The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-03-06
PLEASING THE PEOPLE
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Thirty to four and then go home
frd work three to four hours on
the hooks-and | consider it
gross insult from now on, and {
shall resent the same accordingly,
for any one to say to me that they {
never see me at the office.
The records, books, register
book, money order applications,
official correspondence, insurance
slips, box rent record, reports
daily and monthly and all other
work in my own handwriting that
could not possibly have been done
only in the regular daily routine,
will prove to any inspector the
claims that l set up herein and the
truth of my statements. And in
the case that it is done, some one
else will be investigated besides
myself.
Some time last year, roll of
righteous(?) indignation rolled
over this town and a great many
rolled it as a sweet morsel under
their tongue, that | had refused
to try to get transportation for
two soldiers to Camp Wheeler.
The facts were: two soldiers came
home on furlough and did not
have the money to pay their way
back to camp. They came to me
and / told them exactly what to
do to get transportation. They
did not do it and staid till their
furlough had expired and then
came to me and asked me to loan
them the amount. AS ! did not
have it, / could not possibly do
so. But anyhow, the usual COM
motion went up and it was
brought to the attention of the
department.. In few days, in
walked an inspector; and, after
he had asked me for a statement
of the facts and | gave it to him
as above, he sat quietly thinking
for few minutes and, of course,
| wanted to know what. the out
come would be for me; so | asked
what he thought of it. He re-
piled without hesitation, 81 think
they are a set of damphools. /" |
never said such thing, but he
did, and | have never heard any
thing from it since. A party who
was once assistant postmaster and
is now no longer in my employ,
heard him when he made this re-
mark.
Now, in conclusion, / desire to
say to the two women, who left the
other day railing about the service
and threatening vengeance on
me and, to Others who have so
unjustly accused me of going a
way and leaving that boy and
the girl here and they could not
get service ETC., all of which is
not true, that, for the last six
years, | have been dealing out
stamps, cards, envelopes, mail,
and G. o. DIS before and after
hours and at all hours Of the night
and day when | happened to be
at the office, Sundays and holt
days included, and have done it
because / did not want to hurt any
body's feelings-and Sundays ]
have stood at the delivery win
dow for two and half hours and
dealt Of these things, because |
really wanted to give my patrons
and, as 1 thought, friends and
neighbors good service.
But the regulations do not re-
quire me or mine to open boxes,
write the money order applica-
tons, sell stamps or do any bust
ness before or after hours or sell
stamps, receive or deliver parcels,
write money orders, register or
deliver registered letters, or to
keep open over one hour on Sun
days and holidays. All this have
} done repeatedly and constantly,
but, if hear any more complaint
about the service, shall immed-
, lately discontinue all these and
shall dispossess "that boy OF
his keys every Saturday night
and holiday, so that he can come
down the street to go to church or
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