The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-03-30


agreed: that Is our compensation 10
not sufficient. We should have more
pay. But while the matter of CON-
pensation is In the hands OF our
friends, let us discharge.th duties
incident to our routes to the best of
our ability, for the time Is near at
hand when the welcome news OF a
raise in salary will greet you and IL
you are "good" carrier the pat
rons will not be slow in finding 1t
out. for merit will tell, and your
good qualities will speak for them
selves, in a duty well performed.
| Our organization is good both in
point of membership and officers
and as we become better acquainted
er interest in our work. / wish
was personally acquainted with
every carrier in Ellis county.
will say for those whom have had
the pleasure of meeting that | do
not believe the interest of either
your patrons or that of Uncle Sam
will suffer as long as you are able to
go over your respective routes. /
feel sure a more competent lot of
carriers could not be easily obtain
ed than those now serving the peo-
pie OF this county.
The patrons have much TO do to-
ward tightening the labor Of the car
riers. For instance, when buying
stamps, envelopes or postal cards 1t
would greatly accommodate the car
riers if the patrons would buy in
reasonably large quantities, and in
stead OF leaving coppers in the box
for the carrier TO stamp the letters
the patrons with a moments time
could stamp their own mail. Now
this seems a small matter to one
who has hardly given it a thought,
but twenty or twenty-five letters
every day or Eve hundred u month
is no small matter TO the r. +. ID.
man. The patron can also make
his carrier remember him kindly by
placing his box in convenient
place and keeping such obstacles as
baby buggies, wheel-barrows and
chicken coops away from the car
rier's approach TO box. These and
other little courtesies are appreciat-
ed by the boys on the daily route
and merely touch on these little
things thinking that portion of
your patrons will at least read this
and | believe they will do their ut
most to help along the good work of
J the carriers.
! MY brother carriers, ii would aid
me in the work Of correspondence, IL
each of you would from time to
| time send me such items as would
be OF general interest 10 the carriers
Of the county. / could then condense
the work and in all probability 1t
would be more beneficial to all, at
/ least send me some data, II will on
| ly cost you a stamp and a few
moments time. II will afford me
pleasure 10 say something person
ally Of every X. +. ID. carrier In the
county and especially to magnify
his good points, for your humble
correspondent believes ia speaking
words Of coTmendation and eueour-
agemsnt while we live rather than
To eulogiEe over your remains. In
deed, am In sympathy With the real
live up-to-dats carriers o. Ellis
county.
Do your duty as you sees it, be
conscientious In your work, patriot
ic in your views, then with honesty
for your policy, ambition your en-
couraEement and untiring energy
you will be a success.
Ii 10 not the man who has ths
most dollars and cents, vito makes
the most out Of life, but IL . be who
has done the best he could for him.
self aud others thereby fulfilling
LIES mission.
are young men, some hardly twenty
years Of age aud others are sturdy
middle aged men ~ families aud I
think this mixture of different ages
and probably different eireum-
stances. will prove an advantage TO
as, for ,he young may prott from
/ the experience of tbs older ones and
the patsrual members may paTtake
Of the hopes and good humor Of the
young
This column Eindly furnished us
by the Enterprise Is for the mutual
good of Ellis eounty's carriers and
1t Is 90 aud for the carriers that thia
correspondence is formally intro
dueed We are only common h, b
d. carriers, yet being ia The elvi
service of the tatted states does
not affect oar religious inclination
or political views 80 1hs least ans
la making our way before the peo