Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-07
Records Show It Was Best September in History of
 Local Office.
OCTOBER PROMISES
 A BETTER RECORD
Receipts During September Total x5,. WM.SG-ThOSe for First , Days OctO. Der Aggregate $9O0-Bmsiness h.
 dicateS Pine Bluff Prosperous.

"The best September the Pine Bluff pOstOtfice has ever had,'' was the statement made yesterday by Assist ant Postmaster c. E. Duval, after he had announced that the receipts at the local postoffice during the month just closed aggregated $5,0G0.86. This shows an increase of $11S.91 over Sep tember, 1914
 For the first five days of October, the receipts at the postoffice aggre- gate about $90O, which indicates that if the same daily rate is continued through the month, the October record will be something like $5,400, even better than the September record.
 The quarter which closed Septem- Der 30 showed receipts at the local postoffice aggregating $13.OO2.22 This is just about the same as last year, and but for the fact that the Septem- Der business broke all records. the business for the quarter would not have been much to boast about.
 Expect Big Holiday Business.
 Post office officials are of the be- lief that the approaching holiday sea son will bring unparalleled business to the postoffice, all tho indications pointing to record breaking in that direction. The high price of cotton and the general prosperity now pre- vailing over this section, and in the country generally, are considered suf- ficient foundation for this belief, es- pecially as the past month and the few days of the present month have brought unexpected heavy business.
 Every department of the postoffice shared in the big September business the increase being almost equal in inbound and outbound mail, in regular mail and in the parcels post depart ment. All the clerks and carriers had their full share of the gain in bus- ness.
 Mail Being Weighed.
 All the mail being handled on all the rural routes out of the local post office is now being weighed, and for thirty days this weighing will be done, that the records of the postoffice de-
 
 business handled. All the parcel post business, inbound and outbound, is al- so being weighed, the weighing to continue for fifteen days.
 This weighing of the mail is a regu- lar thing with the postoffice depart ment, so that no significance attaches to the matter at this time, as nothing depends upon the results shown. New Stamps Arc Received.
 The local postoffice has received a supply of the new II cents stamps, the first of this denomination since they were issued
 ticularly for the parcel post service, although they can be used OF any class of mail. One of these ii cents stamps will carry 2-pound parcel to any point in the fourth zone Of the parcel post system, or it will carry a 7-pound parcel, to any point in the first or second zone. The single stamp is easier to handle than num- Der of stamps to equal the amount of postage necessary, and for this req son the 11-cent stamp was issued by the government.
 No Change i'm Route 6.
 Some of the patrons of rural route No. 6, which was started in service October 1. have been making efforts to have the route. reversed. so the carrier would start where he finishes, and finish where he now starts. The patrons in question live toward the end of the route. in West Sixth ave- nue. and would like to have their mail delivered earlier in the day
 Postmaster John D.. Wilbourne took the matter. up with the Washington authorities, and, has received reply, stating the change would not be au- thorized, because it is a question of a few months onlyS when the route will be given daily9service. instead of trf-weekly service. at which time the present arrangement will he found most advantageous.
 Business on the two new routes, No. aRds No 6, both of which receive tri- weekly service. is said to be unex- pectedly heavy. with steady in- crease in the number. of patrons on both routes.
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