
and individuals in North Carolina
$147,339.68 in the fourth collection
district from corporations and $27,
363.86 from individuals; and in the
fifth district $159,486.31 from corpo
rations and $19,202.69 from individ
uals.
.-Mr. R. L. Gregory, who lives or
route 6 from Lumberton, was the
first to bring in a Toad of waterme;
ons. He brought in 33 nice ones
Friday and sold them out almost be
fore he got into town.
GLORIOUS 4TH CELEBRATED
More Thrfn 3,000 People Gathered in
Lumberton to Enjoy the Day Ex
hibition by Fire Department and
Hall Game Prizes Awarded.
nlthouh it was a little late before
the word was given out that Lumber
ion would have a great Fourth of
Juiy celebration, the celebration held
here Saturday was one of
mo best attended, sanest and most en
joyed that has ever been held here.
Early in the morning people began
to arrive on carts, wagons, buggies,
automobile, walking; and the trains,
were all loaded when they came in.
by 11 a. m. more than five thousand
people had gathered together for the
purpose of celebrating the Glorious
Fourth. The town had been very
tastefully decorated for the occasion
and everything had the Fourth of
July spirit, the kind of spirit it takes
to enjoy a rich programme like the
one carried out here Saturday.
The first thing on the programme
was the address by Major A. J. Mc
Kinnon, on the manager commission
form of government, followed by a
general discussion of the subject both
for and against. An account of the
speaking will be found elsewhere in
today's paper, also an account of the
next thing on the program, the ad
dresses of Messrs. Dale & Rawls of
Columbia, Miss., the attorneys who
appeared for W. C. Walters in the
famous WSlters-Dunbar kidnaping
case.
The exhibition by Lumberton's fire
department was carried out in a way
that reflected much credit to each
member of the company. A large pile
of old lumber and other junk had been
piled up on the vacant lot near the
Seaboard station and was set on fire.
When the alarm was turned in it was
only a bt of time before Lumberton's
new fire truck came down Elm street
at the rate of 48 miles per hour, and
the hose wagon pulled by two large
horses owned by the town, and driv
en by Chief of Police H. II. Redfern,
was in close pursuit of the truck.
The following won prizes: Largest
family, $5 Hardy; tallest man, $2.50,
Eli Britt; heaviest woman, $2.50, Mrs
Israel (weight 205); foot race, $5,
Ed Pope; bag race, $2.50, Walter
Scott; bicycle race, $5 McNeill; larg
est stalk of corn, $2.50, D. B. Hum
phrey; largest stalk of tobacco, $2.50,
Lee Britt; largest stalk cotton, $2.50,
Marvin Bullard.
Strangely enough, the judges fail
ed to get the initials or given names
of all the prize winners, which makei
the report most incomplete and un
satisfactory. In the afternoon at 4 o'clock a
game of ball between the Lumberton
and Fairmont teams was pulled of?.
The game was a hotly contested one
and was witnessed by a large crowd.
The score was 16 to 8 in favor of the
Lumberton team. This was the third
of a series of three games played
with the Fairmont team, the Lumber
ton team winning each game. It had
been advertised that the A. C. L. tear.
from Wilmington would play the
Lumberton boys, but they failed to
comply with the expectation. How
ever, the game was a live one and
caused much enthusiasm.
As a whole Saturday was a good
day for the large crowd that gath
ered here to celebrate, and no mis
haps of any kind occured to mar tha
success of the day. Everything went
off just like clock work.
This was the second annual Fourth
of iily Celebration, and now is the
time to begin to plan to make next
Fourth of July a big day for Robeson
county and Lumberton.
Much credit for the success of the
celebration is due Mr. J. R. Pre
vatt, who worked hard preparing for
the day and was general master of
ceremonies during the days.
Some Stalk of Corn.
The stalk of corn belonging to Rev.
D. B. Humphrey of Saddle Tree,
which won the prize for being the
largest stalk on exhibition here Sat
urday, was some stalk. It measured
6 long inches around and some of the
blades were ju3t a fraction over 6
inches broad. While it was not the
tallest stalk on exhibition, it was by
far the largest.
Mrs. B. W. Page returned la3t
Wednesday evening from Raleigh,
where Tuesday evening she attended
the marriage of Miss Ludie Marshall
and Mr. William Wyatt.
Invitations.- are - beingsent- out
to the marriage of Miss
Ethel Williams, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Q. T. Williams, on Wednes
day evening, July 15, at 8:30 o'clock,
to Mr. Junius A. Coley of St. Paula
The wedding will take place in the
First Baptist church.
Headache and Nervousness Cured.
"Chamberlain's Tablets are entitled
to all the praise-1 can give them,"
writes Mrs. Richard Olp, Spencerport,
N. Y. "They have cured me of head
ache and nervousness and restored
me to my normal health." For sale
by all dealers. ,
BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
The Lumberton baseball team
play Raeford, at Raeford, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday of this week.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Geo A.
Earnes, at their home in Fast Lum
berton on the 27th ult., a 12-pound
boy.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce will be held
Thursday evening of this week atthe
court house. fj
Mr. Woodberry Lennon of Lum
berton delivered the Fourth of July
address at a celebration at Bladen
boro Saturday.
Mr. Wf P. Barker returned last
week from a trip through North Rob
eson and Hoke county. He repoit
fine crops on all his route.
Mr. T. L. Bissell of Broad Ridgw
brought some mighty nice canta
loupes to town for sale this mora
ing. They brought a handsome price.
A special meeting of K. of P. will
be held in the castle hall tonight, be
ginning at 8:30. Degree work. All
members are requested to be pres
ent. John, -months-old child of Mr.
and Mrs. II. F. Bissell, who live ou
route 1 from Orrum, died Saturday
morning after being sick with cholera
morbus for several days.
fa.
Mr. D. R. Rhodes, who lives at
Bloomingdale, is among the vLitors .
in town today. Mr. Rhodes reports
crops good in his section, but says
something is stinging the cotton
forms and causing them to fall oft
badly.
Mr. Frank Gough left yesterday
for Morehead City, where he goes to
attend a meeting of the directors of
the Atlantic North Carolina Ry. Co.
Mr. Gough was appointed a director
of this road, which is owned by the
State, about a year ago.
Mr. J. K. Wilkerson, who lives
on route 3 from Lumberton, 5 miles
from town, and who was among the
visitors in town Saturday, says that,
speaking of folk having ripe toma
toes he has plenty of milk and peach
es every day. Yum-yuro.
Mr. W. H. McCallum of Rowland .
was a Lumberton visitor Saturday
This was Mr. McCallui-' first visit
to Lumberton in three or four yeara
and he says he never saw such a
change in his life paved streets, new
buildings and other signs of progress.
Mr. W.J. DuBois took the mem
bers of his Sunday school class
Chestnut Street Methodist on a pic.
nic to the High Hills Thursday and
the crowd got drenched to the skin
when it came on to rain about noon,
but they had a mighty good time, all
the same.
Mr. D. A. Calder and sons,
Messrs. H. A. and A. B. and Master
D. Mack, who live on rural route No.
1 from Rowland, were among the vis
itors in town Saturday. Mr. Calder
makes the same report that otners
make from all over the county; that
is, that the crop prospects are the
best he has ever seen.
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Varser, Mr.
and Mrs. R. C. Lawrence, ex-Juds'J T.
A. McNeill, Messrs. A. W. McLean,
T. L. Johnson, T. A. McNeil', Jr., W.
S. Britt and W. Lennon, who amend
ed the convention of the No-th Caro
lina Bar Association at Brightsville
Beach last week, returned horoj the
latter part of the week.
Mr. Jno. S. McDonald, manager
of the McDonald Drug Co., left yes
terday for Bryson City, where he will
Upend two weeks visiting relatives.
While he is away Mr. E. G. Kobertson
a registered pharmacist of Mount
iry, will have charge of the prescrip
tion department at the drug store of
which Mr. McDonald is manager.
Mr. C. B. Meares, who lives in
North Lumberton, says that yester
day after he finished eating dinner
and came out on the porch he found
a coachwhip snake about 6 feet long
lying up on the floor resting. A hoe
was secured and the snake was given
a whack which claimed about one fool
of the rear end, but the other five
feet wenttheir way and have not been
seen since.
Master McMillan Fisher, one of
Ihe Robesonian's bright carrier boys
is laid up at the home of his grand
mother, Mrs. L. R. Breecc, East
Fourth street, with a lame foot int
which he had the misfortune of stick--ing
a nail the other day. Ic i3 hope!
that he will be able to g;t out in a .
day or so. -McMillan's brother Master
Breece i3 doing double duty delivering
Robesonians while he is laii eff
At the annual convention of the
North Carolina Rural Letter Carriers
Association at Burlington Friday ar.J
Saturday, Mr.,C. H. Howard of
St. Paul responded to the address of
welcome and was elected one of the
six delegates to the National convert
tion. Mr. Howard made a talk at ths
convention on "How our Association
can help the Department in making
the rural delivery sen-ice the great
est branch of the Postoffice Depart
ment," -