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V?K I'AKCKW POHT Ui H*m?e ?4 lfariu (ioud Adirlct*. v I uew paruel po?t systom i,nH Bat lu operation for more three weeks, and even at thin Kig |t l? possible to nee where oer IrT',, |, .11, ..I < hauge* Jjti the rates KT other regulations must be made EVder to increase Abe usefulnoHH Ki l^uuflf of the service. po?inl authorities have an Lauced that t tiiu t-oHt must bo ru_ BJowl, Mild ingestions liavo been C*l* *? <o Vuw along whi<& this ETbe done. Tbe mo?t important and radical j# (hcs.- iH tbo proposed change In h? rate on all parcel* mailed for toliyery?at tbe name office or rural muU) *v|iere mulled or within a ra Httgof fifty miles of the same. At ire#t'ot the rate for thl? /one iu ft for the flrwt pound and 3 *u(H f?>r each add'-ional pound, md it in proponed to chauge tbla to k fl>t rate of f> cents for all size ackuK??- ? Another change wiJI probably bo pade in In the weight limit for pur ale. At present this limit fa >ftve? pounds, hut tbla maximum iy in tbe future he no pound*, in DOW the limit In (ierioany. .fbero in one point whore the gov fatten t expert* fell down; this is ?he ub? of the Bynteni by farmer* Cod people living ift the rural <1Ih Ciohi. It whh predicted that there Could he a Iuiko amount of busi Efeg between the rural ?nd Hie |lly dlat rlotM. Tbe surprising thing iu, only a which u a dull weapon in agriculture when the farmer* have little to Ml| that would appeal to the email buyer in the city. 8ecoud, lumen* are alow and careful iu trying out * new oynteui euoli uh thin, and wUh to eee the parcel po*t~ method of hi a i ket in ii worked out on a email qcaie before they begin to u*e it widely. Finally, while it waa eaay enough for the prophet* to ?ay that the parcel post opened n new umrket for the farmer by MlQllBg him to mail umall packages of garden pro duce direct to l)in cuHioiuerH in the city, it 1m u different mutter for t}?o individual farmer, living on hi# farm In tlu country, to gat liuo touoh with t im>?u unknown people iu the city who lutiy be willing und glad to pay fancy prices for r r?>^? and early vegatableu, it lit true that there are people living In Oto city who would !??? glad to he supplied with a pound or two of butter a. week, a dozen or more of freah ??kkw, und u bu?ket of your oarlle?t vegetable#, it 1b uIbo true that there are many farmers wiio could uupply thiu demand ihru the parcel po?t at a much lower coat than the city groceries. The problem that the farmer* muHt solve is how to know the possible custo mers in the city. lOach man must work out thlt* prol> i- in tor himself, i>ut Home and rw" offer? theHo uuggestioiiH for t ho aid of it? readers. if you have friends in the city, let them know that you ar?< ready to send them a lUBlleid amount coUhlry produce every week by par-; col pout , Try to get tiiHeo peoplo an regular customers, and awk them Zone* ami Kate*. Weight I pound , [2 pounds i 3 pounds 4 pounds [5 pounds [4 pounds 7 pounds [8 pounds 9 pounds 10 pounds II pounds Pi rut Zone. 2# 2 a So tJ . ??: : s'? ? a is to $0.05 .08 .20 .28 .26 .29 .32 .35 $0.00 .10 .14! .18 .22 .26 .30 .34 .38 .42 .46 c> A ^ $ IS. N O $0.07 .12 .17 .22 .27 .32 .37 .42 .47 .52 ' .57 o n <v Jz o ??-> s* si P ? ? o <?> ^ ?a CO o o N O ?2 o ? * $0.08 .14 "ISO ,26 .32 .38 .44 .50 .56 *.62 .68 $0.09 .16 .23 .30 .37 .44 ?5i .69 .65 .72 .79 c. o| rH ^ ?-a a o QO jG3 r?. MS to $0.10 .19 .28 .37 ,46 .55 .64 .73 .82 .91 1.00 o o *! 8 ojc: 0 0 8o 1 o i3 $0.11 .21 .33 .41 .51 .61 ,71 .81 .91 1.01 1.11 unall amount of business lias come o the city offices frpm the rural HatrietH, aiid the number of parcels tandled between the rural stations las been far below what was expect ;d. It seeniH that the farmers have lot as yet grasped the possibilities >pened to them by means of the >arcel post; or, if they have, ' they ire not yet in position to make^fflto ){ them. This is probably duo to several reasons: First, that the system ?ent into operation January 1, to tell their friends about yoti. Advertise In Home and Farm and In the city papers. Run a small ad vertisement Informing tho public that you are ready to ship fresh country supplies to any person in the city who will write to you stat ing their wants.. In this way you can connect with a numoer of customers, and then It is up to you to hold them by satis factory service. Do not contract for more business" than ^you can supply, because- your customers will soon J. W. Melton's Music House Camden, South Carolina When on the market for a HIGH GRADE PIANO, PLAYER-PIANO or REED ORGAN call at our establishment on South jjgfTg-V ? . ? ? ' ? ^ Main Street and look over our stock. "We Carry Everything in Music." yr~ Write for catalogue, price list and terms. x 111 | . Be sure to mention kind of instrument wanted. Ko to other farmer* if you canuot Kive them reliable a?rvUe. - Your farm and your products uhould havo a dlstlnotlve name, aud all your buslnosii ami udvortialuK . 1 1 ' m 1 1 <i tx? done under that immu Th(? uame will attract the atten tion of the people who would uever not toe you otherwise, and it will give your farm nud your products a distinction that will not them apart from other dealers. After you get your customer* you should keep them informed ahead of time as to what supplies you will ho ablo to furnish them, For Instance, if you know thtU in a week you will havo on hand a sup ply of early strawberries, write to some of your best customers or tel- j ephoii. to ' U' im , and tell tlicm that you win be k1h<i to mmi them a basket of fine strawborrlea on the week i < ?i low tun. in t IiIk way you will probably bo able to sell all i your iupply before you pick tbomj and remember that you do thl? and complete yo^r entire sale without ever leaving your farm. r gut ter and other supplies may be sold in the suiue way. Tihese may bo packed in paper cartonn manufactured especially for this purpose, and they insure Hafe delivery. A pound of butter ui\d a dozen ckks so packed will weigh from three to four pounds, and the cost <> f mailing will be froip ii t<? i ?; ooiitVr Success after this point depends entirely on the quality of your Koodw and the satisfaction that you give your customers; but H is at leapt worth your whilo to form buHinusH connections with a few city folk willing to buy your farm jpfOdUOU when you have them to apj^rc. ? J. D. Craig, In Homo and Farm. Mr. 11. M. Hudson, formerly of thin county, but now a prominent planter of Borkley county, wiih ft visitor to friends In Camden t t)i? week. \ Former Clerk of Court, 1,. I. Par rot of Sumter county, was in Cam den Monday. ? ' # A lte|H?rt. The following extract from the annual report of the Adjutant Gen eral shows up well for the Kershaw Guard? and also shown that these young men take an Interest in their company and always try to keep it' up to a high standard: "Commissioned present, 3; Enlis ted present, 34; Total present 37} Total absent, 5; Total present and absent, 42. Remarks: A smart looking com pany, well trained in military tac tics. Company officers well quali fied for office. Discipline well un derstood by th? men. Property In excellent condition. Records well kept. Company commander a man of exceptional military ability." The inspection of this company wilt be held on March 13th, ? this year and preparations are already under way to make e*en a better Showing than last year. WraOKTOH NKWB NOTKH (Xwuiiiuity is hwwhUMHHl by of Mr. I*. T. Ilrueo. Boyktn. 8. C? Jan 32. Our on tiro community . wuh Haddt-ned on luhi Wodneaduv uftentuon, Jun. 15, 1913, at 3 o'clock when tho #?mtlo apliit of Mr. l\ T. liruce wufted Hh w*y from ourih ?<? ilu> liouvonly homo "I 1 1 f' 1 1 1 ami love Ho' hud t>e*n tu foobio health for aeverul I ???*??' ' I ? . >?< the Oltd WU .1 HlictrU to UU fatutly iuid hoftt <?r frtendn. Mr Hruco uuiM ; u Ihk.i for many youra. Ho alao devoted much of a la t tin.' to Biib4ri toboo) work. May our Heavenly Father who i doe* everything for our good ooiu- j foi l ! I,,.. . w li.t (Ml Ills drill h k< ? II eat. Ilo ieuvea h widow And tho following children: Alec, Tom, j iron. , tovu. yu he!, ciiarii??, John, i Kate, Clyburh and Sarah. *How bleat tho rlghtooua, whou v ' jho die*, ?Where alnka a weury houI to rent, How mildly hoama tho cloalug I ?y?>?. How gently heave* the expiring br?uth." Thoae who* attended tho Shiver Hatfield wedding at I'iaaah on laat Wod nohdn y evening were Mra, (.J. W, AnimoiiH, MIbbcb Maud (lard nor, Mamlo UtlllH, Hnttlt* tluBBey, Jo?b?*? Owena and Fugeuo Owouh. Mr. Ed Sowell haa returned from A viait to relatlvea at' Kerahuw. MctUiiH. W, Hoaglo and J. <*? HumphrioR wore In C'aindon on laat Friday. Kugeno I'eareo apent laat week end at tho home of IiIb father Mr. B. M. I'oarco, Sr. ' MIbb Hattio Iluaaey Bpent laat week-end in Camden with MIbb Anna Kato Alford on Fair Street. MIbb JobbIo Owena Jb apendlng thia week with rolativeB in Ker ahaw. p vkcnlh post ui<:coiti>. < 'hat l< sl?)|| 1 ,<><1 Sunt |, Carolina cities Willi a,88tf ru?k?g<s. Washington, Jan. 18. ? During the first week of the operation of tho parcels j)oh( law Charleston led tho citlen of South Carolinu, handling 3,33;'. parcels, 1,000 of which wore outgoing. Columbia cnmo next with a total 2,51m, of which 1,159 wore out going. The first week really con sisted of hut five full days, as ono day was Sunday and another day a holiday. others cities and towns lu South Carolina reported the follow ing totals: Spartanburg, 1,454; Greenville, 1,3 26, (Jijeenwood, 610; Orangeburg, 666; Sumter, 689; Florence, 311; Anderson, r>34; Aiken, 209; Chester, 329; Oeorgotown, 208; Newberry, 315; Union, 197; Laurens, 176; Rock Hill, 416; Camden, 342. < Case Transferred. The term Of general session# court at An&ersou closed last Satur day aiglet. Before adjournment was ^reoiflietr Judge Shipp signed an?or der transferring the ease of Si P. Taylor, as administrator of tho es tate of S. M, Taylor, deceased, vs. the Southern camp of tho Woodmen of the World, from this court to the district court of the United States for the Western district of South Carolina. The suit was In stituted beofTuse of the death of S. M. Taylor, member of a deogree 'team of . Benson camp, Woodmen of I the World, near Honea Path, which occurred last July during the initia tion of Furmari Bagwell. It will bo recalled that Bagwell fired on Tay Jor, -who was leading the initiation. Damages to the amount of $20,000 are asked . The petition for the "tllinsTer was made by (Quaitlebaum & Cochran, local attorneys, for the Woodmen of the World. IDEAL AGK TO WED 25. At 30 Man Count* Cost, Silly ?t 20, Thinks Professor. Prof. Dallas Lore Sharp of the department of English at Boston university inclines to 25 years as the ideal age at which men should mar ry. He scoffs at 20' and 30. "There is nothing particularly God-fearing or discreet or reverent about 30," says Dr. Sliarpe. "Thir ty is the timid age. Twenty is the ageless age, the silly, milky, tass eled age, when a boy is still liable to be croupy and to need castor oil and his mother. "When ?, man reaches 30, how ever, he knows that he is not a poet and a captain of industry and that the moon is not made of cheese and that love in a cottage la not the same thing at all as love in the suburbs or in a city flat. Ho knows just enough at 30 to count the cost. A.; man who has figured all the way to; 30 will figure on to 31. As a matrimontal proposition a nian mAy be at .his best-4>etween 30 or- 4&> but as a genealogical proposition he is a dead trei> already. A man may perchance come to fatherhood, marrying at 30, once, even twice, indeed, as the records show, but 30 is too late to form the habit of it. "Marriage is not a 'matrimonial proposition,' but a family affair first and las^ and should be entered into at a time best calculated to promote the increase of tyibs About the groaning board. I am inclined to put' the ideal marriage time at 25." ? New York Sun. ! Auditor R?$aell was out in th? country several days this week tak ing tax returns. During his ab sence, Mr- J. J. Goodale was in the 'Auditor's office. Mr. John Coats . Drowned. Mr. John Coats, who lived on Mr. I>. D. Jones' plantation abont two miles east of Kershaw, had an epileptic stroke last Friday morn ing. He fell In a small stream, near which he was working, and ^as drowned before he could be rescued. Mr. -Ooals ww. about 80. years of age and is survived by his wife and five children. ~ The re mains werd^" Interred at Hickory Head phurch yard on Saturday af ternoon. .. * VOTING COUPON Ciood For 50 Votes ' '' \ "? ? In Tho Chronic W)k Automobile and Prlxe Content. ? ? ? - For (Mlaa or Mr?.) - -.'?TV- 'V " * ' " ' ' " ' '/> ' ' " : . ' u ' . ' ft-. /. ' ? ' . , ' . ; ' . ? / ' ' * : 1 . \ ? ? ? * ' ' ' / k ' <? ? ' ' - ' ? ' ' ' Add runt, , , . . ... ,i. ... ... ... ; . ' ,7 . : '? ? . s'" ' ? 7 ' *'? . .s >' : ' ???> Uitttrlft NO * riifsf coupons DBUlt be clipped out nuutly ;u>d hrounht or vent to Contest l)opurtm?nt of The Chronlcl.-, < 'amdi-n , s. c. * Coupons of thlw Ihhuo Dot k?>o<I iiHi'i' January 29, Car Load of Ford Cars Just Received* BPIjPWHjWji r V - . - \ -%?'.:# .,y. '/:. .?-* We also carry in stock complete line of * t parts for Ford cars D. C. Shaw, Agent SUMTER, S C. e AND HIDES HIGHEST M*SKET PRICE PAID" FOR RAW FURS AND HIDES Wool on Commitsion. Hit mentioning this ad. Writ* for price JOHN WHITE & CO. Established 1887 LOUISVILLE, KY. Atlantic Coast Line EoScted Tour TO .. - ....... '.v.; -*vry?; Panama- Jamaica f Cuba ? Florida VIA THE OVER-SEA RAILROAD? Over the Florida Keys Is Offered at a Comparatively SMALL COST The cruise will be on the Now Steamship Evangeline, of the P. & O. S. S. Co. (Length 364 ft., with 262 staterooma) sallingg from Key West January 7, 1913. Other sailings? Jan. 21, Feb. 4 and 18, March 4, and 18. April 1 and 15. For full information, the approximate eost of the trip from any point desired, and for schedules and reservations on trains and on the ship, address the understgned, who will accompany the party. P. M. -JOLLY, Traffic Agent, Atlantic Coast Line', WILMINGTON, N. O* 7 (Havana Office, Jan. 17 to Midsummer ? Pardo 6D It will only coat a postal card., worth ONE CENT to get the partlcu JUl H. ir Low Rates Via Seaboard Air Line TO COLUMBIA, - SOUTH - CAROLINA ACCOUNT : FIFTH ANNUAL CORN EXPOSITION ; FEBRUAR^ 9th?i9? 3 t? ticket? -from South Carolina points on tfflle dally from "'Jan. 27th to Feb. 8th inclusive, limited for the return until Feb. 9th. These tickets will include* one admission to Corn Exposition/ Tickets from other points on sale Jan. 20tli, 23rd, 25th, 87th, 31st, Feb. 3rd, 5th, 7th, 1913. Limited to reach original starting point re turning not later than^midriight of Feb. 12th, 1913. SIDE TRIP EXCURSIONS. *? " Side trips will, bo sold from Columbia to points in South Carolina. For detailed information and rates, call on nearest Seaboard Agent or write O. G. Donny, C. J. S. JBUchbor?er> T.P.A. C. W. Small, D. Pr'AV Columbia, 8. C. Savannah, Ga. Savannah, Ga. Jouannet's Frost Proof Cabbage Plants Are known as the best to be bad anywhere by thousands ?L??E!erIenced t>uy*r*# And are offered to you at prices common, Inferior pianWWlIJt MBiaib. - Plants tied in bunches of 25. r BICES: 75 cehts for 500 lots j $J.OO per lOOOj 5000 and over 85 cents per 1000. JOJJANNETS EAtLY GIANT ARGENTEUIL ASPARAGUS I DOTS, one year and two year old, $4 per 1000, $1 per 100. ?.: COUNT AND OATtAr ACTION OU^MttKD Low rates by Southern Express Co. Cash with order, please. Por a profitable crop sead yoor orders earty to AtfftED J0UANNET, l*i l?. MT. pleasant, S. C.