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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
Packages By the Parcels Post


 Tn about six weeks the parcels post system will be put in actual opera tion in 48 states. No one considers the law as it stands ideal, but 1t IS a bao;nning and it will be amended no doubt from year to year until lt pe- comes satisfactory to all except the express companies and possibly the big mail order houses.
 The plan adopted is the zone plan. There is one price for rural routes and city delivery; another covering a zone 50 miles in diameter; still an- other for 15O mile zone, and so on up to an 1900 mile zone which IS extended to cover the entire country.
 The citizen living on rural delly- cry route can send package to or receive one from the city at } cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional pound up to Il pounds. For IS cents he can send to the city package weighing II pounds contain ing eggs or butter or dressed chick ens-even dressed turkey-an assort- ment of vegetables, honey, syrup, a roast of lamb, veal or beef, with a steak or two thrown in--everything in fact produced on the farm except moonshine whisky, and the farmers of Jefferson county are law observing people. The box makers of this city should get busy, for strong paper boxes weighing about pound apiece will be in demand. In other words, the cost of transportation and city deliv- cry will be less than 1 cent pound on shipments from points on the rural routes.
 In the 50 mile zone beyond the rural routes the charge on II pound pack age will be 35 cents, and in the 150 mile zone the postage will be 46 cents. The last named would cover two- thirds of this state using this city as central point.
 In round figures the charges on the rural routes would be 1 cent pound, in the 50 mile zone cents, and in the 150 mile zone cents pound. shipments of goods from the city to the country would bear similar rates.
 It is very plain that the zone plan will boom trade on the rural routes. Under it all packages going short dis tances will be handed over to the post al service, whatever may be done in the case of packages to be carried 1000 miles. A package weighing II pounds in the latter instance would be taxed 79 cents.
 No package can exceed 12 inches in length and breadth combined This probably means that package two feet long, two feet wide and two feet high would be admissible.
 The possibilities to both producer and consumer, especially along the rural routes, are very great, begin ming with the next producing season, and the price of lands on those routes may be considerably enhanced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
RESTRICTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Nobody ever gets a bargain when he buys experience.
 Figures come and figures go. but the tailors that make them go on forever
 What a mans wit cant understand Is how there can be political scandal with no woman in it.
 A man can be his own boss when his wife is away visiting her mother ih- stead of her mother visiting her:
 The comforting thing to a widow get ting married again is all the disap- .pointments ahead of her she has Inc dexed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

they are interested in it occurs to me that the closing of the courts Is unhsces- sary. and tends to work hardship on the smaller litigants. for many cases could be disposed of during this period of enforced idleness. The fee system is blamed for many undesirable conditions in this county, and certainly with the laws delay but it seems to me that there are other contributory causes to the elogging of our civil dockets and the Morrow bill is one"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
THE FOOTBALL BOYS.

Every year, along about this fime,' grumbled the Old Codger, i've behold in the newspapers many pictures of huge, hulking, disheveled young lunlkheads, with knobs at the knees of their Short pants
 standing straddling, with their arms akim- bo, and glooming ominously from be- heath their mops of hair. They bear the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
GApsPURNs ufcK

T feel like aPelogizing to Gadspurn."
 "Why so?.
 ! have always thought him hard man, but yesterday when I called on him to see if he would pay an account he has owed our firm for some time, I found him with handkerchief to his eyes. ap- parently in tears. Not wishing to intrude on man at such painful moment, I hastily withdrew
 "Ha. ha! l also called on Gadspurn shortly after you did and found him still in tears"
 And you didn't syrnpathize with him?p
 Sure. In fact I got the cnder out of his eye that was bothering him so much.p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
DISCOURAGED.

Why don't you write story, Dub kln?"
 No use!"
 "But why"
 Nobody readA a story nowadays unless it is illustrated by Gibson or Harrison Fisher, and both these artists have their hands full"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

The government postal banks hold sSS.- o000o0 in deposits and this money yields slSS,Ooo above the interest allowed to de posltors. This is not, however, enough to pay the extra clerks employed in Wash lngton. The total deposits are, however, increasing annually and when they reach sid,ooO,o0o the postal banks will be more than self sustaining.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
IN THE DUSK

From the Chinese of Ii Pc. The yellow dusk winds round the city
 wall;
 The crows are drawn to nest, Silently dova the west They hasten home, and from the
 branches call. woman sits and weaves with fingers
 delft
 Her story of the fiower-lit stream. Threading the jasper gauge in dream. Till like faint smoke it dies; and she
 bereft.
 Recallssthe parting words that died Under the easement some far even-
 tide, And stays the disappointed loom While from the little lonely room Into the lonely night she peers. And. like the rain. unheeded fall her
 tears.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
A HARD KNOCK.

I'm afraid Tewlxsly doesn't think very highly of you, Pripson."
 What has he been saying about me now?"
 N hen told him you had political as- piratioas he laughed and said you couldn't qualify as delegate to a hobo conven- tion'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
A PROuD MISS.

Miss Prinkle, I understand, is going away to a finishing school in Boston,"
 Thank you for the information. When I passed her on the street yesterday was at loss to account for the unusual ele- vation of her chin.v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
A POINT IN HIs FAYoR.

You ought to be ashamed of yourself to roam aimlessly about and never do any work" said Mrs. Naggers, to the ragged specimen of humanity who stood at her door.
 That's true. num-" replied the wan- derer And yet you must give me credit for one thing.''
 And what Is that?''
 Although I have been travelling over the world for more than twenty years, I have never yet acquired the souvenir post card habit PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

The plan of letting ex-Presidents have seats in Congress with the right to discuss things is really movement to make the colonel a contributing editor of the Con gressiona1 Record
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

The North Alabama Methodist confer ence will be opened in the First Methodist church tomorrow. Scarcely a beat in North Alabama will be without repre- sentation in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

The booming of big guns that is heard in constantnople may be music to the Christians but to the Moslems it is not much better than death knell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
.HE,S ALI. RIGHT

SHE'S ALL RIGHT, THOUGH. We know girl named Sadie Kerr, With lots of common sense, But if her face her fortune were, She'd be worth thirty cents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
GOOD NEWS

Great joy is written on her face,
 A happiness that knows no bounds; She hopes to trip with girlish grace
 Because she's lost eleven pounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

Washington receives Governor Wilson s proposition of an open door at the White House with doubts and even downright inef eduity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

Stanley Bowdle who defeated Nick Longworth is one of the best pleaders at the Cincinnati bar. He Is A years old and he received his education in the public schools. He has fine law practice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

The hope is expressed that there will not be more applicants for office than there were democrat voters on election day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

Angels may fly but they cannot fly un- less their wings are b feet long. We have the word of a great aviator for this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
THE DILLETANTF

He's more in a mood
 To offer thanksgiving, Who has a bank roll
 But works for a living, Than one whose chief task Is drawing his breath, Who simply kills time Till he's bored half to death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

The Bulgarians are now the embattled farmers whose shots are heard not only around the world but in constantlnople, a,so
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

All business men are agreed that the sooner the tariff is decided on the better it will be for general trade throughout the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

Frank T. O'Hair swears he did not spend a cent to secure the defeat of Joseph c. Cannon This is the worst sting of all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

About the middle of January about 300 senators and deputies will come together in Paris to elect new President of the French republic, and there will be no com motion, although there are several esndi- dates. But a French President has no more real power than King George has.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

New York is endeavoring to ascertain mathematically how long Vincent Astor will remain unmarried.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
THAT BOY AGAIN-

why. your hair is black. Mrs wop- son.
 "Of course it is. Johnny. Did you think it was some other eolor?"
 "Yessum. cause I heard my father tell my mother that when MT. Wopson stayed out late you got red-headed."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

The s. r. IT. G. is a society in New York designed for the Prevention of UseIass Giving on Christmas Day. The members in good standing wear a badge. and are locally known as sprgs. The system of exchange at the gladsome season Is especially deplored.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

New York seems to be very proud of the facts that eggs are now sold there at 6 cents each.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

The Christmas magazine and the Christ. mas calendar are peering over the horizon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

New York city is so poor or so stingy it refuses to buy towels for it's school chill dren.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

The mobilization of the democratic as- pirants should not take place until the last week of February. The financing of the army can be attended to now. The railroads will furnish transportation at regular rates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
DISAPPOINTED

His little wife vowed she would leave He wears a look of woe; And why does this poor husband grieve7 Because she did not go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

The word 'gunmen'' has forced itself into the dictionary. New York did it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

MT. Taft's one great error was made at Winona, and he knows 1t. N
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
THEN sHE WILTEp.

A few days ago two young ladies en- tered a trolley car and found only stand- ing room.
 I'm going to get seat" said one to her companion. Now you see!'
 Selecting a sedate-looking gentleman, she walked up to him.
 My dear MT. Green" she exclaimed. How delighted am to meet you. You are almost a stranger. will I accept your seat? Well, do feel tired, admit. Thank you so nluchi"
 The man rose
 Sit down, Jane, my girl" said he, as he courteously pointed to the vacant seat. Don't often sec you out on washing day. You must feel tired. I'm sure. Hows E your stress?'-Exchange
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
sTANDARD-sIzEo cIRrs

Tripoli cost Italy s9o,0oOo 900, and 1t 1. not worth the money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
A SALUTARY JOIT

A SALUTARY JOLT. We de not weep To see him fall, The chump who thinks He knows it all. Although his brief May be intense, Mishaps may teach Him common sense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second class matter under act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

z. k. Morgan and W. G. Wharton are the only authorized travelling represent atives of The Age-Herald in its elrcu- lation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

Why. he that cuts of twenty years o' life, ioo as many years of fearing death'
 Julius Caesar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

Stanley Bowdle who defeated Nick Longworth is one of the best pleaders at the Cincinnati bar He Is A years old and he received his education in the public schools He has fine law practice
 
 The plan of letting ex-Presidents have seats in Congress with the right to discuss things is really a movement to make the colonel contributing editor of the Con gressional Record.
 The North Alabama Methodist confer ence will be opened in the First Methodist church tomorrow. Scarcely beat in North Alabama will be without repre- sentation in it. l 1 The booming of big guns that is heard in constantinople may be music to the Christians but to the Moslems it is not much better than death knell | 1 All business men are agreed that the sooner the tariff is decided on the better it will be for general trade throughout the country. 1 Washington receives Governor Wilson's proposition of an open door at the White House with doubts and even downright incl eduity 1 The Bulgarians are now the embattled farmers whose shots are heard not only around the world but in constantinople, also. 1 The hope is expressed that there will not be more applicants for office than there were democrat voters on election day.
  Frank T. O'Hair swears he did not spend cent to secure the defeat of Joseph c. Cannon This is the worst sting of all. --------s------ Angels may fly but they cannot fly un- less their wings are b feet long. We have the word of a great aviator for this
  New York is endeavoring to ascertain mathematicaly how long Vincent Astor VIII remain unmarried.
  l New York seems to be very proud of the facts that eggs are now sold there at 6 cents each. l New York city is so poor or so stingy it refuses to buy towels for it's school chil- 1 dren.
 
 The Christmas magazine and the Christ mas calendar are peering over the horizon. -----.s---- The word "gunmen'' has forced itself into the dictionary. New York did it.
  l MT. Taft's one great error was made at l Winona, and he knows It. N Tripoli cost Italy 90,00O 900, and 1t Is not worth the money. sa.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

Daily and Sunday Age-Herald. SS.oO Daily and Sunday. per month. ~ Daily and Sunday, three months. 1'Ve Sunday Age-Herald ..-......-.... S.Vo Weekly Aae-Herald, per annum.. .oU
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

No communication will be published without its authors name. heJeoteu manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1912-07-18
REPUBLICAN TICKET.

We are authorized to announce the
following as candidates for nomina-
tion to office, in Pemiscot county, Mo-,
subject to the action of the primary
election, Aug. &, 1912.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1912-07-18

The last bill Of white print pa
per we received, Saturday, was
advanced 1Oper cent, making it
now I cents a pound, yet we
must go on selling it at the same
old price for subscription and
advertising and also for job print
ing. In the last ten years the
advance has been not less that 80
per cent, yet us country printers
are working at the same old
price. But the time has come
for change, and the printer
who does not ad vance his prices
is going out Of business-all eX-
cept the Argus, whose stock
holders keep it up, and it can cut
the price with impunity, hoping
thereby to Starve out all other
papcrs in the county. For our
part, however we have our own
bills to pay, and we are going to
advance our prices according to
the cost system.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1912-07-18

name to it, mark it advertising"
or place some warning sign about
it to warn the public from the
snare. No, he wants the money,
and don't care continentil how
he gets it-just hand him the
money and he will do the rest.
No paper will exclude a candi.
date, under his own signature or
when the matter is properly in
dicated, but no decent and self
respecting newspaper can pub
lish such stuff under any other
conditions, unless it indorses the
candidate.
Talk about the Hayti Herald
supporting candidates on ac.
count of patronage, why, it is
well known fact that we refused
to accept Houchin's money, and
have repulsed every effort to the
use of our space except where
the article bears it's own stamp
or is properly indicated.
All candidates are treated
alike, and the public is protected
in the columns of the Herald.
But what assurance has the
public against the Democrat,
which publishes just any old
thing that is paid for?
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1912-07-18
Notice to Construct Concrete
Sidewalks.

To Clyde Mitchell and Carroll Nit
cheIl, non-resdents of the state of
Missouri:
You are hereby notified by order of
the Board OF Aldermen of the City of
Hayti, Pemscot county, Missouri, to
construct concrete sidewalk on the
west sides of your real
estate in said city, to.wit:
West side of lots 2 and in block
80, fronting on Agate avenue
nance No. NS adopted 10y the Board of
Aldermen of said city June II. 1912,
and the Revised Ordinances of said
city of 1911, within II days from the
date of the publication of this notice
in the Hayti Herald a newspaper
published in said city, or such side
walk shall he constructed by said
city and the expense thereof charged
against your said property and the
same or so much thereof as may be
necessary shall be sold To pay said
expense: and you are further notified
to construct said sidewalk out of the
material and in the manner as follows:
| Four feet in width and finished TO a
smooth surface and which shall de-
scend gradually from the property
line of your said described real pro-
perty to the top of the curbing by a
fall of one-fourth of an inch to the
foot and which shall be constructed as
follows: EXcavate eight inches, fill
four inches with clean sand, cinders,
gravel or crushed rock and tamp solid;
cover this with three inches of grout
composed of one part cement, three
parts sand and five parts rock, and
finish with finishing coat composed
of one part cement and two parts clean
sand, gravel or crushed rock that
will go through a number -four screen.
| IN WITNESS WHEREOF, have
hereunto set my hand as City Clerk
and affixed the official seal of the City
of Hayti, Pemiscot county, Mis-
souri,, at my Office in said city, this
the 2nd day of June, 1912.
seal OTIS A. PoPHAM,
City Clerk.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1912-07-18
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

We are authorized to announce the
following as candidates for nomlna-
tion to office, in Pemiscot county, Mo-,
subject to the action of the primary
election, Aug. i, 1912.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1912-07-18
AT IT AGAIN.

If Bill Lacey would contine
himself to the truth, and quit
trying to injure the Hayti Herald
by misrepresentation and false
hood, there would be little or no
need of controversy between the
Democrat and the Herald.
But his jealousy and hatred
for this paper is so great and his
egoiSm is so deep-seated, that
his thrustS at US are frequently
cruel, and repulsive to right
thinking people.
His past acts show beyond the
shadow of doubt that it is his
desire to injure the Herald in
every conceivable way, even to
creating by falsehood and mis-
representation, prejudice and
i'll feeling toward it,
The trouble is, the Democrat
wants to be the BIG lT-the
whole cheeSe-the only dog in
the boneyard, and realizing the
steady growth and increasing in
tuence of the Herald, he is try
ing to murder it, instead o1
getting "a hump on himself and
making his own paper better.
We had hoped that our S5S. II!
suit against him a few months
ago would cause him to be more
respectful of the truth, but the
following from his issue of July
| 8, seems quite the contrary.
Bill York is again notifying count,
candidates that If they don't give hin
their job printing he'll cast Hayti'i
vote against them. Wonder if h
really does carry Hayti around in hi
pocket. t."-Caruthersville Democrat.
Every candidate in Pemisco
county knows the above to be al
unmitigated falsehood, and al
who have talked to us about sucl
matters will say that we have ad
vised them to give the Democ rat
liberal share of their work.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1912-07-18

Bill Lacey says that he is for
Cowherd for governor, but at the
same time he is boosting Houchin
and publishing all kinds of good
things about Houchin, simply be-
cause Houchin pays for it, thus
misleading and deceiving the
public into the belief that he is
actually for Houchin. Isn't this
pretty kettle of tish-any man
honestly in favor of one candidate
for governor, and at the same
time accepting money to boost
the candidacy of another?
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1912-07-18

ALL ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE CASH IN ADVANCE.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1912-07-18

We have been going on crutch-
es for nearly three months and
during this time have met with
many who wanted to borrow
them, but they all seem to be
crippled in the wrong end.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-03-22
INDORSES THE
EIGHT.HOUR LAW

The State Land Board today passed
a resolution declaring that it was the
intent Of the legislature to have the
eight-hour law apply to contracts
made by the state for the erection of
public buildings as well as work done
by the state, and hereafter all CON
tracts for public works will have in
serted in them eight-houre clauses.
The resolution is as follows.
Whereas, A state law enacted by
the legislative assembly Of 1907 pro-
yides for the eght-hour work day on
all public work for the state and
counties of Oregon, with certain ex-
ceptains and notifications.
Whereas, The state law was evil
IDENTIFY inspired by the federal law, as
is indicated by the close resemblance
Of the two measures, and, as may rea-
sonably be presumed, from the fact
that the federal measure found suf-
flcient approval to warrant it's enact
ment by the national congress, show
ing the initial power Of the principal
by the national government,
Therefore, be II ordered that all
future contracts for public work shall
be let with the distinct understanding
and provision that the work must be
done upon the eight-hour basis, with
the further express stipulation that
the same regulation shall apply to any
and all sub-contracts In connection
herewith