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Mai! Order Catalogues we are get
ting out for the fall trade. You can
find anything in this catalogue that
you wish in the ready-to-wear line,
at prices lowes than you can get
the same goods for from the Mail
Order Houses in the large cities
Fill out the coupon at the bottom
of this ad and mail it in to us now.
All gocds in our store are now
going at reduced prices. If you
want to save money come to our
store, we give you more of the
same goods for less money.
Beginning Monday September
9th, we will sell any pair of ladies
and children shoes in the house at
25 per cent
discount. Now
is y our time to
get a good
pair of shoes
cheap.
Rules of Piano Contest.
Haire & Wilson
Bainbridge, Ga.
Please mail me one of your
free style books.
Mrs
My Post Office is
1. The contest will close Monday night,
October 2nd, at seven o’clock.
12, Xfoe^me m the successful candidate
will be announ^d as soon^after the contest
^loses as voA^p be count
3. Ev^^ffistornerjp/tojr a purchase at
our store will| e giva^^"^^ i ticset entitling
them to as nWny votl%£$ there are cents on the
cash ticket. '
(For an example, the ticket reading
Mdse. $2.50 will entitle the holder to Two Hun
dred and Fifty votes.)
4. Customers receiving these Cash Tickets
can vote them for their favorite, or give them to
any other person for them to vote.
5. All votes not turna^yi within ten days
from date of purchase will oe void.
G. Votes may be brought to our store per
sonally, or mailed in.
7. The standing of the candidates will be
announced in each weeks issue of the Searchlight.
8. The name and address of candidate must
bs written plainly at the top of each cash ticket
on line designated for names.
REMEMBER IT'8 AT -
Haire & Wilson’s
IS IS *
The Store that sells everything for Ladies ancf'Children.
Bainbridge, : : : : : : : Georgia.
Standing of Piano Candidates up to 7
O’clock Monday Evening, Aug. 19th.
Miss Mattie Griffin, Bainbridge, Ga.
“ Vesta Duke. “ “
“ Josie Slocumb, “
" Effie Harrell, Vada • “
D. F. Crenshaw, “
“ Piety Hurst, “
Marie George
“ Mattie Swicord, Fowltown
" Estelle Catrer, Climax, Ga.
“ Dorothy Emanual, Bainbridge.
“ Vera Smith
“ Nellie Goff.^
“ lanthia Bower, Fowltown.
“ Blanch Mims, Climax.
“ Addie Brinson, “
“ Opie Toole. “
Eddie McCloud, Bainbridge.
Blanch Grollman, Bainbridge.
Minnie Jester
Louise DesVerges, Bainbridge.
“ Marion Matthews, “
“ Thelma Carter, Climax.
“ Terryss McBride, “
Kattie Glisson
“ Ruth Srainerd, ‘ •
“ Elizabeth Gaines, “
“ Bessie Callahan, “
“ Marion Harrell, “
’ “ Jesse Scott, Bainbridge.
“ Cora Lee Smith, “
J. S. Bowers
0. N. A1 verson, “
A. B. Lamer, Diffie.
“ Grace Smith.
“ Katherine Griffin, “
“ Edith Funderburk, “
“ Elsie Conner, “
“ Freddie Lambert, “
“ Mittie Shaw, Bainbridge.
„ Vannie Howell, Attapulgus.
Flora Maxwell, “
Vera Phillips Babcock’ Ga.
Vote for your choice of the candidates or nominate
one of your choice.
Write the names of candidates and their addresses
on the cash tickets.
Watch this paper every week for the standing of t
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The Parcels Post System
under consideration. Greatlabor
was given to the measure. Ex
perts were examined and more
than ten volumes were prepared
Atlanta, Ga. - The parcels post
law enacted by congress will be
come effective on next January and published on the subject.
1, and the farmers and merchants
and people of Georgia generally
are as much interested in the
benefits to be derived as are the
on the distance the haul is made.
Where the haul charge is unim
portant, the distance of the haul
is, therefore, unimportant: but
where the haul charge becomes
a serious element of expense,
ests of the people of our state give the farmers more money
could only be taken care of by | with which to buy more of the
giving them cheap rates for I comforts of life and thereby
these short distance hauls.
A Prophecy of Lincoln
“The bill which has passed
congress does not claim to be
At the outset of the investiga
tion farmers as a rule were ad
vocating what is known as a
uniform rate parcels post; that
peopleln any other" state "in the| ist ? sa - v ' a Parcels post with a the service.
Union. j uniform charge for service all “If a uniform rate wfcgive
Sen >tor Hoke Smith is a mem- j ov f, r ‘ he Unitecl States ' . , for 11 pound,package all over
This measure aroused the the United ify goc s one of two
hostility of local merchants, and things wouR e 0 the£ rily follow
they in many instances lined up : —either , crwtance hauls
bill.'~He has given"Yhe Journal|^ ainst , a " y Wnd of parcels post, (would at very much
an interview in which he explains! 1 reached the conclusion that ; higher iClts than the (Uspenses
the bill in detail, showing how!' what 18 te " ne( . a ttat . rat T e «.°f the service to the govern- , ,
the graduated scale of rates will I unlform rate all over the United ment. or if the rate was put | is made 5 cents for the first
■onerate and how the post will' States for the Parers post would ^own to a rate proportioned to 'iwund, and three cents for each
hen«fif Hi,. he unwise, and that the right the art to the government of j additional pound, making the
kind of parcels post would be [the slfoi't(^stance hauls, then cost of 11-pound package for 50
ber of the postoffice committee
of the senate and took a very
aetive part in the framing of the
the distance of the haul becomes ] perfect. That experience will
to that extent a thing to be con- j furnish information by which it
sidered in fixing the charge for can be improved. I am sure; but
it is a great step in the right di
rection. One rural carrier serv
ice for packages up to 11 pounds
is placed at five cents for the
first pound, and one cent for
orltance hauls each additional pound making
the cost of 11-pound package by
rural free delivery 15 cents. For
a distance of 50 miles the charge
.benefit the people.
The bill as it passed the house
provided for a‘flat rate of 12 benefieial to all the people-the the U* djan^ce hauls would be
M farmers and the local merchants. | caj^a eu bj^ e government at a
“A mistaken idea existed that 'giLt losi
because a uniform rate was j ,, ' government has con-
charged for letters, the gcpyifV iracts with the various railroads
ment could carry p%jv.ages 'for the transportation of the maiL
weighing as much as 11 pounds!The only equitable plan for a
with a uniform rate with equal parcels post is to consider first
Atlanta to Newnan as 7 would | facilit ) ’ The misapprehension the expense to the government
from Atl* nta ^ 0 ’ seen ' e( ^° vistas to the elements i°f handling package*, ana see-
a of cost to the government in itsjond, the expense to the govein-
mail service. | ment for hauling the packages.
The government’s expenses j With these two elements of cost
consists of two elements—one ! considered, proper charges would
for handling the various pack-1 involve much smaller rates for
centa per pound with a maximum
of 11 pounds. In other words,
the cost of shipping a package
would be the same a!! over the
United States. A package of
any weight up to 11 pounds
would cost as much to ship from
cost to ship
Seattle.
The postoffice committee of the
senate, when the house bill came
to it, took a great deal of
testimony on the cost of trans
portation. Senator Fm'th reach
ed the conclusion that a fiat rate
would work an injustice «?spec- , .
iallyon the people of Georgia,: each ^ K
because the farmers and the
merchants are principally inter
ested in a short haul parcels post.
He therefore contended for a
graduated scale of rates instead
of a flat rate, being joined by
several senators on the commit
tee, and the house bill was
amended accordingly.
The senator's interview fol
lows:
“I do not think the public
ages, the other for hauling the \ short distances than for long
various packages. The handling distances,
expenses is largely the same for! “I sought to fi
but the hauling of hauls in whw;
expense increases in proportion were interesi
to the weight of each package. fied that tlv
“The government charges for carrier waj
its mail service 2 cents for each important, ^
President Lincolin shortly be-
increase the business of the mer-1 letter t0 a
, . . ., ... , 1 Inend in Illinois who wrote con-
chants in the small towns and
out Hie length
<-4^ people
1 ‘^satis-
rural
the most
.tieff \ :er this
letter—the letter cannot weigh haul the stafi’tlistance \ c from
over an ounce. The experience of 50 to 150 r^fes would cov*- the
the postoffice department shows i^rvicc^. nich our people would
that the average letter weighs a ncipally require from'a par-
third of an ounce. A package c \ s post limited to 11 pound j many small products that now
miles 35 cents.
‘ ‘For a distance of 150 miles a
charge is made 5 cents- for the
first pound and 4 cents for each
additional pound, making the
cost of 11 pound package for 150
miles 45 cents.
“I sought on the floor of the
senate to have these charges re
duced to 2 cents for each addi
tional pound for a 50-mile haul,
and 3 cents for each additional
pound for a 150-mile haul, but
these amendments were defeat
ed. The bill, however, author
ized the postmaster-general to
watch carefully the cost to the
government, and with the ap
proval to the interstate com
merce commission to reduce the
rates when P becomes apparent
that the servhic can be rendered
by the goverrmmt for less.
BENEFITS FARMERS.
“I believe this measure will be
of almost inestimable benefit. It
will enable the farmers to sell
nearby cities.
“The rates gradually increase
until they reach a flat rate of 12
cents a pound for a distance of
1,800 miles or more. The rates
are based upon what was believ
ed to be figures that will protect
the government from loss, and
as I before stated, will be reduc
ed if it is ‘found that the cost of
the service justifies it. The par
cels post with the rates under
which it is figured should enable
the merchant in the small towns
and nearby cities to sell to the
farmers and deliver to them all
through the year with little cost
and great convenience the smal
ler products required by the
farmer.
“I believe it will prove of
great service to farmers, to mer
chants, and to the public gener
ally, and that when it becomes
perfected, those who have desir
ed a different system and those
who have opposed it altogether,
will see that it will really prove
most beneficial according to its
present plan.
•“It has been evident that a
parcel post would be established.
The people of Georgia are to be
congratulated that the plan
adopted, while it will injure none
of them, will serve many of
them.”
gratulating him on the near ap
proach of the end of the war
said:
‘ ‘Yes, we may all congratulate
ourselves that this cruel war is
nearing its close. It has cost a
vast amount of treasure and
blood. The best blood of Ameri
can youth has been freely offered
upon the country’s altar that the
nation might live. It has been a
trying hour indeed to the Repub
lic, but I see in the near future a
crisis approaching that unnerves
me, and causes me to tremble for
the safty of my country. As a
result of the war, corporations
have been enthroned, an era of
corruption in high places will
follow, and the money power of
the country will endeavor to pro
long its reign by working upon
the prejudices of the people un
til the wealth is aggregated in
the hands of the few and the Re
public is destroyed. —Ex.
Mrs. C. H. Baughman is spend
ing the week in Blakely with
relatives.
Miss Laura Toole, is at home
after a two week’s visit to
friends in Molena, Ga.
weighing 11 pounds, therefore, packages.
weighs 528 times as much as an CH EAr rates for short hauls.
average letter. The haul charge ..j j^jehed the conclusion t
“I do not think the public u “I reached the conclusion th>U
.. ,, . f p , is, therefore, 528 times as much . ■ to rVn> ill
realizes the value of the parcels, an eleme nt of cost to the govern- no \. onlv . J , U8tlce . t0 , the e l!*
post measure which passed at the mem on 11 pound package as it public would require lower dmtes
pound package
s Won of congress just adjourn- jis for the average letter. for hauls of this character than
od. 1 was on the postoffice com-1 DEPENDS UTON THE DISTANCE, for the long h»ul bcrosi the en
min e which had this subjee "The haul charge depends up- tire country, but also the inter
go to waste, thereby being a
clear economic saving to the
farmers, and facilitating the use
i.i towns and nearby cities ol
things raised on the farm which
will greatly contribute to the
health and comfort of those liv-
irg in towns and cities. It will
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