Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A Complete IL The Rural QIVEN BY THlE MAN IN CHARGE OF THE R. F. D. FOURTH ASSIST.ANT PQMT31ASTER GE.NER.AL D)eGR.W. How the Service Began, And a Sketch of Its Growthi Down to the Present. Fourth Assistant Postmaster G ener al P. V. DeGraw reached Newberry on Tuesday morning from Raleigh. where he attended the meeting of the Norti Hon. P. V. DeGraw, Fourth A Carolina association of carriers. Mr. DeGraw was enthusiastically received by the South Carolina rural letter car riers in session here. In addressing the rural carrier association of South Carolina he gave the following valu able history of the R. F. D. service, which was prepared from the records' of the various departments, taking the; time of one man for a considerable time to get up the information: If a history were written of those national policies which have been es-; tablished for the benefit of the peo ple of this great country, there would be none recorded of greater import, or which has conferr'ed greater bene fits upon an isolated public, than rur al delivery. It is not my purpose today to give you a detailed history of this great branch of the postal service, for un doubtedly you are all familiar with the principal facts pertaining to the inception and growth of the service. but their are a few historical facts and antecedents to rural delivery which may prove of 'interest to you and which will serve to illustrate the evo lution of the policy of government. .The free delivery of mail in cities. was first instituted in 1863, and from then on was extended to all of the1 largest cities. During the fifty-first -congress a joint resolution was pass *od, and approved October 1, 1890, au thorizing the postmaster general to -test the feasibility of extending the free delivery system to offices of the third and fourth class. In referring to the experiment which had been au thorized, Postmaster General Wana mnaker. in his report for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1891; says: "But there are a great many de tailed reasons, in common everyday~ affairs. if not in social philosophy. even, why the free delivery system has succeeded and ought to ha~ extended.) The rural dweller pays the same rate of postage and has the same right to the common postal facilities that the inhabitants of the city have. Indeed, it is fair to question whether. with his1 papers and books and packages he re -ceives, he does not do more postal business than his city cousin does. Ofren he makes long disagreeable trips to the postoffice without result. Surely if every trip that he made were to yied him a piece of mail the pro cess would be bad economy, because he would be doing almost as much traveling and consume almost as much time as a single messenger would in serving the whole neighborhood.". "There is a social view of this ques tion which seems to me quite as im portant as any other. A great deal is said about the desertion of the farm, perhaps by the prosperous tiller of the soil who can afford to rent his land and go to town and live: perhaps by the stalwart son who craves inter istorv Of *I do IfMail Service si aot haxe it with books and papers, or ' with people who have thenm; perhaps1 by ti,e daughter of the family, who hungers even more for sympathy and tc has more aspiration to be improved. The regular arrival of the paper or mt-gazine. the easier ways to corre- d s;:ond. the general process of sending t and receiving things by mail. will not only keel) many of the girls at home p and make them contented there, but will add to their ambition and deter- e mnination to make the old farm pay." a While the experiment authorized by tj congress did not 'contemplate the de- v iverv and collection of mail outside a h li V fi t] ti ti li .0 t 4 r 1 0 c 17 Vr P V e sistant Postmaster General. of towns and villages, it can be clear ly seen, from the language employed by Postmaster General Wanamaker, that he had in perspective the delivery and collection of mail in rural com munities such as exists today. Further along in the report referred to, Postmaster General Wannamaker says: "I could not commend anything to the attention of congress with more confidence than this proposed addition o the postal facilities." This commendation, given by a great merchant prince, as well as a most capable postmaster general, evidently acted as a leaven in the loaf, for it was but a short time thereafter until the agitation for the delivery and collec tion of mail in strictly rural communi ties became widespread and petitions were presented to congress from va rious associations of farmers and rur- F al inhabitants generally. The move ment for rural deviery assumed tangi- g ble form on January 5, 1892, when the a bill was introduced by the Hon. Jas. p O'Donnell, representative in congress 0 from the State of Michigan, entitled, 5 "A Bill to Extend the Free Delivery Y System of Mails to Rural CommuniJ r ties."d It seems strange indeed that when rural delivery was practically in ne bulae, Mr. O'Donnell's bill should con template a system of rural delivery on the precise lines on which it is oper- p ated today. The bill carried with it p an appropriation of $6.000,000. Onw May 2S, 1S92, Mr. O'Donnell spoke for i his bill and made a strong appeal for o its passage. e When the p)ostoffice appropriation. a was read, an amendment was proposed y by Mr. Watson, of Georgia, appropriat-f ing the sum of $100.000 to be used in h 'experimental free delivery in the ci :ountry as distinct from cities andh :owns." On that amenament Mr. Hen- ki erson of North Carolina, raised a point of order, which was sustained,:t nd the amendment accordingly re- g jected. Mr. Watson offered a substi-y :ute for his previous amendment, Ili which was likewise rejected on a P. oint of order. a: During the second session of the hi 1st congress, on February 17, 1893,! tI Ir. Watson, of Georgia, offered an a imendment to the pending postoffice:i appropriation bill, authorizing the ex- f penditure of $10,000 for experimental ii ree delivery in rural communities f :ther than towns and villages, which al amendment was adopted. Postmaster y' General Bissell declined to institute.M the experiment, and the money appro-! priated was not spent. In the act making appropriation for the postof fice department for the fiscal year end i priated to be applied by the postmas ter general for the experimental free expind any part of the sum appro -iated, giving as a reason that the! partment had not been able to make iy plans by which a satisfactory test )uld be conducted with so small a im. In the act approved June 9. 96, congress made a further appro :iation of $10.000 for experimental iral delivery, and made available the: nount theretofore appropriated. or a ital of $40.000. The first experimental rural delivery !rvice was established on the first .y of the following October. and be veen that date and June 30, 1S97. S: )utes had been established out of 42 )stoffices in 29 States. In the almost fourteen years of its cistence rural delivery has attained magnitude that is astounding. and ie details of its operation are be.. )nd the comprehension of the aver ge man. The sums of money which ave been appropriated for the estab shment and maintenance of this ser ice now total close to two hundred fty million dollars. Its carriers daily ,avel about one million miles of roads nd durng the course of a year they -avel the almost inconceivable dis-! ince of three hundred and four mil on miles, or thrice the distance from ie earth to the sun. It is estimated that, during the fis ail year 1909, rural carriers through ut the United States handled ap roximately 2,724,000,000 pieces of iail. There are at present in opera on throughout the United States 1.083 rural routes. with 41.007 car iers. The appropriation for the es iblishment and maintenance of rural elivery for the fiscal year 1910-1911 $3S,360,000. South Carolina now has in operation 28 rural routes of an average length f 23.44 miles and a total mieage of 7,767.52. The present annual rate of ost of the service in the State is $677, 75. It is estimated that the rural car iers in South Carolina handled dur ig the fiscal year 1909, 35,167,876 ieces of mail matter of all classes, an acrease over 1905. 155 per cent., rhile the increase in the number of pplications for money orders receiv d through rural carriers in 1909 over 905 was 262 per cent. Monument for a Good Town. Grit. - . .Vim. Push. Snap. Energy. Schools. Morality. Churches. Harmony. Cordiality. Advertising. Talk about it. Write about it. Cheap property. Speak well of it. Healthy location. Help to improve it. Advertise in its paper. Good country tributary. Patronize its merchants. Elect good men to office. Honest competiton in prices. Make the atmosphere healthy. Faith exhibited by good works. 'ire all croakers, loafers, deadbeats. ,et your object be the welfare, rowth and promotion of your town nid its people. Speak well of the ublic-spirited men, and also be one f them yourself. He honest with all our fellow-men. Don't think that our commercial organization will an itself. Co-operation is the foun ation of the movement.-Merchant urnal and Commerce. While You're Living. Do good in the world while you're rancing along, and throw the har ~on into error and wrong; and al ays remember the man with a scowl dense as a donkey and dumb as an ol; the man who is joyous fills oth 's with joy and people will call him peach %f a boy. Oh, live while >u're livng and hold up your head, ir a man never knows just how long1 ~'ll be dead! Drive out all that's vi ous and mean from your mind; be )nest and tender and faithful and :nd; don't criticise pilgrims who ander astray, but jolly them back: the straight narrow way; don't rumble around when you're doing yur chores, but kick up your heels ke a colt out of doors; get what easure you can, for when all's done id said, a man never knows just >w long he'll be dead! Sometime in ie future your mainstring will stop, id Death well come up with a skip, :mp and hop; and when you are -cing that grisly old cuss, and look g your last on the world and its Lss, 'twill brace you and cheer you, id let you down light, to know that >u always stood up for the right. erchant Journal and Commerce. No Affair of His. "I noticed, Mr. Loyd, that you were ~e only person who did not weep dur g Mr. Evans' beautiful prayer." "You forget Mrs. Davies, that I be mgo- n other narish."-The By 0_ Special I For ten days very interesting p Base Ball Mill Gloves, Call and see me. I i Mayes'BI "HOUSE OF A THOU Want Good Black Pays th The Southern, Seaboard, and Coast : the South. All pass through Richmon go out on next train. Shipments madE in S. C. the next morning. All goods guaranteed under Pure Fo, Imperial Holland G 4 Quarts $4.oo. 8 Quarts $7 Red Deer Corn 3.00 Red Deer Gin 3.00 Belle Haven Rye 3 00 Sydnor XXXX Rye 4 Qts. $2.60. Sydnor XXXX Corn 4 Qts. $2.60. Sydnor XXXX Gin 4 Qts. $2.60. Name 4 gts. Old Capitol Rye $5-75 Fern Spring Rye 4-5c John Black's Private S. 4.00 I. E. Goff AAAA Rye 3-50 Goff's AAAA Rye 24 Pts. $< Bell Haven Rye 24 Pts. Red Deer Corn 24 Pts. Red Deer Gin 24 Pts. Sydnor XXXX Rye 24 Pts. Sydnor XXXX Corn 24 Pts. Sydnor XXXX Gin 24 Pts. In Bulk. -i gal. 2 AA Rye $2.50. AAA Rye 3-50 Straight 8 Yrs. Old Rye 5.25 AA Corn 2.50 AAA Corn ~3.50 AA Gin 2.504 AAA Gin 3.50 IMPORTED AND BONDED GOOI are in Stock. Price list sent on applica Remember, I pay express charges on Post-office Order, Express money order, exchange or Cashier's check. JOHN B] 712 East Broad St., BAN%K STOCK FOR SALE. ent We own, and are offering for sale, aso 62 shares of the capital stock of the ,'cli National Bank of Newberry, and we buil would be pleased to correspond with mod those who may be interested. nee SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK, Wilmington, N. C. 6-21-0t-2tw. Tething children have more or 6-'7 less diarrhoea, which can be con- . trolled by giving Chamberlain's' Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. All that is necessary is to give the pre- to scribed dose after each operation of tres the bowels more than natural and List tben castor oil to cleanse the sys- writ ten. It is safe and sure. Sold by W- N. ( ~. Pelhamn & Son. Arn Bur Notice of Sale of School Building- ecz< The ndersig-onea trnestoe of the hli nces! a I will make rices on sq Bats ind Shoes. )efore buyng. ON, ) Store SAND THINGS." Whiskey? e Express. ,ine reach nearly every point in d. Orders received on one mail from this point reach any place4 d and Drugs Act. n 100 per ct. -75. 12 Quarts $I1.oc 5.75 8.50 5.75 8.50 5 75 8.50 8 Qts. $4.75. 12 Qts. $7.00. 8 Qts. $4-.75- 12 Qts. $7.00. 8 Qts. $4.75. 12 Qts. $7.oo. 8Sqts. Case12 qts. 8.75 12.50j 7.-75 10-501 6.75 9-50 )50. 48 Half Pints $1o.cof ).oo. 48 Half Pints 9.50 9 00. 48 Half Pints 9.50 ).. 48 Half Pints 9.50I -50. 48 Half Pints 8 co r-50. 48 Half Pints 8.00 -. 48 Half Pints 8.oo gal. 3 gal. 4 gal. 1.75 $6.85 $9-10 5.80 9.20 I2.2O0 ).00 14-75 I85 45 6 85 9- Io 5.8 9.20 12.201 k75 6.85 9I 5.8o 9.20 12.20 )S, Brandies, Wines and Beer .tion. all goods except on beer. Send Registered letter, New York LACK, Richmond, Va. school building at public auction the highest bidder therefor for b on Saturday, July 2, 1910, at 10 ck. The purpose in selling the ding is to erect a new and more [ern building and one suited to the is of the school.I Jos. L. Keitt, J. D. Nance, Jno. P. Wicker, Arthur Lominick, Robert Lominick, td. Trustees. A Wretched Nistake. endure the itching, painful dis !3 s of piles. There's no need to.f en: "I suffered much from Piles,"' ;es Will A. Marsh, of Siler Cit ., "till I got a box of Bucklen's 4 ica Salve, and was soon cured." 1 ns, boils, ulcers, fever sores, ma, cuts, chapped hands, chil ns, vanish before it. 25c. at W. E. LODGE DiRECTORY. Woodmen of the World. Maple Camp, No. 437, W. 0. W., neets every first and third Wednes lay eveLing at 7.45 o'clock. Vijit ing brethren are cordially welc-rqe. D. D. Darby, r. Burton, Clerk. C. C. Newberry Camp, No. 542, W. 0. W, me-ets c-,ery second and fourth Wed nesday night in Klettner's Hall, at 3 o'clock. B. B. Leitzsey, C. C. J. J. Hitt,-Clerk. Amity Lodge, No. S7, A. F. M. Amity Lodge, No. 87, A. F. M., meets r-very first Monday night at 8 o'clock in Masonic Hall. Visiting brethren cordially invited. Harry W. Dominick, J. W. Earhardt, W. M. Secretary. Signet Chapter, No. 18, I. A. I. Signet Chapter, No. 18, R. A. M., meets every second Monday night at a o'clock in Masonic HalL Fred. H. Dominick, Harry W. Dominick, E. H. P. Secretary. Golden Rule Encampment. Golden Rule Encampment, No. 23, 1 0. 0. F., will meet at Klettner's Hall the 4th Moiday night in each month at 8. o'clock. W. 0. Wilson, Chief Patriarch. W. G. Peterson, Seribe. Pulaski Lodge. Pulaski Lodge, No. 20, I. 0. 0. F., will meet Friday night, July 8, in Klettner's' Hall, at 8 o'clock. Let every member attend. . C. G. Blease, W. G. Peterson, Noble Grand. Secretary. , Bergell Tribe, No. 24, L 0. B. . Meets on Thursday nights at 8 o'clock. Next regular meeting on sec ond of June, and every two weeks thereafter until September *15, after which time will meet every Thursday night at Klettner's Hall. 0. Klettner, C. E. Cateechee Coneil, No. 4, D. of P., LO0.R. 3 Meets on Tuesday nights at 8U o'clock at Klettner's Hall. Next reg ular meeting on 31st May and every two weeks thereafter until September 15, after which time will meet every Tuesday night. 0. Klettner, R. C. Newberry Lodge, No. 75, K. of P. Meets every second and fourth Tuesday night at 8 o'clock, at Frater nity Hall. Van Smith, C. A. Bowman, C. C. K. ofER. & S. The world's most successful medi cine for bowel complaints is Cham berlain's Colic, Cho!era and Diar rhoea Remedy. It -has relieved more pain and suffering, and saved - more lives than any other medicine in -use. Invaluable for children and adults. Sold by W. E. Pelham & Son. WINTHROP COLLEGE. Scholarship and Entrance Evamrina. The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthro-p col lege and for the admission of new students will be held at the county court house on Friday, July 1, at 9 a. mn. Applicants must be not less than fifteen years of age. When scholarships are vacant after July 1 they will be awarded to those making the \ighest average at this examina Lion, provided they meet the condF tions governing the award. Appli :ants for scholarships should write :o President Johnson before the ex unination for scholarship examina tion blanks. Scholarships are worth .$100 and ~ree tuition. The next session will pen September 21, 1910. For- further iiformation and catalogue, addresS Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. University of South Carolina. Scholarship Examination. The University of South Carolina >ffers scholarships in the department >f education to one young man from ~ach county. Each scholarship is vorth $100 in mo,ney and $18 term ee with free tuition. Examination will be held at county ~eat July 1. Examination of stud ~nts generally for admission to the mniversity will be held at the same line. Write for information .to S. C. Jitchell, President, Columbia, S. C.