The Brandon news., 1910-04-14

I Mississippi Nebraska, Arkansas and Kan
sas Our post master put his stamp: "P.
HI. Hale, post master, Florence, Miss,
and let her go.
While we were taking notes of the mail
sack, we gathered in something of the
ways of rural mail carriers in collecting
up and distributing, each his packages as
he comes in or goes out. The United
States Government furnishes each carrier
4 separate table with handy drawer and
pigeon hole for every letter OF the English
| alphabet Into these holes he thrusts the
letters he brings ir for mailing, or, takes
out on his rounds. When mail for the
three routes are brought into the office
along with other mail matter, the post
master has three separate boxes on the
| floor and three partitions on the wall be-
hind the general distribution. In the boxes
ON the floor he drops the newspapers for
routes No. I, and respectively and sep
arately Into the boxes or the three par
titions on the wall he thrusts the letters
for each carriers route separately. This
done, each man steps to his own division
and gets out his papers and letters, and ar
ranges theIn at his table for convenience
| in delivering to personal boxes on his
route-thc mail for the first box being
placed first to his hand, and the same for
each succeeding box, as he goes We OBJ
serve that this work of gathering the mails
for distribution along the three several
routes, is Systematically done. There is
no confusion, or junlbling together BY
mails for the carriers TO pick up and ar,
range among themselves as many might
suppose; and there is perfect harmony and
good cheer among these three fine men
Walter c. Parkerson, route /; Dave Sis
trunk, route 2 J. @. Knight, route 3,-as
they are getting matters in shape every
morning by o'clock, when they start
out and every afternoon as they return
and proceed to distribute their gatherings
of the day. Mr.. Hale has been post
master many years and fully understands
what Uncle Sam wants him to do and
how to do it deccntly and in order.
Since preparing our paragraph concern
ing the chancery ard circuit court terms.
we have had talk with Judge Norrell,
our representative, and learn that it is
fact that we have no circuit court till
July next; and we have foud out that
our esteemed representative from this end
of Rankin county, in the state legislature,
had quite a verbal tussel with the COM
mite whose business it was to arrange the
court terms to have Rankin's time changed
to season when farmers and business
men can better afford to be kept at the
court house town from their place of bus
mess and farms for 80 days at time.
This fight ended in Judge .NorrelPs success
for the interest of Rankin county. Rankin
had the most unfavorable season of the
year for holding courts for many years;
and now it is nothing but fair that there
be change The faithfulness of Judge
Norrell to his constituents interests and
demands, is deserving of notice and COM
mendation.
We this week offer a comprehensive
sketch of a sermon delivered here in the
Baptist church last Sunday morning by
the Pastor, Rev W. S. Allen. We urge
the readers of the News to carefully read
the short draft of that splendid sermon.
1t is so we'll adapted to the present condi-
tions Of life, and suggestive of so much
that is good food for thought. Let il
be known TO all that the sermon sketches
we offer the paper weekly, are not thrust
upon US by our two excellent pastors here.
This writer takes it upon himself to solicit
of the good men sketches of one of the
fine sermons they deliver in the Florence
pulpits on their respective Sundays. And
when we insist, they readily comply with
our request We wish it understood that
we do not procure these sermon sketches
just to help to fill up space in our depart
ment Not at all. But we do this be-
cause of the chances cf benefiting persons
who delight to read what is spoken by
men of God living among us. And furth
er, we don't propose to show any differ
ence in the mater between the two good
preachers we have with US as pastors
We shall make an effort again-we did
so once-to have the pastor OF Briar Hill
church to favor Us with sketches cf his
sermons delivered at that church When
we asked him before it turned out that a
visitor preached for him, at that time
But he shall not escape our request always
The sermon of Rev Allen here follows
Text end Cor. 4:IS. Look not at the
things which are seen, but at the things
which are not seen; for the things which
are seen are temporal; but the things
which are not seen are eternal"
There are two worlds, the seen and the
unseen. Both are real. The unseen is the
more important because the unseen is the
enduring 1t is fact, however, that the
seen has the stronger hold upon US. We
are SO welded to this present world that
we almost forget the world to come. Most
of US are stepped in worldliness and bent
on having our own way.
With some, religion is to believe cer-
tain doctrines With others, it is all
mercy and grace. They are confident of
salvation though swallowed up in the
cares of life. But with the great masses
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