The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-05-13
Things For Rural Telephone Users TO
Remember.

Read these rules before and after eat
ing.
Don't drag your rings. Give quick
strong nes
Subscribers have free use OF phones
anywhere on line.
You know your ring. Answer It,
Let other rings alone.
BE patient with central stations.
They are sometimes busy.
Pay messages and conversations
must be sent through pay stations.
Put your mouth about half an inch
from m%outhpiece when talking.
A wait Of ten seconds at a phone
seems like ten minutes. BE patient.
Talk through the phone in a clear
natural tone. Don't explode your
words.
Outsiders will not be permitted to
"run i'm and use the phone a minute. ~
Always hang receiver on hook WIN
ear down. This keeps dust out OF ear.
Non-subscribers have use Of phones
at pay stations only, at regular rates.
Put receiver on hook as soon az you
finish talking. This saves the bat
teries.
Private phones are for exclusive use
Of subscriber, his immedilte family
and guests.
This Company wishes to give good
service to all. Don't expecta $50 ser
vice for Sl2.
When called. give one "tink' Of bell
before lifting receiver. This means
"All right, I'm here"
Don't expect perfection in a tele-
phone service. Telephones, like peo-
pie, have their weaknesses.
Three minutes is a goodly time to
talk business. Five minutes should
satisfy those socially inclined.
The best service to which a phone
can be put is to give the women a
chance to visit each other overthe wire.
Long distance has right Of way over
local conversation. This is for your
good az well as for the good Of others.
The Company reserves right to with
draw service from any subscriber allow
ing his phone to be used by non-sub-
scribers.
BY the way, which is a more impor-
tant topic over the phone, the account
of a fox hunt or the arrival Of baby's
first tooth?
When you have just aus for com
plant call up or write the President OF
General Manager. They are DESTROYS
Of serving you.
A word to the men,: Don't complain
Of the women using the phones fol
what you call gossip" You pay ter
3 visits to their N
When you ring up a party, don't Ill
your receiver until he answers YOU
ring with a short "tink." Then lift re
ceiver and talk. This saves time anc
batteries.
When through talking, always give
! one "tink" Of bell to let central know
that you are through. Otherwise cen
trail thinks you are using phone, an'
will keep others of the line.
Your phone costs you So, whethe
the Company has 20 subscribers or 200
] The life Of a telephone company is thu
o good will Of its subscribers. Every new
subscriber adds to the value Of you
phone. Let's cooperate.
A receipt for pickle, given over tn
phone, may sound very absurd to th
unthinking man; but every womal
knows the road to a mans heart, AM
that receipt may mean a new hat 70
, the madam, if asked for just after din
ner.
A word to the women: The greats
benefit Of a rural telephone line is tn
opportunity it gives for %cultivating tn
, social side Of life, Is not the social iii
i more than meat, and a cosyy chat owe
the phone more than mending a pa.
oftrousers Therefore talk, and menC
and talk.
An arithmetic example for telephor
: users to work: One man "beats" I'll
telephone company and saves Is cent
he feels like 30 cents to himself an
- looks like a pewter nickle to his neigl
4 Dor. Another man pays 10 cents 4
d, his telephone message, feels like a ne
:, silver dollar, and looks like n to b
. neighbor. State in clear, emphat
language your estimate Of the tv
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