Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-09
coGBURN NEWS.
R. F. D. Route Not Entirely
Satisfactory. School Library
at Long Cane. Fair
Young Visitors.

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an r. F. D. route was or would be
established from Edgefeld to Jesse
Morgan's place, thence to Delphi,
and from Delphi to B. E. Sawyer's
place, then to Cogburn, and on to
Meeting Street. Then back by way
of Waycross to Edgefeld. I fail, as
many others do, to see where the
proposed route can either better the
mail service or government. We
were proud of our mail service here
at Cogburn, and Delphi had the
same as we had. We get the daily
papers from Atlanta, Columbia and
Augusta or Charleston same day
they are printed, which l think we
cannot do by the R. F. D. service,
but will get them something like
"a hours later. The r. F.. d. route
will also cut out several post offices.
There are several families north of
Cogburn, who will be much in.
convenienced by the R. F. d. route,
as they will be forced to buy boxes
and put them from a mile and q
half to two miles from their homes
in order to get on the proposed
route, which I very much doubt
whether they will do, especially
the purchasing of boxes. As it is
now they have a place for their
mail and know they can get it when
it suits them to call for same. Ii
they want to register letter they
know they can do it at any hour in
the day that suits their convenience.
Whereas, on the r. f. d. route
they must meet the carrier on the
spot and minute.
There will be possibly a few peo.
plewhose doors the! route passes
that will get the benefit of,such ser.
vice but the masses of the people
will be very much inconvenienced
by the change. The route proposed
lis either coming in contact with the
Johnston r. T.. D.sroute, or an al,
ready established post Office at every
point it mentions passing 0f course
4 AAUncSIe Sam i viii Il do as il leases
| and welmust do5as we! can and not
Esay much about it either. a. / realize
that such change will give some
good paying job, but it is going to
take the little mite that the poorly
paid fourth class post masters have
been getting to help pay for that
job, and then not get as satisfactory
service as we already have. | fol
one and think quite a lot others
are satisfied with what we now have
and are willing to let good enough
alone, if it was left with us to de
eide up this way. $50 mote it be,
amen."
We have had lots of rain in the
past 10 days SO much that there has
been very little headway made on
the farm, except to eat up a lot OF
high priced rations and stand of
and see General Green overpowering
us with his forces. But we are going
to make desperate effort to subdue
his forces as soon as the rain holds
up. Our folks up here are deter
mined to conquer all such enemies.
There is a goodly quantity Of
corn yet to be planted around this
section, in fact some farmers
haven't planted any yet. The small
grain crop is nothing to brag on az
we see some good spots of graiI
1 about and also some that's real poor,
which will make the average quite
a medium crop.
Cotton is holding its own fairly
well. 1t had two leaves when it cam'
up and most of it has them yet. W.
think cotton small for the seas on
and two weeks later than usual.
The weekly Sunday school servi
ces were held at Stevens Creek las
Sunday and at the conclusion of th'
services the children had rehearsa
of the work assigned them for tn
second Sunday Children's Day
: which will be an all-day service
with dinner thrown in. ] hope, Mr.
: Editor, you and yours can and Wi
be with us on this occasion.
: Miss Anna Belle Morgan an
3 Miss Padgett, who is spending som
| time with her, spent a few days las
, week here at Cogburn. We wer
I, delighted to have them both wit
], us. They have been teaching school
near each other and are both grad
e yates of the S. G. G. l.
e Miss Lizzie, daughter of Mr.. an
!, Mrs. j. Q. Cogburn, spent a fe'
days here in town with Misses Ii
e lie May and Hattie Belle Cogbur1
T Mr.. B. w. Wright, of Rock
: Creek, spent last Sunday afternoo
!; with your humble scribe, which ws
= very pleasant to us and / trust W:
the same to him. / am always d
4 lighted to entertain and hear a SC
= dier of the late war between Il