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The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-07-27

Death Of sergeant-at-Arms.
Gen. e. L. Wood, 66, sergeant-at-
arms Of the West Virginia house of
delegates, died. following stroke Ct
apoplexy.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-07-27
STRUCK OIL ON
SYCAMORE CREEK
THE, FIRST PAYING DRILL IN KA-
NAWHA couNTy-PEoPLE
ARE ENTHUsED.
EXAMINATION DATES ARE SET
State Board Holds Meeting-contract
Let For Rebuilding Normal School
Major Relieved Of His
Command.

Charleston. production
promising to hold up to some
thing like fifty barrels day, local
concern, while drilling for oil, has
sent in one. the first well, to pay and
will Immediately drill three more on
the same land and in the immediate
territory. The strike was made on the
farm of Goshorns, near the line be-
tween Kanawha and Clay counties, on
Sycamore creek. In the tract is about
$4,000 acres. ALI of it will be thor
oughly tested for both oil and gas.
Board Was Busy.
The state board Of public works held
a meeting at White Sulphur Springs
and transacted considerable routine
business. All the members of the
board except State Superintendent of
Schools M. p. Shawkey was present.
Among the more important matters
disposed of were the fixing Of the as
sessment Of the valuation on the Jami-
son Coal and Coke Co, a car line at
S325,000 for 1911. The valuation of
the Morgantown & Dunkard Valley
Railroad Co was placed at $4,000.
The board also accepted the bond Of
the contractor for the Concord Normal
school at Athens, Mercer county, and
also approved the contract.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-07-21

FOR SALE: Several hundred
acres of soldier additional Homestead
scrip fully guaranteed. Pric low.
Over ten years in the business. Ad-
dress E. w. Spalding. Pacific Build
ing, Washington, D.. c. MI
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-07-21

WOMEN, sell guaranteed hose. ~
per cent. profit. Make $40 daily. Full
or part time. Beginners investigate.
Strong Knit. Box 4O29. West Phila-
ielphi1 Pa. AS sw
Appeal and Daily Bulls6n 81 . month
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and as is usual In large crop years the
leaf was low. bringing an average of
only s6.74 per hundred pounds. or a
total OF SS,S4S,3TS.SS. The shipped leaf
bought by the Danville dealers direct
from other markets amounted to only
2.l4o,0eo, making a total Of leaf to-
bacco handled in Danville that wear
96,250,5S0 pounds. In 1910 the sales of
the Ieosc leaf OH the warehouse floors
amounted to 36,026,949 pounds, which
brought S3.9S9,4O0.S7, or an average of
sll.o7 per hundred pounds Thus the
increase in value of the loose leaf
sold was s34l.02l.99. or per cent. in.
crease over 1900, while the decrease
n pounds. owing to last year being 0
snort crop year, was lS,o1S.63l pounds
AZ the same time the Danvile dealers
honsht direct from dealers in other
markets 22SSS,SO0 pounds which was
nm increase Of 967 per cent In this
character Of business over the ycal
1900 Thus II Will be seen that the Ienl
TOBACCO handled by Danville dealers
iast year amounted to 5S,915.742 pounds.
winch was S2,66s,169 pounds more than
they handled In 1900. and they paid
Si.33 per hundred more for it.
The number of hogsheads held in the
storage warehouses at the end Of 1900
was $500. and the number held al
the end OF 1910 was $4,000. This shows
how this branch of the tobacco busi-
ness. unknown in Danville in the DAYS
OF the ti-eXpansionists. has grown
in decade.
y rev figures which were Ia ken from
the books OF the city officials will com
plete the story Of Danvilc's ten wears
growth The city increased its streets
during the decade six miles ana en-
iarged It's paved and improved thor.
oughfares five miles and d fraction
Sin miles Of new sewers were built
and the pumping capacity Of the mag
n'hcent water works was enlarged from.
100000 gallons daily TO 100000 gal
Ions daily, and what is perhaps the
BEST hlterins plant in the state was
installed plant that makes and keeps
the muddy Dan River water IS clear az
crystal. The people must needs drink
more Of it than they did the inurky
fluid, for the daily consumption has in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26
MATERIAL That Gocs to waste.

In the many sawmills and wood
working establishments have visited
in Virginia and North Carolina I have
found that the waste of material is
one OF the sensitive features OF the in
dustry, and all Of the up-to date mill
men and wood workers are cxpending
great deal Of brain force trying to
solve the problem as to how to reduce
the size of the waste pile and convert
every part of the log or the plank in
to an asset The same is true Of tho
coal consumers. such as railways and
large manufacturing enterprises. Chi
cago in its crusade against the smoke
SCOT and dirt nuisance has found TO a
mathematical certainty just how many
cinders re showered on the city every
day and week and month OF the year
ChicaSo's Investigators have learned
that railway locomotives use 1879 per
cent. OF the coal consumed within the
city. and make 43 per cent. Of the total
smoke and so per cent. Of the total
dirt The excess of dirt over smoke Is
due to the fact that 0 per cent. Of the
coal used by locomotives Is discharged
from the stack in the form OF cinders
or these Ia carloads are showcred in
discriminatory on Chicago daily. Thus,
says the Chicago Tribune do rail
roads which say they need higher
freight rates and more money waste
their fuel" When the railways that
centre in Richmond learn the lesson
in economy the above tigures show a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26
nnd 1.ond. ana rfltteracy.

While much has been said in regard
10 the value OF good roads to the farm
er In the way to contributing to lessen
ing the expense Of hauling farm pro-
ducts to market, the relation OF pub
lie roads to education is one which Is
not properly appreciated. is more
or less wcll-known fact. says Secretary
Wilson. of the Department Of .Agricul-
ture, that we have in all our states n
number Of illiterate persons. While
there are number Of contributory
causes to lliteracy. 1t Is Significant 10
note that In four States where the
average per cent. Of improved roads is
30.55 the per cent. of white illiterates
is only 0.34 OF per cent. OF the total
popula ton. and In four States In which
only Isl OF road mileage Is Improved
the per cent. OF white illiterates Is
AIS. II is probable that bad roads are
partly a cause and partly an effect OF
ignorance. but II certainly appears
that the two are closely related
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26
County IInirs.

There Will probably be more county
and district fairs held III Virginia this
year than eyer before In the history OF
the State. This is just rs it should be-
except that three times many ought
TO he held. IL is not too late for those
counties which have not yet arranged
for county or community agricultural
and industrial exhibition to make "a
good start. OF course. II is not OK
pected nor is 1t absolutely necessary,
for the first one attempted TO be a tire :
mendously big thing Even Il small fair
would be a starter. 1T Is sometimes
better to start small and then grow as
the years come ana go. IT would be a
glorious thing for this good old State
II there should be held every fall just
100 county fairs, one to each county
They would in no way conflict one
with the other, nor with the big dis
trict and State fairs that take place in
the larger towns and cities, nor would
the latter interfere with the county
fairs. fsl 5.i
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26
ABOUT DANVILLE
and ITS GROWTH
(Continucu From First Page.

49, tSoHLiNuet cIpm riISt t,dSC.)
In 1910 The val,lc OF manufactured
products per annun increase in Tho
decade from s7.5oo.0oo TO sl3.l3o.ooo.
or 10 per cent In the ten years Dan
willie has shown n growth in the whole
sailing line that perhaps overleaps the
gain made by any city in the South.
The annual sales OF the jobbing houses
III 1900 We're only 100000, while last
year they footed up $4,000 600. an in
crease in ten years of ZIG per cent.
other Encouraging Figures
post-ohice ngurcs always tell, as
no other figures do, OF the real growth
o. n business town. The Danvillc post
Office received in 1900 So6.S76.14, and in
1910. SiS.33I.ai. which was an increase
OF 50 per cent. The street railway
company increased its trackage IS per
CENT in the decade, ard its traffic l73
per cent. having collected 1.S47,03i
fares in 1910. against 6I6.339 in 1900
OF course the increase in its equip
npni was vastly greater than in It's
;r1GkaGe. In 1900 only 500 telephones
Tcrc in use III Danvilc While in 1910
trere We're 1.2o5. an increase of 1876
pcr cent
The figures that pertain to the leaf
iobacco business are intensely interest
ms. Re 1t remembered that in the days
way back wonder when there wore
some people TO object to water. power
development and the establishment Of
new industries lest they should curtail
the tobacco business. there were no
tobacco storage warehouses in Dan
vile, and practically no business was
done in reprized and packed goods, the
leaf dealers buyinb all of their stock
loose on the warehouse floors and re-
ceived . shipments OF packed to-
haccos from other markets.
THE Leaf Tobacco Trade.
Secretary Moorman'S figures show
that the sales of loose leaf in 1900,
which was an unusually large crop
year, amounted To 54.l05,5S0 pounds.
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GOOD ROADS OUT
FROM CHASE CITY

Continued From First Page,
never VIII havo all the good roads com
ing 70 them until the Supervisors ~,
whoever the next LEGISLATURE may rryo
me authority 10. get that strictly
business idei. safely lodged In their
minds and hearts.
Splendid Work In Ono Distrlct.
little more than two years ago
VIZ people Of Chase City district. ~
ms sood county OF Mcckicnburg. de-
term,ned to have some good roads corr
ing into this town. and thev voted
bond Issue Of 100000 as starter &,
tnat direction The bonds were sold
an right and at a premium, belieye
wv there came several ANNOYING de-
rays ABOUT getting the work started.
the principal one being that the
GAINESVILLE district had gotten from
Inc state all OF the convicts that
meIalennurg county was entitled to
under the law, and that district wou1d
not turn them loose until the mac
adam road was finished from C1arks
vile to the North Carolina line. Tho
people were impatient. and finally thev
uecided to go one with the work con
VlctS or no cOnvicts
colonel Lucius Gregory member
OF the County Board Of Supervisors.
was made chairman OF the District
~ tttleHu 10 the Work. Now
an the people Of Chase City OF the
district and of the county, know that
Luclus Gregory is q strictly business
man. lie has proven that in his own
.'iNatc business and in his public ca
acity and in various other ways.
Furthermore the people Know that
Gregory will not stand for any fool
.shness. be It about politics or any
thing else. and that he has never
learned how to do any kind of bust.
ness except on strictly business prin-
ciples, and they also knew that lie wae
enthusiastic on the good roads sub
lect, and with all Of this a patriot
and man Of the very highest in
tcgrity. OF course, he was the right
man to have charge Of the work the
PEOPLE had voted good money for and
be was given carte blanche to run the
business rs ne thought best. and to
do 1t, mind you, without n cent OF re-
enumeration for himself or his Assoc
GATES on the committee. He went to
work without the convicts, for he
could not get them until last Novem-
Der. He introduced business methods.
He did not care copper what mans
politics were or whether he voted or
controlled other votes or not, when 1t
came to engaging surveyors. road
graders, rock men and other men need.
ed IN road building. He employed mer
who knew their business. In short
he conducted the road making busl
ness just exactly as he conducts his
great wagon factory in this town. and
he is succeeding just as we'll with the
former as with the latter.
Splendid Work Accomplished.
] came up here to see just how Greg
cry and his able associates on the Dis.
tdct Committee are getting along with
the good work, and having found out
,uan - IN I,rt n
! ut OF other sections that contemplate
| going in the good roads business.
In tho first place, tho district has
bought complete road making equip
ment, consisting Of rock crusher, q
roller. steam holster, steam drills,
steam wheel scrapers, wagons and
mules. and 600 feet Of movable rail
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road track, and all OF the minor at
tachments. For the equipment the
sum of $4,000 has been paid Tho
convicts reached here In November
when the weather conditions prevent
cd much work on the road. and they
have been. kept all winter busy in the
rock luarrics. Nevertheless. big work
was done last summer and fail, aud TO.
day seven miles OF sand clay gravel
blend road have been completed. and
II Is good road, none Of 1t having more
than a per cent grade This much
road mas been built without the bcne-
TT OF cheap convict labor, and q frac-
ton over mile of 1t is macadam, that
being put down where excessively
muddy hills made 1t necessary, and the
whole business. including the sl000u
equipment, has taken but $4,000 Of the
10000 originally voted and the inter
est that it earned while it was idle
The district board figures now that
with the force OF forty convtcts and
the worst parts OF the roads completed.
they will be able to show approxiz
mateiy forty miles Of good road radi-
ating from Chase CITY, when the fund
shall be exhausted. When completed
the roads Will go north. east. west and
south from the town, and each Will be
about eight miles long with short side
extensions here and there. The town
Will meet these good highways a the
town limits with macadam.
There Is nothing like an object les.
son to impress the religion of gooG
roads on an old croakers heart. I AR
told that nearly every man in the dis
trict who originally opposed the bond
issue, and who has Travelled over the
seven miles of first-class roads that
have been made, has been converted
I heard one Of them say he wants an ;
other bond issue and more roads built.
and he is willing to be taxed heavily
to his dying day for good roads, sc
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26

creased IS per cent. The daily capac.
ltH Of the gas works has been increased
IN ten years us per cent, and the
daily consumption 300 per cent The
works are to be again enlarged
The public school property IS valued
Mt 100000. just double the value in
1909 The four colleges there arc val
ued. with equipment, at $4,000
The assessed value OF the Young
Mems Christian Association property
Is $4,000. and the value of the church
property is close to sS50,O00. The city
.nas 800 church members, and very
large percentage of them attend church
services with more or less regularity.
Taken altogether. Danvillc is a live
vide awakc Virginia city, a mighty
good city to do business in and most
charming one to reside in. Long live
the City on the Dan.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26
Ratlroans.
-..~-.---->>
SOUTHERN RAILWAY

TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND.
4 n. B.--FolowinB schedule figures published
rs information and not guaranteed:
6:lo a. A.-Daily-Locai for Charlotte Dur.
ham and Raleigh. lo:45 4. M.-DaIly--Lirnit-
ed-for oil points South. Drawing Room
Buffet Sleeping Car to Memphis via Ashe.
VILE and Chattanooga 500 P. M.-Ex. Sun
Local for Durham and intermediate stations
FOO P. Nix. Sun.-Kessviile Local. u:&S
F. ACCOMPLISHMENTS all points South
pullman ready 800 P. d. m
YORK RIVER LINE
1880 p. MEX. Sun TO West Pit. connect
Ing for Baltimore Men, Wed. and Fri. 500
~ M.-Ex. Sun. and :;ls p. M.-Moa Wed
and Fri.-Locai TO West Point
TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND.
From the South: $3.50 A. ". s:S P. H.,
daily; $40 A NJ. Ex. Sun; is:I5 E1. Sun. /;
200 P. NJ. daily. From Yves, Po4nt: $3.50 A.
NJ. Daily; Has A. NJ. Wed. and Fri; 4:2i
T. ~. tx. Sun
S. E. BURGESS. D. p. A..
Go E. Main st 'pAona Madison as.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26
VIEWS AND
!. NEAR VIEWS
(Continued From First page.l

books, The people all over the State
who arc talking about it are saying
just these things, but mere talking will
not remedy the evil The thing to d7
Is TO elect men to the Legislature who
will votet 70 wipe this law from the
books. Make them promise to do it
too. before YOU promise 10 vote for
them.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26
Doinga at Blncksburg.

Much interest is being shown in the
farmers short course at Biacksburg,
and the demonstrations which have
been given each afternoon at the vari-
OILS barns on the farm and in the orch
ards have been we'll attended by the
students who appeared much interest
ed. The illustrated lectures on three
nights each week by the members OF
the faculty are better attended than
those of the ten previous years.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26
Richmond and Petersburq EiecI,ic Ra;lwa,
Norfolk and. w stern Railway

a ONLY ALL RAIL" LINE TO NORFOLK.
Schedule In Effect January TO- 1911.
Leave Byrd Street Station. ltichmond FOR
NORFOLK: 300 "A. M. $500 i, NJ. st:io =
h. - N' : :
FOR LTScHBUR7 AND -aE VEST
fB A NJ. 'stt A AZ. $500 r. NJ, .s:,i
Arrive Richmond from Norfolk: .u;4o A.
r.. 'e;S P. NJ, 1870 P. II. From tho west:
$50 =: NJ. a2:N p. NJ. b2:l5 p. NJ SOS p.
daily sDaiiy. e1 Sunday. bsunda, only.
human, Pa'ior and Sleeping Cara Gaze
e D. 81 s sJs = 6. I H. BosLEY.
g. p. A.. Roanoke ga
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26
.tbou. Convict Inbor.

Missouri, like Virginia, has been hir-
Ing its convicts to shoemaking cstab-
lishments and other contractors nnG
the incoming Legislature. according to
a statement in the st. Louis Republic
is pledged to the abolition Of the con
tract leasing system. From tho Re.
public it is learned that "thc contrac-
tor pays 10 cents per day for each con-
vict and assumes the dual Responsible
Is Of obtaining In return labor effect
iNencss equal to that wage and Of
marketing at rcmunerative figure tho
product OF the labor. The same paper
says this Just about earns the CON
vtct's keep and pays his pro rata share
OF the expense incurred in guarding
him"
Virginia gets only 40 cents a day
from the New England shoemnkcrs
for each convict and furnishes 4 lighted
and heated shop for the striped clothes
men to work in. The contract system
mus: be abolished IT. Virginia, for it
is poor business for the state at best
to say nothing Of the question OF con-
Wet labor against honest labor Every
able bodied male convict in the pcni-
tertiary is needed on Nirginil's coun-
try roads
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26
bttanhrat8.
OLD DOMINION LINE.

Nv. Elchmond foot o. Ash 81. daily7:o1 p I'D
Leave tlaEDort Eews...........t: zoo =, ~
Arrive Norfolk 4 ~
Connects with main iine steamers !eayiny
Norfolk for New York daily except sundaY
l:W +. ID 60 also made by ~ l.
". ny. 3 P. IS. and c. & Q. Ry. Il p. n.
flight Line steamcr. stop at Claremont to
land or receive passengers on signal.
Virginia NAVIGATION CO.-Jarne. Five,
ny daylight for Norfolk. Old Point, New.
port NeWr ard all James River Iand!ng,.
Steamer leaves Monday. wednesday and
Friday at TOO "A. HI. Freight received 70,
ell James River iandirgs
Main Ticket Ofsic,. a2l E Main atrset.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26
Merchants and Miners Transportation c.

Providence. II. !.
stcar.Grs leave Norfolk for Boston. sun
Tuer. and FIJI; for Providence Nom
Wed. and Sat. at r. NJ iaasseisers ana
freight taken ,nr ali New Enssnd points
". Ry. 8. II. Bowman. 7oa East Main. ana
B5ehr1and Tsauafeg CoA tc0, I1st Asta.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26
BOYS ANDPOULTRY,,
CHICKEN RAISERS
CONTINUED From First Page.)

rally wish TO invest his savings to the
best advantage in what breeds he be
lieves Will best serve his purposes will
best repay his efforts
To develop character in the rising
generation there could be nothing bet
ter than to engage the boys. and the
girls. too, in the raising of chickens
Nothing could go further toward
steadying q Eighty character. toward
teaching the value Of perseverance, to-
ward inculcating the virtue Of early
rising and inducing other good ha-
bits
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26

A We stern agricultural college recent
~ started contest to find out a far
mer boys idea of how to increase the
flow Of milk from the average good
COW. A boy named Harry Leonard won
the first prize. and here is his prescrip-
ton: Tickle the cows palate. Tickle
1t with alfalfa and corn chops.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26

ana wrote Richmond man that the
fruit exhibit made there by the Vir-
snia Pathological Society was the fin
est thing OF the Kind he had ever seen
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26

necessity for and how to use the know
ledge. and when the big factories that
consume much coal DO the same and
when the wood working plants OF Rich
'mohd solve the problem that confronts
them. they will all make moro money
and Richmond Will be cleaner, hcalthi-
or and happier city
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26

that his children coming after him
may not be the horse murderers lie
has been. ia
These roads are going to prove the
biggest thing for the good town OF
Chase City that has ever come to pass
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26

SEAEOARD AIR IINF.

southbound trains scheduled TO leave Rich.
Inond daily: sac A. M.-Local TO Norlina
Birmingham, sayannah. Jacksonville and
Flerida points s.i2 p. M.-Flor!da Lin.
srs and coaches Savannah. Jacksonville A..
fapta. birmingham and Memphis North
pound trains scheduled 10 arrive Richmond
ta.iy; 80. = NJ, 1928 :. NJ excep, Monday
90 r. NJ 5.4j r. :
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Norfolk Southern

". Norfolk; SIS and III a. NJ. 20 p. ~.
Tor Eastern Carolina and the south
~ Raleigh: '5:i5 a. NJ ia and 's:l5 p. ".
Tor Eastern Carolina ard Norfolk
Pullman Sleeping Cars between Norfolk.
Raleigh also Goldsho-o and Norfolk.
DAILY Daily Tx. sun
= =. i-f'.' f-ANDE, 6 a.. American Nat!ona'
bank tPhoae .Mon.oc :537. Richmond.
". ~. CROETON. G. p a.. Norfolk. Va
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26

\ New York show g1ri married thu
son of an Ohio millionaire. and sho
proved to be /, Very sensible Kind Of Il
show girl. for she bought q Texas farm
ard took her millionaire husband down
there and put him to work on that
farm. Her only mistake, so far was
in not Investing in a Virginia farm in
stead of one in Texas.
The worlds gold output has reach
ed an average Of about Si,250.O00 for
each day OF the year. and Of that to-
tai the Transvaal mines furnish one
third. Those mines up in F'luvanna
and Gcochland and q new one that has
just been discovered in Mecklenburg
county. near Chase City, Will make Viz
ginia's drop in that tremendously big
bucket much larger this year than it
ever was before.
a Kansas City cooking teacher says
there are thirteen ways of boiling an
egg. There are cooks in and around
Burkevillc who do not pose as teach.
crs, but who can beat that. And when
ii comes 10 chickens they can show
thirteen different ways Of just frying
the bird
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26

u CHnONI AND CHFsAPEAKE BA!
RAILWAY COMPANY.
schedule OF electric trains TO and iron.
Ashland, niopping a: .nterne late station.
upon iignsi: Lv Richmond tBrosd snS
Laurel Sts.j; sob, 'T:l0 S.i0b $50 ..,o.I0
n:le A ~; l:lo. 3:lo. slo ;..eb. $40, s:.s,
40. s:ioo. l0:l9 il:i5 r. N Lv Ashland
.t:tS tCb. 6. 3D. 10 al =. NJ, .lz ~. ..i
?. .. s. 30. 6. J. z. So. II p. b.
DAILY except Sunday ''sunday only.
hCarr.es baggage.