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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03


/ or single package to be carried and
should charge in proportion just what
it does now for one package of IL
pounds weight.
Every postmaster in the United
States will have parcel post map
like the one which is here reproduced
except that the zone lines will be
shown with the unit of his postofice
as q center All that q postmaster
will have 10 do when a parcel is pre-
scented for transportation is to find
out In what zone the destination Of
the package lies. His table will show
him instantly the rate per pound from
the unit In which his postofflce lies
to the zone of the packages destina-
tons, the price as has been explained
before, to every postoff1ce in, any one
zone being the same. The parcel post
will take nothing but fourth-class mat
ter. Printed matter is still in the
third-class designation. Therefore
books cannot be sent by the parcel
post system. This the postofice au-
thorities seem to think is In way
unjust and may work a hardship. It
may be that in the future the law will
be changed SO as to include all print
ed matter. It seems to be certain that
an attempt will be made to bring
about this change as speedily as pos
sible-
Must Bea: Stamp.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
ordered that postmasters be advised
that parcel post packages cannot be
accepted for mailing unless they bear
distinctive parcel post stamp and
have attached to them the return card
of the sender. A series Of distinctive
stamps is now in course of prepare
ton for this class of mail as required
by the law creating the parcel post
system. Consignments OF these
stamps will be ready for shipment to
all postoffices in ample time for the
establishment of the new system on
New Years day.
The postoflce department has given
instruction to every postmaster in the
country to enlighten his patrons as
LuuCu DIS pOocAD4C OA tAO 6OACA "a SuD-
ject Of the parcel post and especially
on the use of the special stamps and
the necessary attachment of the re-
turn card. The law requires that all
fourth-class matter mailed aster Jan
uary /, 1913, without parcel post
stamps attached shall be treated as
Held for postage" matter Parcel
post packages will be mailable only
at postofnces, branch postoff1ces, let
tered and local named stations, and
such numbered stations as may be
designated by the postmasters.
It has been announced by Postmas-
ter General Hitchcock that nearly TO-
900 scales viii be required for use In
the parcel post system which is to go
into effect January 1st. He HAS &C
cordingly authorized the issuance Of
bids for that number. Two hundred
OF the largest postoffices and their
branches will be supplied with auto
matte springless scales. The next
class of Offices. numbering about TO-
600. will be given high grade beam
scale, while the four class Offices.
numbering about $4,000. will be fur
nished with the best spring balances
obtainable. each having capacity for
twenty pounds. These scales will be
used by postmasters to determine the
amount Of postage required on parcel
post packages The fact that many
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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03
az EpWARp 3. CLARK.

With the coming OF the New Year
khe United States government viii en-
eer Into q new field of enterprise
che transmittal OF merchandise by
what Is known as the parcel post
E'0r years there has been a demand
.enr such system OF inexpensive
eransmittal of packages. The camps
Of favor and disfavor of the parcel
post scheme have been about equally
divided. Finally at the last session
pf congress bill was passed which
VIII put the plan into operation. but
bnly 1t must be said In little more
ghan an experimental way.
It is the intention Of Uncle Sam TO
Rnove rather slowly in the parcel post
matter. He wants to find how popu-
bar It win be, how much It will cost
the government. and whether there is
20 be a profit or loss at the end of
zach year. II 1t is found that the
clan Ia successful from the point of
view Of the people. which means the
government also, the parcel post win
be extended until finally 1t reaches
the proportions which it's proponents
ray they believe It is destined to as
sumo.
Zone System Explained.
nc is no exaggeration to say that
thousands upon thousands of inquir-
bes have been made Of the postmaster
general as to just what the parcel
post viii mean to the people. It was
khe law of congress establishing the
system which made provision for a
division Of the country into zones
and into $4,000 units which are to be
used as centers in describing the cir
eles which mark the boundaries Of
ehe zones There has been no clear
understanding, apparently. of this
zone system, but really 1t Is very
simple matter.
The accompanying map shows the
Dountry divided into zones from the
anti In which Washington is sit
uated, as the center. Accompanying
the map is table showing the rate
pf postage per pound for parcels from
Washington to places within all the
Rones
Each unit contains an area thirty
miles square Now each unit is a
eenter from which the zones are
drawn and so every unit In the coun-
cry no matter where It is situated will
have zones drawn from 1t Just exactly
rs Washington has them drawn from
e. For instance, take Keokuk, Ia,
which is in q unit in the fifth zone.
FROM that will be drawn circles ex-
actly as they are drawn from Wash
angton and they will be numbered from
Keokuk as number one, just as they
are numbered from Washington as
number one. OF course, however,
Zone Six win have a different geo.
graphical position as related to Keo-
kuk than it has as related to Wash
Engton, but as the radius of the circles
Grawn from Keokuk is the same
length as the radius Of the circles
drawn from Washington. Keokuk's
Zone Six will be just as far from it's
center as Washington's Zone Six is
How Rates Are Fixed.
&c can be seen from this readily
nnough that the postal rates from
Washington to its particular zone win
be the same as the postal rates from
Kaokuk to it's particular zones. Each
INIT being about thirty miles square
win OF course contain In most cases a
number OF postofices. but each Office
2n the same unit IL considered as be-
%ng the center o. the circles from
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03


which the zones are drawn. The
rates Of postage are fixed from the
unit In which the sending postofice is
situated, but the price to every place
I'm any zone is just the same. To IL
lustrate. 1t will cost exactly the same
amount to send parcel from Wash
fngton to Erie. Pa. that 1t costs to
send 1t to Atlanta, Ca, because Erie
and Atlanta with reference to Wash
ington are situated in the fourth
zone. The rates therefore are fixed
from the unit in which the postoffice
Is located, but they are the same
from that Office to any point In any
one zone.
1t win be seen by reference to the
table OF rates of postage that It will
cost more per pound to send a pack
age q long distance than it does to
send It a short distance. The rate In
creases for package weighing one
pound at the rate Of one cent for
each zone. No package weighing
more than II pounds can be sent I'M
der the new parcel post law. It
should be said right here that on the
long hauls the parcel post may not
be able to compete with the express
companies, but that on shorter hauls
It can so compete. 1t was the ex-
pressed desire OF the legislators and
of the postofice officials that the par
Gel post system should be made OF
particular use to persons having farm
and factory products to transmit to
customers. Il Is probable that pro-
ducers must study the rates of post
age and the convenience of trans
initial and compare them with the
cost and convenience under present
methods before individually man can
determine whether he is to profit or
not by the change. Then there is an
other thing to be considered and
which only can be known definitely
when fuller regulations have been
made to specify exactly what kind of
things can be sent by parcel post. 1t
can be said in general way that any
thing can be sent which is properly
wrapped and which will not injure
other mail matter with which it may
come in contact.
Copy Foreign Countries.
It is probable that the government
will adopt means Of transportation
for certain kinds of its merchandise
much IKE those which have been
adopted In parcel post countries
abroad. What the English call ham,
pers, basket-like arrangements, prob
ably win be adopted, and as these can
be kept separate from the ordinary
mail matter it is believed that the
regulations as finally adopted will al
low the sending Of eggs. butter, dress
ed poultry, live poultry, honey, fruit,
and other products Of the country.
The 11-pound limit for single pack
age may work at first against any
very extended use of the parcel post
for some OF the articles which have
been named. OF course, more weight
can be sent if it is sent in different
parcels. but the cost IN that case
would be heavier because the In
crease per pound on single package
is not great up to II pounds, and
probably 1t would increase at no great
er rate Il the government were to
raise the limit Of weight which Is now
fixed. To make it simpler, It will
cost more To send two packages Of IL
pounds than it would to send one
package Of az pounds II the govern
uent eventually should allow heavi-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03

OFFICIAL PARCEL POST MAP.
This map Is for use only In unit No.,
1911, In which the city of Washington
IL located.
Numbered squares represent units
OF area; circles Indicate boundaries OF
zones.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03
FIXING RATES
UNDER PARCEL
POST SYSTEM
Government Goes Into Business
of Transmitting Merchandise
Through the Mails.
NEW LAW FULLY EXPLAINED

Country Divided Into Zones and
Units FOR Purpose Of Fixing Charges
for carriage-No Package Weigh
ing Moro Than Eleven Pounds Is
MaIiabie-Anythlng Properly Wrap
ped Which VIII Mot InJure Other
Malt May Sc Sent.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03

You're a pretty old man to be beg
GIN" said the lady to the man at the
back door.
Yes. ma'am." replied the man with
his hat In his hand.
Have you been begging al your
life?"
Not yit. ma'au." T--'S.'s--4ss
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03

Mutton Chops Stewed in MIX.
Free the chops from fat and put
into saucepan. cover with milk and
an onion cut fine and simmer slowly
two hours. Season with pepper and
salt and thicken with little -four
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03
RATES OF POSTAGE

Parcels weighing four ounces are maHabIe at the rate
Of one cent for each fraction of ounce regardless of
distance Parcels weighing than four maabe
the pound rate shown by the following table, and when mailed
at this rate any traction OF pound considered full pound
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-01
INTEREST INCREASES
AS CONTEST NEARS END

Only three days are left in the vot-
ing contest being conducted by the
Business Mems association as a fea-
ture OF Homecoming week. Wednes-
day will be the last voting day after
which the ballots will be counted and
the winners announced.
There are FIVE contests for which
prizes will be awarded but interest is
conferred mainly In the young ladies'
contest and in the homely mems con-
test.
In the former the Misses Gertrude
Wachs. ROsalia F1aer. Flossie Crosby.
Florence Clements and several others
are running a nee and neck race for
the top position.
The homely mems contest is CEN
tering the top place around Sammy
Meyers. Chief Owl Vogt, Judge Metz
ger and DR.. Irwin. Sammy" is the
popular contender and is doing some
great campaign work. The odds are
ten to two on Meyers landing.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-01
SEEK MAN WHO TRIED
TO PASS BAD CHECKS

The Elkhart police department
combed the city Sunday in an effort
to locate a well-known young man
who made several unsuccessful at
tempts TO cash worthless checks in the
downtown business district Saturday
night.
Interurban and railway stations
were watched by plain clothes men
detailed by Chief Northrup, who has
learned that the young man, who has
been out Of employment for several
weeks, has been mixed up in a num-
Der of shady transactions.
The checks offered Saturday even
ing were made payable to GA. Miller
& Co. and were signed by d. w.
Olinghouse. proprietor of the Elkhart
Produce Co.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-01
ELLSASSER ALLEYS
TO OPEN LABOR DAY

z. c. Ellsasser that
Monday will be the opening night Of
the Ellsasser bowling alleys. The al
legs have recently been refinished and
are in the very best condition. Many
who have seen them recently report
that their condition is better than IL
was last year, as they have become
broken in" Announcements Of the
opening were mailed local bowling
enthusiasts during the past week
Monday will also be souvenir night
on the alleys. The alleys themselves
Will be open to h general public and
any one who is lucky enough to get
a chance viii be allowed TO bowl. A
large crowd is expected to be on
hand.
After a few weeks of practice on
the alleys leagues will be organized
the same as last year. During the
past season there were three leagues
on the alleys and the same number
with the possible addition OF another
is expected to bowl this year. Hand
some money prizes are hung up for
the winning teams and great interest
is manifested in tbs outcome by the
various players.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-01
ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS
EVA TANGUAY.

Miss Eva Tanguay, the cyclone
coincidence, and her company of vol
canic vaudevillions, will be at the
Oliver theater on Tuesday, Sept. 8,
giving two performances.
Miss Tanguay's act is jlst-well,
Just Miss Tanguay's act. She sings
about herelf, wears a lot of costumes,
many of which she slips on with a
shoe-horn, speaks a piece. prances,
tip-toes across the stage, runs, wrig-
giles, dances, canterS, gallops, MARBLES
in a voice that couldn't be trusted for
the offertory in the village choir, pulls
her hair into a tangle about her face,
skips, hops and jumps, PAGES nervous
ly like a kitten suffering from st.
Vitus' dance, purrs, coos, frets, smiles,
frowns and yells.
Her song, You're Lucky to Get
By in which she tells thai all the
managers c~onfidentially whisper in
her ear, is said to be a gem and per-
haps, while on the subject of art 1t
might be noted that without a doubt
the American stage has never had an
actress so artistic" that she would
dare to venture this song on a crowd.
Miss Tanguay will close her per-
Torrance with her own gorgeous con-
ception Of "Salome" which tells in
dance and pantomime h sad rom
ance of Salome, the beautiful daugh-
ter Of Herodias. In this magnificent
spectacle, Miss Tanguay is said to be
ever superior to Mary Garden. There
will be a grand opera orchestra to IL
lustrate the "Salome' production.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-01
Extracts from the Diary
of W-Starred Capt. Scott
As printed in Everyb ody's Magazine.

crevasses, which were concealed by
the soft snow underfoot, but toiled
on spite of exhaustion, indigestion,
wet clothes and cramps.
Then comes the following picture
Of Christmas day in the Antarctic. fol-
lowing two hopeful days when our
goal seemed really in sight.
Christmas day, 1911. To u an
noyance, found ourselves among Gre
vases once more-very hard, smooth
never between high ridges at the edge
Of vas and therefore very diff
cult TO get foothold TO pull the
sledges. We had to tack a good deal
and several of us went down.
After an hour of this / looked
round and found the second sledge
halted some way in the rear-evi-
IDENTITY some one had gone into a
crevasse. We saw. the rescue work
going on, but had ii wait half an
hour for the party to come up, and
got mighty cold.
1T appears that Lashley went
down very suddenly, nearly dragging
crew with him. The sledge ran on
and damned the span so that the AL
pine rope had TO be got out and used
TO pull Lashley to the surface again.
Lashley says hat crevasse was so
feet deep and eight feet across. show
INK that the NOIu QIlLdlfAOllldblt C&D
RARELY be applied. Lashley is A to-
day and as hard as nails. His fall has
not even disturbed his equanimity.
I'VE marched till 1880. Here /
must write a word of our Christmas
dinner that night. We had four
courses: the first, pemmican, full
whack, with slices of horse meat
favored with onion and curry-pow-
der and thickened with biscuit: then
an arrowroot, cocoa, and biscuit
hoosh, sweetened; then a plum-pud-
ding; then cocoa with r~aisins. and
finally a dessert of caramels and gin
ger. After the feast it was difficult TO
move. Wilson and l couldn't finish
our share of plum pudding. We have
all slept splendidly and feel thorough
ly warm-such is the effect Of ull
feeding"
Then followed marches wearing and
terribly monOtonous. with steady
plodding, While minds forgot numbed
bodies and turned constantly to the
brighter scenes of home. until they
we're but $50 miles from their goal.
There the leader picked the -four
hardest men TO finish the dash with
him. with a single sledge, sending the
others back.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-01
CARNIVAL READY
FOR INITIAL DAY
Hatch Concern Comes From
Goshen Over Lake Shore
TrackS-ShoWS Will Prob
ably Open Monday.

The carnival is here. All day Sun
day teams pulled the circus tents and
stands from the Lake Shore tracks to
Front St, the site selected for the
various attractions. Many people as
sembled TO watch the unloading and
erecting.
Probably the most interesting sight
of the day was the erection of the
spiral tower for the Phil Greene ball
walking stunt. tt took nearly all day
10 erect and test the platform. MI.
Greene was at the work to superin-
tend the construction Of the tower.
The larger tent shows are being
placed on +. and w. Front sts., and
on Bridge st. They constitute the
usual carnival attractions, but are
said TO be Of a higher grade than are
usually seen. The show came here
from Goshen where press reports
spoke favorably of the shows.
IT is expected that all construction
work Wal be completed some time be-
fore noon Monday. In the afternoon
It IS expected that the carnival will
be on in full swing. The crowds will
probably not appear until night, how
ever.
Many strangers were seen on the
streets Sunday. indicating that the
celebration will be a e hor0ecOm-
ing. Several Of those seen have not
been here for many years. while 9TH
ers saw the city last during the home
coming held several years ago.
The carnival is lucky 10 have the
opening fall on Labor day. OF course
the Wooden company is shut down,
but on Monday all factories will be
closed and h company will probably
enjoy one OF the largest crowds Of
the week.
The Business Mems association is in
charge Of the entire affair. It Sc
cured the carnival company and rent
ed the various concessions. OF the
latter II can be said that every avail
able space in the carnival district has
been taken possession of. Pop corn
and peanuts are being sold every ten
feet. while shooting galleries. baby
stands, fortune wheels and the like
are on every hand
Plenty Of opportunity will be af-
forded every one to spend all Of the
money as well as the time they are
inclined to during the coming week.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-01
ELkHART NEWS
FORMER. RESIDENT OF
THIS CITY Is KILLED
Earl Jennings, a Waiter at Nickel
Cafe, Meets Death on Train
at E1khart.

ELKHAfsT, Ind, Aug. 31.-The
Identification Of the young man killed
in the Lake Shore yards here SatJr-
day morning has been partly estab-
lished as Earl Jennings of Auburn,
Ind, who until a weeg ago had beer
employed a. a waiter in the Bud
weiser and Nickel cafes in South
Bend. 1t is believed that he was en-
c~eavoring to beat his way home when
the accident occurred which cost him
his life.
A closer examination of the victims
clothing by Coroner j. G. Mast reveal
ed the name of Earl Jennings and the
address 400 +. Wenger St, South
Bend. Two boys from South Bend.
who visited the morgue late last even
ing vouched for the above informa-
ton. Police Chief Northrup has wired
he Auburn police department to
make an investigation.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-01

NEW YORK. Aug. 31.-LUck plays
a tremendous part in polar explora-
ton, and in Capt. SCOTS heroic dash
to the south pole it seems 10 have
been mostly bad luck. As the story
is unrolled in the third chapter of his
vivid diary printed in the September
Everybody's Magazine and repro
duced in today's News-Times by
special agreement with the publish
ers, il appears that never in the his
tory OF polar adventure has misfor-
tune fallen so uniformly on a party
seemingly prepared for every emer-
gency.
Capt. SCOTS party started their
dash early in November. 1911, at the
end Of the long night. 1t was 900
miles to the pole. ver the broad ice
barrier, up the Beardmore glacier and
on the great polar plateau. Men.
ponies and dogs were in fine fettle and
the captain was full of hope.
But al once began the bad weather
that was to follow them relentlessly.
and take it's death toll of their picked
men in the end.
There was blizzard after blizzard,
making hard sledging in the snow.
and 'horrid marches appear often
in the captains diary, until on Dec. 3
he writes. Our luck is -preposterOus.
1t is really time it turned in our
favor
The raging. bowling blizzard con-
tinued," he writes, with the typical
fine. powdery nov and the tempera-
ture so high hat the snow chung
where it touched n melted. Tents.
clothes. sleeping bags were soaked,
with prospect Of infinite discomfort
if a cold snap came before things
could be dried.
Worse still. the delay. Still II
miles from the glacier. we had to be-
gin on the rations calculated TO carry
us forward from an advanced depot"
The ponies were shot, to make food
for dogs and men, before the glacier
was reached. Then came the man
hauling of sledges I'VE an "appall-
ing surface.
The pulling was extraordinarily
fatiguing. We sank below our Time
sko everywhere, and in places nearly
TO our knees. The runners of the
sledges got coated with a thin film
of ice from which we could not free
them, and the sledges themselves sank
to the cross-bars in soft spot. All
the time they were literally blowing
In snow"
They wore skis. and fell often into
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-01
FROST PREDICTED;
NOT FOR THIS CITY

WASHINGTON. Aug. S1.-Warm
weather in the east and southwest and
a cool ave in the northwest were
predicted Sunday night by the wealth
er bureau experts for the first p>rt of
the coming week.
1T is likely" the weekly bulletin
said. that this cool change will ad-
vance eastward and overspread the
plains states M the upper Mississip-
pi valley by Wednesday or Thursday
and the eastern and southern states
the latter part CT the week. Local
frosts will occur by the middle Of the
week in the far northwest.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-01
F1y-Fishing Hints.

On cold, windy days. leave your
featherweight rod in the rack; select
a rod with a stiff backbone AMI
strong casting power; use q level
line, suited to the rod, so thai you
can cast it straight into the very
teeth Of the gale-a lightly tapered
line Is difficult to cast against wind.
For the same reason use a heavy,
level leader. If the season IS still
young, do not accept defeat until you
have tried your largest flies, even as
large as number 6 in large streams.
particularly if the stream is in flood.
September Outing.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-01
HIT BY BICYCLE

Little Margaret Moos, seven years
old, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Moss
Of Chicago, was painfully hurt when
run down by a bicyclist during the
progress of a ball game at the Elk
hart Driving park Sunday afternoon.
The girl. who with her parents are
visiting relatives here, was running
across the ace track to the ball dia-
mond ahead of her parents when the
bicyclist struck her. She received a
deep cash across her forehead and
decorations Of the left hand.