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SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



case, and present them at the coming 

 Convention at Harrisburg, Pennsyl- 

 vania; therefore let me ask you to 

 send whatever amount you can afford 

 to spare — no matter how small the 

 amount, if it is sent freely, yes gladly 

 — and with the money thus received 

 I'll buy the watch and chain, have the 

 inscription made, and see that the 

 presentation is properly made at 

 Harrisbug. 



As ever yours, 

 W. Z. HUTCHINSON." 



There were several hundred re- 

 sponses to that card, and they are "of 

 such a nature that I think the person 

 that is to be the recipient of the pres- 

 ent would be pleased. The majority of 

 them were ten cent pieces, and then 

 some gave twenty-five cents, and some 

 fifty cents, and once in a while a 

 man gave a dollar; two or three gave 

 two dollars; two or three gave three 

 dollars; and two men gave five dol- 

 lars, but in all it amounted to some- 

 thing over $75. But, the best part of 

 those responses was the letters ac- 

 companying thesei remittances. So 

 many of them said, "I thought a great 

 many times just exactly as you did. 

 In fact I thought of doing the same 

 thing and now you have got the start 

 on me." I don't think there was one 

 cent in that contribution but what 

 was sent freely and gladly. Some of 

 the replies were rather witty and 

 facetious you may say. For instance 

 I remember one said, "I presume Mr. 

 France does need watching and I 

 wouldn't wonder if he needed chain- 

 ing too. I send twenty-five cents to 

 help do the job." 



With reference to the watch that we 

 have, the case is made by the Phila- 

 dephia "Watch Company. I think 

 there is no company makes a better 

 case than they make and we have got 

 the best case they make. In that case 

 we have put a full jewelled Elgin 

 movement, seventeen jewels. I think 

 that to me would be the most valu- 

 able feature. We have put an inscrip- 

 tion in the back of the case which 

 says, "A token of appreciation from 

 the members of the N. B. K. A. to 

 their Manager, N. E. France." I 

 think any man might be proud to 

 merit such an inscription, and Mr. 

 France certainly merits it. 



Mr. France, will you come forward 

 and let me watch and chain you? 



(Mr. France came forward). (Ap- 

 plause). ■ 



. (To Mr. France) : We want you to 

 take this and wear it next your heart 

 and we want that heart to beat long 

 and faithfully and just as steadily as 

 that little balance wheel beats in 

 there; we want your countenance to 

 ever be as bright and smiling as this 

 little face. We want your days to be 

 as long and as full of good works. 



Brother France, we have tried to 

 fill your cup of pleasure to the brim. 

 We wish to see it overflow, and in 

 that far western home of yours there 

 brain and nimble fingers looks well 

 to the wants of her household, and 

 we have been led to believe that were 

 it not for that bright brain and those 

 nimble fingers you would be unable 

 to fulfill the duties of your office so 

 well as you have. It is under her 

 guidance of affairs when you are away 

 that you are able to do this, and we 

 esteem it a rare pleasure to at the 

 same time send her some little token 

 of our appreciation; and for that rea- 

 son we have a dozen solid silver tea- 

 spoons, and we have engraved on the 

 top of the handle in old English 

 script the letter "F," and on the back 

 in smaller script the letters "N. B. 

 K. A." We want you to take these 

 to Mrs. France and present them to 

 her with our compliments and tell her 

 not to keep them just for company, 

 but to use them every day. 



When you take up one of those 

 spoons in your hand so easily and 

 lightly, remember that just as my 

 hand takes and holds that spoon so 

 easily and lightly, that all of this 

 Association stands back of you and 

 will hold you and support you just 

 as easity as my finger supports that 

 little spoon. (Applause). 



After the presentation to Mr. France 

 had been made and the members 

 present had congratulated him, on 

 motion of Mr. Hilton, the Convention 

 stood adjourned until Thursday, Octo- 

 ber 31st, at 9:30 a. m. 



SECOND DAY. (Fourth Session). 

 Oct. 31st, 1907. 



Owing to the indisposition of the 

 President, the Vice President, Mr. G. 

 E. Hilton, took the chair and called 

 the Convention to order at 9:30 a. m. 



On motion of Mr. York, seconded 

 by Mr. Hershisher, two Committees 

 were appointed, one on Resolutions, 

 and one on Exhibits. 



Mr. France: Mr. President, and, I 

 will say. Brothers and Sisters of this 



