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fection, because it wazs not yet.' per fect-but to its preselt state of high efficiency. General DeGraw was received with prolonged applause. General DeGraw said he came as the direct representative of as good friend as the rural carrier had in the Unit ed States, the Hon. Frank H. Hitch cock. He expressed his pleasure in being in Newberry and being able to rub shoulders with the rural carriers of the great State of South Carolina. He said that Postmaster General Hitchcock had asked him to bring his greetings to the South Carolina caL riers, and to assure them of his ap preciation of their loyalty. He said when he entered the hall the conven tion reminded him more of a bankers' convention than anything else-a body of men who could stand on their own feet. He said this was the second con vention of its kind that a postmaster, general or an assistant had ever at tended, and for this the carriers were indebted to the postmaster general. With the business of the department on their hands they could not make it a rule to attend the State associa7ons. although his own inclination wCuld be to attend as many of them as phy sical endurance would permit. le had made it a rule to attend the meetings of the national association, and it was by order of Postmaster General Hitchcock that he was at tending the South Carolina conven tion. He congratulated the associa tion upon the manner in which he had seen it conduct business. General De Graw then went into a discussion of the business of the- department, which appears in his speech elsewhere. He referred to Congressman Finley as the ranking minority member on the postal affairs committee of the house, and as a man who had devot ed a great deal of time to the work, who was always welcomed by the post office department, and to whom the rural carriers were indebted for a great deal. Ne thanked President Wicker for his kindly remarks, and hoped he could be able to afford to remain in his posi tion, with the good graces of his superior officers, until he had com pleted his work with regard to the rural service. He had on his hands now the expenditure of $7,000,000 for star route contracts and over $38,000, 000 for the rural service. He hoped the "merger" service, as it was call ed. would inure to the benefit of the rural free delivery service. Where a route was too sparsely settled for rural free delivery, he said, which re-, quired four heads of families to the mile, instead of referring advocates of* rural routes to various departments.. to be referred back again, the infor mation was at hand and the matter settled. He said he would not discuss par cels post, as that matter ho - -t been acted on by congress so far. He said the department had defer red the establishment of routes. but bad not allowed the service to suffer, and had saved over $300,000 out of the year's appropriations. He said; that of 41,000 carriers there were only 175 discontinuances for cause last year, and he was proud of his con nection with such a body of men, and there was no reason for any carrier to be persuaded that his p)osition was in jeopardy. General DeGraw, on the subject of: good roads, said he was much imp)ress ed by the good roaGs discussion at Raleigh. He made a strong talk oni the subject. So far as the United States government was concerned, the postoffice officials wei'e not supposed to have anything to do with the roads except that they would not establish or maintain rural routes where the carrier had to abandon his vehicle and go on horse-back, or use any such means. A number of such cases were now pending. de said. And when the government notified the patrons that unless the roads were repaired the routes would be discontinued there was no bluff, but a number of routes had been discontinued on that account, and re-established when the roads were repaired. And the carriers, he said, would not be permitted to have to get down and open gates. He as sured the good roads advocates who were present that the United States government, so far as its rules and regulations permitted, would cooper ate in the improvement of the roads. and he bespoke for them the careful attention of the audience. He said he believed the rural carriers had ac complished more for good roads than any other body of men. He spoke of the split-log drag and other sipiple means of improving the roads. Congressman Finley. Congressman D. E. Finley, of the 5th district of South Carolina, traced the history of the R. F. D. service and its growth, saying that it had been one of the greatest educators the country ever had, and spoke of the great results which it had achieved in the improvement of the roads. On the road question he said experience had demonstrated that the only feasiblb plan of rnoa building- was the ontract eczive wIeiccr used. Oi the ties tion of salaries, he said he had voted for every proposed raise of salary since he was elected. and said he had made a study of the postal service and hoped he knew something about it, and he had been able to help. He said he t had introduced a bill for the past two t years to make the salary $1,050, be lieving this would put all the carriers on an equality. The bill was favorably reported by the postoffice committee by a vote of 7 to 9. He voted against' d the Miller amendment. he said, because c its proposition to appropriate $6,000,- i 000 additional for the support of the service could not change the existing general law, and therefore could not be used to increase the salaries of the cariers, and the additional amount was Id not needed for the general postal ser- . vice. He then put in his bill as an' G amendment, but without unanimous' consent an appropriation bill could not change existing law, and a single objection defeated his amendment. :d Presidefit Wicker wanted to know how' f< the salaries of the carriers could be' increased without increasing the ap propriation. Mr. Finley reblied that there would first have to be a law passed fixing the salaries, and he had introduced such a bill, as had scores of others. A question as to why it d was so much easier to increase sal- s aries of city carriers was greeted E with applause. Congressman Finley! said that three years ago, when the law was passed increasing the salaries of rural carriers to $900 per year, a law was passed, which had not since d been changed, starting the city car riers at. a small salary a month, and S increasing them yearly. Good Roads Discussion. President Wicker said if there was anything dear to the hearts of the rural carriers it was good roads, and d he took pleasure in introducing Mr. C. ; Wardlaw Moorman, of the Columbia tj Daily Record, td open the good roads discussion under the auspices of that newspaper. Mr. Moorman said the Record had demonstrated its interest n in good roads, as in all other live ques- fC tions of the day, by sending our tour D ing cars last summer in the interest of capital-to-county highways, and was now sending two cars throughout the State in the interest of improved di highways. It was peculiarly gratify ing, he said, that the Record had been tc able to open its campaign at this meet ing of the carriers. He said this was. the time to strike, while the iron was hot, and to do something while the e op)portunity was at hand. He introduc- N ed Mr. D. H. Winslow, United States Og superintendent of road construction, of the office of public roads, who had' been detailed by that office to accom pany the campaigners throughout the State.- er Mr. D. H. Winslow. p Mr. Winslow said he was glad to' see the ladies present. He believed if see the ladies present. He believed if the' ladies had been back of the move-*n ment we would have had good roads m; before this. He said there were many th simple devices by which the roads' might be improved. He gave a clear illustration of a -simple device to get rid of holes and depressions and. bumps in the road, known as the "T."'d He also illustrated the King split-log T drag, which has proved of incalculable t value wherever it has been used, and which can be made by any one and used by any one. He said the split log drag could be made for about $2.50. as Steel drags, he said, were being manu- is factured for abolt S'35, but the log :al drag was better. He strongly urged pi the use and the continuous use of this drag. One dragging would not make a boulevard, but enough dragging e would. The location of a road, he s: said, was the most lpermanent thing o done by man, and it was of the utmost - importance that a road should be properly located. He urged 'competent~ supervision in locating and building: roads. If people would realize, hed said, that broken wagons and buggies' and harness and galled mules are 'nearly always the result of bad roads,' and that they were paying an enor mous mud tax, which would soon build their roads miany times over, ~they would soon wake up to the im portance of'the road question. His ad dress was interspersed by timely anec- e dotes and was frequently interrupted o by ap)plause. His plan of road. build-1i ing was, on motion, endorsed and ap- g proved by the convention, especially t the simple devices which he mention ed, and the carriers pledged themsel- i yes to urge their use. The Daily Rec ord was heartily thanked for its in-g terest in the subject of roads and in t the association here. THE R. F. D. BANQUET. s What William Banks, of the Columbia e State, Says A bout Social Features i of (Convention. In the Columbia State of Wednesday, William Banks, in speaking of the so- t cial features of the Rural Letter Car.. riers' association in Newberry, said: c The social features of the conven-a ANNOUNCEMENTS. House of Representatives. I am a candidate for re-election to ie house of representatives, subject the rules of the Democratic pri iary. Godfrey Harmon. For Treasurer. I hereby announce.myself as a can- t idate for reelection to the offic. -,f )unty treasurer, subject to the Dem-C ratic primary. Jno. L. Epps. C For Judge of Probate. f I hereby announce myself as a can idate for reelection to the office of II idge of probate, subject to the Dem-; IC ratic primary. i F. M. Schumpert. I h,-reby announce myself a candi ate for the office of probate judge r Newberry county, and will abide ie rules of the Democratic primary. B. B. Leitzsey. For 3fagistrate No. 10. I hereby announce myself a can idate for magistrate for No. 10 town ip and will abide the rules of the emocratic primary. Thos. L. B. Epps. { For Magistrate Nos. 1 and 8. I hereby announce myself as a can idft o for reelection to the office of iagistrate in No. 1 and No. 8 town ips, subject to the Democratic pri Lary. John Henry Chappell. -.-.-11 I hereby announce myself as a can [date for the office of magistrate in o. 1 and No. 2 townships, subject to ie Democratic primary. J. C. Sample. The undersigned is hereby an )unced as a candidate for magistrate E ir No. 10 township, subject to the f, emocratic primary. T E T. E. Stone. I1 t I hereby announce myself as a can- a date for reelection to the office of agistrate in No. 3 township subject the Democratic primary. John Henderson.I Win. M. Dorroh is hereby announc as a candidate for magistrat3 ofA >. 6 township, subject to the rules the Democratic party. Friends. I am a candidate for magistrate for; >. 10 township, and will be gov ned by the rules of the Democratic bi rty. P. B. Ellesor. _ - cc For Magistrate No. 11. wv The voters of No. 11 do hereby an-.n iunce W. F. Suber as candidate for p gistrate for No. 11, and will abide'p e rules of the Democratic primary. gr Voters. a I hereby announce myself as a can date for Magistrate for No. 11 D >wnship and will abide the rules ofb e Democratic primary.G J.3J. Kinard. ic W. L. Kibler is hereby announced& a candidate for reelection for mag trate for No. 11 townshiip and will lide the rules of the Democratic irty. Mr. E. A. 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