Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-04-30
rWtsTER BRYSON MODERNIZINL
PROFESSIONALLY POST0FFICE'
Eos View to ServiceabIe Facilities and
Gives Figures on Receipts in
POstOffce Business.

postmaster Sam Y Bryson since as
snming duties one month ago for
Uncle Sam has found little time for
rost in the swivel chair occupying he
little box-like Office provided for the
local post Office head. SAM" as he
is generally known, wanted the job;
he got it; now he wants to give SER
rice He knew that he first had to
1earn the business and he had an in
+nitfon that it could not be learn. ID
" occupying the little private oficc
He didn't even try that method, but
instead pulled of his coat and, i'm
street vernacular, 'got busy" He
soon learned to distribute the mail,
stamp letters, clean up, sweep floors,
dispatch or do anything else necessary
end in acquainting himself with this
work, keeping service" ever in mind,
hs saw the necessity for additional
facilities, which are now being in
stalled.
While he knew that Hendecsenyilie
is due to have strictly first class
postofice building within a year, work
on which is now rapidly progressing,
he realized that the business ,groTs
from year to year and nake-Sbift ar
rangements had to be made for the
coming summer, hence he had w. C
Hathcock of the Kanuga Furniture
company to install ten large mail
boxes to accommodate those who get
heavy mails. The r. F. u. and city
mail carriers desks were equipped
with large drawers so there 1ill here
after and especially on Sunday be no
large accumulations of mails on the
desks A cupboard has been built for
al government stamped matters for
sale, the distributing case capacity has
been doubled and better facilities for
dispatching the mails have been made
The drop letter and package box has
been moved to the rear end of the
lobby making it more convenient for
dispatching purposes, and q writing
desk erected. The stamp window will
also be removed to the rear end, plac-
ing it next to the money order and
registering department. The cases foc
holding general delivery papers have
been increased and arrangements will
be made for two clerks no accommo-
date the large crowds on Sunday dur,
ing the summer months. one distribut-
ing mail from A. to M and the other
from M to z; providing fOr the accom-
rnodatfon of the patrons in two files
instead of one,. which has heretofore
extended into the street at times. A
neat bulletin board for posting pur-
POSES will be placed in the lobby, CIV
ing information as to arrival Of mails,
government notices, etc. This will
take care of some Of the sundry notices
of all kinds pasted and pinned on the
walls but it will not relieve the situa-
ton with respect to the AlOst, found,
wanted" ETC., notices which dsanrate
tie walls in countless numbers but
which Sam" says would look better
in the want adv. column Of the towns
newspaper.
There has been complete harmonJ
among the force, which faithfully per-
formed its duty while under the retir-
Ell postmaster, Brownlow Jackson.
who is now president of Peoples Ma
tiCnal bank since his politics was not
CT the kind that would justify his re-
teLtion under a democratic admins
tIation.
Sam" says he is endeayoring to give
service and when it is not satisfac-
tory he will gladly entertain COM
paints.
frequently the postofice department
rsquires the counting of the pieces of
nail, the weights, etc., and since there
are two separate counts being made at
tn's time the detailed work in the post
Cfhce is little heavier than usual.
beginning on April 16 and lasting for
TWO months all mail going out on the
SIX rural routes will be counted For
committee another count
1or five weeks will include all kinds
OF mail handled by the local office. A
tSo weeks count required by the de-
pertinent has just been completed
IN order to show the growth of Hen
uersonville as indicated by the volume
01 mail handled, the number of stamp
sales, ETC., Postmaster Bryson and As
s'stant s. H. Hudgins compiled some
interesting figures this week, showing
a healthy increase in the business for