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!EHE otfAELOTTE EYENIKG CHRONICLE, SATUBDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1912. , ;
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have
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vour new Suit
today
and
Overcoat for the Holidays!
New line of Woolens to
lect from ;
The Idte-BroWn;
Tailoring Department
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TO KEEP THEN" GEAT HAM OUT TOAST.
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. ' NEW' TORK. Ham on toast th fee times a day as a remedy " for
threatening- stoutness is recommende d by Mrs. Charles Phillips' Hatch.
Mrs. Hatch,- -who ' was Baroness Marv e Wilkelmisia Van "Halften, confided
to her intimate friends that she had not been able to "reduce" by long
walkp or any other of the everyday p hysical culture methods anIha'd to
.take to "dieting." Mrs. Hatch" decla red that by abstaining from all other
dishes but. ham-on-toast, which ehe declared to be really delicious after
.one had taken it: three . or four days, there was little danger of losing one !
ROCK HILL FOLKS
TALK PADCELS POST
Pcsf:fllc3 Feo?i3 Ucnfcr At Cat-cone-vSfircst
Paying Pro-;
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ROCK HIIX; S. C., Dec. 7,Rock
Hillpeople and-the: people of the en
tire county as, well,-are greatly in
terested - in the ... parcels . post system
which. becomes effective on. the, first
of the 1 year -There 'is yet much
speculation as ( .to .the scope of - the
system and the prospective patrons, as
well as' the pqstofAce s employees, are
awaiting with interest the detailed ln
forjnatloxi. regarding this new - depart
ure, which i expected,' to 'be forth
coming let a 'few days. The rates for
the various zones are already "known,
but ; Just" how much: business - can be
done from a local standpoint 'is as- yet
a matter of conjecture. . Postmaster
Poag; in . accordance' with a request
from; the 'department at Washington
has . sent a 1 blank to every business
concern m the city to ascertain approximately--
the amount of business
each concern expects to do through
the parcels post. However, the ' in
variable answer has been -that no one
has any idea until the detailed infor
mation regarding the system has
been received. -There is a possibility
that theparcels post will - be used ex
tensively here and again ' it qpay not
be ued scarcely at all.' ." - ' .'(
If : the new system permits the
sending of matter ' to and ' from the
rural routes surrounding ; the city
there is but little doubt that; Uncle
Sam will have to make ' considerable
preparations .for handling the local
parcels, . but otherwise it will not ' be
used so . extensively. ' For Instance if
a citizen of the city can have a farmer
living on the rural route mail hhn by
parcels post fresh vegetables, eggs,
etc., there is every likelihood - of an
extensive business being done in this
manner. " So far there has been no in
timation that - this will not be -possible,
nor is it known that a farmer can
mail parcels post1' packages at his
rural , mail zoxes. - The farmers can,
however pnder articles from -the city
and have them mailed to him. It is
likely that ,, a great many & will take
advantage of this convenience and
with the telephone and the parcels
post he will be brought right to the
city, figuratively speaking. It is not
believed that y foreign r mail" order
houses will profit by the' system, as
"fork people . believe . In buying at
home,-where they know they will get
value' received every time,4 or be in a
position to raise ' a justified kick .
The postoffice force Is now .wonder
ing just what 4 tne new . system - will .
mean. In case business between coun
try,, and town is permitted . the rural
carriers will, likely have to provide
larger ' conveyances ' to transport - the
packages to the office here ' and an
extra wagon will likely, be needed. to
haul the : packages to their various
addressea as ; the city carriers have
all they can do to handle the regular
mail and besides theycould not carry
the heavy pafckage&z i
To realize the magnitude which the
parcels post is likely to reacj and the
work it would, consequently entail on
the postoffice employes one has only
to "presume that trading between the
city and - country will be allowed - on
an extensive scale, so' far as the
weight and sizes of the parcels would
permit.
The street paving' fever in Rock Hill
is steadily growing. Already contracts
have been awarded , for enough pav
ing to keep the contractors busy un
til far into next year and by the time
these contracts have been fulfilled ad
ditional contracts will . have been
signed to keep the contractors busy
a large, portion of the coming year.
In fact, unless someone ., halts . .the
work of Secretary Spencer of . the
chamber of commerce, it is doubtful
if he! stops circulating petitions until
every street traveled in the city pre:
sent a gleaming asphalt surface. -
The . required number, of property
owners have signed, a petition to pave
Marion street, Hampton to Saluda, ana
y; Library, Keadi
the petition will go. before city cpun
eil - soon. , Already the contract, has
been signed to pave Hampton ' street
to Johnston' street and the rprbperty
owners ontth block between John
ston ,and.Marion have agreed ; to, have
the "additional block 'jpaved in order
that- the sheet asphalt .rnayi continue
uninterruptely ., from.-Main J to , Salua
streets, VViaX Hampton tr an - Marion
streets. .,' A petition is now being circu
lated among the property owners on
Oaklan "avenue - and i the .people are
signing - as" rapidry atf they ''are ap
proached. 'If-'Js not, to; be doubted
that this 'petition , will be completed
within a couple1 of weeks.
To' sum jip,the pavihg' project" to
date. The foundation for, the paving
has been ' put" down- on'iRallradiave
noe, White to Main, and' MalnV Rail
road avenue to, 'Saluda. The contract
has been iet'for' paving on East Main
to Stonewall, on . Hampton to - John
ston; council has decided to pave .Rec
ord 'alley Main to Black alnd Rail
road ' avenue. Main , to Black. - Then
there are the petitions fori paving the
streets r above described. In all it
will, total an expenditure of more than
U00.00Q . for 'paving. , It should ' be
stadted that the property owners are
Voluntarily agreeing; to pay rone-third
of. the cost of paving in front-of their
property in order to assist the city to
pave' the streets. ' ,
SECRETARY VILSON
SUBMITS DEPORT
Record Is Given Of Workings Ot
Department 01 Agriculture for
16 Years
WasJWngton, Dec. 6.After 16
years, aTrecord of service in the Cab
inet, Secretary of 'AgritfUltUf e Wilson
submitted yesterday to President Taf t
the last annual report he will make as
head of the United States Depart-;
ment of Agriculture. The . report 4a,
more than a review of the past, year's
work, it contains summary of the ag
ricultural advauce of the country dur
ing the venerable Secretary's term or
public service.
"The record of 16 years nas been
written,'' he , says. "It begins with a
yearly farm production of $4,000,000,
000 apd ends with $9,532,000,000. Six
teen y ears ago, the farmer was a
joke of the caricaturist: now ne is
like the stone that was rejeoted by
the builder and has become tne head
stone of the corner." The 'tillers of
the soil were burdened with Oebts he
adds, "but - prosperity followed : and
grew with unexampled speed. Be
ginnings have -been, maae in a pro-
K duction an acre increasing taster than
tne natural - increase of population.
There has been an uplift -or agricul
ture and of country life.. ( . v
-'During the past 16 years. ' the
farmer "has 'steadily r increased - tHe
wealth production year by year, .with .
tne exception or lll.luring . the is
years the farmers wealth production
-increased 141 per--cent. " - "
. 'Most productive of all agricultur
al years in the country has been 19 11.
The earth has" produced its greatest
annual dividend. The , sun ana the
rain and the fertility of ihe soil heed
ed not the human controversies, but
kept on working in co-operation with
the- farmers efforts . to. utilize them.
The prices at the farm are generally
profitable and will continue the pros
perity that farmers have enjoyed in
recent years. The total production of
farm wealth is - the - highest -' yet
reached by half a billion dollars. The
grand -total for 191 2 Is estimated -to
be $9,532,000,000. Thrs is more than
twice the value of the farm wealth
In 1899. ' ' ' ' -
' More than $105,000,000,000 is-the
grand total of farm wealth .produc
tion, the report says, during' the past
16 years, an amount equal - to about
three-quarters of the present National
wealth.
The most effective 1 move - toward
reduced - cost of living is the produc
tion of greater crops, says the Secre
tary, and this ; move, he -declares, ' i
due to the work of the Department
of Agriculture colleges and ' experi
ment stations and to the help of the
press in publishing every movement
to help the farmers. . Tne .Nation,--" he
adds, forgot its farmers in the general
scheme of education of past years and I
few philanthropists tnougnt oi tnem
when giving for education, but; they
are waking up and thinking for them
elves and Congress has been -good to
them. - . . .
. The Secretary ; first taxes up the
work of the various bureaus of his de
partment in the past year and . then
tell of the growth in some instances
from' the. foundation ; of these b
reaus during ' the time he nas been
head of the department. He upraises
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COMPANY
highly) the experts who' have worked
under him: - - v -. -
; ''The great and 'growing movement
carried on" by the department ror ag
ricultural bettermeilt,' he declares,
"has not been sustained colely; b one
man nor byafaw men. A choice corp
of. scholarly experts in tnerr special
lines of endeavor has been growing in
membership, in breadth . of . view and)
In rthe - practical application of their
efforts. . :,. ... f. i
' "The department, is prepared ' to
continue and increase Its public ser
vice. During 16 years ' It has pro
gressed " from - ' the -kindergarten
thrbughthe primary middle and tip
per grades of development until now
it has a ithoueand tongues, that speak
with authority."
From a department-with 2,444 em
ployes in 1897 and an appropriation
of $J,272,-902, It has increased to 13,
858 employes" at the beginning of the
present fiscal year with an appropri
ation 'this year of almost $25,000,000.
Vhereas there are' now "' 52,0.00 re
quests every week for - department
publications, there were, but foa in
1897: and during this period 225,000,
00 0 copies have been distributed.' In
soil investigation an. area of 623,000
square miles, equal to that of Germa
ny, -France, Great Britain, Ireland and
Italy, has been covered. . .
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TRADE CONDITIONS
ARE SATISFACTORY
Reporl Of Commissioner Of Labor
And 'Printing Is Submitted
, Neur Apartment Honse v
Raleigh, Dec. 7.' A very satisfac
tory condition of the trades, generally,
with some excess of supply in op
eratives in textile plants',; is shown by
the, annual report of Commissioner of
Labor ahd Printing M. I 3hipman, a
summary of which he has Just mad
public - He says the supply of textile
operatives is somewhat irregular,
some localities - having more opera
tives than they can use.
- The ' building trades are, he says,
especially active, and working people,
generally, ' have .found ready employ
ment throughout the year. He notes
that cities and towns v are still In
fested with vagrants, mostly- negroes,
and declares -that for some -reason too
little is being done to eliminate this
class. " "- ' - ' " - i ' '
Tabulated statements show, 'wages
paid different classes and. the educ&r
tional advancement .as reflected In
the reports made from all localities to
Mr. Bhipmaii's division of the State
Government. ....
. The Raleigh x. Improvement Com
pany, just organized': with John A.
Mills as president, has purchased the
lot at the corner of Wilmington and
Eden ton- streets, ' faoing . 'Capitol
Square, Christ Episcopal Church and
the new Ta. M. C. A.i; building, as the
site for the $150,000 apartment house
the company is to erect at once. The
building will be ' 110x110 feet and
eight stories high, equipped with ele.
Vators and all other modern improre.
ments." : ' -
Miss Jessie Morgan, who fall
through an open elevator shaft in the
Alderman toy . store late last nfeht
is found not to be at all dangerouslr
Injured. The scalp wound, that wu
first thought to be a fracture of the
skull, is , entirely free of fracture.
However, several stitches had to be
taken on the forehead. Miss Morgan
who. is stenographer in the office of
Wake County register of deeds, wm
in. the store waiting for a friend to go
home with her. She went to the rear
of , the store for a drink of water nA
,rj stepped into the open shaft, falling io
toci w we uweniui. inere sne landed-,
on a pile of excelsior, but & slat
or other hard substance, cut the gash
in' her forehead. -
There are 60 counties In North Car
ojina now that have made provision
for campaigns against hookworm In
fection to be carried on through th
State Hookworm Commission, directed
by Dr. John A: Ferrell. The last to
take this step are Haywood, Hoke tni
Union- Counties, which made the ip.
propriations last Monday. Fifty-four
-counties of the State have alraijr
passed through the hookworm ii
pensary treatment. The work Is now
in progress in Anson, Franklin, Lee,
Henderson Iredell and Sotcland
Counties. -
- - Ends Hunt ror Rich G&t
Often the hunt for a rich wift md
when the man meets a woman )hat uses
Klectrlo Bitters. Her strong ereeteU
in a bright. brain and even temper. Her
Pach-bloom egmplexion and ruby llpt
result from her pure Wood; her bright
eyes from restful sleep; her elastic sup
from firm, free musoles, all telling ot
the" health and strength Electric Bitten
glv a woman, and. the' freedom from In
digestion, backache, headache, fainting
and dizzy ejpells they promote. Every
where they are woman's favorite reme
dy. If weak or ailing try them. Me at
Jno. s. Blake Drug Co.
' WASHINGTON After ' declaring
that it was prompted by the apparent
lack, of : ready money T in A- banking
circles throughout thecountryi"' Rep
resentative Jefferson M. - Lievy of New
T ork introduced i resolution to- di
rect the Secretary of ; the Treasury, to
deposit In National banks ?5 0,00 0,000
to "relieve the sharp and active de
mand ior money. ; -,
is composed of strictly pure ingredients, carefully com
pounded, and always insures uniform results,
v . ,r 1 1. 20c-X lb. lOcX lb. 5c
Insist on having It. All godGrooers sell it or will get it for 70.
J. V. STARXES,
President ,
. , JNO. R. WENTZ,
V. Pres. and Gen. Mgr.
M. A. COOGAN,
Sec & Tress.
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