The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-01-24
EAST END.
What I'M" sees and Hears on His
Rounds in Country and in Town.
NEWS ON ROUTE ..

Mrs Edwin Parker 10 now supplying Inc
Abbeville market with that fine ,peavine
hay a he raises ss every year; 1t is nicely 00re0
Mr.. John a. Wilson has been wrestling
with The gripp for the past few weeks but
is now slowly convaliscing, and his many
friends hope he will soon be quite well.
Mr.. and Mrs r.. P. McNeill with their In
FAINT daughter were expected In tie city
yesterday from Kinston, N. C.. and will
Mr.. Joe Lin Is now lulIed To rest by the
melodlous strains OF music from a beautiful
phonoglaph recently purchased, m" was
greeted with q set piece Tor bis special bens
ft "I'm old but I'm tough" II was 2 hne
bis hard every day SERVICE, and he enjoyed
1t M aqse'y j. ]. Edwards and Miss Lille OF
Lebanon have both been sick with ,gripp.
Miss Lille ia about well but Mrs. EdWaros
improves very slowly.
Mr.. L. B. Ramey has been hauling lumber
for the past week with which to add TO his
dwelling, as we'll as to repair and rebuild
Rev. t.. W. Brown Of Lebanon writes that
he Ia having a most enjoyable visit In the
Land Of Flowers"
Many friends along route No. 3 express
Mr.. J. B. Wilson, and regret the sad affair
thai has caused two families suffering and
trouble.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Wilson Of Glen
dale spent several days Of last week very
pleasantly with friends and relatives at
Our, County treasurer W: T. Bradley has
the finest field Of oats to be seen on route
surer, but a first class farmer as we'll.
Mr.. Walter B. Wilson has Joined the
popular or poplar gang and Is now haul
Ing some Of the biggest, and finest poplar
logs to be seen anywhere.
IN ABOUT THE CITY. .
MI. r. M. Haddon has been quite in
disposed, confined to his room for the past
week, we wish for him an early recovery.
last week as be was suffering from sprains
and bruises and q general ''all over" shake
mp. His faithful horse took q notion he
could beat the train, and as he was drawn
up near the trestle waiting for the trains 70
whistle sounded he took, an even start and
left the train behind throwing IN" out
agd breaking mp things generally, making
ac mp" $, s1 Tsatei a% for o IL. timely iyAa assistance Of
several ,oolored men who acted the good
Samaritan, gathering up the fragments and
helping on his way to the city; .,s an
cient teachers in Abbeville's graded School
was called to the bedside Of her mother last
Friday, who was quite Ill. We are glad
to note her return and that her mother ID
better.
Mr.. VIII Syfan got q fall last week which
confned him TO his bed for several days.
The many friends Of Mr.. r. 81. Cochran
regret to learn Of his long indisposition which
has confined him TO his bed and room for
several weeks and hope he will soon be fully
restored TO usual health.
We understand from q reliable source that
Mr.. J. 8. Norwood has sold his plantation TO
O company from Anderson who expect to
erect q hne hotel at Calhoun Falls In the near
future and perhaps will inaugurate other On.
terprises that will largely develop hat land
Of promise" we speak thus because we believe
that section of Abbeville County will, In the
The first government seed for this season
reached the Abbeville Posto6lce January
10th. and we're sent by the Hon. D. Wyatt
best Interests Of bis constituents, he Is a
live congressman and the "a 900 r. F. D.. boys
over the United States should know him az
I'VE 10" I'm Abbeville. as be 1s "our friend"
and the better salary for the carriers. We
hope he will hold bis seat In Congress until
our four sSys are old enough TO vote foI him.
Mrs. Wilkinson and Miss Nancy Mc1lwain
left last week for an extended visit to rela-
tives in Florida.
Mrs. M. c. Gary has been quite Ill for the
past week, but we are glad to note she Ia now
Miss Lula Power has eturned from q de.
lightful visit to relatives near Due West
INTERESTING R. F. I. NEW
From the report Of William E. Curtis. the
correspondent Of the Chicago Record
the growth Of the rural free delivery business
In the United State for the past 8 years.. end
ing June 80. 1905, believing 1t Will Interest
the readers.
Within the last nine years the routes have
been Increased lom 5 TO "a, 600, the number Of
people served from l,00 to l3,0OO,0 1000, the daily
distance travelled by carriers from 96 miles to
7O8, 900 miles; the number OF carriers from A to
$4,000 the annual expenditure from $4,000 to
$50, Sl9 ,944. Tried at lrst as an experiment,
rural free delivery has evolved into one OF the
most popular institutions maintained by the
government
Applications for new routes are still flow
ing into postofic &c department at Washington
faster than they can be passed upon or put
into operation. althoug each month sees the
inauguration OF several hundred new routes.
The system has been charged with the de
felt in the post Office appropriation. but 1t Is
not likely that any representative or senator,
however parsimonious, or DESTROYS Of obtain.
ing q reputation for ststesmanlike economy
would venture a suggestion to pare dow the
for this purpose, or to stay the
steady development OF the existing service
hearts of the people north. south, east and
The following table will also show the
present importance Of the rural free delivery
through it's fundamentally. The
amount OF mail delivered and collected by
carriers the past year.
Pieces delivered 1,209, 796,NO
Pieces collected 1T ,28l ,511
Total delivered and collected 1,387.057,7l1
No. money orders sold 3,879,6O
stamps sold %3I84s,471
Postage collected 3.42l 1857.
At the rate Of growth for the past nine
years, 1t Is difficult to prophecy accurately
the progress Of this wonderful Institution for
the coming ten years.
When one considers the direct and indi-
rect development n improvement follow
ing in its train, he is confronted with ample
food for speculation and the play OF applied