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Association of American Directory Publishers 



HEADQUARTERS, 

 202 EAST 12TH STREET, NEW YORK. 



ORGANIZED NOVEMBER, 1898 



J. L. HILL, President 



R. H. DONNELLEY, 1st Vice-President 

 W. H. LEE, 2nd Vice-President 



W. H. BATES, Secretary and Treas. 



TRUSTEES 



WM. E. MURDOCK, Boston W. H. BATES, New York 



R. H. DONNELLEY, Chicago. W. H. LEE, New Haven 



A. V. WILLIAMS, Cincinnati E. M. GOULD, St. Louis 



J. L. HILL, Richmond, Va7 W. G. TORCHIANA, Phila. 

 R. L. POLK, Detroit 



THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE AS 

 FOLLOWS: 



FIRST : — To improve the directory business by the inter- 

 change of ideas, and by the exchange of competent employ- 

 ees. 



SECOND: — To protect the public against fraudulent 

 advertising schemes, operated under the name of director- 

 ies, and to drive the promoters of such out of the business. 



THIRD : — To provide permanent and continuous em- 

 ployment for honest and faithful directory canvassers. 



FOURTH : — For the mutual advancement of the estab- 

 lished and prospective interests of all who may become 

 members of the Association. 



$100 REWARD 

 The Association of American Directory Publishers will 

 pay the above reward for the arrest and conviction of any 

 one soliciting or collecting money on Fraudulent Director- 

 ies, provided the conviction results in imprisonment of not 

 less than 6 months. In case of arrest immediately tele- 

 graph W. H. Bates, Secretary, 202 East 12th Street, New 

 York. 



OR 



PIEDMONT DIRECTORY COMPANY, 



Asheville, N. C. 



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