The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-16
Some Postal Dont's.

"It is astonishing how questions
pour in regarding mail matter aud its
treatment" said postal fficial, "snd
it shows on the part of the general
public . woeful lack of information
with which it ought to be familiar. 7
have from time to time jotted down
some postal 'dont's' which will be
found Of value.
Don't mail your letter without
placing at least one two-cent stamp
thereon. OF course, you will say that
you always do this, but there were
10000 patrons of the mails last sea-
who did not.
Don't fail to write the name and
address Of the person for whom your
letter or package is intended, plainly
on the envelope or face Of the pack
age. You may find comfort in the
knowledge that more than 100000
pieces of mail matter without line
Of superscription were received last
year at the dead letter office in Wash
ington.
"Don't misdirect your mail, even if
half a million people annually write
the wrong address upon the pieces
they drop in the boxes.
Don't send loose coin in envelopes.
If it is not stolen It often works out of
the corners. Don't send bills either.
If the postal thief who steals your
money is caught, he will go to prison,
and you will be the cause of it. Use
the money order or the registry sys-
tenn when you wish to transmit money
or valuable articles through the mails.
Don't, if you have come from
foreign country, fail to place the COR
rect address Of your correspondent in
the old country, on the. envelope. A
quarter of a million of these incorrect
ly addressed foreign letters are annu-
ally returned to the United States to
be returned to their sonders, If their
names and addresses can be obtained.
"Don't fail to place your name and
address in ycr- letter or On the envel-
ope if you wish your missive returned
to you in case Of non delivery. Some
people send money, and say: From
mother, or From papa.'\ We all had
mothers or fathers. No clue is afford
ed to either the sender or the address
see In case of non-delivery.
Don't omit your name, your post
Office or your State when writing to
department stores in cities for goods.
Many people do omit one or more of
these essential particulars, sometimes
all, and it causes confusion.
Don't think you can beat the game
when uou receive polite letter from
stranger in the city telling you how
to get rich quickly for nothing. You
will be out If pocket and sadly fooled,
if you entertain this popular belief.
Don't fail to prepay full rate upon
your foreign mail, both letters aud
packages, even though the former will
60 forward to destination without any
prepayment OF postage at all, and the
latter if partially prepaid. Double
postage is collected abroad fox the
amount due
Don't forget with domestic mail
that while a letter will go forward if it
has single rate Of postage paid there
on, two cents, the balance TO be col
lecied OF the addressee, newspapers
and packages will not. They 20 to
the dead letter Office. People confuse
these instances of foreign and domes-
tic mail, aud loss results.
Don't be 80 careless as not to seal
the flap Of your envelope, and if you
fail to do this don't afterward com
plain to the department. that some
body opened my letter. Thousands
Of people do this every year.
Don't forget that postal thieves do
not get all the money-lctters that are
not delivered. Some find their way 20
the dead letter Office, about 81, 900 an
nually, containing ON an average Of
about $4,000. Your money is ie-
turned to you if you can be located;
otherwise your dollars help swell the
postal fund In the treasury"