The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-02-07
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RURAL ROUTES IN DANGER.
Congressman Aiken Makes: Strong A-ppeal
to the Public to Support the Service
Washington, d. O., Jan. rs, 1906.

Washington, D. O., Jan. 26, 1906.
Editor Of The Intelligencer:
You have doubtless noted in tie
papers a statement from the Pos,
Office Department, Indicating ito pur-
pose I'd discontinue large number of
the rural rouses throughout the coun
try, ea the ground that ''they are not
Appreciated"
Knowing your deep interest in the
welfare of our county, aui in the gen.
eral upbui]ding oe fhe snsel sections,
that make for material prosperity, I
desire through your paper, to direct
public eitsntion TO che necessity. for
hHilains5:e che !;;ss:;ss5 sssss:;ssss5 of tthe rural
service. -.. ..--... &c.. =.
Cities ant towne only seaess pros.
psrity, the country is its real birth
place. Anything that detraots from
or retards the advancement OF tho
producer sobs the Nation in dollars
and cents. J, b. .',:5 ?. : =: ::
There 10 natural tendency in ali
men to gravitate to popnlous centres;
it 10 the social and inquieitive side
of mans nature thae asserts itself.
Telephones and trolley lines, have
done much toward plotting out time
and space. toward making neighbors
of those geographically far apart, but
greater than either Of these is the free
rural delivery system. Not every
community can have trolley line,
not every man can have telephone,
but the. humblest citizen may have
his .as:; delivered daily at his door.
By these modern agencies, the most
remote rural resident is. in essen
tials, made suburban resident of the
towns and cities, and long step to.
ward desirable life in the country is
attained: Is it not passing strange
then, that the Government, which
= must realize the importance OF main
tanning the highest and most intelli-
gent citizenship in the rural sections,
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