The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-12-25
MAP SHOWS RATE ION.
CHART SHOWS WHAT THE Pt--
tai RATES WILL BE.

tai RATES WILL BE.
Gives Important Facts as to Rates
Under New System Soon to Go
Into Operation.
Parcels post maps have been issued
showing the country divided into
zcnes with different cities as centres
by private parties. The local postal
authorities have not yet received
their map of this sort, although the
map Is expected In any mail. as 1t
must be in this post Office before
January /.
The parcels post map shows num-
Der OF very interesting things that
viii be of great Importance to mer-
chants and others in this city when
the new system goes into effect the
frst of the year. For instance. both
New York and Chicago lie in the fifth
zone with reference to Orangeburg,
| 80 that the mail order houses OF
neither will have any advantage ov-
! er the other in regard to rates to the
! city, which will be from each city
: nine cents for the first pound.
The FIRST zone around this city
IL Nd p0anfnrf
intermediate points, the rate
! which will be Sc for the first pot
| Zone No. 2, 6 cents for the
pound, includes nearly all of South
Carolina. the part of Georgia sur
rounding Savannah and a small piece
! Of North Carolina. No. 8, { cents for
. the first pound, incluces part OF Vir-
ginia. South Carolina and Tennessee
and most Of North Carolina, Georgia
! and Florida.
The line Of the fourth zone passes
through New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, missouri. Ar
kansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and
Florida. though only including
small strip of some of these States
The rate for this zone is cents for
the first pound.
The line Of the fifth zone extends
from the Canadian border to the
Gulf, passing through Michigan. Wis
consin. Minnesota, Iowa. Nebraska,
Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. The
rate here is 9 cents for the first
pound. In this zone are included
some OF the largest cities CT the couD-
try. including Boston, New 7o~S
Chicago, st. ouis. Kansas City. T.
line passes right through New
leans, which may be taken as in !
fourth zone. This fifth zone 'nclui
all Of New England, except a piece -.
Maine. which is in the sixth zone.
The sixth zone limit, 10 cents tor
the first pound. extends from the Ca
madam to the Mexican border. passing
through Minnesota. NoT.h Dakota.
South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado,
New Mexico and Texas.
The seventh zone line is also from
border to border and passes through
Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, ar
lzona. The rate here is II cents for
the first pound. Everything beyond,
including insular possessions. is in
the eighth zone. the rate being II
cents for the first pound:
The following Is the manner In
which the various important seaport
cities OF .be Atlantic and Gulf coast
are divided into zones in reference to
Orangehu-g AMI gives an idea Of the
distances from Orsngeburg By the
cities IL ;se several zones.
None IN taa arst zone.
Georg-to~n. Savannah, and Sruns-
wick IN the ancond zone.
Wilmington and Jacksonville Il
the third zone.
Philadelphia, Baltimore. NoTte
Key West, Pensacola. Tampa. Mol
and New Orleans in the fourth 70
Portland, Boston, New York,
Galveston in the fifth zone.
None in the sixth, seventh and
eighth zones. :
TIE zone system was designed to
give the merchants in the smaller
cities an equal chance with the big
,, natl order houses Of Chicago and
other large cities. Thus. if a man
In Orangebu-g was considering par
chasing a ten-pound article. either
in Orangeburg or In Chicago, be
would give the preference to the
O-angebu-g merchant every tine.
since tie rate from Charleston would
be only 32c. while that from Chica-
90 would be - cents.
The Oranseburg no.t Office has re-
ceived everything necessary TOR in
augurating the parcels post service
here, With the excep.ion Of q nsrcais
nost map and set o. scales FOR
large 1ackaees. and :;,ese are expect
ed &c rive At any tire.
/ W:.tin the city carrier limit. the
rete 10 nackaCes wi: y" fire cents
|; ner pound and one cent FOR each al
dt.:ora! nound II the FIST zone. but
! cu.s:da the carrier limits. the rate
! Kill be FIVE cents and thee Gems for
zach additional pound. Thus. ten
pound package mailed in Oraneebnrs
70 A person within the city will cost
! hnt II cents. while the same nacS-
age mailed from here to Beaufort will