The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1902-11-25
FREE DELIVERY
OF RURAL MAILS
WILL BEGIN ON FIRST
DAY Or DECEMBER.
Lowndes County Will Have
Four Separate Routes.

Rural Mail Route No. 1. between
F Columbus and Trinity, Miss, on
the first Of December next. The
places to be served by this route
are Trinity, Allendale, Ashmore
and Magowah, and the star
route now serving these offices
will oe discontinued synchro-
nously with the establishment of
the rural delivery route. Iron
boxes will be placed at Ashmore,
Allendale and Trinity for the re-
ception Of mail and the mail will
be taken from these boxes each
day by the carrier.
The official itinerary of Route
No. / from Columbus is as fol-
lows
Beginning at the post office in
Columbus, the carrier will 60
thence southwest to Robinson 8
road corner, thence south to
brick church, thence northwest
to Ashmore post office, thence
southwest to Shaefer Chapel,
thence south to C. B. Hardy cor
ner, thence east to J. T. w,
Hairston corner, thence south
east to Trinity post office, thence
east to Trinity church corner,
thence north to Robinson road
corner, thence northeast to post
office.
Total length of route, % 1-2|
miles; area covered 10 1-2|
square miles; number Of houses
on route, 50; population served,
408.
The other routes are as follows:
Route No. 1 beginning at Caledo.
MIA. The carrier will go thence
northwest to Westbrook corner
4 miles; thence to Andrews
corner = mile; thence southwest
to Wolf road corner 3 miles;
thence southwest to Carothers'
corner 2 = miles; thence west to /
LolIar corner 5s mile: thence
southeast to Ussery corner q |
mile; thence west to J. NJ. Conn |
corner p mile; thence southwest /
10 Robinson corner IL miles;
thence south to I. A, Coos cor
ner Ia miles; thence east to w.
r. Murphy = mile; thence
10 S. Morris 1 mile; I
thence north and northeast to
Mrs. En-. Egger's corner 274
miles; thence east to postoff1ce
z8 mile Length of route 2015
niles; area covered 1015 square
niles; number Of houses on route [
1913; population served $40.
Route No. ?, beginning at Cal
edonia the carrier will go thence
to +. McKissick' cor
Ter 1 4 miles thence east to A.
/. Stanley ia miles; thence
southwest to r. w. Dodson q
nile; thence northwest to Nick
es' corner 1 mile; thence south
% w. @. Bailey 1 . miles; thence
to C. Williamss q mile;
hence south and east to S.
smith corner Ii miles; thence
south and southwest to P.
Thompson 2 36 miles; thence east
md north to Sanders mill Ii
niles: thence northeast to J. d. |,
Wells 81 miles; thence north
o r. Smith 81 miles; thence
southwest to s. A. Swanzy 2
niles; thence south to w. J.
a mile; thence west to
2ostoffice 2 miles. Length Of
cute, % miles; area covered is
-3 square miles; number of hous-
3 on route is 137; population
served is 575. In connection
With this service four U. S. iron
collection boxes will be placed at
he following points: Route No. /,
[. one at Schoolhouse corner;
me at Lollar corner; Route No.
J, one at G. Williams corner;
ne at Swanzy postoffice.
Route No. 1, beginning at
Crawford and thence east 2
niles to Smiths corner; thence
northeast to Gray's corner 3
niles; thence east to Carson 3
niles: thence north to c.. B.
Hardy 2 miles: thence west 3 Z
niles to Prairie Hill; thence
forth 2 miles to T. w. Hardy's
residence and retrace 2 miles,