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CREATES WUl... ? * WHAT THE FAHH' BS (IF Slid IH CARDUM Mi) . CJ PRODUCTS Iffl RAISE Aid What They Contribute to the J< I' (General Prosperity and Wealth of j the Htato and Nation by Wliat c Cl ?n Tit4*1.. k'niniN Mild I) nrj nniui i'ii * >i< > ?. ..... _ V. Other Way*. c Statistics for farm products Tor 11 H South Carolina are presented in n bulletin noon to be issued by Director Durand of the Hureau of the Censtiff, Department <?f Commerce and i>abor. The returns for live stock' products obtained at the census of 1010, like those for cropo, nlato toj the activities of the calendar year 1909. It is impossible to give a total j reiiresentiiig the annual production of live stock products for the reason that the total value of products from 1 the business of raising domestic animals for use, sale, or slaughter can * not be calculated from the census returns. t*1 The number of farms which made 1 anj* report of milk produced during 11 190ft was 78,779, and the number or *1 cows on such farms on April 15, * 1910, was 1,10,000. The amount or M* milk reported was .17,162,000 gallons assuming that there were the sam* ' number of cows In 1909 as in 1910 ft< (his would represent an average of !J 278 gallons per cow. The total thus S( obtained for 1 909 is $2,801,000, which may bp defined as the total value of dairy products exclusive ot ^ milk and cream used on the farm d producing. Only a small proportion | a of the milk reported as produced by j a South Carolina farmers in 1909 was c. sold as such. The butter made on j jr farms in 1909 was valued at $2,56,1,-] 0, ooo. I The total number of sheep of h shearing age in South Carolina on o April 15, 1910, was 27,926, repre aenting a decrease of 4 6.7 per cont.,| p us compared with tho number on j () Juno J, 1000 (52,436). Thoapprox-(0 imate production of wool during a 1009 wm 28,167 fleeces, weighing I r, 86,819 pounds and valued at $20,-ig 4 32. Of these totals about two-fifths \? represent estimates. The number of; u fleeces produced in 1909 was 49 per; a cent, less than in 1899. Tho averago c weight per fleece in 1 909 was 3.1 J pounds, as compared with 3.2 pounds in 1 899, and the average talue per. pound was 2 4 cents, as compared p with 18 cents in 1899. I The total number of fowls on! v, South Carolina farms on April 15,|t 1 910, was 2.946.000. Of the 146.855 f, farms reporting fowls 24,53 4 did not' n report any eggs produced In 1909 p and 23,756 did not report any poul-'p try raised in 1 909. The production of eggs actually reported for tn? *" year was 9,7 2 2,000 dozens, valued <l ?i $1, 903,000. The total production r of egg" ir 19?9, including estimates " , where .. > reports were :nado, was 11,-i ? 049,0 x dozens, valued at $2,163,-j ll 000. i he total production of poul-j ( try ir 1909, including estimates 01 made "n tho name basis as for eggs, was ? 11,000 fowls, valued at $2,-) 5 4 8,000. ol ai Tin to'nl value of domestic ani- mals ' >ld during 1909 was $2,4 30,- ^ 000 a; d that of animals slaughtered on ..is *4,3 60,000, making an aggregate or $0,79 1,000. This tota?, I1 however, involves considerable dtip- ir lication resulting from the resale or 01 slaughter of animals which had been ' purchased by the farmerl during the same year. The value of the cattle, P' Including something less than one- w half of the total value of animals w sold, and the value of mules sold r??p- v: resented about one-fourth of the to- P tal. The total of crops In South Oaro- ^ Una In 1909 was $1 41,983,000. Of b this amount, 96 per cent, was contri- 8 butod by crops for which the acreage, ;l as well as the value, was reported, l< the remainder consisting of the value of by-products (straw, garden, and 1 grass seeds, etc.) derived from the ^ same land as other crops reported, ? r ** of orchard fruits, nuts, forest pro* w diets and the like. The combined a ie ?-eage of crops for whici acreage was reported was re''t? scnCng 84.6 per cent, of the t al improved land doubtless consisted ? of improved pasture, land lvlng fallow, house r.nd farm yards, and ltrid occupied hv orchards and vlneya'ds, the acreage for which wan not re- c ported. The general character of flov.tn ? Carolina agriculture is indicated by t the fact that about two-thirds (07.* per cent.) of the total value of crops ; In 1 909 was contributed hv otOcn, and more than ono-sivth (i7,9 r-or cent.) by cereals. The remain'" r, > Tepres^ntin,? 14.2 per rent, of 'he ( total, consisted mostly of potatoes, mid other voeota^l^R, forest proaucis, end hay and fornpe. , In 1009 (ho total aceago of pot*- j tooa and other vegetables was 10 8,- t 482 and tljolr value $0,922,021. Ex- t eluding potatoes and sweet pnt'it<\?\p , an<l yams, the acroago of repots hies j was 51,994 and their value $3,706,000, both acreage and value being decidedly greater than In 1899. The r<y port distinguishes between the fnrma | VhUk aiki tbm rttelftf ot recetabUa t ATTLMPTS ASSAULT LACK KIKM) ATTACKS LA I HUB IN TWO <H>l*\TIKS. of the Scoundrel# Hm Heen Caught and the Other 1m Being CtiMtni and Will Be. In the* liiHt ft?a' liiiVo tWO WllitC !?d ?b have been attacked in different aria of tho State by black fiends, "he intended victims escaped in tioi h aaea. One of the fiends has been aught and the other is being chased y a posaeoand it is hopeu mat no 'ill bo caught. The fiend that was aught was run down by blood puuda and ho ia now aafe in jail at i arn well. The first attempt was made near line over in Darn well County or? ueeday afternoon on o lady over l'ty yeara of ago, She was walking irough soma bashes near the edge ' a road, when Moyo, who was armed ith a shot gun, accosted her, tolling wr to coiuo to him or he would kill i>r. Tho woman refused to obey is command. The negro made no li t her attempt to carry out his purjso and tho lady reported tho matr. Tho hunt was taken up at once and io fiend, who proved to bo a lit gro iliing himself Cregarie Moyo, was 111 down and lodged in jail to await ial. After an ail night hunt, Moyo as caught at Cave's station VVodsday morning by a Mr. Walker who irned him over to the authorities, hero was no attempt at lynching, as ion as was first feared, as the poo le seemed to have cooled down )me what. Attempt in Varinn County. .War Pago's Mill in Marion I'oun* a black fiend a I tempted to assault jo wife of a fanner Tuesday night. Iter tiring a pistol to intimidate her nd choking her into a state of una. Sho was unconscious up a ite hour. The scoundrel made his mapo to a swamp after he failed in is purpose. The whole community * aroused over tho crime, the news f which spread like wild Are. The fieud did not accomplish his urpose because his intended victim ffored resistance. She had gone ovr to her father's house, which was few hundred yards away, und upon Eduriiing was confronted by the n<> ro. She fought hint off, altogether e used his pistol in an effort to inirnldato her and finally struck her stunning blow on the head with a hair or some other weapon. The father of the young woman card the shot which the would-be ssailant fired. He rushed to tho owe of his daughter with his rifile nd a shot gun. Ho fired three times -itbout efTeet at the fleeing negro, he bloodhounds which were brought rom N'lehols in Marion county did ot tako the trail of the negro. A irge posse of men are searching for im. business of some importance (huvlg produced vegetables valued at [>00 or more in 1909) and th.or farms, on most of which veg*>ihles are raised mainly for home jiiKumption. There were in 1909 niy 327 farms In tho first class r?*p'senting nearly otie-flftli of the toil acreage and more than ono-fl ftti f the total value, the average acrege of vegetables per farm for these irrris being 28.2 and the average Hue of product per acre ?86.13. Strawberries are by far tho most uportnnt ol the s*iu!I t rults rul?ed i South fbiroI?t<h Tb?? strawberry *op in 1909 was valued nt $108,3S. Tho total acreage of small 'uits In 1909, an Increase of 4 4.8 or cent. Tho production in 1909 as 1,408.000 quarts, ay comnared ith 959,000 quarts in 1899, and tho nine was $1 13,254 in 1909, aw comared with $59,48$ in 1899. The total quantity of orohnrd its produced in 1 909 was 199,000 unhols, valued at $956,000. roach*, a nd nectarines contributed conslderbly inoro than one-half of ibis quany an?l applies moat of the Terminer. The production of grapes in 909 amounted to 2,016.506 pounds, aluo dat $88,620; that of nuts to 76,013 pounds, valued nt $?<*>,KSK; - hilo the tropical fruits were valued t $49,778. TRIED TO WRECK TRAIN eeotul Time Attempt Has !l<*on Modi At Homo ITaryi Tho second attempt to wreck r :eaboard Air Lino railway pa3sengei rain was made Wednesday afternooi it Maxwell yards, which is about tv>< niles smith of Greenwood. A spiki vas driven in a switch and train .vn !2 the Northbound vestibule, whirl .van duo at 6:36 p. m, about 40 mile ui hour, derailing the baggage conch so one was injured, but the train wa jolayod about one hour and had t. proceed north minus the Inprgng ' each. That more serious dnmag was not done la marvelous, the rail end people say. Tho former attemp ~> wreck the train was discovered ii :lmo to prevent a derailment.. Rail -orui officiate are inveHtiugatln^ th iffair. The New York Frees has found on hnt. tho quickest. wnv to fled out nn-v Sody who Isn't to be trusted 1? t rust Ums. % HOW HE OPT THLH" FOKAKtR DlSCllSki km EXPOSURES I ? ? i LETTEBS WEKE STOLEN I i I Taken from tb? O.Hw of Art hhaltf, | t j Hundtid Oil M^nate, by hi* Trufit Kiu^lojrfttw And Hold to (lie j New York Publisher for m biff htuu of Mooey. Former Senator J. n. Foraker, of Ohio, iu Washington oq Wednesday produced a statement before tho sen' ate campaign expenditure invoatigati in& committee, piopared by Gilchrist ; Stewart, puipoiting to be baaed on u j desediptlon by YV. VV. W inker deli of how \\ ink''r J iclcJ and Charles Stamp j took the "Arclihold letter a" from ! me Standard Oil office and sold them t to a i oj'ji tentative of William H. Hearst. "Mr. Hearst said on Tuesday that ; he did not know how the letters were | procured," declared the former senator. "Such u preposterous story as that you might tell to the marines, but to no one else." M.r. Foraker ( said Stewart in 1 it08 sent hliu a news paper clipping in which YV. A. Ullnian j "attorney for C. I\ Taft," was roport1 ed to have consulted with Mr. Hearst about the letters before they were! published arul suggested that Ullmnn.j .Yfr. Taft and John T. Cronin, the latter formerly collected politically with \ Mr. Hearst, bo called as witnesses. Mr. Froaker declared that about a ! week ago he had Mr. Stewart go to Chicago, where WInkeriield was work ing as waiter, and ascertain what he Knew. ( pon the interview, lie said, Stewart had based ins report. Wha? hat repoi t contained. Mr Foraker preceded in detail, declaring that he did not vouch for its accuracy. lie j added that the committee could call Wiukerfleld. Mr. Foraker read to the committee from a prepared statement u resume of the report Stewart j had mode tc him ol' his visit to Win j kerfleld. j Mr. Foraker said that while he did i not vouch for its accuracy, he aug ! gested thut Stewurt be called to toll | tho story first hand. Tho first part j of tho former senator's statement | related the alleged story ad report' od by Stewart of the preliminary j negotiations for dispoHal of the lot' Uth taken from the Archbold foes, ju visit by Winkerfiold and Stump to ; a man named Eldridge and the Mrs' ! parleys as to the price to be paid. Th?[ principle portion giving the detail* jot* the alleged transactions after that 1 point, as to the purchase of a number of letters, was as follows: They finally compromised at *.$&,000. Winkerfleld and Stump then promised to bring tho letters up the next evening.. Thvj next afternoon Stump and Winker field took the letj tei a out one by one from the t iles. ! They then wrapped two coppying I books In some newspapers, put the whole In a large box. They took 11 j itijmediate)y to the Little Savoy, left I it with the Proprietor and returned I to the office; later they secured it and Stump carried tho letters and f books to Mr. Eldrldgo. Upon his en j trance on this occasion everybody ; seemed expecting him and he was ushered into a large private office. Mr. Kid rid go took the hooka and brought from the adjoining room GO ; $100 bills, which he gave to Htuiup. ! He asked lilm if ho couid leawe the ! 1 * V- H nf 11 i )i /i nav f n i it L f it n ?'i ' IWIDIB lunu until i un i?<~ .. ....u ccinh Ht six o'clock with bin partner. Tho uoxt evening Stump went to see Kidredge and secured the letters and files. Rldridgo and another man informed hlni that they worn'of groat iftluo and ashed him if ho could got other correspondence. lie Intorined him ho could. Then ho gave him a list of prominent congressmen, senators, Judges, governors and como ether men of prominence, telling him to go hp far back in the files as possible and look tbem up. Anything found concerning them was to be brought to Mr. Eldridge, photographed and returned and paid for according to Its value. This list Included the names of over 200 men. They InHlBUnl on getting $f>,000 far every hatch of letters, and this was agreed upon. For tho next batch carried to them they worn given only > $.0,000, rind the next only $4,000. Finally they became suspicious and put tho letters th?-y had still or hard t In a safety deposit box as the dorosir tory of all threo and with the agreei ment that it required the signature of > all threo to open or secure the ccn;j <enta. They furnished Mr. Rid rid go wPh some of t^e origlni>fl as ho exi pin'nod ho would pay a much higher s price for them. For the Penrose . Fornker and Ilnnna batch they ros reived over $7,000. The other ent)|gagemorts wore practically rcpotio tions of tho first. (> In all they received $34,0 0 0. became bolder and boldor and went ^ort? (ill Mio fili.s of correspond n enro. Mr. Uldrldgo arked them to - secure t'vo signature of Mr. Arcbo hold's uncojded an original. This they did, Mr.. Arehbold signing his namo In two albums for them. For t these two signatures they received thrift Whoo thov were finally enreo bended they went Into hiding, fearlag arreai. ' ( f Makes a Clocxf Choice. The Philadelphia Enquirer says In aT. ot the recent talk about unearned wealth and the orttcntatlous extrav?Mi' ot the rich, not ere word ol unkind criticism has been ?ald ol .;>? .l: v,o..ld, a'Jo*e charities have been aoundant and who hat done Vhat is uncommon with wealthy pniianthroptotfl, by giving her per caul attention to the distribution of her benefactions. Considering that her father wan oue of the woret hated men in America, that he won much of his wealth by means which would not be countenanced nor peri> i'r,r. In t hlfl lU V f hp lill VV?'\A 1/ ? 1711 * *? ? * ?wr MM,* , v?? of ht? daughter is notable for its flno attitude toward life in all itu relatione. Every one will rejoice that iMIas Gould has Anally found a man to vihoiu she can commit her hand nnd her fortune with the consciouBneeH that happiness for both will ensue. Love is not confined to any social statue. Poets Ring of love in u cottage and romance Ih not generally supposed to inhabit the mansions of the rich, hut it may do bo nnd often does. We may all bo sure that Miss Gould is making no hasty step, that she has let her heart follow her judgment and that the marriage is to be a happy once. If all stewards of great wealth had shown the same interest in humanity at large as thin noble woman, we should not have ho many problems to face nor so much co/nplamt over unequal distribution of property. It Is also noteworthy that the prospective bridegroom is no scion of a houHo noted for wealth or social position, btu is a western man who has fought his own way in the worl J to success and has maintained all this time his appreciation of the good, the true and the beautiful. It seems to be a murrlago of sentiment, in spite of the fact that, both contracting parties are past the first flush ot youth. In making the selection of an American gentleman for o life mate, Miss Gould rebukes the many giddy American giris of money who ur? hunting titled nobodies of Europe for husbands. The whole country wishes Vlies Gould all the happiness to bo found In a marriage based on love and respect. Wilson a National President. Editor Stovall of the Savannah Press says that Woodrow Wilson will be "The first truly National President the United States has had for moro than half a century. He swept New England like a new broom," s^ys the Press. "He lost but one State in tne central normuru u? r. He took all the Middle Went but Illinois, and all tbo Northwest bu' Michigan and Minnesota; and of the Rocky Mountain bunch on the PaciBt slope, he missed the support of onl* five." that in the return of the Democratic party, the South !? entitled to a place of distinction in the nation's councils. We feel perfectly assured that President-elect Wilson will realize moro fully than any president has ever realized sirco the close of the war, that there are no men, the country over, to whom greater honor is due than to those who rn^ke up the Solid South. "Th*e South's firm and unswerving loyalty to her political standards has stood the tost of Htorm and persuasion. The Democratic party which has made Wilson's victory possible, has Its tap port in the South. Had the Southerners not held together and supported, their party during all these wr**ry years ex-communication trom the national love feasts, it 1h more than likely that the victory of "This is all true," says the Augusta Herald, "but we should not forget this last campaign would have beea ocrutic candidate/' As the Herald says Wilson is n truly national selection, but the South belongs to the nation to-day more than she has for three genera tionfl ami more is one to nor mar other sections nr<> likely to realize This Ir true, hut wo are ouro that every flection of our groat country will contribute Ub full share to the nucc-obs of the Wilson Administration It means a great deal to the whole t country. When the Btonn had blown over they offered tnolr entire bntch of ro Training letters to Mr. Eldridgo foi Mr. Hearst for $1 5,000. These ne ffotf&tlons fell through, hut they sol< <j few Penrose letters for $4,000 t? n repreflentatlve of Mr Hearst. Bpoi ' advice of Winkorfleld, they decide* to hold all the letters remaining fo $ 15,000. Becoming 1n dire straits, they sob few to a representative of Hearst fo $.1,500 last spring. Negotiations hav begun for the sale of the remnln'ni a; the time the lettois disssppearorj Winkorfleld. a n??gro. Is ? son of Mr 70-odd. Both Winkorfleld end Stum wore employes In Mr. Arclitold's ofle i Archhold'fl burler. ? - . ? ?. ? Many Killed on the Kail. Wcry time 11?o dip: rail roans or in country took in from the opei afion of their freight and pnasen??? trains, during the fiscal year endin .func .30 last, a human beinir wns kill I ed or injured. The casualties a mounted to 180,123. Of that nmn her 10 r>85 were killed and 1^9,3 were in'ured, according to the Intel etnto Commerce CommlMloQ repot i toot to Confreto. STATE FARMERS UNION I I * WILL MEET NEXT MONTH IN TUN rj CITY OK COLOMBIA* II ?? ~ . ? 1' A.. I All i OUm> l niUUM -ire l rHi'U IV r?nuu I r Delegate i and a Full Attendance In | Den I red. I A special meeting of the Bouth Car.jt'llnu 8tatc Farmers' Union will be , held lu ColuDiblu on January 10th nnd 17th. The following announce n.tnt has been inado by K. W. Dabbe, i the president of tho State Union: "A special meeting of the South Carolina State Farmers' Union will , he held in Columbia Thursday, January 16. 19 IS, at three p. m., and will probably coutinuo In koaaiou uutll tbe 18th. "This announcement baa already been given to the pirss and it ia uovv our desire to state the plaoo of meeting. The president of tho university hu9 given the State union the use of the hall lu LeConte college building for the meeting. This building is en the university campus at the corner of Pendleton and Hull streets. "By meeting on tho university grounds an opportunity will bo afforded the olllcers and members of the 5ttate Union to corno in closer t? uch with this great institution an.: Its work. "All vouiity uniona aro urged to sond delegates on tho usual basis of rej.r osent. at ion. All members of the ui.lt n wl 1 ?an do so are United to atteud. This !a an important mooting and u full attendance is desired. "Secretaries are rwj united to send the names of delegates to the State secretary tis scon as they are elected. nojih; names nave mreauy ooen hciu In. 'LI. VV. Dabba. " President, "J. Whitner Held, "Secretary." Talks Out Very Plain. President-elect Wilaon has put Ulfc Business on notice that the people o\ ! this county have souio rights which J even it has to reaped, or he wili know tho reason why. The "rnalofactora of great wealth," us Koosoveil called them, have the powei under our p?*eui;ar huuiiclal a>aiem to order u panic any time their interests would bo advanced by one, but tho president-elect defies their use that power, and say a be ia not afraid of them or any other power, un he has the people of this great country behind him. In hia speech before the Southern Society In Now York the ether evening "President-elect VVilaou held uj u warning tlngor to any man win would deliberately start a panic In the United States to show that intended legislative policies were , wrong. The president-elect first distinguished between 'natural' and 'unnatural' panics. lie said In man) , cases panics had come naturally because of a mental disturbance of poopie with reference to loans and money generally." "But tho machinery Is in oxrsronce," he said, "by which the thiny I enn be deliberately done. Frankly, ] ; don't think there is any man llvinp 1 who dares to uno the machinery foz i that purpose If he does, I promise J him, not for myself, but for my fel j low countrymen, a gibbet as high a, I Hainan. The governor added thai I t. ~ , ? ? I f 1 I , A 1 ? t.. . iiitcj ii w uu mri in IUI "that la not painful," but ho said !! would bo a gibbet of P'ublic diegraot i which would Uvo "no long *? tlu memory of that man's family aur vivo." (be "malefactors of groat wealth' have not been in the habit of hearing such plain talk from the man whf occupies the White House, and nc , doubt It Rhockn tbolr high-strum , nerves. They have been In the hab! of lett.ng tho President understnnc , what th<iy wanted and they general!: got It Put It Is going to bo differ .lent under a real Democratic Pros! I? dent. Ho g'vos them notice that the: . will have tc obey the law like com mon folks, a.vl If they attempt t< , coerce the government that Its stronj arm will fall or them ana cruet them Into obedience. BANKKKS FAVOR MKAHIBK. r ? - Frffc (lie 8eea(o to I'ukh leuir's Farn I 3 Kxtension Rill. reporting their counting houses li the Interests of agricultural member r of a committee appointed by th Bankers' Association of the Dlstric * of Columbia descended on the sonat r Wednosday to urge tho passage o the Lover agricultural extension bil :T before adjournment Thursday. The bill, which has passed th " house, proposes the appointment of 51 skilled advisor In every agriculture ? county in tho United Htntes to al tho farmers in the prooor cult.ivatlo of their lauds. It woulo appropriat $3,000,000 to run over ten yearf 0 tho several States to appropriate . llko Riim. The urgency of tho bankers' asao g elation resulted from its meetin I- Tuesday, when Representative Love i- of South Carolina, author of th i- measure, explained that if actio 8 were to be taken It should bo take - before the holiday recess of congres t because the legtolataroe of man state* meet early next month. ~ MAP SHOWS RATE ZON. [ 1 CHART HIIOW8 WHAT THE PC_ | TAL? RATK8 WILL UK. I 1 tiivoo Ixuportaat m to Itatfi lader New Hy?tera Boon to Gtt > Into Operation. \> Parcels post maps have been Issued ' showing the country divided into senes with different citioa as centres by private parties. The local ffostal authorities have not yet received their map of this sort, although the /, map is expected in any mail, as It | must he in this post office before I January 1. '( The parcels post map shows a aum- > 1 u\r of verv interest inn thinsrs that will be of great importance to merchants and others in this city wlieu * tho new system goes into effect the first of the year. Tor instance, ,bot?h New York and Chicugo lie in the fifth lone with reference to Orangoburg, \ so that the mail order houses of neither "will have any advantage over the other in regard to rates to the city, which will be from each city nine cents for the first pound. The first zone around tills city eludes Charleston and Beaufort Intermediate points, the rate which will be 6c for the first po$ /one No. ?., 6 cents for the ^ pound, includes nearly all of South Carolina, the part of Georgia surrounding Savannah and a small piece of North Carolina. No. ?,, 7 cents for the first pound, includes part of Virginia, South Carolina and Tennessee and most of North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The line of tho fourth zono passes through New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, IlMnoU, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida, though only including a small strip of some of those States. The rate for this zone is 8 cents for the first pound. The line of the fifth zone extends from the Canadian border to the Gulf, passing through Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska. Kansas, Oklahoma nnd Texas. The rate here la 9 cents for the first pound. In this zone are Included some of the largest cities of the country, including Hoston, New Yo"w Chicago, Ht. 1 ouis, Kansas City. T ' line papwfl right through New * leans, which may he taken as in 1 fourth zone. This fifth zone inclut ' all of New England, except a piece ' Maine, which is in the sixth zone. The sixth zone limit, 10 cents for 1 the first pound, extends from the Canadian to the Mexican border, passing ' through Minnesota, North D^ota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado. 1 New Mexico and Texas. , The seventh zone line is also from border to border and passes through Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Arizona. The rate here is 1 1 cents for the first pound. Everything beyond. Including insular possessions, is 1n I the eighth zone, the rate being 12 cents for the first pound. The following is the manner In which the various important seanort | cities of the Atlantic and Gulf coatft are divided into zones in reference to 'j Orangeburg nnd gives an idea of the t distances from Orangeburg by the cities in the several zones. , None In the first zone, f Georgetown, Savannah, and Hruns wick In the second zone, j Wilmington and Jacksonville tn , the third zone. . Philadelphia, Haiti more, Norfc . Kev West, Pensacola. Tampa, Mof and New Orleans In the fourth zd Portland, Host on, Now York, t f Galveston in the fifth zone. > None in the sixth, seventh and ) eighth zones. ? The zone system was designed to I give the merchants In the smaller i .'it lou II n oininl n)i n nun TV 1 V? t Vwi hit' j \ tv ivn uii UC1 i lyiuuiv^ " im t ??v trail order houses of Chicago and - other largo cities. Thus, if a man - In Orangeburg was consldcrin g^iuri' chasing a ten-pound article, either - in Orangeburg or in Chicago, b* > would give the preference to the ? Ornngeburg merchant every time, i since the rate from Charleston would bo only 3 2c, while that from Chicago would be 7 2 oents. The Orangeburg post office has received everything necessary for inaugurating the parcels post service here, with the exception of a parcels post rrnp and a set of scales for large packages, and these are cxpootn od to arrive nt any time. H Within the city carrier limit, the rate on packages will be five cents per pound and one cent for each addltional pound. In the first zone, but j outside the carrier limits, the rate will be five cents and three cents for each additional pound. Thus, a ten0 a pound package mailed in Orangeburg io a person within the city \V.Tl cost ^ but 14 cents, while the same packn ago mailed from here to Beaufort will | cost 32 cents. }) # ? it They Should Ro Cheaper. Whir*, .he wighor standard of lir- * >- ing which now pievnllfl nonesarlly lng creases the cost of living In some r ways, yet It does not seom that many o articles in daily use and in oyv*y n household ought to be cheaper and n not dearer than they used to be. ib The natural effect of machinery ta y cotton and vraolen mils, shoe factories, so gar refineries and In wsO \