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RURAL FREE DELIVERY,
Measures of Reform Introduced and
Great Improvements and Extensions
Made—Service Given to 658,00 Ad
ditional Families.
On the 17th of October, 1900, there
died in the city of Lexington a man
who had made his mark in public life
and left the impress of his personality
upon the records of his time. William
L, Wilson was the idol of his jmrty in
West Virginia and a great and com
manding figure in the arena of national
life. The jteople of his district de
lighted to do him honor, as successive
elections to Congress testified, and
President Cleveland rewarded the
splendid fight he made for tariff re
form by a seat in his cabinet, the posi
tion of Postmaster General.
When the l>ody of this distinguished
man was laid to rest at his home in
Charles Town, ex-President Cleveland
paid him the distinguished honor of
attending in person the funeral cere
monies at his grave. At the close of
a most touching and impressive ad
dress by the pastor, who dwelt upon
ISoe polishes!
I KEEP VOUR SHOES NEAT • 10? |
You Need a Tonic
There are times in every woman’s life when she
needs a tonic to help her over the hard places.
When that time comes to you, you know what tonic
to take—Cardui, the woman’s tonic. Cardui is com
posed of purely vegetable ingredients, which act
gently, yet surely, on the weakened womaniy organs,
and helps build them back to strength and health.
It has benefited thousands and thousands of weak,
ailing women in its past half century of wonderful
success, and it will do the same for you.
You can’t make a mistake in taking
CARDUI
The Woman’s Tonic
Miss Amelia Wilson, R. F. D. No. 4, Alma, Ark.,
says: “I think Cardui is the greatest medicine on earth,
for women. Before 1 began to take Cardui, 1 was
so weak and nervous, and had such awful dizzy
spells and a poor appetite. Now I feel as well and
as strong as 1 ever did, and can eat most anything.”
Begin taking Cardui today. Sold by all dealers.
Has Helped Thousands.
'Thit s the third time this morning, I can’t wait
a moment longer on that fallow. Let me see what is
Smith’s number?
“If Jones won’t provide sufficient telephone facili
ties for his customers, he can’t blame me for dealing
elsewhere. Operator, give me 437.”
How do you know this very occurrence doesn’t
happen with your single telephono. Have an auxiliary
line; the cost is trifling. Call the business Office to
day.
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE
AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
BOX 4, ROUE, SjL
his many engaging persona] qualities,
his public and private virtue, the tears
coursed down the cheeks of Mr. Cleve
land. a deep and silent tribute to the
man he loved and whose loss he so
greatly deplored.
The Beginning of Rural Delivery and
Its Progress.
William L. Wilson was the father of
rural delivery, whose benefits no one
can fully describe, for it is without
question the most popular administra
tive measure of the government. For
years there had been a growing dis
content among farmers and the people
it. the smaller towns at the postal ad
vantages afforded the cities and the
more jvopulous communities. They felt
themselves deprived of the opportuni
ties and benefits which others enjoyed,
and the desire for recognition was out
spoken and insistent and could no
longer be denied. On June 9, 1*96, the
sum of $40,000 was made available,
and on Octobe/ 1, 1596, the first exper
imental rural delivery was put into op
eration in Jefferson county, West Vir
ginia. Service was established on three
routes simultaneously, one from
Charles Town, one from Uvilla, and
one from HalKown.
At the close of business June 30,
1915, there were in operation from
13,813 post offices throughout the coun
try 43,877 rural routes. Up to and in
cluding June 30, 1915, 26,080 post of
fices were discontinued on account of
the establishment of rural delivery,
representing a saving to the postal ser
vice of $1,613,000 per annum and also
a saving of $3,482,000 on account of
the discontinuance of star-route ser
vice. The period of greatest activity
in the rural service was from 1900 to
1905, the appropriations running from
$450,000 in 1900 to $21,116,000 in 1915.
Steps Taken to Extend and Improve
the Service.
This administration has recognized
the value of the postal service to the
people to a greater extent within the
past three years than for any similar
period during the last decade. Mail
facilities have been established and ex
tended on mail routes in more than ten
thousand localities, giving service to
approximately 2,500,000 patrons here
tofore denied this benefit. Six hundred
and fifty-eight thousand families were
added to the list from April, 1913, to
April, 1916. The elimination of useless
and wasteful methods have made it
possible to do this and also pay out
$4,000,000 more to employees at an
actual increased cost of less than
$1,500,000 per annum.
For twenty years there had been no
readjustment of a vast amount of rural
service. It was allowed to remain ex
actly as experimentally established.
Consequently all sorts of special privi
lege had crept in and was found ex
isting, such as double daily service to
favored localities, unnecessary re
traces to one family and not to all,
duplication of travel by two or more
carriers over a single highway, only
one of whom performed service there
on, and many other similar forms of
waste and extravagance. There was
also neglect shown as to the value of
the work performed by the carriers.
They were paid solely upon the miles
or road covered, regardless of the
character thereof, the equipment nec
essary, the amount of mail carried, or
the hours of service rendered. This
was as unjust and discriminatory in
the payments made as it was in the
distribution of mail facilities. Both
needed remedy and the remedy was ap
plied, and who shall say that injustice
was done to anybody?
Measures of Reform Introduced. }
The introduction of any meajjot'e
nearly allied to the people and whose
growth has been so surprisingly rapid
must naturally be attended with more
or less imperfection, which only prac
tical inquiry into operation could fully
disclose. If this practical inquiry, care
fully made, developed irregularities
which needed correction and the appli
cation of the just and equitably rules
of proper administration, temporarily
inconvenienced some and perhaps
gave rise to criticism in others, it was
but an incident to all reformatory pro
cesses and could be expected to disap
pear when the wider benefits sought
and the greater advantages to be ob
tained made the object and the pur
pose clear and justified the wisdom of
the action taken. For instance, if, by
the change of conveyance and the rear
rangement of routes, more and better
service could be given, should it not
ho done? Whenever and wherever such
changes have been made it has been
found possible to extend service to ad
ditional patrons heretofore denied this
accommodation —from 500 to 1,000 in
number. Surely the slight delay it
might occasion to one or several pa
trons should meet with little or no oh
jtclion when it wa- shown that this
had been the means of obliging many
others with at least a single delivery
who previously had none whatever.
In the nature of things, the great de
sire of the people to obtain a benefit
which its government could provide
and the willingness of the government
THE BARTOW TRIBUNE, AUGUST 17, 1916.
WHY NOT
3UY A SACK OF
“FIELD'S SPECIAL MEADOW
GROUND MEAL?"
Read carefully the list of Career*-
ville merchants who handle this won
derful corn meal. These men like to
handle the meal because it satisfies
the customers and gets another ofde.-:
Atoo Stores Cos.
Cash Grocery Cos.
Eaves, R. P.
Foster & Son.
Gaines, G. L.
Gassett, J. Q.
Gibson, Charley.
Howren, C. G„ market.
Kilpatrick, W. R.
W. A.
Little, J. H.
Matthews, F. E.
Mayes Grocery Cos.
Monfort, .1. A. & Cos.
Morris, J. H„ Sr.
McEver, J. D.
Planters Supply Cos.
Shaw, L. F. A Sons Cos.
(4 stores)
Smith. Shep.
Stanford Bros.
Swanson, E. J.
Waldrup, Geo. W.
White, Walter.
to give it and give it rapidly, condi
tions would develop which demanded
both attention and consideration. If,
therefore, it became evident in opera
tion that by careful inquiry more could
be accomplished than was being ren
dered, it was clearly the duty of those
in control to investigate conditions
with a view to i>ossible betterment.
‘The greatest good to the greatest
number” must ever be the motto of
wise and successful administration,
and officials can only hope to win pub
lic approval when such motto governs
their administrative acts.
The Policy and Purpose of the Depart
ment.
It has been the policy and the pur
pose of this administration to make of
the rural delivery and its partner in
public benefit, the parcel post, all that
its most sanguine projectors hoped to
accomplish. The Postmaster General
is deeply interested in both, and has
used to the utmost the great powers of
his ttice and his personal influence as
well to promote in every possible way
these two great factors in our national
life. He wants the man away from the
greater advantages of commercial op
portunity to have an equal chance with
his more favored brother in the cities,
and gain for his industry, whatever it
may be, the fullest measure of benefit
that government can bestow. To this
end the energies of the Department
have been directed, the wisest coun
sels sought,'and the greatest personal
attention given. As important postal
centers provide an easy market for the
products of the farm and the rate of
postage is reduced by the extension of
local zones, motor delivery was estab
lished, whereby exchange was stimu
lated between producer and consumer,
and both alike benefited. Delivery
zones from these important centers
will be, and have been, doubled; still
others established, and the families
tributary to these centers thus enabled
to take full advantages of this enlarg
ed opportunity to market the products
cf their industry to the best advantage.
The administration expects to
greatly widen and still further improve
this public benefit and advantage until
all sections and all localities where
rural service can be made operative
shall have these conveniencs afforded
them and have them generously main
tained. Petitions for service are r.o
longer necessary. The recommendation
of the postmaster brings an inspector
who goes over the ground, and if ser-
.vice can be made at all effective, it
twill at once be given. No considera-
I tions of administrative economy, no
mere saving of money by miserly
methods or parsimonious process, is to
stand in the way of any benefit which
the rural delivery can give or wise
public policy can sanction. The com
mon people, upon whom the burdens
rest and upon whose toil the nation’s
prosperity is built, are to have their
share of government favor in full
measure returned to them and every
aid to- the furtherance of legitimate
enterprise and effort secured to them
by performance and by practice.
What Rural Delivery Has Accom
plished.
The rural delivery is indeed a boon
to the country. Its measureless ad
vantages can not be estimated, nor
need the cost of maintenance be con
sidered, for it has broadened the field
of industrial opportunity, touched as
if with magic power the possibilities of
human endeavor, and transformed con
ditions to a degree almost marvellous.
It has brought the printed page, the
great educator of civilization, daily to
the home; has brought special deliv
ery almost to the door; has secured
good roads and maintains them by
official interest and concern; it has at
tracted the attention of the various
states to this question and obtained
results; it has made farm lands more
valuable and contributed to increased
pioduotion; it has abridged time by
rapid communication; brightened all
environment, and made ordinary dull
routine interesting and attractive; it
has lessened toil by the instructive
suggestions which government experi
ment and inquiry affords, and has
made the home a center of influence
and crowns domestic life with all that
makes for peace and contentment.
A FINE REMEDY FOR BILIOUS
NESS AND CONSTIPATION.
People all through t.bi? section are
buying LIV-VER-LAI because it :s a
preparation of re it merit. It is a veg
etable remedy that acts naturally and
effectively, thoroughly cleansing the
liver and bowels. It is easy to take and
has none of the dangers and bad after
effects of calomel. LIV-VER-LAX will
get you right, keep you right and sav ( >
you doctor’s bills. Sold in 50c and $l
bottles under an absolute guarantee.
Every bottle bears the likeness of L.
K. Grigsby. Fo" sale by Griffin Drug
Cos. —(Advt)
Lax-Fos, A Mud, Effective Laxative A Uver Tonic
Does Net Gripe nor Disturb Die Stomach.
In addition to other properties, Lax-Fos
contains Cascara in acceptable form, a
simulating Laxative and Tonic, Lax-Fos
acts effectively and does aot gripe nor
disturb stomach. At the same time, it aids
digestion,arouses the liver and secretions
and restores the healthy functions. 50c.
They Let Him Sleep
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fence /took FOIEYKIDNEYMISI
■) nn 4 Mice Tflie* To s ive all a chance to FoJte y * Co.'s family remedies
-/on l IYIISS 1 Ills. send to Foley & Co s.. 2 835 Sheffield Ave., Chicago, 111., this
lipping and sc, with your name and address written clearly, and they will mail you
rial package containing samples of Foley’s Honey and Tat Compound, Foley Kidnev
‘ills and Foley Cathartic Tablets.
SOLD EVERYWHERE
BARTOW RURAL
HIGH SCHOOL.
A Home School For Home
People.
THIRD TERM OPENS AUG. 31
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Healthful Location, Wholesome
Home Life.
Patronize Your Home School
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HENRY MILAM, Supt.
Rising Sun Flour
SELF-RISING AND READY PREPARED.
Made of choicest Soft Winter Wheat
Flour and prepared by
Red Mill Methods
Say RISING SUN to any good
grocer . You’ll be 'pleased.
F. E. MATTHEWS
Groceries
MY MOTTO: Merchandisejof
Quality. Prompt Service.
PHONE NO. 12
“Since taking Foley Kidney P i!; , .
believe / am entirely cured an-t ‘
•leep soundly all night. ’* and 1
H - T. Str aynst
Take two of Foley Kidney
Pills with a glass of Pur ;
water after each meal and at
bedtime. A quick and easv
way to put a stop to y CU r
getting up time after time
during the night.
Foley Kidney Pills also
pain m back and sides, head
ache, stomach troubles, dis
turbed heart action, stiff and
aching joints and rheumanc
pains due to Kidney and
bladder ailments.
GAINESVILLE. GA.. R. RNo 3 u
H. T. Straynge say*: ” For ten yea- , fdr ’
been unable to sleep all night without
up. Sometimes only a few minute.
going to bed I’d have to geTup. and I
everything I heard of for the trouble 1 i d
year I tried Foley Kidney Pills and
taking one bottle I believe I am
cured and I sleep soundly all night.