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HEW PARCEL POST RATES NOW III EDUCE
FIFTY - POUND WEIGHT LIMIT
GOES ON — NEW LAW
IS MADE.
CLIP OUT TABLE AND SAVE IT
Tabular Statement Which Simplifies
What to Many Has Been Com¬
plex Jumble of Rates
and Zones.
Fifty pounds parcel post has gone
into effect in the first and second
zones. Twenty pounds will be ac
A fraction of a pound counts for
cepted for ail eight zones, !
a pound. The package must not be
First zone* Sec’d Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Sev'th Eig’tli
Local Zone zone zone zone zone zone zone zone
Weight. rate. rate. rate, rate. rate. rate. rate. rate. rate.
1 pound $.05 $.05 $.05 $.06 $.07 *0.08 *0.09 ( *0.11 * 0.12
2 pounds .06 .06 .06 .08 ,.ll .14 .17 .21 .24
3 pounds .06 .07 .17 .10 .15 .20 .25 .31 .36
4 pounds .07 .08 .08 .12 .19 .26 .33 .41 .48
5 pounds .07 .09 .09 .14 .23 .32 .41 .51 .60
6 pounds .08 .10 -10 , .16 .27 .38 .49 .61 .72
7 pounds .08 .11 .11 .18 .31 .44 .57 .71 .84
8 pounds .09 .12 .12 .20 33 .50 .65 .81 .96
9 pounds .09 .13 .13 .22 .39 .56 .73 .91 1.08
10 pounds .10 .14 .14 .24 ,43 .62 .81 1.01 1.20
11 pounds .10 .15 .15 .26 47 .68 .89 1.11 1.32
12 pounds ,11 .16 .16 .28 .51 ,74 .97 1.21 1.44
13 pounds .11 .17 .17 .30 .55 .80 1.05 1.31 1.56
14 pounds .12 .18 .18 .32 .59 .86 1.13 1.41 1.68
15 pounds 12 .19 .19 .34 .63 .92 1.21 1.51 1.80
16 pounds .13 .20 .20 .36 .67 98 1.29 1.61 1.92
17 pounds .13 .21 .21 .38 ,71 1.04 1.37 1.71 2.04
18 pounds .14 .22 .22 .40 .75 1.10 1.45 1.81 2.16
19 pounds .14 .23 .23 . .42 79 1.16 1.53 1,91 2.28
20 pounds .15 .24 .24 .44 .83 1.22 1.61 2.01 - 2.40
21 pounds .15 .25 .23
22 pounds .16 .20 .26
23 pounds .16 .27 .27
24 pounds .17 .28 .28
26 pounds .17 .29 .29
26 pounds .18 .30 .30
27 pounds .18 .31 .31
28 pounds .19 .32 .32
29 pounds ,19 .33 .33
30 pounds .20 .34 .34
31 pounds .20 .35 .35
32 pounds .21 .36 .36
33 pounds .21 .37 .37
34 pounds .22 .38 .38
35 pounds .22 .39 .39
36 pounds .23 .40 .40
37 pounds .23 .41 .41
38 pounds .24 .42 .42
39 pounds •2-i .43 .43
40 pounds .25 .44 .44
41 pounds .25 .45 .45
42 pounds .26 .46 .46
43 pounds .26 .47 .47
44 pounds .27 .48 .48
45 pounds .27 .49 .49
46 pounds .28 .50 .50
47 pounds .28 .51 .51
48 pounds .20 .52 .52
49 pounds .29 .53 .53
50 pounds .30 .54 .54
No Necessity for Smoke.
All excuse for keeping Atlanta a
smokey city has been removed by the
establishment of the immense water
power at Tallulah, according to a state¬
ment made by 13. M. Hall, consulting
engineer of Atlanta, in an address be¬
fore the mechanical science and engi¬
neering department of Georgia Tech.
Mr. Hall points out that within a 100
mile radius around Atlatna there is 1,-
153,000 horsepower, and that within a
radius of 150 miles the available horse¬
power runs over three millions.
The part that this wonderful devel¬
opment and the tower lines of the
Georgia Railway and Tower company
will play in the future upbuilding of
Georgia, Mr. Hall said, was so great
that it could not be estimated, if
properly utilized it will make Georgia
the richest manufacturing state in the
whole country, and at the same time
will play a great part in the develop¬
ment of cities and the improvement
of municipal conditions.
Better Days Ahead for Georgia.
“The day is near at hand when the
people of Georgia and this section of
the South will manufacture what they
eat, and what they wear,” declares
President J. C. Hadeu of the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce, in a leading
article in Frost’s Magazine, The Cali
of the South, which, like other publi¬
cations throughout the state, Is co-op¬
erating to the extent of its ability in
the state chamber work.
While Frost’s Magazine has no offi¬
cial connection with the state cham¬
ber of commerce, a coming issue of the
magazine is going to be devoted espe¬
cially to the state chamber movement
and other interesting articles in addi¬
tion to that by President Haden will
appear in it.
The state chamber of commerce is
receiving in all parts of the state the
splendid co-operation and aid of
ous weekly and other publications
which are interested in the
cial and agricultural prosperity of
section.
A series of cartoons by Frank
ton, Jr., son of the Georgia poet,
voted to state chamber of commerce
interests, will from time to time ap¬
pear in "The Call of the South.”
THE CLEVELAND COURIER. CLEVELAND. GEORGIA.
larger, girth and length combined,
than seventy-two inches.
Parcel post is, almost wholy, hand¬
led in mai! bags. Parcel post pack¬
ages must be packed so that they can
withstand the handling necessitated
by throwing bags of mail from rail¬
road trains to trucks and wagons.
Parcels weighing four ounces or
less are mailable at the rate of one
cent for each ounce, regardless of
zone or distance. A fraction of an
ounce counts an ounce.
We submit this table, which ap¬
pears to state parcel post rates very
clearly. We print the table as guid¬
ance for those who may wish to use
the parcel post. Readers may find it
to their advantage to clip and file
away this table. Every merchant
should keep a copy of it.
Federal Aid For Good Roads.
That congress will at this session
pass a bill giving federal aid to the
states in the building of good roads
is the settled conviction of Gordon
Lee, representative front the seventh
congressional district. The bill will,
in the opinion of Mr. Lee, carry with
it an appropriation of at least $20,
000 , 000 .
Mr. Lee was in Atlanta on his way
j to Washington to resume his duties
j in congress and, while here, lie talk¬
ed very interestingly of the growth of
the good roads sentiment and of the
strength to which the movement for
federal,aid had attained in the pres¬
ent r«oi)itress. 4 * ' ■*
“It is very Important that the state
should get ready to acept the money
that will be offered it by the United
States government,'’ declared Mr.
Lee. "The legislature should pass a
bill at the next session providing for
i : a state highway commision or some
state department that would be in a
j | position and would to receive responsible the federal their funds
be for ex
| pendlture.”
Atlanta Wants Regional Bank.
The prospective success of Atlanta
in securing a regional bank will be a
state-wide triumph, in which not only
Atlanta, but every city of Georgia will
have a right to claim a part.
All petty jealousy has been put aside
and Georgia has united in advancing
the strong argument that Atlanta has
the largest and most central city of the
section, should have one of the big
central financial depots which Uncle
Sam is about to establish.
The strongest endorsements of the
idea have come from Macon, Columbus
and other Georgia cities. Clearing
House associations and chambers of
commerce have given the project their
unqualified endorsement.
Facts have been presented in Wash¬
ington, and hnve been strongly back¬
ed by United States Senator Hoke
Smith, showing that the southeastern
states are pre-eminently in need of a
reserve bank, and that the location of
Atlanta and the enormous business
done through Atlanta banks, place this
city far in the lead of other south¬
eastern cities for the choice of the
: ganization committee.
The postal receipts of Atlanta to
| day are larger than any city south
1 of Washington, Cincinnati, St. Louis
i and the bank clearings of Atlanta are
in excess of any other city in the same
! territory.
It is pointed out that the establish
ment of a regional bank in Atlanta
will be of almost as much benefit to
all the banks in Georgia as it will be
i to those located in Atlanta. The iin
portance of the establishment of the
I bank to the state as a whole is the
• thing which has brought about the
united sentiment in its favor.
$20,000 Surplus Goes to Schools,
Game Commissioner Charles L. Da¬
vis announced that he had turned
I ever $20,000 from his department to
the state treasury. This was the bal
: ance which he had to the credit of
the game and fish protection fund
Under the new law this money will
j go is much to the the public largest school fund. This
sum which has
! been turned over to the treasury by
the game department since its es
i tablishment three years ago.
LITTLE ITEMS OF GEORGIA CITIES
Senoia.—B. G. VV. Kempson, a high¬
ly respected and successful farmer,
residing neai Senoia, was thrown
from his buggy and broke his neck.
He had been to the miil and was re¬
turning home when his mule became
frightened at a hole in a bridge
across a branch, backed the buggy
off the bridge and threw Mr. Kemp¬
son out. The deceased was 69 years
of age on January 10, and is survived
by a wife and nine children.
Macon.—From the death of Mc
Ewen Johnston, whose will was of¬
fered for probate, and who left an
estate valued at approximately $750,
000, the state of Georgia will receive
in inheritance taxes about $7,500. As
this is the largest estate which has
become subject to (, „he inheritance
tax since the law was approved by
Governor Slaton on August 19 last,
some account of the operation of the
act will be of general interest.
Cedartown.—The record of fires for
the year 1913, as shown by the re¬
port of the chief of the fire depart¬
ment, S. W. Good, to the mayor and
city council, reveals some interesting
facts. The department answered
twenty-four alarms during the year,
four of which were false. The prop¬
erty loss was the small amount of
$43.75. Probably no city of equal
size in the United States can show
such a record.
Williamson.—John Shipp, newly
elected marshal, shot and killed Wil¬
liam Bibb, a negro, in a desperate
pistol duel just as three passenger
trains met here. Bibb, running to
cathch a train, dropped a pistol from
his pocket. When Shipp ordered him
to give up the pistol, the negro op¬
ened fire on the marshal, firing two
shots before Shipp got his gun. He
then shot and killed the negro almost
instantly. A large number of people
around the depot were within range,
but escaped the bullets,
Rome.—The prospect of extending
the Rome and Northern from its
present terminals at Gore to Sublig
na, a distance of eight mile?, has met
with approval throughout the terri¬
tory affected. A mass meeting of the
citizens of Spbligna to discuss the
matter has been called and a dele¬
gation of Romans will attend the
meeting. It is hoped to raise the
sum of $15,000 as a bonus to obtain
the extension, in addition to a free
right-of-way.
before Gordcle.—Tlu^/u^ua! Hhe cdMMssionetb report of ^Jjlrisp made
^ounty shows mat during the past
year seventy-one miles of public road
have been constructed, not including
the improvements made on the high¬
ways of the county from time to
time during the year. Though the
contmissioneis have purchased twelve
new steel bridges during the past
year, ranging in length from twelve
to th^Pands Attty feet, and costing several
of dollars, they have re¬
mained within their financial means
and have a considerable sum in the
treasury to Lake up their work during
the ensuing year.
Atlanta.-—According to a compara¬
tive statement-which has just been
completed r ----- by State ___ Treasurer ..— W. J.
Speer for his 1914 report, the state
banks found themselves in a much
more prosperous condition at the end
of 1913 than they in did at the corres¬
ponding period 1912. The total
resources of the 693 banks, which
are now operating as state banks,
show an increase of $3,693,000 over
the preceding year; cash on hand
has increased $7,098,043, and over¬
drafts have decreased $1,814,057.23.
Deposits have increased $1.5,872,849,
while bills payable show a decrease
of more than $15,000,000. Capital
stock has increased *1,100.000, while
surplus and profits show an increase
of $1,042,000.
Savannah.—Alexander Akerman,
United States district attorney for
the southern district of Georgia, has
been directed by the department of
justice in Washington to have reas¬
signed for trial the cases against
the members of the alleged naval
stores trust. The defendants are the
former officers of the American Nav¬
al Stores company that recently went
into liquidation. This determination
on the part of the department of jus¬
tice has caused much surprise in
Savannah, as it was believed that the
decision of the United States su¬
preme court in reversing the decision
of the United States district court,
where the defendants were convict¬
ed, would bring rhe case to a conclu¬
sion.
Thomasville.—The beginning of
the year 1914 finds the people of both
Thomasville and Thomas county in
a decidedly more optimistic frame pf
mind in regard to conditions gener¬
ally than was the case at this time
last year, and everything seems to
point to continued impjovement for
the year along all lines. Although
the past year began under very fa¬
vorable conditions it proved, after
all. to be one of the best known here
in some time and it has left both the
county and the town in better shape
than has been the case in several
Growing Children Need a Mild
Laxative to Foster Regular
Bowel Movement.
j As child older it requires
a grows
more and more personal attention
from the mother, and as the func¬
tions of the bowels are of the utmost
importance to health, great attention
should be paid to them.
Diet is of great importance, and the
mother should watch the effect of cer¬
tain foods, A food will constipate one
and not another, and so we have a
healthy food like eggs causing bilious¬
ness to thousands, and a wholesome"
fruit like bananas constipating many.
It is also to be considered that the
child Is growing, and great changes
are taking place in the young man or
young woman. The system has not yet
settled itself to its later routine.
A very valuable remedy at this
stage, and one which every growing
boy and girl should be given often or
occasionally, according to the individ¬
ual circumstances, is Dr. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin. This is a laxative and
tonic combined, so mild that It is
i given to little babies, and yet equally
| effective in the most robust constitu
j tion. At the first sign of a tendency
i to constipation give a small dose of
j Syrup Pepsin action at will night follow on retiring, in the and
prompt morn¬
ing. It not only acts on the stomach
and bowels but Its tonic properties
build up and strengthen the system
generally, which is an opinion shared
by Mr. John Dey of Bloomfield, N. J.
He has a large family and at ages
where the growth and development
So There, Now!
Knowing instinctively what para¬
graphed will be tempted to commit
when they learn that the new acquisi¬
tion of the Phillies’ pitching staff is an
indian who, when his parents gave
1 him the “once over” promptly labeled
him Ben Tincup and sent him out into
j the world, we hasten to make a cleun
I up and settle the matter definitely and
finally by saying that it is the general
conviction that he has a good handle;
j that he never gets full; that it will
j take a good batter to put a dent with in
; him; that he is brimming over
j "stuff;” that ho is no relative of the
pitcher that went once too often to
the well; he can't be rattled; he will
J not take water, and besides all this,
we understand he is no giddy joke at
tha!t Having disposed of which wi^
: will now proceed to the more serious
j work of the day.—Philadelphia In
j quirer.
I Might Be True.
"Hear about Wombat? Four years
: ago he left home to match a sample.
Now he returns and says he couldn’t
| get it matched.”
j "Wife “Yes, sometimes accept that it sounds explanation?”- weak, but
] then again, sometimes it sounds like
; it might be true.”
Calumet the Secret of Economy
the The high cost of living nowadays, and
way prices are steadily climbing sky -
wards, is making economy In the kitchen
even more Important than it was In the
good old days of our thrifty ancestors.
But how to achieve economy? There’s
the rub!
In many lines, It depends almost en¬
tirely on fhe housewife’s knowledge of
foods and on her watchfulness—but for¬
tunately, in one line, baking, economy
can be made almost automatic by the. use
of the famous Calumet Baking Powder.
Economy in baking, as every good cook
knows, depends not so much on economy
In buying the materials aa on the success
of her bakings. Failures mean waste
bigger losses by far than the savings she
makes in buying. And the fact that Calu¬
met absolutely prevents failures has and
makes every baking successful made
tt the favorite of every cook that seeks
to be economical. In other words, Calu¬
met is the secret of economy in baking.
It Is the purest, too—attested by hun¬
dreds of leading physicians—and as for
its general quality, it is enough to say
that Calumet has received the highest
awards at two World's Pure Food Exposi¬
tions—one In Chicago, 111., and the other
in Paris, France, In March, 1912. Adv.
Balking at That.
"Come, we must call on Miss Old
girl. You must toe the mark.”
“Not if it's the mistletoe.”
Just before Christmas the days are
! shortest—the men, after Christmas.
Every business man knows how difficult it is to keep the pigeon holes and drawers
of his desk free from the accumulation of useless papers. Every housewife knows
how difficult it is to keep her home free from the accumulation of ail manner
of useless things. So it is with the body. It is difficult to keep it free from the
accumulation of waste matter. Unless the waste is promptly eliminated the machin¬
ery of the body soon becomes clogged. This is the beginning of most human
DR. PIERCE’S
GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY
Tablet or Liquid Form)
Assists the stomach in the proper digestion of food, which ?3 tamed into health
eustainmg Nature blood and all poisonous waste matter is speedily disposed of through
s channels. It makes men and women clear-headed and able-bodied— restores
to them the health and strength of youth. Now is the time for ycur rejuvenation.
Send 50 cents for a trial box of this medicine.
Send 31 one-cent stamps for Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical
Adviser—1008 paces—worth $2. Always hand? in case of family illness.
Good Bowels Are
An Aid to Growth
MARIE DEY
must be watched. Little Marie has
thrived especially well on Dr. Cald¬
well's Syrup Pepsin. Mr. Dey consid¬
ers it the right laxative for young and
old and has found none better for
young children.
The use of Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pep¬
sin will teach you to avoid cathartics,
salts and pills, as they are too harsh
for the majority and their effect is
only temporary. Syrup Pepsin brings
permanent results, and it can be con¬
veniently obtained of any nearby drug¬
gist at fifty cents and one dollar a bot¬
tle. Results are always guaranteed or
money will be refunded.
Families wishing to try a free sam¬
ple bottle can obtain it postpaid by ad¬
dressing Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 203 Wash¬
ington St., Monticelio, 111. A postal
card with your name and address on
it will do.
Belated Privilege.
”He is opposed to woman's rights.
Says they get along better with priv¬
ileges.'’
"Yes, lie’s the kind of man who lets
a woman stand in the street car until
a block away from his destination and
then acts as if he hadn’t noticed her
before, and insists that she accept his
seat.”
THICK, GLOSSY HAIR
FREE FROM DANBRUFF
Girls! Beautify Your Hair! Make It
Soft, Fluffy and Luxuriant—Try
• the Moist doth.
Try a6 you will, after an application
of Danderine, you cannot find a single
trace of dandruff or falling hair and
your scalp will not itch, but what will
I please you most, will be after a few
weeks' use, when you see new hair,
fine and downy at first—yes—but real¬
ly new hair—growing all over the
; scalp.
A little Danderine immediately dou¬
bles the beauty of your hair. No differ¬
ence how dull, faded, brittle and
scraggy, just moisten a cloth with
, Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
! strand at a time. The effect is im¬
mediate and amazing—your hair will
| be light, fluffy and wavy, and have an
appearance of abundance; an incom¬
parable luster, softness ' and luxuri¬
ance, the beauty and shimmer of true
hair health.
Get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton’s
Danderine from any store and prove
that your hair is as pretty and soft
as any—that it has been neglected or
injured by careless treatment—that’s
all. Adv.
Ozone Chicks.
j is A using poultry electric man ozonizers of Waltham. reduce Mass.,
; to
■ mortality in the hatching and brood
I ing of chicks. Ordinarily 24 to 40
| hours elapse from the time the first
; chick peeps forth from its shell until
| j the last invigorates one appears. the chicks But the use indi- of
ozone as
! cated by a recent hatching which
came out in ten hours.
The Cause.
“They say they've made a failure
; with eugenics in Milwaukee.”
j stick "Serves to the ’em old right. makes They of beer." oughLto
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