June29, 1906 - "The Sardis News"

W.B. Roberts, rural route agent, inspected the routes out from this place last week. Route No. 2 will stand as it is with the exception of one retrace being added, and wo being discontinued. Owing to a lack of business being done on route 1 and 3 Mr. Roberts recommended every other day service for these, naming one carrier for both routes. Now the people living on these routes should go to work, those who have not erected boxes should do so at once, bring the routes up to the standard. A few more pieces of mail handled each month by carriers will do this and as soon as this is done, daily services will be restored again.

It is the policy of the Department to give to the greatest number of people the best and the quickest service possible; but when rural routes are shown to be absolutely dead, where they exist practically, only for the benefit of the rural carrier, then the Department deems it proper, in justice to the remainder of the country to alter the discontinuance of such service. The average route should handle 3000 pieces of mail per month. No. 1 and 3 from this place falls but little short of this amount, and a little effort would bring the count up to the limit, then daily service will be restored.