The Canton times., 1902-04-11

| Two partS was called Sevenpence and
its value was 1874 cents. / don't be.
heve Ihave seen thrip or sevenpence
in SO years. The government called
them all in and issued dimes and hall
dimes instead.
In Eliminating about the wonderful
change in our postal laws since was
boy am prepared to say that nothing
that has been discovered or invented
has wrought such beneficial results and
SO much comfort to the people. What
pleasure at home is more valued than
the reception of letters from kindred
and friends who are far away? Post
age is only one-tenth what it used to
be, but there are 20 times as many let
ters written by every person who can
write and there are ten times as many
to write them. The great northern
mail used to come to our town once a
week and single sack in the boot
OF stage contained it. Now five times
that quantity comes twice day. I
used to write about two letters week
and now I write 25 or 80 and receive
more than write. For ! have quit an
swering many letters that inclose no
stamp. The number of letters in
creases faster than the postage de-
creases. When the postage had to be
paid at the end of the line it was pretty
hard to receive : disagreeable letter
and have to pay for it. My father was
merchant for nearly so years and sold
goods on years time and sometimes
we had to write dunning letters to his
customers. He wrote one to very
slow man and got no answer, so he
wrote another and the slow man wrote
back that he would have to wait until
he made another crop, and as postage
was high and silver was scarce, he ad-
vised a very limited correspondence.
He wrote another to belated custom
er at Warsaw and another and another
and then got reply which said:
''Ihave received your letters, but they
were a long time on the way If you
had sent them round by Atlanta and
Marietta and Roswell I would have
gotten them sooner, for we have two
mails week by that route, but only
one by the way you sent them. Here
after you had better send them that
way. Our mail system is very imper-
feet. 1t takes six weeks for me to
get a letter from Jack, who is in the
You remember Jack. But
am always glad to hear from you.
Your friend, WILLIAM WATERS.
"P. S.-As for that account of last
year, which you say has run long
time-as the boy said to the molasses,
Just let her run. w. W."
wonder if our young people know
who was our first postmaster general?
He was the postmaster general before
the revolution and was turned out by
King George because he was suspect
ed of being a rebel and his name was
Benjamin Franklin. When the declar-
alton of independence was passed he
established an independent line and |
ooycotted the English system and aft
organized a system of his
,wn. Sir Rowland Hill was the post
master general of England. and in
L734 established what was called the
penny post. Before that the English
merchants hired men to carry their
etters. When the battle of the Wa
erloo was fought the Rothschilds
lired private carriers to bring them
he news of the great battle. English
;redit and bonds and consols were
hen away down to 25 cents on the dol
ar, for Napoleon was just running
'ough shod over kingdoms and gov
rnments. The Rothschilds got the
ews of his defeat "a hours sooner
han the bankers of London, and they
ecretly bought up all the bonds and
tocks and consols they could find, and
yhen the good news came of the great
ictory these bonds and stocks jumped
ID to par in day and the Rothschilds
1ade many millions and this was the
,eginning of their great fortune. 1t
vas a mean, dirty trick, but they didn't
are. For nearly a century they have
ontrolled the finances of the civilized
,orld and nations could not go to war
,ithout consulting the Rothschilds.
tut now they have to take back seat,
Or Pierpont Morgan and Rockefeller
nd a few others can control more
loney than they can. But our post
ge has not yet gone to the lowest
otch. The people say it must be re-
uced to one cent, and bill has been
,troduced in congress to that effect
nd letters will soon be deliverey at
Imost every mans house If he lives
n a public highway. Verify, it pass
tn comprehension. I received let
IT and paper this morning from
ustralia. They had come $4,000 miles
..,,4z opd fOund me alth0uph |