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?ss? THE PARCELS POST IS WINNING WAY System Will be Authorized al the Present Session. BOURNE ZONE SYSTEM ADOPTED. This System Divides (,'ouutrj Into Eight Zones?Believed House Will Accept. (Atlanta Constitution.) Washington, August 13?The parcels post will undoubtedly be established be fore the present session of congress ad journs. This logical extension of the rural free delivery service links the rural carrier of today still more closely to his old proto tvue of the oarlv west, the Ponv Express. There still live in the far west white-hair ed but hardy old men who ran tell you stories of their hardships and thrilling ad ventures in the early fifties and sixties, as they order by pony and stage coach CO and 75 miles daily to carry the mail. With the coming of the railroads the ex press company drove the boys on the In dian ponies out of business. Since the civil war the express companies have grown amazingly and paid enormous divi dends. There was no special objection to that, but it finally dawned upon the law makers that these giant corporations, with practically small investments, were earning a large part of this money in a field which was peculiarly the govern ment's own. The United States has, and should long ago have insisted upon, a natural monopo ly in the package carrying business through the postal service. By means of its flat rate on parcels, higher than the international postal rate, the government taxed its own citizens for four-i?ound par cels more than it would carry the sam? parcels many times the distance for eiti" zena of tother countries. It played into the hands of the express companies, and gave them a government monopoly. But finally, after _regulating the rail roads, the national government turned its attention a few months ago.to the express companies with the result that rate came down, as they should have come years ago. DEMAND FOR PARCELS POST HEEDED. Thou the constantly growing demand for the modernizing of the old little used parcels post system, limited to four-pound packages on which;the government charges 61 cents, reached a .climtfx. Both houses of congress have heard and heeded the de mand. ' To Senator Jonathan Bourne, chairman of the "senate committee on post-offices and post roads, belongs a vast amount of credit for his work in finally perfecting the zone system by which the flat rate which the farmery of 'the country have been demanding for a long time is replac ed by the more equitable and fair zone system based on both weight of parcels and distance carried. Compared to former express rates and ? existing postal Urates, the proposed new parcel post rates are in many cases very cheap. For instance, a farmer living on a rural Only one Deal \{ A. can sell yoq di fairest-priced a be Kacf anywh< sells Thg \ VOT AN VftTA. Each, best Thl# t McOOI Mowers a AlLEEPii AGENT We can furnish you Machinery on short get your wants fillet Get a Clover Leaf ( in buom jlu We carry Columbia Abbeville M ABBEVI] ii i ii ii iiiinifciyiiiiiii iiiirfi I route 15 or 20 miles from the city posto! ; flee, can have delivered in town or on an; P | rural route radiating from his uearos ! postoflice an 11-pound 'package for 1 j cents. Berries or butter, eggs or milk [ cheese or honey, "will ultimately be sen ; by the rural free delivery carrier to towi in 11-pound packages tor la cents. in< farmer can also secure from town prompt ly by the use of tho telephone and the ru I ral carrier supplies for the house, parts o j farm tools aud machinery, kitchen uten ' sils, salt and sugar anil the things hi must bring from the store.J If his package is to be ^delivered outsidi of the routes served from his town post office, and not more than 50 miles, the rata ' will be 35 cents. J If outside the 50-mile zone, and withir . the 150-mile zone, the rate would be 6 cent.' ' i for the llrst pound and 4 cents for eacl ' I additional pound aud thus the tnaximun j package of eleven pounds would cost hin ;! 40 cents. BATES FIXED BY BOUBNE BILL,. | i3?K?w are uie races nseu uy mo uxigr ' nal Bourne bill, according to zones, anc ; also the amended bill, as it will be passed Each ad ' First ditional 11 lb,N lb. lbs. I Original Bourne bill: ! Rural routes and city delivery . $0.05 $0.01 $0.1i 50-niile zono .06 .02 ,2< 200-mile zone .07 .03 .3; 500-mile zone .08 .04 .1{ 1,000-mile zone .11 07 .81 2,000-niile zone.. . .12 .10 1.15 Over 2,000'miles.. .. .12 .12 1.32 Amaiutarl Bourne bill: | Rural route and city j delivery 05 .01 .1! ! 50-mile zone 05 .03 .3! 1150-mile zone 06 .04 .H 300-railezone 07 .05; .5' ! 600-mile zone 08 .06 .6t ; 1,000-mile zone 09 .07 .75 j 1,400 mile zone 10 .00 1.0( 11,800-mile zone 11 .10 1.1] j Over 1,800 miles 12 .12 1.3! i Senator Bourne in his report of th< j measure said: "Objection is made to this substitute boeAuse It does not expressly enumerate | articles of farm produce which shall tx inailable by parcel post. Asjwill be seen by reference to the language of the meas ure, this service will provide for the trans portation of all commodities not now car ried as llrst, second, or third class mail within the weight and 9ize limit and no i injurious to the mails or postal employees I "Other criticisms of t he bill are that it j provides an 11-pound limit, that It does not include a collect-on-deli very , system at i to both postage charges and price of tht [ article shipped, that it does not provide ! for insurance or indemnification, that the I rates are higher than the indicated ooat of ; the services .requires, that the adminis trative brangh should ;be given authoritj : to change rates and zones, that the pre# j ent compensation of railroads for trans portation of the mails is excessive, whlcj I 1? ~ ! CXLTbb lliUbt uc ti uulucii mu biio ! post service. I "As alieady stated, the committee full realizes that this substitute is not perfect, i and we believe that some of the addition I al features suggested should be and latei I will be incorporated in the parcel post ser I vice. We believe, however, that in thus extending the postal service we shouk not undertake so many innovations as tx e* in ' this Town e highest grade, >ffee and tea K> ire, for he alone rot ii2S COFFEE N TEA of its kind lealer It _ iMlUiv M Rakes EtS IN STOCE 'S FOR Harvester to. all kinds of Farm notice. See us and I in advance. Spreader. We have . stock. full line of s Wagons otor Car Co., LLE, S. C. > eiiibatrasfi the postofflce department.1 y The matter of compensation of the rail t roads is of great importance and the com 5 mittee on postofflces and post roads has directed the introduction of a bill provid t ing a new basis of payment designed to a cover the actual cost to the railroads, with 0 a reasonable profit. This subject is too - complicated to dispose of at this session, - but it is expected the b\ll will be before f congress for action at the session begin - ning in December. 3 "When the parcel post service has once been inaugurated, details such as insur 9 ance, 'collect on delivery, reduction of - rates, increased weignt uuiib, wit;., w?u uw 3 rapidly added as experience indicates the character of! new service that shoulu be i provided. The postofflcc department is > satisfied as to the practicability of the i parcel post system recommended by the i committee, and will [lend every effort to i make it a success." FEASIBILITY OF PARCELS POST. l,On the subject offadvlsability and feasi bility of the parcels post it is worth while I to consider the |fact that nearly all the : civilized countries in the world have par cels post systems, and have had them in operation for a>number of years; no coun try has abandoned the parcels post whsn once established, nor is there any de mand among the people or the retail mer > chants for such abandonment. > The extension of the present parcels post system and postal service in hand I ling fourth-class mail matter will be of ob vious advantage to millions of people in I the rural districts who are not convenient ! to express offices. The total routes cov ered by the express companies aggregate approximately !258,000 miles. The mail > routes cover 435,000 miles, not including ( over 1,000,000 miles of rural routes. The > parcels post will give the convenience of f express service to the people living on i 1,777,000 miles of post routes not now en > joying that service. ) While the rates proposed in the amend l ed bill are not as low as the rates in the * original bill; they are in most cases lower 3 than the existing express rate*, and es , pecially so for the small-sized packages h sent shod distances. It is believed that i; after the system is adopted and thorough 3 ly organized and made effective the rates , proposed may be materially reduced and . I still ;bring a profit to the government .1 over all operatiug cost. But even considering that the rates ( only partially reduce the prevailing ex t press charges, there are other obvious ,, advantages ,to the people. The postal t, service reaches all the people, the express ) service only a limited number, j' Th0 charge made by an express com pany for a 200-mile haul covers the trans i portation .of a package only from one , town to another without any rural service and with a limited city delivery service. . On the other hand, the government, under r this proposed parcels post system, will . take a parcel from a farmer's home on a . rural route, carry it'to town, transport it OAA *>-?{1 Aft a?? mnva ai?qr roll tv\llfoC! un/1 [ then, if desired, deliver it to another far mer out on another rural route. In other [ words when the parcels post rates are compared with express rates there should . also be a comparison of the character of r service rendered. The measure will be a long stop toward , cheap transportation to all the people for I small articles and will be an added con ) venience to many millions of American citizens who are denied the advantages of such service enjoyed by the people of oth er countries. It will also have a wholesome effect on the express companies and have a tenden cy to lower the rates charged by them, which have bee:> a subject of complaint for many years. i TDK I'HO?KKS?I VE" PARTY Is the individual, man or womaD, who .use* Foley Kidney Pilln for backache, ' " V* ?"w-? ? ? 1? k>\ rkf Vt At> ,1 ucuiiloiioLu , nran uoua, ouu wiuri Ikidney and bladder irregularities. .Foley KidDey Pills are healing, Vtrengtheniuc, tonic, and quick to produce beneficial rt-puitp. Contain no harmful drug*. Never sold in bulk. Put up in two frizes in sealed bottles. The genuine in a yellow package. McMurray Drug Co. Control of Floods. Flood control of the Mississippi valley was declared to be an engineering project second only to the Panama Canal, by the Deep Waterways Commission held in Chi cago. It was agreed that only through ^Government could control he secured, but fthat returns from waterpowers thus cre mated, and the sale of reclaimed lands would go far toward capita'ifcing the eu terprize. The tlncreasing vjlume of the annual floods was shown to be due not to any material increase in their original 4-s\ ov^-;fw.;n 1 liu ill kjl iaiu ut ouw r*, uut iaj at. wu ditlons. In the northern states thousands of miles of tiling have been laid by far mers to drain swamps, low lands and small lakes, which enables the rapid es cape of excessive water. Thus thousands of small harmless floods are dumped into the Mississippi to unite and descend in one Overwhelming disastrous avalanche of water. It was shown that the remedy for this need not be the discontinuance of drain age of northern low lands, but the con struction of enough reservoirs to hold and control the abnormal spring freshets near the source. Also that great good could be accomplished if northern state farmers would plow their land from 12 to 18 inches deep, instead of 5 or 6 inches as at pres ent. This would give the soil an oppor tunity to absorb and retain a much larger quantity of moisture, amounting to as much as 40 to 50 tons of water per acre, and which, It was claimed, would increase the value of crops throughout these states fully threefold. One of the interesting developments of the convention was tl)e announcement that there are three possible routes for the diversion of excess water of the upper Mississippi by canals to .LaKe Michigan: First, from St. Paul to Green Bay, 25'J miles; second, LaCrosse to Milwaukee, 185 miles;and third, Galena to Chicago, 152 miles. v The damage caused by the 1912 flood is Estimated at $200,000,000. Two -such floods alone cost as much as the Panama Canal. ' The subject Is one which is bound to re ceive attention from now oil, and will be considered at the meeting of governors at Richmond, at which time a permanent board will be appointed to investigate and report.?H. H. Windsor in the September Popular Mechanics Magazine. AUTO SALES. Among recent sales of automobiles by the Abbeville Automobile Company are the following: Neville Bros., West Union, S. C., K Passf>ti2ftr fi nvlinrlfir Everift. H. J. Haynesworth, Greenville, S. C., 6 Passenger 6 Cylinder Everitt. R. L. Cannon, Anderson, S. C., 5 Passenger Everitt "36." If C'onkey's Chicken-Pox or Sore Head Remedy don't give satisfaction, your mon ey cheerfully refunded at The McMurray Drug Company. W. i The Wagon 1 VI Today of solid steel* i are steel,with str< shrink, roi or worl wheels. IT LASTS w. > COMING ATTRAC 'A Manager Cheatham, of the Opera House, has returned from his vacation, much im proved in health and enthusiastic about the prospects for the coming theatrical season, which he is confident will be one of the best in the history of the local play house. He has already booked some splen did attractions for the season which opens next month and is in touch with others that will add to the already strong list which he has booked. The season will open September 9th with "Naughty Marietta." This is a charming light opera, abounding in musical num bers which will be sure to delight a dis criminating public. Miss Florence Web ber, who Is leading lady in this attraction, is pleasantly remembered in Abbevillo for her work In "The Climax," which afforded suoh pleasure to local theatregoers last season. Those who witnessed Miss Web ber's work last year will be glad to hear of her return engagement in "Naughty Ma rietta." The press agent says of this at traction : Oscar Haminorstein announces the lo cal visit of Naughty Marietta. Florence Webber, his newest vocal discovery, is the star and the supporting company numbers sixty voices, mostly recruited by Mr. Ham merstein from his grand opera forces. The music Is by Victor Herbert and will be dis played through the medium of a special orchestra carried by the company. The book is by Rida .Johnson Young and re lates a tale of romance and adventure lo cated in New Orleans about 1780. Naughty Marietta is the title bestowed on the part portrayed by Miss Webber. She is a little French countess who runs away from her convent apd joins a shipload of maidens being sent out to America by the King of France to become the wives of his soldiers. In New Orleans she meets an American, who is a pronounced woman hater. She J L EY LIST. ???? 4 The following is a list of the petit jurors drawn for the court of general sessions, for the term beginning on Monday, Sep tember 2, being the first Monday in the month: 10 E. H. Richey Cedar Springs ?1 iff PoimoW AhhavlUp J. E. Taggart Calhoun Mills D. C. Britt Calhoun Mills Je6se Bonds Lowndeeville R. L. Keaton Diamond Hill L. J. Davis Donalds J. K. Deason Bordeaux J. M. Graham Abbeville W. P. Wham Cedar Springs F. D. Simmons Abbeville C. V. Martin Donalds Sam Irwin Abbeville S.S.Boies Lowndesville L. A. Jackson Cedar Springs F. A. Carwile Due West M. S. Alewine Due West S. B. McCurry Diamond Hill W. J. Ammons Magnolia J. T. Blanchett Magnolia M. S. Phillips Donalds J. E.'Cornwell Magnolia 11. C. Perry ..Abbeville J. A. Moore Lowndeeville J. T. Poore Magnolia T t n v~ll Till I 12 ?J . Ij: isttuijjuuu mn 13 J. I. Crowther Diamond Hill 10 T. W. Barney Cedar Springs 11 J. T. Cox v Abbeville 10 S. F. Hammond Cedar Springs 10 A. E. Erwin Cedar Springs (i Thos. Nickles Long Cane 6 W.L.Dawson Long Cane ^13 J. O. Caun .Lowndesville 15 A. B. Andrews Calhoun Mills 5 P. R. Loner Due West Hay fever and asthma make August a month of intense suffering to many people. Foley's Honey and Tar Com pound gives prompt ease and relief, aud is soothing and healing to the in flamed membranes. Wm. M. Men ihew, N. Searsport, Me., says: "A few doses of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound relieved me of a severe at tnnlr r?f Anltimn mid luuu than H hot tip caused a complete cure." Refuse sub stitutes. McMurray Drug Co. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. PKOllATE COURT. Iu the Mutter of the Estate of J. N. Knox, Deceased. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All persons indebted to said estate must settle without delay, and those holding claims against the estate must present them properly attested to. Mrs. Sarah Rosaline Knox, Aug. 21,1912, St. Executrix. V -'J'*' 7'* ' v ' i. Ml'I III! nWl'l'i'l >0 Something You YOU will load your wagon thousands hard-running. Whether loaded half to two-third? what it is on Notice the large illustration of the roi light draft and long life ever put on a J THE DAVI ROLLER-BEAI WAG< every food qnallty yon pet in any ' and durabilty. It is guaranteed to caTr oiled Into its strongest forms and trussed like a t 3Dg round spokes forged solidly into the hubs and 1 t loose. No tires to set; so breakdowns; no repa Af 1FFTIMF 0110 Davenport Is all 'service of the best woe OME TO t. C TIONS 3 r THE THEATRE fails in love with him and, to {fain his love/ passes throug^ h remarkable series of ad ventures. To conceal her Identity she is compelled to masquerade as a street singer; to maintain her reputation she ap pears in a theatre as an actress ^he is courted by a famous pirate, who is pro tected by the reigning officials, and to aid her lever she discloses her identity and is instrumental in him accomplishing his mission to New Orleans. The story fairly bristles with romance and intrigue, with merriment and adventure?for in those early days New Orleans was the rnecca or the nobUlty In America, who strangely contrasted with the democracy of the Americans. The story Is unique, thrill ing, fascinating, amusing. It is an admir able foundation for Victor Herber's music which includes some of the most charac teristic numbers ever written by him. Naughty Marietta easily justifies the ca pacity business which generally greets it, and the record of six months at the New York Theatre in New York City and two years in this country, indicates its artistic values recognized by the critical music loving public of America. It Is indeed a charming light opera, delightfully sung by Miss Webber and her associates and pre sented in an environment of excellence in keeping with the usual Hammerstein standard. Other attractions which have been book ed include: ."The Goose Girl." "Madame Sherry." / ? "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway." "Mutt and Jeff." "The Traveling Salesman." "Baby Mine." "Over Night." "Introduce Me." "Bohemian Girl." "The Servant in the House." ^ "The Havoc." Returns Ironi Markets. Mr. G. M. Rhode returned last Saturday from New York and other Northern mar kets, where he went to purchase a select line of fall goods for the firm of D. Polia koff, with which hq is connected. While in the North, Mr. Rhode was for tunate enough to happen in Sea Girt, N.J., on the day that Governor Wilson was notified of his nomination. Mr. Rhode is enthusiastic about the line of goods which he secured for the fall business. A. S. Jones, of the Lee Pharmacy, Chico, Cal., who has handled Foley & Co.'s medicines for many years, says : "I consider that Foley's Honey and Tar Compound has no equal, and is the one cough medicine I can recom mend an containing no narcotics or other harmful properties." The gen uine in a yellow package. 'McMurray Drug Co. Money to Loan. I have about $2,000 to loan on good COl ln fornl J. S. \forSA. se: Yon Want The We I Y< I Sign the blank, and send it mediately. On April 1st, 1' vou. vou may have choice < SUBS SOUTHERN RURALIS You are authorized to 1ST for 3 years. You are 1 $1.00 for the three-year per at liberty to stop the RURj Name. Date_ . We are overstocked or rial and are making make room for other in every day CALL TO S A. 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