The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 13, 1913, Page 7, Image 7
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ABOUT 40 MILLION PACKAGES. '
Parcel Post Business Ihiring January?Still
Increasing.
Washington, Feb. 6.?Ap'proxi
mately 40,000,000 parcel post pack-,;
ages were handled during January; 1
At the fifty largest postoffices 19,365,433
parcels were handled in the i
first month of the operation of the
new system and the business ofj ;
the last two weeks exceeded that ofj
the first two weeks by more than five ! <
million packages. j 1
> * Chicago exceeded all other cities |1
in the number of parcels handled, its j
total being 4,163,153. New York j
handled 3,519,788; Atlanta, 183,-j
? 000; St. Paul, 1*81,056; New Or-h
leans, 166,391; Dallas,- 130,200; i
Louisville, 114,076; Richmond, 100,-;
000; Nashville, 69,270; Jacksonville, j <
42,963.
The present season is the dull one
in postoffice business, but even if
there should be no increase in the j .
parcel post work about 500,000,000 j
would be handled during the first j .
year. Some postmasters estimate the j
first year's total will be one billion !,
packages. ;
From the more remote sections of!
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the country, postmasters report mer-,! .
chants are preparing to extend: ^
their fields to the rural districts j (
; through the new system, and farmers j
are preparing to send products to j :
cities and towns upon the opening .
of the spring season. j ,
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The preliminary appropriation for;
the establishment of the parcel post j ,
has been exhausted and Postmaster |!
General Hitchcock to-day asked for.
? an additional appropriation of $750,000.
Here is a Good Move.
\ The greatest chain of drug stores
in America is called Liggetts. Its
president, Louis K. Liggett, celebrated
new year's day by issuing this order
to its store in Boston and 21
other cities in the United States and
Canada:
"From this date no intoxicating
liquors of any kind will be sold in any
' Liggett store in the United States or i
Canada."
This is a wholly voluntary step toward
high-business ideals, for the j
law quite generally sanctions the sale ;
of liquor by drug stores in quantities \
of a half pint or more. Liggetts had !
already discontinued throughout its
chain of retail stores the sale of habit-forming
drugs, or anything to be
used for questionable purposes, not'
waiting for-these things to be for-1
bidden by law.?Colliers Weekly.
There are some graft germs in almost
any man's make-up.
Thp bald headed man can't under
spect gray hairs.
* The seeker after truth has a lifetime
job.
The greatest bai
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taKe piace in oui
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Remember we a
sold by that da;
doing every min
o'clock a. m. C
"want. You will
Be on hand at tl
article you want
there will positi\
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TWO BABIES AND A WOODEN LEG |
By Parcel Post?Mail Carrier Battles j
with Wildcat.
Barnwell, Feb. 6.?The story of \
an exciting trip with the mail is told ;
by Edgar F. Phillips, mail carrier on i
Cinder Route, No. 6. Phillips, in an j
interview here to-day, says last Saturday,
among his parcel post packages
were two babies and a wooden
leg, and that before the completion
f his trip he was attacked by a wild
:at, finding it necessary to employ
the use of the wooden leg to protect
his live mail.
The babies gave him no trouble,
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nourishment before being consigned
to the mails. Postage on one infant
was 16 cents, while the other required
17 cents.
Patting Him in the Face.
The two colored brothers were apparently
about to come to blows.
Rhetorical threats had been flying
fast.
"Niggah, don't mess wid me,"
warned one, " 'cause when yo' do yo'
sure is flirtin' wid a hearse."
"Don't pesticate wid me, niggah," J
replied the other, showing a great:
bony flst; "don't fo'ce me fo' to press !
dis upon yo', 'cause if yo' do, Ah'll j
hit yo' so lia'd Ah'll separate yo'!
Ideas from yo' habits! Ah'll just !
nacherallv knock yo' from amazin'
grace into a'fioatin' opportunity."
"If you mess wid me, niggah." replied
the other, "Ah'll jest make one I
pass and dere'll be a man pattin' yo' \
in de face wid a spade tomorrow j
mornin'."?Cotton Oil News.
Negroes Opposing Stewart Bill.
Madison, Wis., Feb. 6.?The Stew-1
art bill prohibiting the marriage of j
negroes and whites is meeting with |
sharp disapproval from the negro:
contingent of Wisconsin. The Book- j
er Washington Men's Forum of Mil- |
waukee has petitioned the legislature |
against the proposed law, branding i
it as a "vicious attempt at class legis-!
lation" contrary to the political and ;
civil economy of our republican in- j
stitutions." Assemblvman T. E. !
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Stewart declared he introduced the i
measure to prevent marriages "like j
that of Jack Johnson and the Cam- .
eron girl/"
"The legal barrier cannot effectually
check amalgamation," wrote J.
W. Wood, of St. Mark A. M. E. ]
church, of Milwaukee, to the legisla- j
ture. "There will be amalgamation i
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CllUWilt, IHC I UW.O * A A. KS A. ^*?v- *W4. T? r
Before a girl can make up her mind
what man to have for her best beau
she has to make up his.
The trouble with having money is j
it takes more than you've got to live i
up to it. I
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'gain giving event ev
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be surprised at the
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STRIKE MOB USES BOMB.
Two Officers Hurt when Infernal Machine
Explodes.
New York, Feb. 6.?A mob demonstrating
in the interest of garment
makers, on strike from shops in the
Williamsburg section of Brooklyn,
employed a bomb as a weapon in
their warfare to-day. Edward Hartman
and John Hopp, two special officers
guarding a shop affected by
the strike, were seriously hurt by
glass and scrap iron from the infernal
machine. The explosion wrecked the
front of the building and precipitated
a panic among the operatives.
A police sergeant and five patrol
men were beaten by the mob. Reserves
dispersed the strikers after a
struggle in which five men and two
girls were made prisoners.
A thousand operatives returned to"
work in a number of shops throughout
the city to-day. after remaining
on strike for more than a month.
All their demands, including better
pay and shorter hours were granted,
their leaders said.
Thoipas Rickert, of Chicago, president
of the United Male Garment
Workers of America, declared that by
Sunday a vote will be completed
among the strikers regarding the
peace proposals of employers.
TOP OF HE A J) BLOWN OFF.
Distressing Accident Reported from J
Lower Florence County.
Florence, Feb. 5.?News was received
in the city of a distressing
accident, which occurred near Hannah,
in the lower part of the county,
Monday. The report is to the effect
that a 13-year-old son of a Mr. Wise
attempted to remove a shotgun from
its rack at the Wise home, when it
fired and the load took effect in the
head of a little eight-year-old brother
of the boy, blowing off the entire
top of the skull of the child.
The boy who removed the gun
stated that he was unaware of the
gun being loaded, as he thought his
father always removed the shell from
the gun before placing it in the rack.
Modern Hi fie Wounds.
Wounding an enemy in war is better
than killing him, for unless he is i
captured it imposes on his side the j
burden of taking care of him, says i
Popular Mechanics. The Balkan'
war has again proved that the bullet j
of the modern high-power rifle with j
its terrific speed will go straight;
through a man, penetrating the most!
vital organs, without killing him;
and it has even been found to go
through from four to six men, one
behind the other. This puts them
cut of the fight, but at the same time
it is a good thing for the fighter, for
it gives him a better chance for his
! life.
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FJXDS HORSES IX HER PARLOR.
Housewife Surprised at "Nerve" of
Runaway Beer Team.
Chicago, Feb. 5.?"Well, the |
nerve of some people's horses," exclaimed
Mrs. John McCarron to-day
when'she rushed from the kitchen to
investigate a crash in the front part
of her home and found a team of
draught horses tramping on the parlor
carpet.
The team had run away and the
front of the frame dwelling of the McCarrons
had offered but slight resistance
to their maddened impact. All
that kept the horses from continuing j
through the place was the beer wag- .
on to which they were attached and ,
which caught in the wreckage of the
hrpaohprl wall
Lynched for Killing Woman.
Houston, Miss., Feb. 7.?Andrew
Williams, aged 35, a negro, was
lynched by a mob here early to-day.
Williams is suspected of having
murdered Mrs. John C. Williams,
wife of the deputy chancery clerk of
this county, who was found dead in
her home here yesterday. Her body
was fpund in an abandoned pit under
the house.
Robbery is believed to have been
the motive for the crime as a diamond
riricr which Mrs Williams wore
was missing.
When the mob attempted to take
Williams from the jail, where he was
confined, he offered desperate resistance,
but was finally dragged from
the building and lynched to a tree m
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a confession.
The lynching came after admissions
by two negro women who told
a number of citizens in the presence
of the local authorities they had seen
him enter the Williams home. <
The Drunkard's Cloak. t
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One of the quaint instruments of ]
torture in England in olden time was
a device known as the drunkard's
cloak. It was made of wood and in
shape resembled a huge inverted i
flowerpot. Through the small cir- i
cular aperture in the top was thrust!
the neck of the imprisoned inebriate. |
The weight of this ancient counter- !
part of the. ^traitjacket fell on the
victim's shoulders and was sufficient
to make every bone in his body ache. j
With his hands practically pinned j
to his sides and the garment reaching
almost to the. ground the only motion
allowed him was slow shuffle of his '
weary feet as he dragged his way j
painfully along. One can well be- j
lieve that any one who had been compelled
to don the drunkard's cloak
would be very apt to come to the
conclusion that a high old time was
not worth having at the price.
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