Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BUSINESS INCREASES IN PARCELS POST A gain of Twelve Million Packages In ft Single Moni Ii Washington.?Baltimore' dropped a! notch In tho parcel pout busi ness record in March. In Jan uary and February she ranked elev enth among the American cities In the number of parcel-post packages handled through her postolllcc. In March she fell to twelfth place, yield ing the eleventh position to Buffalo, N. Y., which handled 4,500 more packages than the Monumental tMty. During March 01:5,552 packages were handled by parcel post through the Baltimore office. Of these 254, >;r.i, wero received nnd 358,888 were dispatched. The difference between the number of packages dispatched and recclvedin Baltimore Is about 100,000. In Chicago the difference Is ri,200,000; In New York, 3,000,000; nnd In Boston more than 1,000,000. The volume of business In other cities, which rank ahead of Baltimore , Is made up largely In outgoing pack ages, indicating that the merchants are utilizing the parcel post to reach customers in their trade territory. Tho figures given out by Postmaster General Burlnson today show that 184,000,000 lMickagefc hiave been aandled through the parcel post dur ing the three months it has been es tablished. During March62,000,000 packages were hauled, an Incerase of 1S.000.000 over Februdyy. iJurlng January, the flit month, 40,000,000 packages were handled. Tho increase of March over January Is 52 per cent, or 22,000,000 packages. At the present rate of increase It is believed t'hat 750,000,000 packages will be handled by parcel post during tho first year of its operation. The PcstcSlcc Department parcel post ex perts have made no estimate of the amount of revenue this business will bring Into the coffers of the depart ment, but offhanded gusscs place It i.! $50,000.000. This money will not only wipe out the deficit In the tPoetofflce Department, but It is be llvcd it will place $15,000,00 on the .:>roflt side of the ledger. Postmaster General Burleson, through tho leg islative work of Congressman David J, Lewis, of Maryland, the father of parcel post, will therefore have the lonor of administering the affairs if the department at a big proflt during the first year of his tenure. Not since tho Postolllcc Department has develop ed into a big business Institution has it been operated with a proflt. Chicago leads all American cities in the amount of parcel-post business, .'hat city handled 6,896,744 packages. New York came next with r>,97:i,07.r>, loston third with 1,657,038. Detroit ?jumped from ninth to fourth place, latidfl/lng over 1.420^000. /Cleveland dropped back from fourth to sixth ?lace with 1.200,000. Philadelphia is firth with 1,294,954. Chicago's big volume of business is produced by mail-order houses and etail mercantile house's who are go ing after country trade. Tons of packages. It is said, pass through the Chicago ofllce every day to rural cus tomera. Boston's big showing is also due to retail mercantile establish ments going after trade in the near by towns and suburbs. The reports so far show that the tracker and rural egg dealer aro not utilising the parcel post for the de livery of table necessities to city customers. This character of busl no?j, however, may pick up during the late spring. (apt. Waifs Absent. Capt. Johnny Watts has played In tho Carolina outfield for four years, and -during that time he has fade an enviable record. In the four years lie dropped but one ball. His throw ing Is a feature of his excellent work. From a deep centre, left or ?ight the Gamecock captain can hurl to tho exact spot needed by the catch er to catch a runner. Like the other four, John Watts will be missed, greatly missed, from the Carolina Hne.up. He is an outfielder of much Jtblllty. For five such valuable men to graduate In one yenr is a hnrd blow to tho university team.?Tho State. Catarrh Cunnot Be Cured with local applications, as they can not roach the seatt of the disease. Ca tarrh is a blood od constitutional dis ease, and in order to cure it you must *ake Interr"! remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is *.?ken Internally, and acts dl ?ectly upon tho block] nnd mucous sur faces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a tuack medicine, tH, twas prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular prescription. It Is composed of tho l ost tonics known combined with the 'est blood purifiers, acting directly on Cie mucous surfaces. The perfect com bination of the two ingredientB is vhat produces such wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send for testimon ials, free. P. J. CHFJNFJY, ft CO., I'! ops., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, prlco 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. BRILLIANCY ECONOMY LEAT HER Easier to Use Better for the Shoes No Turpentine GRADED SC IHM? I. HONOR HOLL. *| Eighth Month. Name of those pupils who have made an average of 95 per cent on Deportment, Scholarship and Attend, ance: First Grade, MIsb Emily Meng, .eacher?Roibe'rt \Ba,bb, iCharleB Barksdale, Edmund Lake, Edwin McGee, Tillnian Miller, Carl Thomp son, Wyatt Waldrep, Jennie Boyd, Fay Chaney, Laura Hudgens, Floride Moore, Ruby Templetou. Second Grade, Mrs. Jeannle S. Blackwell, teacher?William Albright, Artuhr Boyd, Jack Miller, Houston Roper, Itiebrecon) Adams, Vermelle Calne, Nell Jones, Eula May Martin, Susie Smith, Sara Eliza Swygert. Third Grade Miss Ella Roland, teacher?Beatrice Babb, Margaret Lake, Eleanor 'Miller, Emmie i.mi Washington, Fred Bishop, Elbert Copeland. Fourth Grade, Miss Bessie Barnett, teacher?Thomas Barksdale, Marshall Maddox, Flora Bennett, Catherine Crews, Annie Wnde, Lee Watson. Fifth Grade, Miss Annette Stover, teacher?William Lake, Mary Black well. Fourth Grade, Miss Annette Stover, teacher?(Miontelth Calne. William Gray, Harriette Hughes, Caroline Rankln, Mary Roper. Fifth Grade, Miss Annie Davis teacher?Oabell Garrett. Dorro'h lfariston, Charles Hughes, Nash Philpot, Corrie Stone, Lenora Thomp son. Sixth Grade, Miss Dorcas Calmes, teacher?J. P. Caldwell, Henry Franks, Calvin Teague. Annie Barksdale, Martha Barksdale Harlan ('rows, Virginia Gray. Kathleen McGee, Ber. nlce Meng, Margaret Taylor, Huttle Watson. Seventh Grade, Miss Mary Delle Barre, teacher?Rebecca I^ake, Strlck lor Kunklin, Charles Thompson, Amy Wolff. Virginia Sullivan. Harry Me Allister. High School. Teachers: W. A. Barton, Jr., Miss Fannie Celghton, Miss Laura Barks dale Eighth Grade?Mary Sullivan. Ninth Grade?Herbert Sullivan, Hat tie Gray, Virginia Simpson. Tenth Grade?Gussle Miller, Caro line Roper. Mill School. First Grade, Miss Lila Hart, teach er?dames Carter, Willie Hill, Clyde Jones, Thomas Earl Lewis, J. B. Pow. ers. Helen Boyd, Mary Davis, Annell Riddle. Second Grade, MIhh Irene M. Ray, I teacher?Ben Lewis. Virgil Hairston, Efflc Cook, Cora Leo Abercromble, Bertha Knlghton, Lillian Lewis, Sallio Wilbern, Marseell Cook, Clara Hell Kelson, David Powers, Edgar Knlghton Lai a Mae Jamlers'on. Third Grade, Miss Mary P. Simp son, teacher?Roy Jones, Annie May Dunkin, Lila Hill, Henna Lewis. Fourth Grade, Miss Mary P. Simp son, teacher?Donnie Barton, Mollle Powers. BABY LOVES ZEMO FOR SKIN TROUBLE Stops Itching at Once. Cures Irritat ed, Chapped Skin Buy a 2r>c botton today and prove it. Try one application of ZFJMO on the baby, and seo the poor little fellow jubllnte with hial toes, and chuckle. If he could only Jtalk, he'd thank you I for the heavenly relief. ZEMO is guar anteed to stop itching Immediately or money is refunded. For rash\ tetter, and all tho skin tortures tha\ babies suffer, ZEMO has no equal. \ For the skin iroubles that men and women suffers/or all tho Itching, ray, scorching eczema, dandruff. Inflamed or reddened skin, it has proven Its nstonishlng results in thousands of cases. The Immediate relief It gives la almost heavenly. ZEMO is a clean, antiseptic solution applied to the skin; no oily paste or ointment. "My foot would scald and crack In to the blood. Could hardly walk. Tried one bottlo of ZEMO, 2fic, and It cured them." F. W. Flowors, Jeweler, Oakdnle, Va. ZFJMO is sold in 25c sealed bottles and guaranteed in Laurens by Laurens Drug Co. The Harley-Davidson Motorcycle (King of The Country Roads) Has the Famous Full-Floteing Seat?and the Free- ! Wheel Control. Chain or belt drive, and magneto ignition. Used by Mail Carriers Everywhere. Write for catalog. Terms to suit. Let us call and show you one?ask us to cpme. Have full line of Tires, Tubes, Chains, Belts, Oils Harley-Parts, Etc., and make prompt shipments, send us your hurry orders. No goods charged. T. S. CHIPLEY The Motorcycle Man Greenwood, S. C. THE HOME of Quality Gebeertes JACK SPRATT Would Eat No Food, HIS WIFE Would EatNoMore, Until It Was Thoroughly Understood That It Came From Our Grocery Store! FORM THE HABIT! TRY THESE-THEY'LL PLEASE! Breakfast Strips I Canned String Beans KJnghans Hams " Corn Forbes Hams " Tomatoes Chipped Dried Beef " Fish Roes Puritan, Kite and Bobwhite are Best Grades of Flour DIAL COMPANY W. M. DIAL, Manager NOTIC E OF ELECTION State of South Carolina, Count)' Of 1,aureus. Whereas, petitions signed by a legal number of the qualilied electors and free-holders residing In Dials No. 4 Laurens county, South Carolina, ask ing for an election upon the question of voting a 4 mill tax upon the property In said school district to be used for school purposes, have been filed with the county board of educa tion, an election Is hereby ordered upon said question, said election to be held on the 23rd day of May, 1913, at Harmony School House in said dis trict, under the management of the trustees of said school district. Only such electors as return real or personal property for taxation and who exhibit their tax receipts and registration certificates as required In the general election shall be allowed to vote. Those favoring the 4 mill tax shall vote a ballot containing the .' word "YKS" written or printed ^thereon. Those against the 4 mill tax s'hall vote a ballot containing the word "NO" written or printed thereon. Polls shall open at the hour of 8 o'clock In the forenoon and shall remain open until the hour of 4 o'clock In the af ternoon when they shall be closed, and the ballots counted. The trustees shall report the result of the election to the couny auditor and county superintendent of educa tion within ten days thereafter. O. L| PITTS, 42-2t By order of County Board. Winthrop College SCHOLARSHIP and ENTRANCE EXAMINATION The examination for the award of vacant scholarships In Winthrop Col lege and for the admission of new stu dents will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 4, at 9 a. in. Applicants must be hot less than six teen years of age. When Scholarships are vacant after July 4 they Will be awarded to those making the lilghest average at. this examination, provided they meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for Scholarships should write to President Johnson be-1 fore the examination for Scholarship examination blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will op en September 17, 1913. For further in formation and catalogue, address Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. 41-tf Simpson, Cooper & Babb. Attorneys at Law. WHl practice in all State Courts, rvompt attention given to all business. QHICHESTER S PILLS a** ^? TIIK DIAHON? BRAND. ? If TIIK DIAMOND BRAND. Lfdlaat Aak yonr Drasnlat for , Ck>-eW?a.t?Va lMamond Brand/ 1*111? in Red and Gold ivrulllc' ?>ojt?. sealed with niua KII>bon. Take no otkrr. Buy of roar v Drantat. AOt fi.rOIII-OIIKS.TER S DIAMOND BRAND IMLI.H. f,r OS yean known aa Best, Safest, Always K ellit ta SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE u.Look For Our Protlt-Shurint* 3 Made With the "Always Reliable9? Flour What can be more appetizing than the aroma of feathcr-like.biscuit, fluffy rolls or light flaky pastry turning to a golden brown tempting enough to? fairly melt in your mouth? To obtain the best results you must use tho highest grade flour milled entirely from best Winter wheat?and that's hard to get this year (when Winter wheat is high ana Spring wheat coats much less?millers are tempted to blend Spring and Winter wheat flours for greater profit) unless you Insist on your grocer supplying Ballard's OBELISK Flour Unut YA11 *Zhnrt? fhiv Prnfil-* We Klieve in real co-operation?and nOW MOU Onare KSUT trrorilS practice just what wo bolieve. Every sack of Bollard's Obeliak Flour contains a "Good-as-Cash" Profit-Sharing Coupon which can be exchanged for valuable, useful or ornamental at deles by mailing them to The Proflt-Sharing Premium Co., at Louisville, Ky. All premiums are delivered to yon freight or express prepaid so that they don't cost you a single penny. Phono for a sack of Obeliak?bo convinced that it ends your bakc-day troubles. Ballard Sc Ballard Col, Inc., Louisville, Ky? J. C. SHELL & CO., Laurens, S. C. NOTICE OF ELECTION. State of South Carolina, County of Laurent*. Whereas, petitions signed by a legal number of the qualified electors and free-holders residing in Scuffletown school district No. 4 Laurens coun ty, South Carolina, asking for an election upon the question of voting a 4 mill tux upon the property iu said school district to bo used for school purposes, have been filed with the county board of education, an elec tion Is hereby ordered upon said ques tion, said election to be held on the 16th day of May 1913 at Sandy Springs school house in said district, under the management of the trustees of said school district. Only such electors as return real or personal property for taxation and who exhibit their tax receipts and registration certificates as required In the general election shall be allowed to vote. Those favoring the 4 mill tax shall vote a ballot containing the word "YES" written or printed thereon. Those against the 4 mill tax shall vote a ballot containing the word "No" written or printed thereon. Polls shall open at the hour of 8 o'clock In the forenoon and shall remain op en until the hour of 4 o'clock in the afternoon when they shall be closed, and the ballots counted. The trustees) shall report the re sult of the election to the county nudiitor and county superintendent of education within ten days thereafter. GEO. L. PITTS, 41 -2t By order of County Board. Citation for Letters of Administration. State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. By O. G. Thompson, 'Probate Judge: Whereas Benton H. Mathews made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Administration of the estate and ef fects of J. Y. Mathews. These are therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kin dred and creditors of the said J. Y. Mathews deceased, that they be and appear before me, In the Court of Probate, to be held at Laurens Court House, Laurons, S. C.r-on the 17th day of .May 1913 next after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock In the forenoon, to show cnuso./ff any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 3rd day of May Anno Domini 1913. O. G. Thompson, 11 -2t J. P. L. C. FINAL SETTLEMENT. TaKe notice that on the 16th day ?? May, I will render a final account ot my acts and doings as Administratrix of the estate of Win. J. Copeland, de ceased, in the office of tho Judge of. Probate of Laurens county at 11 o'clock, a. m., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trusts ns Administratrix. Any person indebted to said estate are notified and required to make pay ment on that date; and all persona having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, or be forever barred. Claudena Copeland, Administratrix with will annexed April 9, 1913.?1 mo. Condensed Passenger Schedules* Between Greenville, Anderson and Greenwood. Trains leave and arrive Greonvllle? corner Main and Washington Streets Effective Sundny, January 12, 1913, ac follows: Leave:/ Arrive: No. Time/ No. Time. 1? 6:56! m. 2?8:26 a.m. 3? 7:45 a. m. 4?10:35 a. m. 5?10:00 a.m. 6?12:35 p.m. 7?ll:4ga. m. 8?2:15 p.m. 9?1:45 p.m. 10?4:15 p.m. 11?3:40 p.m. 12?5:00 p.m. 15? 4:55 p.m. 16? 6:35 p.m. 17?6:35 p.m. 18?7:35 p.m. 19?8:10 p.m. 20?10:35 p.m. ?21?11:00 p. m. ?Saturdays only, Tickets on salo at G. S. & A Termi nal Mnln Street. E. THOMPSON, C. S. ALLEN General Manager. Gen. Pass. Agt When you feel*1"0"?***' . confused, ner eons, tired, worried or despondent it is a Mire, sign you need MOTT'S NERVER1NE , , rThoy .ro',ow lho normal vigor and maka life worth hv.ng. pe ma and Mfc iof Ivlott's Nerverine Pills T'1? ???<? WliLIAMS MFG. CO.. Prop.., cJ^ToK.. LAURElsd DRUG CO. Laurens. S. C.