The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 26, 1912, Image 6
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WHAT THE FAHH' BS (IF Slid IH
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PRODUCTS Iffl RAISE
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Statistics for farm products Tor 11
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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
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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.
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HOW HE OPT THLH"
FOKAKtR DlSCllSki km
EXPOSURES
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LETTEBS WEKE STOLEN
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I Taken from tb? O.Hw of Art hhaltf, |
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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.
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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.
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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
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WILL MEET NEXT MONTH IN TUN
rj CITY OK COLOMBIA*
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I All i OUm> l niUUM -ire l rHi'U IV r?nuu
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Delegate i and a Full Attendance In
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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.
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- Frffc (lie 8eea(o to I'ukh leuir's Farn
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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.
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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
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