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The Watchman And Southron
Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
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Residents in Clendenning and Walton, West Virginia, appeal to Senator W. E. Chilton after three months without mail service due to rejected high bid for carrier route. Accumulated mail piles up, with warning of Christmas parcel rush.
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Clients of Uncle Sam in West Virginia Have Strong Kick.
Charleston, W. Va., Nov. 19.--Declaring that they have had no mail service for three months, persons who formerly depended on the mail carrier who traveled the 15 miles between Clendenning and Walton, W. Va., today forwarded an appeal to United States Senator W. E. Chilton for relief.
Piles of first-class matter are said to have collected at Clendenning, and what is estimated to be four carloads of parcels are in the hands of the custodian of mails at that point. Some time ago the government conducted an examination for mail carrier to look after the route and received bids for the work.
The lowest bid, $2,900, was deemed too high by the authorities and they refused to accept it.
The bidder, however, would not reduce his price and as no other person in the community would take the job for less money the mail has not been delivered.
There will be a parcel post rush during the week before Christmas, why not send Christmas presents earlier and save trouble and help out the postoffice clerks.
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Clendenning And Walton, W. Va.
Event Date
For Three Months As Of Nov. 19
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no mail delivered for three months; piles of first-class matter and four carloads of parcels accumulated at clendenning
Event Details
Persons in Clendenning and Walton, W. Va., appealed to Senator W. E. Chilton after three months without mail service on the 15-mile route. Government rejected lowest bid of $2,900 for carrier as too high; bidder refused to lower price, and no one else took the job.