Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-03-19
p%R emittancos of money by

pS Remlttanc"s OF money by
mail have increased many times
by mail within the past few years.
Small sums are now usually sent
that way, aud in order that there
shall be no loss by theft, or incon.
venience by detention, it is i'm
portant that the best modes of re-
hitting should be known. This
inGorn alton is impaired in the
following rules, which were kind
ly furnished us by Postmaster
DOuthat:
How TO SEND MONEY IN THE
MAILS Human ingenuity has
never invented an inIallible meth
cd IF preventing theft.
Human legislation has never
invented an inlallible method OF
preventing folly.
With all TIE checks that can
be devised, letters transmitted
through the mails are frequently
lost or stolen.
1t does not folInw that all let
tiers which are not delivered to the
parties addressed are stolen.
The vast number daily forward.
ed to the Dead Letter Office show
how many persons sending letters
make mistakes in the name and
direction written on the envelope,
and how many TAIL to pay the pos
tage.
Many letters are lost by acct
dent, or are mislaid, and with the
immense number of men employ
ed in the Department DO care can
prevent these losses.
LASTLY, many letters are stolen.
Now, with all the chanccs 10
which letter in the ordinary
mail is exposed, it is inconceivabIe
that any man would risk the loss
of his money in thai way, when
there are three practically safe
ard secure methods of RENTING it.
LIST. BY a bank draft, which, if
stolen, is OF no use to the thief. who
will very seldom run the addition
al risk Of forgery aud being idcn
tilted. SGch IA DRAFT can however
only be obtained in t0wI ia which
bank is established;
2nd. BY a Money Order This is
absolutely safe, the Government
being responsible tor the money
4 Money Order, however, can os;-
Iy he obtained at Money Order
Offices. tut this number is now SO
great that most small remittanees
can be made in this way;
3rd. BY Registered Letter; this
is also perfectly cafe Oaethod of
sending money or ValuableS
through the mails
There is with some an absurd
ide J.. that registration of letter is
merely al advertisement Of its
value.
Pu&masters and other employees
! Of the Department are compelled
to use the greatest care with reg
istered matter, So as, if lost it can
at once be traced to their hands.
OF course they sometimes dis
appear, but it seldom happens that
loss to the sender occurs, as pay
ment of its value is demanded of
the party to whoa it is traced, and
who fails to account Tor it.
As a letter can be registered
at every Post Office, there E"Uld
seem to be no excuse for sending
money or Valu&bles ia the Wd;-
nary mail.
With x4sapie means provided for
/ the safe transmission of money,
no sympathy can be felt for that
person whe deliberately refuses tn
avail himself of them, if he meets
with a loss. lie il hinself tc
blame.
Postmasters should always Grge
the patrons of their offices to run
no risks of this kind, and il the
editions of newspapers through the
country would agitate this sab
ject in their colSnns, they would
be comforting great benefit Oh
their readers.
Que sentence expresses the
whole idea: Never send money
Or valuabIes in the ordinary mail