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♦*♦ Association of American Directory Publishers ♦♦♦ 



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i 202 EAST 12TH STREET, NEW YORK. .1 



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♦♦♦ ORGANIZED NOVEMBER, 1898 ♦*♦ 



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Y J. L. HILL, President V 



R. H. DONNELLEY, 1st Vice-President Y 



Y W. H. LEE, 2nd Vice-President Y 



Y W. H. BATES, Secretary and Treas. V 



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♦> TRUSTEES ♦> 



Y WE E k MURDOCK, Boston W. H. BATES, New York Y 

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

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



1 J. L. HILL, Richmond, Va. W. G. TORCHIANA, Phila. 1 



Y R. L. POLK, Detroit V 



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Y THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE AS Y 



Y FOLLOWS: V 



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



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



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X SECOND : — To protect the public against fraudulent $ 



Y advertising schemes, operated under the name of director- Y 

 ♦jf 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 «*► 

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Y $100 REWARD V 

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X pay the above reward for the arrest and conviction of any $ 



Y one soliciting or collecting money on Fraudulent Director- Y 



♦<•►♦ ies, provided the conviction results in imprisonment of not 4& 



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



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



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& PIEDMONT DIRECTORY COMPANY, & 



«► Asheville, N. C. ♦♦♦ 



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