The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-12-27
The Letter Bcxes-A Suggestion
To the Editor of the Item

To the Editor of the Item
we observe among the news 10 your valu.
shle coluu ns that Sumter is about TO ttcoue
the recipient OF four letter hOxes through the
city for the conveniruce Of.ils citizens. |
naturally suppose that ihe selection of the
location o! these four boxes is amatter of
puo'lc moment and that ~ their placing
regard Will he had TO the Old democratic
principle OF, the greatest good TO
the greatest number, and reason,ug
along this line nsk the space in your psper
10 suggest the strong necessity of having one
OF the four boxes placed at the Atlantic
Coast Line depot This oox nay not have
oeen necessity ten years ago, II is CRYING
necessity naw Ten years ago there was
no'h'ng ct 'he depot but the depot, to1sy
some OF the largest interests that Sumter
possesses are ceotered Immediately around
this locality.
Some of The io,erest that would be
conserved by . letter box placed at the
Atlantic Coast Lioe depot would DO the
Sumter Cotton Mile and all of tho hands
working in same and whoee dwelliups lie
Immediately contiguous thereto, the Cotton
OonPtess, the eutire force Of the Atlantic
Voeet L'ns Railroad system (snd their daily
mall 70 extremely !srge) the entire workiue
force OF the Southsru Railway system whose
msil 10 also large the Atlantic Cotton OH
% g D. Shore h Go; The Harey Bke.
%, Lukeus Lumber Co., tho immeucs plant
Of the new Telephone Mfg. 90. Wi,her
spoon Bros Mfg plaot; both Of tho pr,esut
Ice factories and the new Ice plant now 10
process OF construction, TO the power house:
and Hardy and Go. and this without even
mentioning Tho large portion Of ,be popula.
ton OF Sumter whose dwellings lie within
The immediate puriieu of the disiric, men ,ioo.
ca. 10 al the people whose uames it is i'm.
possible 10. meet,ou for thisI district, the
Walk from their place Of business or from
'oeir q awei'ings to the postofice Is long
aoo arouous one Ia other words taking the
present posto flee as q center Of radiation
there IN no suburb Of the CITY 90 densely
populated or whose interest represented in
money or volume of business, any thig like
spproxima,es 10 importance the section of
the city above referred to. us
Inc otJ.ct OF the box is intended to make
easy the mailing Of matter by large bodies Of
cit,xeos whose facilities for reach % the Dos,
once are difficult. The box referred 10
respectfully submit does that oos tbiog more
thoroughly aod completely than box placed
10 any other locality 10 Sumter could do.
Tnefe 10 . large body Of men whose inter.
este would be also directly subssr we'd by the
placing OF this box at the Atlantic Coas. Line
cepo'' VIZ the hundreds upon hundreds of
drummers visiting our town per week, these
men are kept busy up to The last moment and
tbeo rush ioto their hotel and write ID their
days business burriedly and they have not
time teen TO 60 back down town TO the post
ONCE to mail their matter and get back I'D to
tho hotel in time to catch the buss, therefore
TO these gentlemen this depot box would be q
boom indeed.
From all OF the above facts I therefore
indulge the hope, 80 one interested, that one
OF The boxes will be placed at the depot
Citizen.