The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-05
PLENTY OF MONEY COMING IN.
TEN-CENT COTTON - GETTING ~
rr~ WORK.

R~o@apt. from Country Postonices
Larger rhsn Ever Befor~-A sure
sign That the People IN the Coun-
try Have Money, says AsstHtH N .
Po@tmaster MnrinE-doBey order
Deposits Are Also Large aud the
Local Basiness. Both Tor stnmps
and Money Orders. l. Very Heavy.
The Present quarter Likely to
Prove "a Record Brcaker-Tyhee's
Postmaster MAKES Good show
Ing.
There must Do plenty Of money iu thc
country. said Assistant Postmaster War
ing v~stordav. or 70 wouldut b. coming
in here as u does Tho best Indication Of
the possession % money rs the people
generally. my obrcrvsuon teaches me iH
the Postofiice receipts. Not so much the
money order ana registry receipts ne those
from the sales az samps
The assistant postmaster had q big
batch OF Letters before him as h. spoke.
which he was openng The letters con-
Gained tho quarterly deposits 81 stamp
saIsa from she count, offices There
are abos 2oo postofices for which the
Savannah once S. the depository. the
great majority. OF course. being email
country offices or this number only
about .ooo make depositf Al the other
90 OFFICES che sales Of stamps are SO small
o. hardly to be- sufficient e. pay 'he oan-
collation. fees due the postmaster The
deposits were Of On sizes. ranging an tho
way from cents 20 good many dollars.
The deposits of yesterday and to-day.
said Mr. WARNS. exceed anything 81 the
kind in enc history Of ms connection with
she Postofice. Yesterday my deposits on
this score were G.5ss and to-day they
were SECS This is ihe largest days re-
ceipts / have ever known from 'his
source This sum represents che deposits
Of about 80 postofcer II the ratio OF
increase r. kept up the deposits for the
quarter will exceed anything Of the kind
IN the history Of the p0stoiice.
II is very evident thai there e. MONEY
iu the country" said the assistant post
master. WHISTLER " comes from teu-cent
cotton Of whether from other source. do
not know. but one thing is certain. the
Poefofice deposits are sure barometer
% the financial CONDITION 81 che country.
the Tvbee postofice had made the best
showing for the quarter in It's history
It's deposit was Sl065o and far exceeds
ANYTHING 81 the Kind previously This
speaks well for Postmaster james N.
Noble. who has only been IN charge for
one quarter and shows that he has in-
teresscd the Tybee people in the Once.
Incidentally Il eiso speaks well for Iy-
bee
The Savannah posteffice is also the de-
pository for the money order receipts for
xhe country offices OF this section These.
too. have shown very decided increases
recently. though MIR Waring did not have
she ngiires al hand The receipts yesi'r-
day morning from this source we're Hooo.
and che daily receipts are running any
where from $500 to 1900
The local poetofiice receipts are also very
heavy. The local receipts from the sales
OF stamps alone during the last four DAYS
we're 81 .ss5. and Including special request
envelope the stamp sales reached &2un
Tor the four days The money order bust
ress Is very heavy and the two clerks az
shis window are hard worked 20 keep up
with the demand upon their services The
best evidence OF the business that y be
fng done is the bank deposits. The assis-
tant postmaster deposit yesterday was
over ssoo. and nearly nlled small mail
sack AZ Il included al classes Of cur
rency n made about os heavy a load as
the negro porter cared 10 carry.
The three months OF October. Novem-
Der and December are always our busiest
months" eaid Mr. Warng. hut judging
~ the quarter just closed think it safe
10 predict that the quarter now begun
win prove record-breaker in the history
of the postofice