The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-30
innbia road ! mile; thence west

place; thence: southeast to Delleney's
corner; northeast half mile to Stead
mans; south half mile to Mrs. r. D.
Bolick's; west by way of Rion post
office to the Wionsboro Granite Com
pany's Office; returning about II
miles take the southbound road at the
Rev. Mr. Mahon's place; southwest
passing NJ. w. Doty's farns about
3 miles to the D. e. Ruff corner;
northwest about 4 miles on the Co.
lumbia and Chester road to the Glenn
Bridge road, near R. Y. Lemmon's
place; northeast about half mile;
thence east half mile 30 as to take in
Yarborough's mill; north half mile by
way of Browns mill to the Glenn
Bridge road; northeast on that road
about five miles to the postofice in
this town. Total distance % miles;
area covered 2S square miles; farms
1oS; families more than 200; popula-
ton over 1000.
AS a consequence of this service,
Rion postofice will probably be dis
continued. Its business depends al
most wholly upon the Winnsboro
Granite Company and their mail will
all b., carried from Winnsboro. They
viii get their mail about two and one
half hours earlier than at present.
IT," star route from jennings
post, lice, which now comes to Rock
ton by way of Horeb and Rion will be
changed SO as to omit Rion. 1t will
be shortened from 12a miles to 3 miles.
The whole matter depends, however,
upon the department at Washington.
The special agents merely recommend.
The Postmaster General must approve
the reports and make the appointments,
if they are to be valid and put into
operation. There appears to be little
doubt that this route will be approved.
The special agent was sent here at the
instance of Hon. Stanyarne Wilson,
member Of congress. Mr.. Wilson is
taking deep interest in postal affairs
and devoted himselfwith characteristic
energy last winter to the passage of
the act providing for rural free de-
livery. It is his object to have the
experiment made at one point in each
county embraced by his district.
Recommendation have been made
for Spartan5urg, Union, Greenville
and Winnsboro; others will be made
later.
Special agent Bach has been work
ing in South Carolina since last JAN
uary and has made about rs faVorabls
recommendations. These recommen-
dations embrace one carrier for each
place, and with three or four excep.
tiioas two routes for each carrier. The
service IS now in operation at Cope,
Orangeburg, St. George, Elloree,
Leesville. Smoak's, Bamberg, Aiken:
Johnston, Ridge Spring, Saluda,
Sigh's Greenwood, Belton,
LoWdensville, Anderson.
Seneca and Easley.
Spartanburg's, it is.expected, will 60
into force on June 1 next; and Green
vile and Winnsboro on the 18th OF
June.
The rural carrier is not expected,
after the first month, TO get out OF his
buggy to deliver any mail; but each
patron along the route will be re-
quired, if be wants the service, to put
8 box, at an elevation, angle and po-
sition that may be easily reached by
the carrier as he sits in his carriage.
Letters to be mailed should be dropped
iuts tae box, by each patron into HE
own box, before the carrier comes
aloug. If the writer has no stamp, he
must wrap up the letter with cents
ard drop them into the box. Tho
rural carrier is required to carry along
for sale postage stamps, postal cards
and stamped envelopes. Patrons re-
siding at a distance from the route
may arrange with their neighbors on
the route to have their mail left
There is no good reason why farmers
one or two miles or even
further from the route should MT be
able in this way to arrange to haya
their letters left daily.
Letter boxes for the collection of
letters will be put up at the ofice OF
the Wiunsboro Granite Company; at
D. G. Ruff7s corner; at the junction
OF the Chester and Glenn's Bridge
roads, and at the Fairfield Cotton
Mills. Only the carrier will have
key to these boxes.