The sun., 1903-12-13
CAN'TCURB THE POSTMlSTRESS
SHE rs STILL ENFORCING POLITE
NESS IN HER TEXAS OFFICE.
Another Letter From the sheriff Protesting
Against Her Hats or or No MALI
Order-He Says She Can "HAndle Her
Armament quite Casual and Flippant"

WASHINGTON, Dec 12.-The Texas Sheriff
who appealed to the Pos Office Depart
mont last week on behalf of the citizens OF
a little town in the southwestern part OF the
..a,,. asking that the postmistress VINO,
according to the Sheriff's letter. required
citizens of the town, from the Mayor down,
10 remove their hats and look pleasant on
asking for mail and who emphasized her
views with n brace OF revolvers, be toned
down somer has again been heard from.
The Sheriff evidently overlooked the fact
that II takes some time for an inspector
to travel clear across Texas, and his appear
Is urgent. His letter follows:
There amt no inspector showed up in
Il ese Parts yet, and we'd like to know If
one is coming. When l wrote you last
week things wasn't exactly calm and peace
tul, and since then the situation has sure
become acute and unsatisfactory. This
lady postmaster here found out in some
wayne amt yet decided how-that the
Mayor and me and the other leading citizens
O this town was some vexed and annoyed
with her and since then the post Office
amt done any business to speak Of. II 1t
was man dealing out stamps and handing
over our mail you can rest easy we wouldn't
have asked for help. and ns it is we certainly
are sorry to bother you. But We amt
making war on women, including this one.
which can handle her armament quite
casual and hippant; so we want you to do
something
This town respectfully protests to you
against the way in which this accredited
post mist ress is urging her views on polite
ness; this town respectfully protests that
4. ...fA lxo, bat Al a
the door when getting it's mail: this town
respectfully protests that its duly elected
Mayor Is important in the eyes of its citi-
zens and that there amt no call for him
to act humble when he's getting his mail.
This mayor ANT felt right since he skipped
out of the post Office last week, some un-
eignifed and frisky, owing to the fact he
forgot to take off his hat and bow, and he
is going to resign if something amt done.
Please attend to it, for we are getting snip
psh and fretful in our tempers and are
liable to do something we might regret.
Tell the inspector he'd better come to see
me first She heard he's coming and there
amt no use of bis being rash ard careless
According to the officers of the Post Office
Department Texas is forging to the front
as the most troublesome State in the Union,
so far as the personnel of the postal service
is concerned. Only yesterday a petition
was received at the Post Office Depart
ment from town about 3OO miles from
that ruled over by the post mistress with
views on politeness. The petition was
signed by twenty Of the leading citizens,
who complained that owing to a feud be-
tween the post master and his only assist
ant, q mail carrier, who transports the
mail to the post Office from the railroad
station, ten miles away, they had not re-
ceived any mail for the past ten days.
The writer asserted that the relations
between the postmaster and his assistant
had never teen very cordial, but that re-
Gently they had fight in which the post
master was worsted. Since that time
both the postmaster and mail carrier were
prepared to shoot on sight. The mail
carrier got the mail every day at the rail-
road. but couldn't get near enough to the
post Office to deliver it. He couldn't open
the mailbags because the postmaster had
the key and wouldn't give it up, and the
mail carrier wouldn't consent to the leading
citizens rifing the bags.
The petition closed with the statement
that the business of the town was sus-
pended and that the citizens sat around
the postmaster and his assistant
take an occasional shot at one another.
The above are just two of number Of
similar cases that have been brought to
the attention of the Post Office Department
in the course of year. According to an
inspector who covered the Texas territory
for some time, "a man earns his money
down there"