This section of the District of West Tennessee is sadly in need of mail facilities. No mails are transported in this county, only those that pass over the railroads.

In former times our people could boast of as many post offices as those of any other county in the State, but now the general complaint is that it is impossible to send or receive anything sent through the United State mail bags without the party is conveniently located to Bolivar. Just east of us lies the county of McNairy, and it is almost useless to attempt communication between its county site, Purdy, and this place. Business demands that the country postal routes be reopened.

Will the Hon. John W. LEFTWICK look to this and alleviate the back woods condition in which we are in? Anything done by him in this line will be doubly appreciated by this entire district. Open the old routes and let us have free and uninterrupted communication. Our future welfare depends upon it.

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 16 Feb. 1867, Page 2. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.