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c4 r::,i h::tcric-l interest' that
f.r the r::;t rit, included
(3 &??3u' ... .-Street.
. licary uTasen was ' t:.3 "xne first salary paid the Third
.fixed
now it
has doubled due to great increas
t. 1
rr.f cf is
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3 l t to tl:3, tellisjr of
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: ! :r. I v;zi tie first post
r ever ta serve , at Eosehill
! 3 c:rt: :r?i in office long
i rzj 1 the nine who have
l..ilii3 office was establish-
a lliil, Duplin County,
. cn ITovember 8, 1872. Mr.!
. served until May 2,
, xcarly:22 years. ,
"-.1.3 next postmaster was Wil-
ri B. Eoutherland, a son of the
sr. postmaster. lir. u Souther-
''On July 1, 1913. the office was
made Third Class and the: post
master placed on salary. Up until
that time, i. e., fa. the first forty
year?, the offic was a Fourth
Class j ttnjtUnd lie ' poers
thereof were paid commissichs ba
sed on their stamp cancelations
and monev or.lr tales. Th
office was housed ia the store of
Alsa Southerlar.d. the nnartr ho.
ing furnished by the ' postmaster;
This store was in the old building
uow Kaown as . xne ; Henderson
building and now owned by, the
jtwjse iim juaraware uompany. ' ;
"After that time the office. wa3
moved into the building belong
ing to Karyey Boney and formerly
vwuyieu. vy 4, a. irew, men Hen
Ka; mter continued corres-
es in stamp sales and other postal
collections. Clerk hire was at that
time $168 per year, and now has
increased until it is approximate
ly half of the salary of the post
master. The; allowances for fuel
and lichts and hnildinc rent ha
increased front; $12 per year to
neany per year, - t? "
"A" letter from the Jirst Assist
ant Postmaster General dated No
vember 13; 1001, gives authority
for the establishing of . the first
Sural Free Deliver? from this of.
f ice and Mr; S. L. Bradshaw made
the first 'trip as a carrier from
this office nn TVf pmW 9! 1Q01
He left the office at 8:30 a. m.
and with a horse and buggy deliv
ered the mail returning at '4 :5Q
p, m. .Effective April 8,? 1915, he
was nermitted to use nn nntnmn.
bile "provided the carrier , is ex
:3 pa-
i:r ..;.3 ccstk:I : . : ' 2 rame
v:j dialed to II: .. -ice En
t:r;ri:e and eventually izzvti to
""The 'office all the v.13 had
been permitted to writs Eristic
Honey Orders and , la:t year
(1S35) the office wrote 9101 such
and paid 1533 of these ciders.
There were 835 postal savirs de
posits and 583 "withdrawals. Pos
tage stamp sales aggregated above
ij,2Q0. -Business has so increased
during tne past few months that
next year the salary is expected
to be raised from $2000 per year
to glW.v'.ift v
? "During the r recent f official
count of the mail posted here ov
er a ten dav period it was lnmpd
that on one day 2095 letters and
postal cards were posted here.
ims does not count anv circulars
'. "Eully ccjnzast il . j in
crease : in t asiness tl 2 I; - - - it-'
ment has recently rerilr.l l" V 3
building, put in new Ii-Lt3 cf 1 2
most approved modern tjj3, j di
vided additional guards tcr t" 3
windows, erected a. new fla -: A - f f
on the building and grantci a
canceling machine ordinarily fur
nished only to Seioud Cla3s cfii
ces. , .
'On Thursday, January 2, 1913,
tne oliice was mo on intm.
tional Money Order Office and
permitted to issue money orders
payable in fcreiim nnnntrina
to cash .foreign orders. Only two
sue norders were issnpil Tt
however." 7 " 1
. ' ' Davidson, N. C.
February 1. 1937.' '
Madison County farmers keep- ...
ine records of '. tliM.
last year- report an ; income of 8 .
percent on tneir investments.
or other matter of that class. mt YJhn hn-nniT,
first class matter only. . 'in The Duplin Times.
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ters near where, the nreseiit off w
is occupied and facing the Bay idle the machine without injury to
3 witli the Post OffirA Ti
Ht he Was SUCCessfhl in trnt.
T tis name of the office chang"
1 ta Hosehill, and Rcsehill it has
: :a since 1894;: W. B. Souther-
" AS? eartom I Third Class, although he himseS
omce over . to j did not receive any of the benefits
r postmasters afd as f oI
operated hv J P ifoiio
"It Was through the untiring
efforts cf Mr. Fussell that the of-
ce was raised from Fourth ' to
penenced and competent to han
Ccmpany, a mercantile , business himself." The first carrier reeeiv
ed $500 per year. Now there are
it Ail '
J UV11UU1
from the; change. ;.W. G.v; Fussell
was tne iirst Third nio
master and the first to receive a
furnished
the
. . .
Departments Store.- There it re-
mained until moved on Hoy. 4. ' matter to be mailed from this of
three routes serving over : 500
boxes, with sometimes two , or
three families receiving mail,' in
one box. Each trip can be made
now in less than five honrs and
the carriers receive four times as
much, as the first carrier receiv
ed. ' v
"On January 14, 1915, The Dup
lin Enterprise, published by-Dr.
JK. iu varr, made its appearance
as the first and only, second class
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1. etched -SgS
'nJ Camels'
Uid of comfort to
..V'V.-IVM
-scoaE.enaBS
STORE MANAGER,
ML J. Herbert, says:
"Smoking Camels
at mealtime and
after I've eaten
promotes good di
gestion.", Camels
are tasty and mild.
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