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Jackson Square Coffee
NEW ORLEANS Celebrated QUALITY Coffee
AWARDED FIRST PRIZE BLUE RIBBON BY
State Fair, Jackson, Miss., (1911); State Fair, Raleigh. N. C, (1911); Alabama
Agricultural Ass'n, Montgomery, Ala., (1908); State Fair, Macon, Ga., (1908-'9-'10);
Mecklenburg Fair Ass'n, Charlotte, N. 0., (1908-'9-MO) ; State Fair, Columbia,
S. a, (1909).
This is conclusive evidence that JACKSON SQUARE is the "QUALITY
COFFEE" blended and roasted by a special process that gives it a EICH QUAL
ITY and DELICATE AROMA found in no other brand.
"You can taste the difference." Your grocer has it for sale only in sealed air
tight tins to insure cleanliness and preserves its strength aud original flavor.
IMPORTERS COFFEE 00., Ltd., New Orleans, La.
The BIGGS ANTIQUE
COMPANY
Of Richmond, Va.
Announces an Introductory Sale of
Rich Old Mahogany Furniture
and Antiques
Through VICTOR STERN, of Asheville,
14 Battery Park Place, Rear Postoffice.
SALE NOW GOING ON
All of these goods have been put in the best possible condition and finished in
the old hand-rubbed dull finish, and are of the same high type and quality as is
carried in the Richmond stores, the standing of which you well know.
Everything will be sold at special prices and our Asheville patrons will
have an opportunity i. secure some rare bargains delivered at their homes without
risk or expense of shipping, at this sale.
You and your friends are most cordially invited to attend.
Respectfully,
THE BIGGS ANTIQUE CO.
W. A. BASS, Manager
No Charge for Packing.
within each block an common points.
Each of these blocks Is on degree of
longitude In length and one degree of
latitude in width. To every express
station within each of these blocks the
rate is the same from any other given
block. Thus the rate Is stated as be-
'tween blocks rather than as between
cities. Supplementing this block sys
tem of making rates which constitutes
each block a sone of origin or of des
ttuatii n the rates are stated for each
package weighing from 1 to 100
'pounds. The express companies will
.be required to publish a directory ot
'express stations which will show the
block number within which each sta
tion Is located, and at each station
there will be filed a single-sheet tariff
which will give the rate from that
'station to all other blocks in the
United States.
I To illustrate: New York City la
located in block 952. Some 20 other
towns and villages are Included In that
same diock. en lea go is locmeu
block S38, which also contains a score
or more of cities and towns. A ship
per In New York wishing to send a
package to Chicago will learn from
the directory the block in which Chi
cago is situated. The turning to the
single tariff sheet he will ascertain the
number of the scale of rates, which
applies upon all packages between
bb.ck 952 and blpck 838.
This method of stating rates, the re
port claims will avoid the great body
of complaints arising out of under
charges and overcharges, the present
method of statin? rates being so con
fusing that not even the express
agents are able to discover the lawful
rate between two points. The direc
tory of express stations is also to state
the delivery' limits in each city within
which the express company gives ser
vice upon Its tariff rates.
To Stop Double Col kn-t Ions.
It Is found that the large number
of double collections of express
charges arises out of the fact that a
package which has been prepaid does
not bear sufficient evidence of this
fact. Accordingly the report presents
a set of labels and way bills In differ
ent colors which the carriers are re
quired to use, and in the event that
the package does not bear any label
the shipment Is to be delivered to the
consignee without collection of any
charges, the carrier bearing the bur
den of discovering where the mistake
lies. ,
The present system requires the
statement of about 200 times as many
rates as the. system proposed by the
commission. Jiowever, as each agent
under the new system, will be obliged
to know only the rates that apply be
tween his station and each of the
other blocks, he will have to consult
only 8 30 rates to lind the proper
charge from his, station to every other
station within the United States.
Through this system the common-
rate area on short hauls Is reduced
trom an area, or about 3600 square
miles, which is the ave'rage area of
each main block to an area of about
180 square miles. The present express
rate methods embrace much larger
common -rate areas.
For Instance, the rate, per hundred
pounds, from Boston, New York. Phil
adelphla, Baltimore, Washington and
ltlchmond to Seattle, Tacoma, Port
land, San Francisco, "San Diego, Reno,
Sacramentu and many other point."
embraced in the region west of the
Sierra and Cascade Mountains is now
the same, $1 3.5ft. Under the com
mission's system the rates will vary
with the distance between any two
points, from 9.8R to fll.OO a hun
dred pounds.
While there has been an,almost unl
form reduction in charges upon par
eels weighing 50 pounds or less, the
EXPRESS RATES
10 8E CHANGED
(Continued ftom page 1)
transported 1000 miles for 42 cents
and 2000 miles for 77 cents, as against
the existing rates of 75 cents and
(1.25. respectively. The cost of trans
porting a 25 pound package 1000
miles will be 7K cents, against the
present rate of SI. 10, and for 2000
miles, Sl.t4 againrt the present rate
of 12.25.
Tn Distribute Hiinn-n Equitably.
Commissioner Lane believes that it...
method adopted for the computation
and construction of express rates Ih
scientific and will result In the exac
tion of entirely reasonable charges.
Through the decision express rates are
rasde that are expected to open an
avenue of trnde between the producer
of food commodities and the consumer
by distributing equitHhly to the weight
and distance the burden of the cost
of tarnsportatlon. At present that
burden Is bornn chiefly by the parcels
of light weight. By UnmmlsHloner
Lane's declrlon, the small package will
bear no greater hare, per pound of
the cost of transportation than the
heavy package, and every package
weighing less than 100 pounds will
bear tho same amount of terminal
expense.
The charges of the express compa
nies, now in many Instances, are the
same for 7,0 pounds a,s for 100 pounds,
between the same points; and In some
Instances they are as much for 30
pounds as for 100 pounds. Under such
a system Ihe householder is compelled
to pay as mui'h f"r a 10 pound pack
age as a dealer would pay for a 2i
pound package, and three or four
limes as much as the dealer would pay
for 10 pounds Included In a 100
pound shipment.
Commissioner Lane expresses the
belief that the system proposed will
make practicable the opening of direct
avenues of trade betwen the fsrm and
the city household. He, likewise, Is
of opinion, that while the reduction of
the rates on the lighter weight parcels
will average between 20 and 30 per
cent the express companies them
selves will he the beneficiaries of a
largely increased business In the hand
ling of small parcels.
The report shows that more than
. parcels are handled an
nually by the express companies in
the i mied States. The average house
hold of five persons in this country
either sends or receives by express. In
the course of a year, from I to 10
packages. The average weight - of
these packages pi 34 pounds; the aver
age haul is 200 miles. It appears that
a very smsll proportion of the ex
press traffic of the country results
from direct shipments from the farm
to the city home.
Comparison With European Condi
tion. Commissioner Lane carried his In
vestigation tnto the express business
of several European countries. In
those countries where the parcels post
system has developed traffic tn small
ff there ever is a time when yon are justified rn cugsiug,
It is when the summer weather seta your appetite to
I' 1 1 ssi 1 1 x '
But there isn't anv need to risk vour soul and shook
packages, the lighter weight packages
were found to predomina' :. It was
indicated that in foreign countries, the
householder received few parcels
weighing more than lfl pounds- per
shipment. The commission believes
that in the United States the express
traffic In food commodities Is chiefly
between the producer and the com
mission merchant, and that the rates
of devising simpler and more easily
understood means of stating those
rates, and of preparing new rules for
the government of rarriers of express
traffic.
Of foremost Importance Is the re
quirement that all of the express com
panies shall join In the establishment
of thorough routes by the quickest
lines of communication between all
express offices and shall publish
through rates to apply hetwn those
points. The same provision gives the
shipper the right to name the route by
which his property shall be carried. It
Is believed by Commissioner Lane-thai
these provisions will effect an im
provement In the rarviee and a great
economy to the carriers, which now
haul shipments oftentimes by clrcui
tous routes to avoid turning them over
o a connecting Una.
New M4ImmI of Applying Rates.
The most radical departure from
existing methods lies In tb method
adopted of applying the new rates. In
the United Stales there are 35,000 ex
press stations. To name rotes from
each of these to every other one re
quires the statement of more than
000,000,000 different rales. Those
sehedulas now occupy several hun
dred volumes of from 200 to 300 pages
each In the tariff department of the
s enor
s to u
genuine
to whlti
most se
ed a m
Peerless Fashion Store
51 Patton Avenue
On account of the unusual backward season, Manufacturers are very anxious
to dispose of their Hummer materials. We have taken advantage of this opportu
nity and purchased very liberally.
Therefore we are ahle to offer you some unusual good values.
In Dresses, Suits, Coats, Waists,
Muslin Underwear, Skirts, Parasols,
Hand Bags, Hosiery and Underwear
It Will Pay You to Investigate
rates on packages weighing more than
50 pounds have not been materially
reduced. In some Instances, the com
mission's proposed rate basis shows a
slight increase of the charges - on
heavy packages. This Indicates the
belief of the commission that the rates
of the express companies per 100
pounds are not on the whole, seriously
excessive. This Is particularly mani
fest from an analysis of the rates for
distances of 200 miles or less, which
are scarcely distributed on the heavy
weight traffic.
By the terms of the commission's
order the changes in the regulations,
methods and practices of the express
companies; the re-classillcation of ex
press matter; the changes in the bill
ing of packages; and other adminis
trative reforms are required to be
put into effect practically immediately.
The rates proposed, however, will not
become effective before .some time
next nutumn. The commission has
fixed October 9 as the date for the
beginning of a hearing of tho repre
sentatives of express companies and
shippers as to why the rates prescrib
ed by the commission should not go
(Continued on page 3.)
Great
Fire Sale
Bargains
AT THE
Gem
Clothing
Store
6 PATTON AVENUE ,
ELECTRICAL FIXTURES
Portable Lamps, Electric Irons
and Heating Apparatus.
W. A. WARD
12 Church St Phona 449.
W. A. WEBB & SON
have reopened their livery stable at
their old stand, 38 East College St.
Everything new and up-to-date. Sat
isfaction guaranteed.
ssssssssssnsstK4sr-)
Phone 1463.
One Car Load Western
Horses and
Mares
At Auction
At J. K. CHAMBERS' STABLE, N. Lexington Avenue,
Asheville, N. O, Sat'y, July 20, 1912. This is the Best Car
Load of Unbroke Western Horses and Mares ever shipped
into the State of North Carolina. Auction begins 10 a. m.,
Saturday, July 20th. These Horses can be seen at any time.
Come and see them. M. F. BRANNAN.
Royal
Grand July Clearance Sale
bvery piece ot goods, ever lady's, misses' and children's hat, every lady's, misses' and children's dress and
tailored suit, must go in the next month. It's our custom to clear the road for the fall arrivals. Come and see us
through the month and it will he a saving opportunity for you.
Remember, all through July every day something new. Watch for our advertisements; it means a saving to all.
Come to the Busy Store
Read Below Our Price list
MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY BALE OF
WHITE GOODS; READ BELOW:
See our Fnglish Long Cloth, 15c grade, special . . . 10
See our English Long Cloth, 20c grade, special . 12 l-2c
French 40 inch Soft Nainsook, 25c grade, special 16c
French 40 inch Soft Nainsook, 30c grade, special . 19c
French India Linens, 40-inch, 15c grade lOo
India Linens, 40 iueh, 18c grade, 12 l-2c
36-incb, 15o Percales, new Una, yard 10c
We place on. sale on our first counter one thousand
yards embroideries and insertions, range in price from
!; to 30c yard. The entire line will lie placed on sale,
speoial at the popular price of .V . 10c yd.
Follow the Crowd
The Money-Saving Store of Asheville to You.
e place on sale a line ot Ladies' and Men's Silk
Hosiery, regular 50c grade, special 24c
Come and see our Bargains in our Ready-to Wear De
partment. Bargains in Street and Evening Dresses. Sec
our window display.
Call for the $3.50 Silk Mescaline Underskirts, special
at $1.98
MILLINERY. BARGAINS THIS WEEK.
" Every hat in the hou'e greatly reduced.
Remember, we trim your hat FREE.
Come and see us. Call for the $1.50 Sailor. A ffw
more left; special 7&q
We place on salte Tuesday morning, special $1.50 and
$1.75 Ladies' Shirt Waists, special 98c
Come ami see the Mothers' Friend Boy Shirts and
Boys' Shirt Waists 25c and 50c
7'Jx!M) Sh
Best 15c
MORE VALUES WORTH CONSIDERING
39c
10c
69c grade 60c
i, icial 69c
ts, special 69c
All our 10c and VI I 2c Dress Ginghams
See our 1 5c Curtain Goods, special
I
tomorrow,
row,
8 l-3o
6c yd.
He yd.
. . 25c
.. 50c
th Toasties
LWiittMi by W.
finir to
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