New Britain herald., 1916-04-01
PlafnVille News P.0. RECEIPTS FOR
 YEAR OVER $Il,75O
PoStmaSter's Report Shows Gain
 Of Over 16 Per Cent.
GIVES ANNIVERSARY SERMON
Post Office Does Record Breaking Business - Representative Carter Won't Accept Election as Town Cnmittee Chairman-Bricfs

Esta blishing a new record, Post
 master P J. Prior has filed his report 1 for the fiscal year ending yesterday, 1 his statement showing a gain of over 1 sixteen per cent. in the receipts of 1 the post office for the past twelve months. According to the report ap-
 proximately s1,75o was received in 1 excess of the preceding year. Prac- 1 over the corresponding period of last year and the grand total came close Ito the $12,00o mark Last years report showed the re- 1 ccipts to be but $1O,13 which was l falling off from it's predecessor as the result of the general business depres- s1on During the twelve months which ended yesterday the office more than made up for the losses and new precedent was established. =, 'r Gains made will cause a restora- | ton of the $1OO taken from the post masters salary by reason of poor ] business last year It also places the l office well ahead of the s11, 1000 class l and with corresponding growth dur 1 ing the next year the next annual re- | port. will undoubtedly show total revenge of over $13,000.
 Assistant Postmaster General Roper l has written to Postmaster Prior con- graduating him on the gains made l here and expressing satisfaction with 1 the manner in which the department S 1 business is handled in Plainville | Business at the post office always
 serves as a good barometer of gen. l real conditions. The postmaster S
 report consequently indicates that plainvile has had a fair share of the prosperity which the country has 1 been enjoying.
 Carter Quits Cold.
 ] Despite the pressure brought to
 bear to prevail upon him to accept 1 the appointment of chairman of the republican town committee made at l the caucus Thursday night Edward 1 T. Carter announced today that he
 had decidel to fight shy of the berth | because of his inability to look after 1 the duties.
 Adjournment was taken after MT. l Carter's name was accepted by the
 caucus that he didn't have the time 1 to decline and the records show his l appointment as the party's leader 1 Yesterday he advised F. H. Hills,
 the retiring chairman, that his phy-
 sical condition would make it impossi.
 ble for him to serve Prominent mem 1 bers of the party coaXed him to re- 1 consider, however, and they believed | for a time that he would agree to 1 serve.
 Today he formally advised Mir. 1 Hills that he had decided to decline
 and could not be pursuaded to guide
 the party during the fall campaigns. l MT. Hills said that he can, serve
 either as he has made plans to spend
 some time in the fall in Southern la lirleG.
 ltss Consequently he will have to hunt aIsfos a new chairman. The matter will tfLe left in the hands of MT. Hills and I as he was originally named to served | until his successor qualities he will | have to make a selection himself Men l qualified to do the work, who have I been approa ched, absolutely decline
 to consider their acceptance of the l position and Chairman Hills seem l ingly has a proposition on his hands
 Starts Fourteenth Year
 Rev. Robert Henderson Burton will | tomorrow begin his fourteenth year l as rector of the Church of Our Saw four. Next to Rev. H. T, Walsh, MT. | Burton is the oldest pastor in town in