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SHELBY
Was Carolina’s fastest Grow
ing Town 1920-1925 By U. S.
Census.
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THE STAR
I* The Leading Paper of
Shelby and The State’s Fertile
Farm Section.
Published Monday* Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.^ mail: ppr year (i" at,v,ance)--}?•“
J By carrier, per year (in advance) $3.00
VOL. XXXIV, No. 97
THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C.
FRIDAY, AUGUST IT 1026
Suggestion Made To Sun
Dry Surplus Fruit Crop
f ruit Market Is Glutted 'Wit It Most
Abundant Fruit Crop In Many
Years In Carolinas
Such an abundance of fruit, Cleve
land county has not had, certainly in
n dozen years or more and the prop
]f m of taking care of it is uppermost
in the minds of the farmers. The mai
kcts for fresh fruit are glutted anil
many farmers making a canvass ot
the towns for customers, but find that
all have plenty which they have eithei
ivought or grown themselves. Max
Gardner suggests that the housewives
dry the fruit rather than let it waste
Many are canning all that time will
permit to can, some are finding a mar.
k* t hut the price is low, but ever;
hit of fruit should be saved in s< n,e
manner, aipi Mr. Gardner suggests
that the fruit be cut and dried in the
warm rays of the sun. Says he, win
ter is coming and dried fruit is nm
only a fine home difet but any surplus
cam he sold. Last winter dried apptes
brought 12 1-2 cents per pound whole
sale. Pride peaches were of course
h gher. If the farmers and housewives
will resort to sun-drying of fruit, they
will find that it brings in a neat sun,
of money during the winter months.
So nothing should be allowed
waste. The county is blessed with u
bountiful crop of fruit and when it is
properly taken care of. it goes n
long way in' feeding the family.
While it is pleasing to know that
the crop is abundant, it is regrettable
to see fanners bring fruit to town
and find no market. Mr. M. R. Big
gers, of Patteron Springs, who has
one of the best orchards in the county
was here this week with choice peach
es and he could not get a price that
would justify spraying, pruning and
cultivating the trees. Another farm
er wasted a half day trying to find a
buyer for a bushel of peaches. Ovei
at the Eastside Mill, the other day, a
farmer could not get his price for a
sack full of beans so he poured them
out along the highway. The fr-jt of
fered on the local market has, dot omy
been grown in Cleveland, but in South
Carolina and down in the Sandhiu
section where peaches are the only
crop. Truck loads have been brought
in and this has over-supplied the mar
ket here as well as in other towns
throughout the Carolines. South Car
olina peaches were sold here this week
at 75c per bushel. Some farmers have
offered to give fruit away to frier,us
who would gather it from the trees.
Up in the mountain towns the con
dition- is the same. Peaches are sell
ing in Tryon, Hendersonville and
Asheville at 35c per bushel, it is re
ported. And the peaches offered arc
of the choicest varieties, without a
flaw or blemish, colored as perfectly
as Nature knows how. One Shelby
man who was in the mountains th.s
week, says most of the motor vehicles
he met were trucks loaded with poach
es, grapes and apples, bound for Amic
ville, where the market is just as
over-run as it is in Shelby and othet
places.
A farmer living on the Fallston
road found three ears stopped in front
of his home one evening this week.
One was broken down so the politi
ck*' |land county farmer went out c-.
lend his assistance. He found Vh
three cars carried 125 bushels of
beans, grown by three mountaineer*
in Avery county. They had canvass
ed every town and hamlet in a lai.iu
of 100 miles and being unable to dis
pose of their produce, were head'",
back toward Morganton and Hickor;,
but the perishable fruit had about
dried up and become a total loss i >
them. .
With such an abundance of fruit
and vegetables and the markets ui.
able to absorb all that is offered, t u
suggestion is made that farmers sav*
what they can and offer just enougn
to keep the price up on a reasonanre
basis. Sun-dried fruit, it should oe
remembered, afTords a way to save
the sumlus until the winter when
there wTV a market, and all fa™1'
ers are urged to adopt this metho*.
while the season is at its height.
Dr. White. Pastor
of Million Dollar
Church to Preach
Hr. J. L. White, for eleven years,
the capable and beloved pastor of the
First Baptist church, Miami, Ha.,
will preach on the subject of The
Story of First Love” at the host
Baptist church Sunday morning.
Dr. White is one of TTorth (aro
linas’ gifted sons, and is one of th<
outstanding leaded of the Southern
Baptist convention, and is pastor of
one of the greatest churches in the
South. He and his church are now
engaged in the erection of a church
building wflfcch will cost nearly one
million dollars.
Don’t fail to hear him Sunday
morning. Zeno Wall, pastor.
Author’s Mother Is
Buried Day His Play
Is Shown In Shelby
Mother Of Hatcher Hughes, Native
Of Cleveland County, Is Huried
At York T.'.ursuay
Mrs. Mai .ha J. Hughes, mother of
Hatcher Hughes famous playwright,
was buried in York yesterday after, i
noon, at the same time that her dls*
tinguished v\n’s greatest work was
being shown in picture form for tho
first time iti Shelby, his native sec
tion. The funeral took place at Rose
Hill cemetery. With her at the tinu
of her death, at the home of Mrs. ft
F. Atkins, a daughter, was her sou,
who had hurried from New York
when her condition became alarm
ing.
Mrs Hughes was 81 years of agu,
and had lived in Cleveland count?
nearly three fourths of that time
Surviving are five sons and foui
daughters. Mrs. H. D. Wilson, of
Shelby, is a daughter-in-law, her first
husband having been a brother of
Hatcher Hughes.
It is a coincident that the mother
of Hatcher HugTIes should he buried
on the very day that his play was
being shown on the screen in hi
"stive countv for the first time.
The play “Hell Bent Fer Heaven'
was a stage show in Newr ^fork twi.
winters ago and won the Pulitzei
prize for being the best stage pro
duction on Broadway that year.
Since then it has been made for tha
screen and is showing to packed
houses. In Shelby at the Webb then
tre Thursday, each performance drew
a packed house and all who saw it
were unanimous in their acclaim or
the author. Hughes himself was ur.
able to be in Shelby, being forced
to return at once after his mother’*
funeral to New York where he is »
teacher of English in Columbia Uni
versity.
WEST SHELBY NEWS
OF PERSONAL ITEMS
(Special to The Star)
Messrs. John and Vance tellers ano
Marcus Hamrick have returned front
a sight seeing trip to New York City.
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Lewis have re
turned from a visit to Wilmington.
Mrs. S. T. Tallent and daughter,
Mrs. Blanch Heavener. of Vale, spent
Wednesday with Mrs. J. T>f!amsey.
Mrs. Lee Devenney and children
are visiting her mother, Mrs. Clarence
Wells, of Cherryville.
Mr. Arthur Canipe has returned
from a visit to Spartanburg. S. C.
Misses Jennie Mae Spake and Verda
1 Ramsey returned Friday from Chim
ney Rock and Ashevme where they
had been spending their vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. George Laughridge, oi
Gastonia, are visiting their daughter,
Mrs. Lester Canine on Blanton St.
Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Eaker and lit
tle daughter. Juanita., left Saturday
for the Woodman’s camp at MoreWfcd
City for a ten days stay.
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Ganth. of Fall
ston, visited at the home of Mr. Geo.
Ledford Sunday.
Mrs. M. Newton, of Spartanburg. S.
C. is visiting her daughter, Mrs. A.
C. Canipe.
Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Gantt, of Lawn
dale R-l. spent Sunday with Mr. an*
Mrs. J. T. Ramsey.
Mr. A. E. Ledford has returned to
his home at Double Shoals after a
visit to his son, Mr. Marvin Ledford.
Mrs. Mory Proctor is visiting hei
daughter, Mrs. S. L. Gantt, of f Bel
wood. this week.
Miss Risbeth Tate, of Caroleen,
spent Friday and Saturday with Miss
Mildred Hamsey.
A successful revival meeting closed
at the M. P. church Monday night.
The inspiring sermons were deliverea
by Rev. H. F. Surratt, of the First
M. P. church, ofCharlotte. We trust
much good was accomplished. There
were twenty-two conversions and a
number joined the church and more to
join later.
I)R. HAMRICK BETTER:
BE OUT IN DAY OR TWO
Gaffney Ledger.
Dr. W. C. Hamrick, local textile
magnate, who has been confined to his
home on South Limestone steet fo?
the past ten days by illness, will prob
ably be able to resume attention to
his business affairs in a day or two, R
was stated by members of the fam
ily yesterday.
Dr. Hamrick was up at home Tues
day and yesterday, but he had not
ventured out.
(Dr. Hamrick is a native of
Cleveland county and has a number of
brothers and relatives who are inter
ested in him.)
CITY IMPROVEMENT
IT ITS HEIGHT HOW
Never Before Has City Had So Much
Public Improvement Under
W»y At One Time
Never before has the city of Shel
by had ao much public improvement
under way as now. It is a crucial time
in the city’s history with every dc
partment head ns busy as can be.
Mayor Weathers who is entitled f<
a vacation and had expected to be
away for a few days, says it will be
impossible for him to leave right
n-ow as there are a hundred or more
extra people in the employ of the
city directly or indirectly and more
labor is being added in order to rush
the work to completion. Mavoi
Weathers this week wired J. B. Mc
Crary company, Atlanta »rigineers
who are supervising most of the con
struction work here, to seffd another
engineer to help the one already oi.
the T°b and this second engineer ar
rived this week.
Ranid progress is being made on
the city’s mammoth water plant nen.
Chapel’s Bend. Hundreds of people
drive out every week to view the
great undertaking which will supply
water to the town. Thousands ot
bags of cement, several car loads oi
steel and hundreds of yards of sar.d
and stone have gone into the great
filter plant which will have an
mate capacity of furnishing six mil
lion gallons of water daily to the
city. At present a force of hands is
working on the raw water intake at
the river bend.
Two street construction forces
are «t work, Ely Construction Co
putting down asphalt paving, Z. >
Weathers and Sons concrete stree..
and sidewalks. Two new school build
ings are under construction, watei
taps are being made on West Wai
ren street, water and sewer lines on
N. LaFayette and N. Washington
streets, sewer on Chesnut street,
water and sewer on West W’arren,
sewer on Lineberger street, four by
six foot culvert on W. Graham street
All of this work is moving along
at a rapid rate, making it the br -
iest period in the city’s history.
Talks Texas Cotton
And Texas Politics
Mr. J. G. Seddons, pror.*^ent mer
chant of Paradise, Texas, came in a
few days ago to attend the Scroggins
reunion held recently at Lewis ^ el!«.
in Rutherford county and visit h
wife's relatives who are numerous
throughout Cleveland county. Mr.
Seddons was accompanied to Carolina
by his wife and Mrs. Wright. la
speaking of Texas politics and Texas
cotton Mr.- Seddons says the cotton
crop will probably be no larger than
last year. The crop is promising but
there are good and had spots m that
great emnire an3 wTme reports havt
been cflflfifag out that Texas will pro
duce its largest crop in many year.-,
Mr. Seddons does not feel that thi
number of bales will exceed those of
last year.
As for politics, Mr. Seddons says
there will be a run-off btween “Ma
Ferguson, the woman governor, am
Dan Moody, on the ground that can
didates for other offices in Texas con
tributed monev to Moodv's tW*npoigT>
Mr. Seddons thinks Moody will win in
the run-off and that the Fergusons
will be dethroned politically, forever,
in that state.
Woodmen Officers
Attend Encampment
The week’s encampment of the
Woodmen of the World got unde'
wav Sunday and Monday with an e**
rollment of more than 300 officer.
and men, composing companies from
North and South Carolina, and Vir
ginia. These men represent the vat
ious decree teams from the most ac
tive Woodmen lodges in the three
states.
In charge of this encampment, is
Brijradier-Goneral E. B. Lewis, o!
Kinston, who is a sovereign office:
of the Woodmen, as well as disburs
ing officer and state manager foi
North Carolina.
Shelby officers attending the oamv
are Lieut, (T. "M. Morrison and Capt.
T, O. Grigc. They will be at More
hend City until Sunday night, and
will present to the body a strong and
cordial invitation to make Shelby tho
Jflace of the next year’s encamp
ment. This% move was sponsored by
the mavor, the chamber of commerces,
and other civic organizaffons.
Everything possible is h«ing done
at Morehead City to finish off the
men and officers in the technique of
the Woodmen drill, and to provide
sufficient amusement features to re
lieve any monotony. Last night a
great watermelon feast was held, in
which 500 of the finest Bogue Sound
variety of melons were cut.
Washington Speaks Again
A * part «*f thf S»*s«i
relfl*ruu«i \r> Philiuh Ij-i
CleOrpC- W ishilijftMl il:
*ho\vn ii vl *114?s*)ti.j£ u
used I n Wasthirigcm
—M . a Nr»\\ Yc^rk l’ureau
' I of Apicrirfl f* m<l« jm ihI* fn *i now
ia til* .J A> ut 1-7“«'• vN.r* rv|-nidut «-tl in a (Migrant '
'M.u.i ISi'atts. H : i v.»r * I UnivfisHj' Htudenn UP
< Tin roach in the |>i« iuro was of *e
Expect the Worst
This Is Friday, 13th
Sit tight ;ui<l expert the worst —
for this is Friday the Thirteenth.
Anything is likely . Iu-tp|rr.
Horoscope dopsters tell .sou to watt i
your poeketbook, your ft u nd. anu
even your relatives until midnight.
Venus and Mars being in ' conflict,
wifey is liable to heave' a |1'> ; v
your head without, a nonm m - wart
ingrs; dogs may go mad: automobik
may be seen trying to climb teiv
phone poles and such like phenomena.
Friday the thirteenth was made fa
mous by the late Tom l,a\yson, who
“exposed” Wall Street and got hit
the midriff by the booiiirang. Laws m
wrote “Friday The Thirteenth” com
memorating a hectic day on the
“Street.*’ Byt the "Street'’ proved
stronger than Tom. and the once rich
high financier died in comparative
poverty and obscurity a couple of
years ago.
Suggests F’ee Stras
To Shelby Visitors
“On a recent visit to Marion, this
state, I parked nty car on the street
for awhile and upon my return 1 found
a copy of the Marion paper lying in
the seat," says Avery W. ricMurry,
prominent Shelby man, who recently
returned from a motor trip to Ku
tucky. Mr. MeMurry says this ga.v>
him a fine impression ot th- town
because the newspaper is an index
I to the town’s character. He suggests
that the Chamber of Commerce pro
vide! copies of The Star in the cars
of visitors in Shelby and that a young
man with good appearance and polite
bearing be secured to place Clevelaou
Stars and other literature bearing « •»
the town in the cars of s..run' . i s tvK i
come and go every day. The idea has
peen suggested to Mr. J. C. Newton,
secretary of the Chamber of Con.
Mr. Hoover Urges
Uniform Traffic
I'hirty t housand Deaths and Six Hun
dred Million Dollars Property j
loss Annually
Highways of the United States must
be v.<>ustrpvted in the future with a
view to protecting lives and not mere-1
lv. t ■ | lovide. a temporary means ot ]
transportation in the opinion of See-;
try Hoover, of the commerce ri«
p;i lament.
I ■ a m traffic regulations j
throughout the United States and
Canada also are necessary he deelar- J
ed in a statement made public by the
Anteiicau RostoV, adders' association. '
“Uniform laws by the states aie|
ncossary to check the terrific toll in j
life and property that reckless driv
ing levies annually in America,” Sec
I’-otary Hoover said. “Tho activity
of the American Roadhuilders’ assoc
iation in securing such regulations
hbuld be upporced by the entire
(. untry along the lines recommended
by the national conference on street
and railway safety.” .*
Property loss as the result of ac
cidents in the past 12 months wur
placed by the Secretary at more than
$000,000.0(10 with a toll of lives in
excess of 30,000.
“When we bad only three people
in a township,” he concluded, “they
did not require traffic rules to keep
their elbows out of each others’ ribs,
hut when we get a million in a con.
tnuni.y somebody has to tell them
how to move or they will run into
each other. Roads must be Construct on
wide enough and numerous enough ts
handle them.”
merce with the hope that literature
.portraying Shelby be circulated
hniong'XTsitors: in this manner.
Tin baseball pools are stocked with j
sharks and suckers.
Points Out Seven Defects
In County Governments
Woman Who Taught
Here 40 Years Ago
Among the visitors in Shin by Sun
day were Mr. and Mrs.Willis Milner
and son, of La Grange. ■ Ga„ now ot
Chimney Kink, also sisters of Mr.
Milner, Misses Lola. Alef and Susie
Milner. Miss Lola Milner was i teaeh
ei in the college in Shelby 44 years
ago, coming here at the opening ot
the term when Rev. K. L». Mallary, c l
Shorter college. Rune, Ga., came
here as president of the college.
“Miss Lola” as she was always called,
was a fine teacher and was the ‘id'-.tl
teacher” in the eyes of chose v ho
aspired to teach.
Miss Alef .Milner was nut taking a
regular course, but came to finish
art, music and French, The college
had the finest of teachers; music, Mi
Ora Brewster, the late Mrs. ('. C.
Blanton; art teaeher, Miss F.ttu
Draughan, Tarboro; French, Mr
Barthby, Boston, Mass.; all Ciic
.teachers. Miss Lola Milner and Mrs.
Frank Dixon (Miss I.ouna Murry) »e
the only living teachers of the col
lege that existed in Shelby forty
years ago. Miss Milner says one of the
bright and pleasant things in her
life was her stily in Shelby for three
years.
Mr. Willis Milner was a student 15
years ago under Prof. W. P. King,
of Georgia, in the old academy, whe-c
the central graded school building
now stands.
Mr. Milner and son, Willis, Jr., art
connected with the development ot
Lake Lure. All the Milner family ex
pressed themselves as highly pleased
with Shelby.
Is Visitor
Commission To Study Counties And
Make Reports—County Manager
Is Suggested
Seven definite defects in the finan
cial management of county affairs,
and definite recommendations as to
l ow 10 remedy these defects were
presented yesterday to the State as
sociation of county commissioned In
annual convention at Morehead City
do the commission on county govern
ment named a year ago by Governor
A. \V. McLean to make a study »-f
county g .,-eminent i« North Caro.
V.i.a. The first suggestion made as to
« ere: saiy changes to enable the coun
ties to improve their methods of ad
ministration is hi have the board of
county commissioners elected for a
longer term than two years, S^i to
have them so elected ttiat only one or
Hvo will retire, in any given year, thus
preserving che continuity of business
management. The commission found
that the principal defects in county
government existed in the fiscal ad
ministration. and its report dealt with
,his phase of the situation. Other
recommendations are:
1.—Employment of a county busi
ness manager, selected by the board
of county commissioners, at a salary
fixed by them, to be in full charge of
the county’s financial affairs.
L1.'-Creation of the office of super
visor of t&xables, selected and salary
fixed hy county commissioners, to
keep an up-to-date record of all
sources of revenue and to inspect
propt rty in all sections of the county,
to note improvement or depreciation,
and other similar duties.
't. Employment of a tax collector,
selected and salary fixed by the
board of county commissioners, witn
power to select his assistants. He
(Continued to page 2)
Local Postoffice Handles
12,000 Pieces Mail Daily
Custer’s Widow
Gt*v>r£e A.
Cus»ter
'Mrs.
In the little home in New York, n
quiet gray-haired woman sits with
memories that are bright with a ro
manee of the Civil War and sad with
a tragedy of the Western plains in
187(1.
But she was the wife of a soldier
and she learned 50 years ago that the
wife of a soldier must stand and
wait. She is Mrs. George A. Cuxtei,
widow of the immortal general who
went down fighting with his men on
the Little Big Horn just, fifty years
ago this summer. Two hundred men
against 5,000. Those were the terrible
odd that Custer and the Seventh
faced when they fought and died to
a man. Mrs. Custer has been invit
ed several times to’ take part in the
observance of the massacre at Har
din, Montana. But she has never been
back to Montana since that dav in
1876.
LIGHTNING KILLS
BOILING SPSliS LAD
Fifteen Year Old Boy Cletus Kell".
Killed When lie Sought Shelter
Beside a Chimney
Lightning: Tuesday afternoon
killed Cletus Kelly. 15 year-old
son of Mr. George Kelly, who lives
below Boiling Springs, and ser
iously shocked the father, who
was with the boy at the time.
The two had been working in the
field a short distance from the
Kelly home Tuesday afternoon
when the storm came up about
o’clock, and they took shelter in
an old out-house. The Tioy, it ap
pears, was standing close to the
chimney while the electrical dis
play was going on. A fash of
lightning, striking the old house,
took the path of least resistance
down the chimney. the charge
striking the boy on the right si'Jn
of bis head, passing through his
body, and issuing into the ground
through his feet. The force of the
stroke was such as to completely
burn the hair off the right side
of his head, and to tear both
shoes off his feet. Disfiguring
facial burns.alto resulted
The father, who was knocked
unconscious by the same flash
that killed hfs son. recovered after
some time to find the body of his
son lying on the floor. An investi
gation showed that he was dead.
The boy.is survived by one sis
ter. one brother, and his father
and mother. Funeral services were
held Wednesday afternoon at four
o’clock at Boiling Springs. Rev.
B. M. Bridges, of Mooresboro,
conducting the services.
Grows a Muskmelon
Weighing 24 Pounds
W*'»i a season it ha« been to prow
thp f^est exhibits th« CleveWnO
county fair has ever had, but unfor
tunately some of the record size farm
Products cannot he kertt until TH\ T»or.
hjs aisnlnv roonvs. Mr. -John
R. Yarboro who lives out near Waco
'•■'•s produced » muskmelon that tins
the scales at 24 pounds which is the
winner of the season, as far as
we have been able to learn. Mr. Yar
hero ha« a natch of fine melons amt
nlentv of them that range in weight
ifrora 16 to 24 pounds.
I’osl master Quinn Says* Rural
Routes Serve 1912 Families With
889,032 Pieces of Mail Yearly
Postmaster J. IT. Quinn grave a
very exhaustive report on the Shet
hy postofAce Thursday night at the
Kiwunis Club when he nnij Mr. L.
W. Gardner had charge of the pro
gram; Mr. Quinn showing that there
are 25 men connected with the local
office, including the routes, and that
in recent civil examinations of post
al clerk . the highest grnde made
was 99.89, and the lowest 9R.8B.
Mr. Quinn’s facts and figures on the
service represented much study and
r< search and were a revelation ton
the Kiwnnix members present. In
part he said: *
"’o have six mails that "come in
daily by trains afld six by star
routes and we have six trains and
four star routes going out. The
(IniIv average cancellations are 3,000
while d^rin*? Christmas holidays
they sometimes reach 13,000. The
average number of pieces of incom
ing mail daily is about 12,000 of
which about 1,800 pieces are first
class. Five million or more pieces
come in during a year.
Mail is delivered through four
channels, to-wit: Through the Gen
era I Delivery window, through lock
> V>"ie (. through chy cairiers, and
through rural carriers. The General
Delivery is intended only for the
■ um'v.-ijien,-e of transient patrons
and those who have no lock-box and
do not liye on a city or rural mail
route, yet these regulations are not
observed here, as they should be
The General Delivery Clerk is great
ly imposed upon. Box holders are
required to bring and use their keys,
in opening their boxes, yet the clerk
is requested on an average, 72 times
daily to open boxes. This means
1,872 openings monthly, and 16,464
annually. Just think the time con
sumed \v(hilc others arc awaiting
their mail and the great amount of
walking.
On an average. 384 persons ca$!
at-, the general delivery daily, 9,984
call monthly, and 119,808 call yearly,
while the clerk delivers, on an aver
age 336 pieces daily, 8,736 monthly,
and 104,832 yearly.
On an average, 8,026 pieces of
mail are delivered dfiily through the
lock-boxes, 208,660 monthly, and
2,503,800 yearly.
We handle weekly local papers
about 16,000. These pay postage to
the amount of about $700 annually.
Money Orders and Registration
This office issued during the last
fiscal year 8,617 money orders ant.
5,447 C. O. 1), orders, total 13,964,
representing $89,797.01. Paid out on
money orders $39,463.50. Fees col
lected on sSme $1,086.65. Remainder
of funds remitted to Washington.
Registered during the fiscal year
2,201 pieces, of which 106 pieces were
foreign orders, and delivered 3,360,
pieces.
Received from 2,140 rentals for ■
lock-boxes SI,400.
The clerk in this department served
2:5.400 persons during the year.
Received during the year for de
livery 0,227 C. O. D. parcels and 1B,«
08.'! other parcels over 4 pounds In
weight and above size of a shoe box.
Rural Routes
We have eight rural routes, one 0*
which is a loop-route and is only 11.2
miles long. These carriers travel flaily
228 miles, monthly 5,003, and yearly
70,021 miles. They serve 1,324 boxeS)
1,912 famlies, and 0,974 persons.
They deliver, on an average, daily
2,917 pieces of mail, monthly 74,006,
and yearly 889,032. They sell stamps
and stamp stock and collect mail for
dispatch. About 40 per cent of all
mail handled by the carriers is first
class. They receive in the aggregate
$14,826 in salaries and an allowance
of 4c per mile for distance actually
traveled for maintenance of equip
ment, making a total received at
$17,552 per unnum, or $1,462.50 per
month. These salaries are paid by
the Postmastes, Raleigh, N. C., on
vouchers issued by the postmaster
here. All our carriers are all long
term men.
City Carriers
We have two city carriers who
travel 16 miles each per day, 41ft
miles per month, and 4,992 miles per
annum. Jointly they travel 9,984
miles annually. They serve, jointly,
728 homes and 3,640 persons. On an
average, they deliver 682 pieces ot
mail daily, 17,7:12 monthly, and 21,784
annually. When the city shall have
extended its paved streets and side
walks there will be a prospect of ex
tending: our city delivery, but not untit
then.
Finances
In computing the income of a post
office, the - Department includes the
following: Proceeds from sale stamps
and stamp stock, newspaper postage,
excess postage, mailings under pet
mits without stamps, and box rent,
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