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

To the Editor Of The ltean
We observe among the neTs iu ycur va'u-
able coua Ds hat Sumter is abou, 10 tecoDe
;hp recipient OF four lstiec nozes through the
cit; for The couvenieucr of-is citizens.
uaturally suppose tito: Ire selection of The
location C. ,rese four saxes is a matter Of
public moment and that IL their p!ac;ag
regard wit be had lc the o'd democratic
princip.e Of, The greatest good 10
the greatest numher, snd ressoulrg
along th,s iice i ssk the space in your paper
TO suggest the stroog necessity of having one
Of the four boxes placed ct the Atlantic
Coast Lite depc, Tbs ooz uay not nave
ben n necessity ten years ago, II is crying
necessity now Ten years ago there vas
noihlpg st the depot but the depot, tony
some of the largest interests that Sumter
possesses are ceutered Immediately around
this 'ocality.
Some of the Interest that would be
conserved by letter box placed at the
Atlantic Coast Line depot would be the
Sumter Cotton Nils and all of the hands
working in same and whoee dwellings lie
Immediately contiguous thereto, the Cotton
Compress, the eutire force of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad system (apd their daily
nail is extremely large) the entire working
force of the Southern Railway system whose
mail 10 also large the Atlantic Cotton Oil
Co G D. Shore b Co; The Hardy Bkg.
| Co. Lnkens Lumber Co. ]; the immence plant
of the new Telephone Mfg Co. Wither-
spoon Bros Mfg plant; both of the present
Ice factories and the new ice plant now in
process of construction. 10 the power house;
and Harby and Co. and this without even
mentioning the large portion of the popula'
ton Of Sumter whose dwellings lie within
the immediate purlieu Of the district mention-
ed. To all the people whose names it is i'm
possible 10 ment,on for thiss district, the
walk from their place of business or from
their dwellings to the postofice is long
aud arduous one In other words taking the
present posioffice az a center of radiation
there ip no suburb Of the city SC densey
populated or whose interest represented In
money or volume of business, anythig like
appro1ima,es 10 importance the section of
the city above referred 10.
The Object of the box is intended to make
easy the mailing of matter by large bodies Of
! citizens whose facilities for reaching the post
Office are difficult. The box referred to
respectfully submit does that one thiog more
thoroughly aud completely than box placed
in aoy other locality 10 Sumter could do.
There is a large body OF men whose inter.
este would be also directly subse,ved by the
placing of this box at the Atlantic Coas: Line
! depo;, viz the huoereds upon hundreds of
drummers visiting our town per week, these
men are kept busy up to the 1sst moment and
tbeo rush into their hotel aud write up their
days business bur,iedly and they have not
time tten 10 60 back down ,own TO the post
office to mail their matter and get back up to
| the hotel in time to catch the buss, therefore
to these gentlemen this depot box would be a
boom indeed.
From all of the above facts therefore
indulge the hope, as one interested, that one
of the boxes will be placed at the depot
Citizen