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AUG. 80, 1912 THE PARCEL'S POST Nearly all who read the newspapers with any degree of care know that a parcels post bill has passed, but perhaps the following anaylsis and discussion of the bill as made by the New York World will be found helpful to those who want the gist of the bill robbed of the burdensome and often confusive verbiage used to make bills proof against misconstruction: "The Parcels-Post act as finally pass ed by Congress follows the zone plan of Senators Bourne and Bristow. For varying rates running rather high over long distances there is more reason in a country 3,000 miles wide than there is in compact Britain, Ger many - or f ranee, eitner ot which is smaller than Texas. ; Under this' bill an eleven-pound package can be sent over a distance of fifty miles for 35 cents, or 150 miles for 46 cents, or from New York to San Francisco for $1.32, the same rate that is charged in the international parcels-post service. To send eleven pounds of . merchandise even ten miles by post now we must divide it into three parcels and pay $1.76 postage. "The Bourne bill carries the service only part way along the path of pro gresswhich other nations have traversed. In Germany ' the . post carries eleven pounds of unsealed merchandise forty- six miles for 6 cents and 110 pounds for 60 cents, with cheap facilities for insurance. France carries 22-pound parcels for 25 cents. Even Russia admits a weight limit of 108 pounds, and ' will take thirty six pounds overland from St. Petersburg to Peking for 10 cents a pound above local rat:s. "But the bill is a boon. It may not .far enough.' 'The zone system may may not be abondoned; it is at least mon in other countries. Theweight j needs to be raised to make the .;e what it should be. The prices aee too , high. . The . discretion ary power of the Post-master-General to modify rates and zones is of dubious wisdom.' But never mind! It is a fair, beginning. That Congress- has at last been goaded to pass a parcels post bill of any kind is a splendid victory for public opinion over the forces of privilege." The World of course looks at the problem from the point of one con cerned more than in anything else in the upbuilding of the large cities. That Is the reason it is not satisfied with the zone system. But it is the zone system, again of course, that ' the redeeming feature with the ndreds of thousands of country erchants who feared that a parcel ost would rob them of the bulk of their trade and turn it into the depart ment store of the great cities. There are varying opinions as to how the bill will work out. Whether it works out to the advantage or to the vetriment of the' small merchant, it will undoubtedly prove a great con- denience to the people in general. PROGRESSIVES WINNING OUT Another indication of the trend of the popular mind in Virginia in the direc tion of th Progressive view of public question (not referring now to the Bull Moose variety of Progress was seen Saturday in the First Virginia Congressional district when Congress man W. A. Jones was renominated by ' e Democrat with an overwhelming Majority. " ' " If joncsand Glass had to run the race ' ; h Martin and Swanson for the Senate r again they would beat them or at t comemuch nearer doing so than y did last year. . - : i v lopmcntsin Baltimore heartened S'r"grMsive element within the latic party all over the country. y the Coast Line's "Garden car Wave Wilmington for a i the middle West. The ehxibit 'e car will be open to the ! a number of fairs in Ohio ' tn and will be otherwise t'.e attention of the people in lio are tired of bleak winters I 1 id s far land and are cun v. i-dom of coming to the n Spot." The llantit "t ; i , un'i; Us industrial iih a gnat ping ful'y l I til t Speaker .-Champ Clark, deliveria the valedictory of , the Democratic House of the Sixty-second Congress declared that it "did 'great things". It no doubt made a good record, but the system of govermant is such that some of ' the most important, work done by Mr. Clark's Democratic house failed to get enacted into law. Some af - its ' accomplishments have .been knocked in the head by the Senate and some by President Taft. Ours is known as goverment of checks and balances. Recent developments rather show" that here is such a thing as overdoing the check business. ?-y',''r:i--Z-:.-'- POLITICAL PECULIARITIES. Politic makes strange bedfellows and it also develops some very decided peculiarities.; For instance out in Chi cago, they have formed a Wilson Nat ional Progressive Republican League La fearsome combination. The promoters are Republicans who advocated the nomination - by the Republicans of Senator LaFollette for President and who have no confidence in the Progres sive professions of Colonel Roosevelt. Democrats will be grateful for all the support they can get, but it looks as if these new accessions to the swelling throng of Wilson shouters might have waived the word "Republican" in the name of their league. President Taft in his one term is said to have exceeded the traveling record any other President. Must have had a presentiment real early in the game of what is going to happen in Novem ber. The salary of Congressmen being what it is, they ought not to be in such a hurry to quit. Not a tenth of them could make as much in private life as Uncle Sam pays them for their services. HIGH LIVING. The Wilmington Star sagely ob- sevres that one cause of the high cost of living is trying to have as good a time as the fellow who s got the money, More truth than poetry in that. Moderate living is costly enough, but high living is costlier yet. And it often happens that at the bottom of high living is not so much a downright desire for that sort of thing because of the pleasure found in it as feeling that one must keep up with the pro cession. There will be much more happiness and satisfaction in life when people learn to regulate their expenses by the size of their purse rather than by the practice of their neighbors. The good opinion of one's neighbors and aquaintances is desirable only when it applies to the essentials of character and right living. BUTTER AND OLEOMARGARINE. The National Dairy Union of Fort Atkinson, Wisconson, has sent us a clipping form the Wilmington Star which says: "Fine results must be following the running of a dairy and live stock train over the lines of the Southern Railway in western North Carolina and upper South Carolina. Several co-operative dairies have been successfully estab lished in some North Carolina counties, and it seems that the South Carolina farmers have , become specially inter ested in the badly needed industry of buttermaking. We have urged co operative dairying as a matter of South ern salvation, for there is unlimited demand for dairy products right at home and consequent assurance of suc cess when dairies are ' properly con ducted on a scale that will permit of businesslike distribution of home dairy products of good quality." - To this the National Dairy Union adds: "This good movement should not be given a set back by the competition of counterfeit product. Those interest ed in Southern dairying should resist any lowering of the restriction now existing. If the present oleomargarine law it to be changed it should be strengthened rather than weakened. The National Dairy Union has perfect ed a bill which expresses what the dairy interests of tha country stand for, Southern Congressmen should stand for developing Southern dairying.'' The incident show how dependent the country is on legislation. A great many people think that it doesn't make any difference much with the average man what the "statesmen" do up in Washington. But it does. So much of the business of the country is inter state in Its nature that the Federal laws touch all of u. , - ' . ' A to oleomargarine we believe that there is a good deal of unjustifiable prejudice against it use' If it is whole some and comes cheaper than butter and will answer the purpose of butter for those who have to economize on their living expense we do not think there ought to be passed laws to add to it cost or to handicap the sale of it pro vided it is sole a oleomargarine and not a butter. . .- ,. -.. ..' Tha Star' advocacy of more dairy, ing for the South is most timely in deed. We are importing million of pounds of butter every year. It is time we were keepimg this money -at home. Cooperative dairying seemt to be the crawling process, and crawl ing has to come before walking. Let the South get busy with co-operative dairy ing and sti k to it faithfully until some thing bi&gcr can be attempted. With Pcnrusc, the most pronounced reactionary, .and LaFollette, tfce most prcnouni :J progressive, after the t,! i !'s s' :.':. it is h ird to sec much I , ,,, e I -r 1 ', i t'J cot; e t' :.r. DANGER IN MILK SUPPLY Sample of milk which poisoned twenty guest at a mountain resort in Western Carolina have been brought to the State Chemist for analysis. . An incident like this is calculated to make consumer of milk stop and think. It is also calculated to justify in the public mind the rigid milk inspection laws which prevail now in all well-regulated cities. Impure milk is said to cause more sickness than any thing else in the way of food. Happily people are finjding out about the danger of swallow-' ing disease germs in milk that they drink without - gmng. any thought to th circumstances under. which it is produced and distributed. . : , The State Board of Health is entitled te fcreat praise for the campaign which it has conducted in behalf of pure milk. In season and out of season it has urged tha necessity of watching ' the. milk supply with an eternal vigilance and its -Work in this connection has undoubt edly resulted in the saving of many a lifer in North Carolina. ''';''. SUNDAY MAIL The new law forbidding the "work ing" of mail on Sundays will -be object ionable to a large number of people, but we believe it a good law nevertheless It will doubtless be hard at first to get affairs in the postoffices working smooth- ly under it, but with time the clerks can accustom themselves to it and will perhaps in the end find it a much more satisfactory way of handling the prob lem than the old way. In a complex civilization such as that of the twentieth century, it is hardly possible for all people to avoid doing some work on Sunday, this being espec ially true in the large cities ,but we be lieve the country can get along with the tens of thousand of postoffice clerks doing a minimum amount of work on the Sabbath. As to the business men, matters of business which savor in importance of the ox in the ditch can be handled through the medium of the special delivery letter which has not been placed under the ban. Anything less im portant can wait till Monday. TURNING ON THE LIGHT The investigations which have been going on in New York following the sensational murder of the gambler, Rosenthal, have resulted for one thing in the publication of the names of the owners of the property used as gamblin2 resorts. Many of these owners have been found to be people prominent in church and missionary work. It is very well for them to be exposed. They ought to be exposed in every community. We cannot see wherein they are better than the people who run the gambling houses or the disorderly resorts or the patrons and inmates of those places. The cause of public morals would be holped it -tho names of the owners uf every building in the country used as a saloon, gambling house or disorderly resort were made public. The people have a right to know these things and it is 'their duty to go to more trouble than they ordinarily do to find them out. HIRAM, NOT JACK. Headline tells of an effort to recall Johnson. This is not Jack. - It is Hiram, the Bull Moose candidate for Vice-President. It is not to recall him from the race for Vice-President either. It is to recall him as Governor of the State of California. , If the truth were known, no doubt he would be found glad to be recalled from his madcap race with the Rough Rider. GOV. WILSON'S DREADFUL PAST 1 INew" York World v To hi criminal past Gov. Wilson might as well plead guilty. There is really nothing else to do. '? lln year. gone by he ha been called "Prof." Wilson, as Chairman Hille taunts him. He ha, borne the name of I "Dr."' Wilson, with which Vice President Sherman brands him. He even wa a J'schoolmaster," a Repre sentative Mann remind him to his shame. ';, ; Gov. Wilson can never hope to make atonement for these misdeeds. . He can never blot out his wicked past. It will pursue him all through life and to the brink of the grave. -,: But at least he can confess openly and frankly that all the charge against him arc true and throw himself on the merey of his Republican opponent. If any of them reproach him with having been known in the past a President Wilson he can only let k past. What they fear most is that bis title may toon again be President Wilson. f . $100 REWARD $100 1 h readers of this paper will b pUased to learn (hat there is at least oos dreaded, diseas th'it science ha been abl to eur in all ita tages, and that is Catarrh, Hall's (Jet arm curs i th only positive curs now known to th medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, require a con stitutional treatment. Halt's Catarrh Cutre is taken internally, acting direct ly upon toe ciooQ una mociui nuruin ofjth nystem. thereby destroying th fntindi'i'wi ot thn disease, n1 giving tn pstiwnt strength y buiWm(r up th ciit.tution nod aHHistinj nature in do ll t its work. Tha proprietors hav so n nch faith In it curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollar for any eea that it fail to cure. Send for list of testimonials, i F. J. CIIKNEY & CO.,Toledo, 0. .Sold by all Drucsista, 75o. " fake Hall's Family T'i,) for ten- IK THE FMII'EIIS Mr, A. Cannon, a prominent member of the State Board of Argiculture, says in the Western Carolina. Democrat; Early in the Senatorial campaign the interest of the Farmer of North Carolina in the re-election, of Senator Simmons became1 a noticeahle feature of the situation. The fact is not difficult to explain. Our North Carolina farmers a-e quiet but well informed citizens. -: They think for themselves, and they make up their minds on the merits of a matter. . The farmer of North Carolina know: First, that Senator Simmons was reared .on a farm and is now a farmer spending much time on . his farm in Jones County, ' He understands the farmers' point of view 'and sym pathizes with the farmer's condition. Second That in the ; Senate Mr. Simmons has always taken thefarmers part, not in a 'perfunctory way but earnestly, even when to do so was likely to bring criticism upon him.as shown by the following statement of some of of hia activities in the farmers' interest. 1. His great work to get the National Goverment to aid in the building and maintenance of the rural 'post roads a work that is sure to bear fruit shortly. . 1 . 2. His advocacy of a rural and general parcels post to enable the farmer to get parcels and packages by mail on the Rural delivery Routes,4 and for the reduction of the rate and increase in the Weight-limit on all parcels post packages. , 3. His powerful resistance of Pre sident Taft' reciprocity pact scheme to put what the farmers produce-and sell on the free-list with Canada while protecting with high tariff rates the thing that farmers consume and buy- such as hoes, plows, leather goods, farm ing machinery, cotton bagging and ties, and . wire fencing.' Senator Simmons stood out for the policy of putting these things on the free-list if farm pro ducts should be put on the free list. 4. His efforts in opposition to gamb ling in farm products and his notable speech in the Senate in which he showed that fifteen cents per pound was a fair price for cotton. This speech .'was made in his protest against Attorney General Wickersham's plan to pro secute those who were trying to raise the price of cotton. He showed Wicker sham up as prosecuting the cotton "bulls" but letting the cotton "bears" go free. 5. His amendment to our immigra tion laws, designed . to prevent the further immigration to our country of illiterate aliens of the lower class. 6. His signal leadership of the Senate in passing the iron and steel woolen and cotton tariff bills, reducing the tariff on articles the farmers must buy suoh ae uticry, clothing, etc Third The farmers- of North Car olina have not only taken note of these prominent feature in Senators Simmons record, but they have read the Senator' speeches on various subjects of interest to the farmer and. the laboring man, and they . have, been impressed with the evidence that he has a genuine and abiding interest in their welfare and that he does not have to be reminded or urged on the alert in their behalf. He doe not make professions or pro mises, he does things. V5',4 " With such a record of service to speak for him, it is no wonder that th farmers of. North Carolina are in overwhelming numbers ' advocating the "re-election of Senator Simmons. ' They are men of common sense. They are moved by practical consideration not . by political ambitions." And their judg ment, is about a safe a guide a can be found. ' ' ' ' .. "-. CONSTRUES THE NEW , SUNDAY MAIL LAW Post master ' General - Hitchcock has issued a statement in regard o the new law regarding Sunday delivery of mail. It show that the law is not as far- reaching as was at first supposed. ' ' ' Mr. Hitchcock say in his statement that the only mail that will be affec ted is that received at the postoffice on Sunday and hitherto sorted on that day for distribution ' to ''J lockboxes. Mr. Hitchcock adds: i f ' " . - "As the purpose of the law, which was clearly enacted , in the interest of .employees, is to reduce! far at practicable the - amount of ' Sunday labor, the work of distributing Sun day mail to lock boxe'will be limit ed to certain classes of mail that tan- not be held until Monday morning without serious inconvenience to the addressee. This mail will Include that for newspaper and hotel guests. - The Utter i peculiarly transient in char acter and should not be delayed. This mail, like-the special delivery mail will be sorted out at the offices of dis patch and on the railway mail trains in-order to simplify the work of dis tributin t it in th postoffices on Sunday. . '' ' . i MANY AT CONVENTION The farmers convention in session this week at Raleigh is said to break all records for attendance. This is good news. ' It is a sign that the farmers are in good shape financially when so many of them are able to get away to attend their conventions. It is also a token that they realize the benefit to be d rived from getting under t? s, '1 i the experts and exchanging Uws v ' their fellows from d'.Terent u f t' State. Every one wishes t an enjoyat.le and piuni.;.' !e i T!,cy are i'.c. l.ir, t c l t , taut i ' : : t ef l'. e I ;. &fc "Oi l tttm ft To Maks Money. Your department has often .helped me, bo I coma to yon again. Our Bun day school class ot about twenty girls, from fifteen to eighteen years of age, has pledged $35, to be paid by Christ mas, tor tha hospital which Is to be built soon. Only two or three'ot the girls are rich, our teacher Is In poor health, the scholars are not very en thusiasts and things seem to be In a deplorable condition. Please suggest some Idea to make money. We have tried markets, but I think they are better for tall. Lawa parties have been suggested, but do not seem suit able. What do you think ot a playt -C. H. 8. My dear, only $35 and between now and the holidays to make It I - am surprised that you girls even think ot being discouraged and for such- a worthy object as a hospital. . A play would be good Iu nav8 talent to make It a success. I know a bunch of youngsters, none ' over thirteen that In a week's time got up a vaudeville which they gave In a private house and made $23. Now, you get right to work, have a lawn tete with a "cir cus," your play, and sell light refresh ments. The details you must work out yourselves, but watch the depart ment I put every Idea-1 can beg, bor row or steal right Into It, and before the winter comes I hope you will haTe made far more than the stated sum. A Farewell Lawn Party. T Having been Interested In your pa per I thought I would ask you a few question. i My cousin, who has lived la . this town many years, Is going to more away. I like her very much and want to give a farewell party tor her. Would it be all right to have both boys and girls? i What should I serve? Would it be all. tight to give a lawn partyT What games should we play (being girls of 16 years) t Would it be all right to have, tables on the lawn and have Japanese lanterns hung around thetawnT ':; D. H. , By all means have a lawff party, they are Just the right thing for this season, Make the grounds gay "with lanterns, they give such an air of tea tlylty. Yes, ask both boys and girls, and cant" you possibly hare a plat form for dancing? AH you need serve Is ice cream and small cakes, with a bowl ot fruit lemonade or punch con veniently placed where all may help themselves during the evening. You can arrange guessing contests and it well lighted you could have cro- o,uet From Marti. ': I read your part ot the paper Try Sunday and enjoy It 'very much, and think If w would abide by your kind advice we would always be on the safe side. , , '. . .. X young. ladys chanoed to ..meet young man on the street with whom she had worked tn a store and he asked her to go In the drug store and get some cold drinks with him. "After ithey had finished he did not leave the istore with her; tut made- some care less remark to her about his having to go to work. ; Should be have gone otu with ber, or was It perfectly right for him to act as he did? " :: -y .. MARIE.. Under ordinary circumstances the young man would have been more po lite had he gone put with the young woman, but If he was on his way to his work and Just meeting her acci dentally and asking her to have some refreshments, I do not think he should be blamed for hls conduct '"'' ' Puzzling Questions. V. I enjoy your department so much. It is very helpful to me. Now I want you to please give me a HtUe advice. Is H wrong tof a girl td allow her es cort to bold ber hand while In a con. fldential conversation? Is It, wrong ior a girl to kiss the msn she Is en gaged to? : ANXIOUS GIRL. ; ' I do not see that either of the things yon ask me are wrong I only want my young girl readers to do a little thinking beforehand and not so much afterward. One cannot be too careful and the right sort el a man thinks a lot more ot the girl who holds herself a bit In reserve. , , ' ' - Reply te "X. Y. 2J ' The prongs of the fork are left turned up resting beside; the- knife crotsways on the plate When one has finished. Food may be removed to .the dinner plate with a fork or spoon, but vegetables served with liquid or gravy may be eaten directly from the side -dish. The sign you wrote la something like the one that Is used as the abbreviation for "In care of," but Art quite right - I MADAME MERRI. Want Wilson elected FresMont? If o, lend a hand. Th Journal 1 forward any amount rot ti-i-' r a quart er that you v .ir.t t j ts. c;;ve f fty ' II ; FOU I The foundation, of . practically every fortune is;Small Savings." ,; First of all, in acquiring the large amounts it was necessary to save in or-" der that there would be I capital with which to make investments. - - A bank such as the Peoples Bank is a great help in accumulating money. "It pays 4 per cent compound interest , on savings deposits of $1.00 or more. ;- - 3 iiiiiiiii OLD DOH NEW YORK AND ALL POINTS NORTH AND EAST J Affording Pleasure and Best i Norfolk to Hew York and Return (30 Days) $14.00 First class tickets include Meals and Berth onjelegantly appointed ex oress steamers. . , , , " ; ; , - Hot or Cold Sea Water Baths can be procured on Steamer without charge. , . i ' - Steamers are all equipped with the United Wireless Telegraph System. STEAMERS SAIL FROM NORFOLK EVERT WEEK DAT AT 7 P. M. "Tickets and Stateroom Reservations, Company' Wharf, Foot of Church : St, Not folk, Va. Ask your local ticketagent regarding'through tickets Send for Illustrated Pamphlet Desk J.v .... . , - W. H. LANDON, . . - " J.. J. BROWN, General Agent, Norfolk, Va. -; :,"'''';.?: Gen. Pass. Agent. New York 7i k t W - Aj We Want If you have an old Mowing machine, or ex-JJ pect to buy one this year or next, drop us a line today and let us acquaint you with our ' line of - . " Johnston Mowers. It is the envy or all Mming michla mikers. . We protect .you In every Implement, an J carry full repairs right here. In New Bern. We want your business. We pronise to pleaie. -'. CRIMSON CLOVER, SEED RYE, VETCH, : HayV Grain and all kinds of mill feeds. . Feed, Seeds Implements NewBERN.N. C. Founded 1838 J r - r - ' . v Chartered 1859 TRINITY COLLEGE ITS STRENGTfl LIES IN a.UL' K Large, Well-Trained Faculty; Excellent Buildings and Equipment, Full, Well-Arranged Courses; Earnest,' High-Minded Students; A Large and Loyal Body of Alumni and Friends; Noble Ideals and Tra- : ditions An Inspiring History ot Achievement and Service. Next &i.lon begins September 11, 1912. For Catalogue and Illuslrated,Bool j , ' . ' let, Address " . - " - R L FLOWERS. Secretary. Durham, N. C. 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