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Mr. J. H. Hale: I want to propose a question to tlie 

 ■convention in relation to our Secretary's salary. We have car- 

 ried on this Society for a good many years with our present 

 Secretary doing ten times as much work as any of us would 

 be willing to do, for a number of years, paying him at first 

 $50 a year. A couple of years ago we raised his salary to $150 

 a year. I suppose he spends from two to five hours daily in 

 our interest ; he has helped us to build up a live, strong Society, 

 and now that our Society is on a substantial financial basis I 

 think it is right that we should remember his services, and I 

 move that the Secretary's salary be increased from $150 to 

 $250 a year. 



Mr. Eddy : I have had occasion to do a good deal of work 

 with Secretary Miles, and I know he earns a larger salary 

 than he is paid. I cheerfully second the motion. 



J. N. Barnes: I know our Secretary has done a great 

 deal of hard work for the Society, and I should be glad to 

 have him receive an increase of salary. 



Mr. L. C. Root and Dr. Britton also spoke, favoring the 

 motion. 



This motion was voted upon and unanimously passed. 



Secretary Miles: I wish to extend my thanks to you, 

 gentlemen, and especially to Mr. Hale for his kind thought- 

 fulness. If there is a single member in the Society wdio thinks 

 I should not have this increase of salary, then I don't w^ant 

 it. I wish it thoroughly understood that I did not take this 

 ofiice eleven years ago, and have not continued yearly to accept 

 a reelection, for the sake of the money return involved. If I 

 had done so I should expect a salary at least as large as the 

 working officials of other State Societies receive. I have done 

 the most of my work for the love of it, and for the faith I 

 have in the possibilities of this Society. If you will all support 

 me as you have in the past, I am sure we can build up a still 

 greater organization in the future and that we shall have some- 

 thing that we shall be even more proud of than we are of this 

 organization to-day. The work is growing and if you feel I 

 have attained success in any measure and this is \our way of 



