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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-07-17
SENATOR BOURNE HAS
A NEW MAIL PLAN
Cuts Classes to Three-Diyides COun-
try Into Six Zones, Determining
Each by Latitude and Lnnpitnda

Each by Latitude and Longitude.
Washington, July 9.-Senator
Bourne's parcels post scheme, which,
In all probability. will be reported to
the Senate this week from the COM
mittee on postoffices and post roads, of
which he is chairman, as a feature Of
the postoffice appropriation bill, at
tempts to solve the problem in an en-
tirely new way, and promises the So
luton of this controversy in the opin-
ion of many members Of the Senate.
Mr.. Bourne proposes to change the
classification of mail and postage
rates so that instead OF there being
four classes Of mail there will be but
three. The first and second classes
are to remain as now The first
class mail is to be paid for by stamps
attached. The second-lass mail Is
to be paid for In money. Third
class mail would include all mailabie
matter not embraced in the first
two classes. The parcels post al
ready in existence in this country,
limited to four-pound package,
cost L cent an ounce to transport,
would be changed and the limit
raised to eleven pounds.
The cost of transportation will be
regulated by distance as well as
weight. The country is divided into
six zones, the first zone including all
territory lying within a mean radial
distance Of so miles from central
point. The sixth zone includes all
territory lying outside of radius of
1000 miles from the central point.
Each State and Territory Is divided
into units OF 80 minutes square. The
author decided to measure the units
by means of latitude and longitude.
In view OF the impracticabiHty of
making the several States of different
sizes units in themselves. He ad-
mits that some slight injustice will
be done under this scheme. but be-
lieves 1t is reduced to minimum.
The rate Of transportation was bas-
ed upon figures showing the actual
cost Of carrying a poung package
of fourth-class matter various dis
tances from so to 1000 miles.
The cost varies from cents for
the first pound and cents for each
additional pound in the first zone, to
II cents for the first pound and IL
cents for each additional pound in the
sixth zone.
Senator Bourne. in discussing his
scheme, said:
L believe the fiat-rate system un-
scientific, and impracticable as ap-
piled to packages such as we expect
to transport under parcels post. 1t
is unscientfic because it disregards
distance. In the transportation Of
letters, where the individual pieces
are small. distance is of little conse-
quence. but this is not true OF pack
ages of merchandise 1t Is impracti-
cable because the high rate for the
snort distance will practically pro-
hlDit the use Of the service for trans
portation of goods of low value
Government ownership of express
companies | deem unwlse and un-
necessary. 1t tends toward paternal-
ism and bureaucracy.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-30
BAND CONCERT TODAY

By United states Engineer Band. Julius
Kamper. leader. at Logan Park. Anacostia.
at 80 7. m. Programme:
Manch. Spirit Of Independence" tnc-,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. HolZmann
Overture. French Comedy ....... Keller -BeIa
SalOme dance. Dance IT the Seven
NtiEa IGhanl
Suite EsraEnole. La Feria' Lacomc
l. Los Tors-
= La Rcja
;. La ZarZuela.
Waltz. Moonlight On the HudSon"
---..-.--.--.--......---.-. hermann
Selection. The Paradise Of Mahomet''.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .PlaDIuette
''TncIe Toms Cabin" dream Of the
S"uth ......-..-...'...-..-...-.- ...Lafns
Vocal polka. The Jolly Blacksmiths".
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. -..-....-.--...-. buckley
The star sIansled Banner"
The Washington herald., 1912-07-30
READY FOR SEAGIRT.
Wilson and Marshall Club to Meet
Governor on Thursday.

The Wilson and Marshall club of this
city has received a telegram from Gov.
Wilson inviting the members to visit
him Thursday at 2 o'clock. They in turn
invite all good Democrats to make the
trip. special train will leave Thurs
Gay morning at O'Clock. Charles w.
Darr is chairman of the excursion COM
mittee, and those wishing to go should
notify him not later than o'clock to-
morrow evening. Following are the Off
GERS OF the club:
Charles A. Douglas. president; DR.. Har-
vey W. Wiley, vice president; Henry f.
Davis, second vice president; DR.. Charles
]. Ownes. secretary; Charles W. Darr,
treasurer; DIR. Arthur Ramsay, corre-
spending secretary; Maurice J. Connor,
sergeant-at-arms: F. r. Gordon, chair
man of the publicity committee; George
p. Hoover, William W. Bride E T.
Benton, jr.. Walter A. johnson, and
Henry J. Finley. members of the execu-
tive board, also will go.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-30

| them were recent guests for the week
end OF Miss Catherine Cameron at Spit
fire Lake, Paul Smiths. Mr.. and Mrs.
Leslie will sail shortly from Montreal
for their future home in England.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Gibson are taxi
ing an active part in social affairs In
their first season at Newport. They
were hosts at dinner Sunday In honor
of Count and Countess Szechenyi. will
give small dance on Thursday evening
Of this week. and have cards out also
for August "A.
Miss Jean Reid. daughter OF the Ameri-
can Ambassador to the Court of st.
James, Whitelaw Reid. has arrived in
New York. She was a passenger on the
Caronia. Of the Cunard Line. and will
, make an extended visit here with rel
| atives. She was accompanied by her
lbrother-in-law, the Hon. Cyril A. Ward.
Mrs. John Ward will be Joined here by
her husband later in the season.
Former Senator Beveridge and Mrs.
Beveridge and their family are now To-
Gated at Seal Harbor, Me-. for the rest
| of the summer. Mr.. Beveridge is Just
now in the West on a short business
| trip.
| Mrs. Murray Addison has gone to visit
Miss Florence Sill at the latter's home.
The Naples" at Cooperstown. n. Y.
Mrs. Nathaniel Francis has gone to
Westport, y. Y, where she is the guest
of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Hugh Wallace. Later Mrs. Francis
| will visit Mrs. Walter Damrosch and
Mrs. H. B. Besle before returning to
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peyton Gordon and their
| daughter have gone to San Francisco.
| from where they are booked to sail for
Japan Aug. 3.
Mr.. and Mrs Beale Howard. OF this
city. have taken Mrs. Marguerite De-
| lands cottage at Kennebunkport, Me. for
fhe summer. The cottage is one of the
rhandsomest on the Maine coast, set i'm
the center of one of the most beautiful
estates In that attractive section.
Miss Gertrude Carr Bowling. of 22ls
First street northwest, has gone to
Arundel-on-the-B Bay. where she is the
guest of Miss Esther Melix.
Mrs. Charles P. Keyser and children
have gone 10 Berkeley Springs. W. Va,
for the rest of the summer
Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Gould. of this city.
have gone to Newport. where they are
visiting Mrs. Gould's parents.
Mrs John II. Magruder and Miss Ma
talie Magruder have gone to Boston
where they will he guests for a few days
at the Touraine Later. they will go to
Newport TO remain until about the mid
die of August. From there they will
90 to their lamp in the Adirondacks to
spend the autumn season.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-30
STUDENTS HONOR TAFT.
He Is Elected Honorary President
of College Men.

The Third International Congress of
American Students having sent a tele-
gram to President Taft notifying him OF
his election an honorary president
of that body, Secretary of State Knox
sent message to Senior Carlos Concha,
president of the congress, at Lima, Peru,
as follows:
Il am happy to fulfill the duty with
which / am charged by expressing to
you the Presidents thanks for your
courteous telegram and the reported ac-
tion>of the Third Congress of American
Students.
1T is hoped that this congress will
conduce to a better acquaintance and
more intimate intercourse between the
educational institutions of the western
hemisphere"
Delegates to this congress attended the
sessions at Lima from a number of in
sttutions in the United States. including
Yale. Harvard. Columbia, University of
California, and Others
The Washington herald., 1912-07-30
Shaw Funeral To-day.

Funeral services for Lorenzo D. Shaw
amusement promoter and inventor of the
dip. who died Sunday night, will be held
from his late residence. 1865 Park Road
Northwest, at 2 o'clock this afternoon
Interment will be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Mr.. Shaw was at one time connected
with Coney Island. where he invented
the toboggan slide, afterward developed
into the dip. From there he went to
Philadelphia, and in 1903 came to this
city to take charge of Glen Echo.
He is survived by a wife, one son.
Walter p. Shaw, and five daughters,
Mrs. Annie Young, Mrs. W. c. Carroll.
Mrs. Lillian Thwing, and Miss Ruth
Edna Shaw.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-30
Veterans to Attend Encnnpment.

Each of the six camps of Spanish War
veterans in the District will send five
representatives to the twelfth annual en-
canpment at Philadelphia, beginning Au-
gust 26 and lasting four days. There are
almost 1000 veterans in this city. and
over 10000 are expected to gather in Phil
adelphia- The following are the delegates
of the local camps: Jere A Costello, de-
partment commander; Congressman L. c.
Dyer of Missouri, who was with the
District troops in Cuba: John Lewis
Smith. Daniel V. Chisholm. Gustaye
Rausch. Samuel Mawson. and DR.. S. Cliff
ford Cox, chairman of the national COM
mittee on legislation.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-30
APPEAL To TAFT
IN WILL CASE
State Department May Be Involved
in Settlement of Winans
Estate.
MILLIONS ARE INVOLVED

New York. July 90. The amicable
settlement OF the contest over the will
| of the late Ross Winans. of Baltimore.
has failed because Donald Harper.
! a former New York lawyer, living in
Paris, refuses to waive the 80 la per
cent for which he holds an agreement.
The will is being contested by the
Prince de Bearn, son-in-law of winans,
on behalf of his two children. The
estate is valued at s2.5OO,OOO by the
executors of the will. and the grand
children receive practically nothing
under II.
Maurice Leon, a lawyer, of 60 Wall
Street, who represents the prince. has
written letters to President Taft and
Attorney General Wickersham in con-
nection with the action of Harper,
whom he describes as legal broker.
The letters protest that the United
States consulate in Paris refers all in
quiries with legal interests in the
United States to Harper. when. as a
matter of fact, the latter has no legal
standing in Paris. and so long as he
lives in Paris has no real standing in
this country.
Both the President and the Attorney
General have promised that this pro-
test will be placed before, the State De-
partment for action.
Leon claims that Harper has taken
an active part in suits which have
been in Baltimore against the Prince
de Bearn. and that a result of the
princes children coming in for a share
of the Winans estate, Harper has filed
attachments against certain bonds and
other property belonging to the prince.
To Get One-third.
The Countess Rlanche de Rearn and
Counts Francois, Bernard, Odon, and
Pierre de Bearn. sister and brothers of
the prince, have filed attachments In the
courts of Baltimore. through ]. Kemp
Bartlett, a Baltimore lawyer, who is
working jointly with Harper. The latter,
1t is said, holds a contract for e-third
of whatever Is recovered.
According to Leon, the attachment
proceedings are in error, and unfounded
on fact. The Prince de Bearn has,
through his French attorneys, filed a suit
in the French courts for an accounting
against the sister and brothers who
have brought the action against him in
Maryland.
All the bonds attached under decisions
of the Maryland courts are tied up under
various appeals, which have been taken
to the Maryland Court of Appeals, and
Supreme Court of the United States by
the princes attorney.
One of the suggestions contained in the
letters written by Mr.. Leon to the Presi-
United States consul in Paris should be
supplied with list of reputable lawyers
in this country capable of handling
French affairs. and a list of French law
yers capable of handling cases in the
United States.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-30
SPEAKER CLARK
And UNDERWOOD
DECLARE A TRUCE

Continued from Page One.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-30
To Open Nature Study Lodge.

The girls who graduated from Normal
No. l last June will hold a housewarm-
ing at Normal Camp their nature
study lodge. which is being constructed
near Sycamore Island. Their guests will
be the young men who helped them build
it. The committee in charge are an ex-
ecutlve committee headed by Miss Lois
Meek, president of the class. and a house
committee headed by Miss Abbott. Miss
Crook is chairman of the groands COM
rroittaa
The Washington herald., 1912-07-30
May Meet in District BuiIdine.

The Commissioners have given the Dis
trict Employees Benefit Association per-
mission to meet in Room is of the Dis
trict building, and the association will
convene there the first Tuesday of each
month. The membership is composed Of
the District colored employees and was
formed for the mutual protection Of fell
low-employes in case of sickness
The Washington herald., 1912-07-30
To Meet Mt No,r. p.me.

Notre Dame College has been selected
as the major conference meeting place
of the Congregation of the Holy Cross
for the third time in twenty years. This
is one CT the most important religious
societies Of the Catholic Church. The
meeting OF the organization will begin
August J.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-30
Phelps Funeral To-day.

4, Funeral services for d. Fullerton
Phelps. who died Sunday. will be held
at Oak Hill Chapel. at . o'clock this
afternoon. Interment will be in Oak
Hill Cemetery. He is survived by his
mother. Mrs. Rachel F.. Phelps; a broth
er. William Phelps. and two sisters. Mrs.
J. T. Lipscomb. Jr.. and Mrs g. Burray
Deener. all of Washington.
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It was a matter Of comment at a re-
zen banquet in Savannah. says the
Chicago Post, that the Chatham ar
tillery punch was missing. There was
some alarm over this until 1t was es-
tablished that the recipe had not real
ly gone the way Of the secrets con-
corning Tyrian purple and Damascus
steel.
Artillery punch is a solid punch. Its
yelled wallop is like that of a boxing
glove with a brick in it.
Col. A. C. Dawes, who was presid-
ing at a dinner following the installa-
ton of a lodge Of Elks, had a bowl
of it brewed without consulting the
He had told two or three
prominent novitiates that he was 60
ing to call upon them after dinner.
and they had implored him to pass
them by; their timidity was extreme
and their command of language school
boyish. Would the colonel please ig-
more them? He would.
The dinner progressed and the punch
came on at its conclusion. After two
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This moment flashed and was gone
| Next, he reviewed with chagrin n IT.
ritation the folly of his ultimatum OF
the preceding night. He had had not
the slightest semblance of a plan IN
his head. Sifted down, he saw his
savage and ~senseless humor n the
desire to stir up discord. Gioconda
was right. Fortune was above them
all, in feeling, in instinct, in loyalty
What right had he, .roisterer by nlght
that he was, predaceous outlaw, What
right had he to look upon Fortune as
his own? Harm her! He would nave
Topped off his right hand first.
Well, he had but little time, and
Percival Algernon called for prompt
action. The young fool was smitten
with Fortune. Any one could see that
AS he shouldered his pathway to the
carriage, his eyes seeing but not Wis
ualizing objects, three brown men
glided in between him and the car
riage-step.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-12-18
SYNOPSIS.

George P~ercival Algernon Jones. vice.
president Of the Metropolitan Oriental
Rug company Of New York. thirsting for
omanc Is in Cairo on a business trip.
Horace Ryanne arrives at the hotel IN
Cairo with a carefully guarded bundle.
Ryanne sells Jones the famous holy fh>-
ordes rug which he admits having stolen
from q pasha at Bagdad. Jones meets
Major Callahan and later Is introduced TO
Fortune Chedsoye by a woman to Wnom
he had loaned $50 pounds at Monte CARO-
some months previously. and who turns
out to be Fortunes mother. Jones taxes
Mrs. Chedsoye and Fortune to a polo
game. Fortune returns to Jones tne
money borrowed by her mother. MIS-.
Chedsoye appears to be engaged In SOME
mysterious enterprise unknown to the
daughter. Ryanne interests Jones In tne
United Romance and Adventure com,
pany, a concern which for a price VIII
arrange any kline OF an adventure 70 or
der. Mrs. Chedsoye. her brother. MAJOR
Callahan. Wallace and Ryanne, as tne
United Romance and Adventure company
plan a risky enterprise involving Jones.
Ryanne makes known to Mrs. Cheosoye
his intention to marry Fortune. Mrs.
Chedsoye declares she will not permit II.
Plans are laid to prevent Jones salinS
for home. Ryanne steals Jones letters
and cable dispatches. He wires agent IA
New York, in Jones' name. that he IS
renting house in New York to some
friends. Mahomed. keeper Of the molly
carpet, Is on Ryanne's trail. Ryanne
promises Fortune hat he Will see tlat
Jones comes to no harm as a result Oh MS
purchase Of the rug.
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you'll come along I'll do the best can
to s%traighten out the matter. What do
you say"
Mahomed eyed him with keen dis.
trust. This white man was as strong
in cunning as he was in flesh. He had
had practical demonstrations. Still,
whatever road led to the recovery Of
the rug must needs be travelled. His
arm, though it still reposed in, a sling
was not totally helpless. 1t stood
three to one, then. He spoke briefly
to his companions, i've whom he
seemed to have some authority. These
two inventoried the sm~ooth-faced Fer
inghi. One replied. Mahomed ap-
proved. Three to one, and In these
streets many to call upon, in case Of
open hostilities. The English-Bar Ma
homed knew tolerably well. He had
known 1t in the lawless and reveling
eighties. 1t would certainly be neu-
trail ground, since the proprietor was a
Greek. With a dignifed sweep of his
hand, he signed for Ryanne to get into
the carriage. Ryanne did SO, relieved.
He was certain that he could bring
Mahomed round to a reasonable view
of the affair. He was even willing to
give him a little money. The three
Arabs climbed in beside him, and the
journey to the hostelry was made
without talk. Ryanne pretended to be
vastly interested in the turmoil
through which the carriage rolled, now
swiftly, now hesitant, now at a stand
still, and again %tortuously. Once Ma
homed felt beneath his b%urnouse for
his money; and once Ryanne, in the
pretense of seeking a cigar, felt for
his. They were rather upon even
terms in the adjudication Of each 9th
er's character.
The English-Bar was not the most
inviting place. Sober, Ryanne had
never darkened it's doors. The odor
Of garlic prevailed over the lesser
smells of bad cooking. 1t was lighted
only from the street, by two windows
and a door that swung open all the
days in the year. The windows were
generally half obscured by bills an
nouncing boxing-matches, wrestling
bouts and the Autographs Of cheap
theaters. The walls were decorated
in q manner to please the inherent
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-12-18
Fish So Fat They Won't Bite.

Barnegat bay is full Of weakish.
which are caught in nets in large
quantities. They are so we'll fed and
fat, however, that they disdain The
most tempting bait that the angler can
offer. This is because the bay Is also
teeming with shrimp, the food that
the weakfish love best, as do the king
fish. The fishermen say that when
emptying their nets the fish disgorge
shrimp from the pressure Of handling
Anglers say this presages an un,
usual fishing season for July and Au-
gust. They figure that the great guam.
titles of feed will lure an unusual mum
Der of fish into the bay; that the more
fish come in the sooner the feed will
be eaten. and that when the shrimr
are scarcer the fish will be glad to bite
on shedder crab.-Philadelphia Record
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Anglo-SaXon taste for strong men, fart
horses, and pink-tighted Venuses. A
few iron-topped tables Uttered both
room and sidewalk, and here were
men Of a dozen nationalities, slipping
coffee, drinking beer, or solemuly
watching the water-bubbles in their
Sheeshas, or pipes.
A curious phase of this class Of un-
der-world is that no one is curious.
Strangers are lever questioned except
when they invite attention, which they
seldom DO. So, when Ryanne and his
quasi-companions entered, there wasn't
the slightest agitation. A blowsy bar
maid stood behind the bar, polishing
the copper spigots. Ryanne threw her
a greeting, to which she responded
with a smirk that once upon a time
had been a smile. He, being master
Of ceremonies, selected a table in the
corner. The four sat down, and Ryanne
plunged %intrepidly into the business
under hand. To make a tool Of Ma
homed, If not an ally, toward this he
directed his effort. Half a dozen times,
Mahomed dropped a word in Arabic to
the other two, who understood little or
no English.
$50, you see, Mahomed, that's the
way the matter stands. I'm not so
much to blame as you think. Here
this mar Jones has me in a wise. If I
do not get this bit of carpet, off l 60,
into the dark, into nothing. l handled
you roughly, l know. But could l help
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it? 1t was my throat or yours. You're
no chicken. You and that other chap
made things exciting"
Mahomed accepted this compliment
to his prowess in silence. Indeed, he
gazed dreamily over Ryanne's head.
The other fellow wouldn't trouble any
one again. To Mahomed it had not
been the battle, man to man; 1t had
been the guile and trickery leading
up to il. He had been bested at his
own game, duplicity, and that irked
him. Death, he, as his kind, looked
upon with Oriental passivity. All,
well! The game was to have a Sec
ond inning, and he proposed to play
it in strictly Oriental ways.
"How much did he give you for it,"
The expression upon Ryanne's face
would have deceived any one but Ma
homed. Give for it," Indignantly.
why, that's the whole trouble. All
nv trouble, all the hard work, and
not a plaster, not a plaster! Can't you
understand, I had to do it?"
"Is he going to sell it,"
sell it? Not he! He's a collector,
and crazy over the thing"
Mahomed nodded. He knew some
thing of the habits Of collectors. rs
he still in Cairo, and where may he
be found?"
Ryanne began to believe that the
game was going along famously; Ma
homed was sure Of 1t.
"He is George P. A. Jones, OF Morti-
mer & Jones, rich rug dealers OF New
York. Money no object"
Though his face did not show 1t, Ma!
homed was singularly depressed by
this news. If this man Jones had
money, Of what use was his little pack
ct Of notes?
II must have that rug, effendi.
There are two reasons; it Is holy, and
the loss Of it mean my head"
Good riddance!" thought Ryanne, a
sympathetic look upon his face.
What have you to suggest in the
way of a plan?" asked Mahomed.
Ryanne felt a Jingle Of j%ubilation.
He saw nothing but plafn-sailing into
port. But Mahomed had arranged to
guide his craft into the whirlpool. I'm
to himself he kept up a ceaseless re-