The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
SOME NEW RULINGS
WRAT eURaF. CARRIERS Mysg
AND MUST NorD
a Postofice Official Gives Out a State.
mont as to Their Duties.
Read It.

Now that tho rural free delivery
system has been so extended In this
cou%ntry--in fact it will DO but o short
IL ne when the merry rural free de-
l very carrier will DO trotting over
. ne SHOWS and 10y peaks Of Alaska
the department. Ia In constant receipt
OF letters to what rural carriers may
carry on their routes besidesthemselyos
and their mail, sad q postofloo de-
partment 0flcial recently.
In bne first place, they can't carry
any liquid that stimulates either OF
the insido or outside of their PERSONS;
intoxioation means instant dismissal,
and they are dismissed when they
are detected drinking even off their
routes Nor are They permitted to
carry spirltuouB liquors for the &C.
comodation Of their patrons; personal
friendship doesn't 60 with the depart
ment In these cases, and no exceptions
arc made with the rule.
Rural carriers must carry the
nall and nothing else, even though
business houses seek oftimes to mako
GRAND boys of them. Carriers must
not either In peron or through others,
directly or indirectly. solicit money,
gifts or presents. nor issue for profit
souveneirs or postal handbooks, nor
90 operate with or assist tho pub.
ishefs OF the same to secure
the patronage of the public. They
are also barred from compiling or
o sslsting In the compiling of direc.
tories for public use. Business firms
With large mail lists have caused us
q great deal OF trouble in attempt.
Ing to engage the carriers as their
agents, 30 We have strictly prohibited
them from furnishing the names and
addresses Of patrons on their routes
for pay or FAVOR to any business
establishment, or to any individual
except to the department. officials
who are entitled to them uuder the
regulations.
The department. has received lot.
tiers from patrons complaining because
the carriers refu8ed to carry their
milk cans. This is funny, but it Is
true, and IT shows what some people
In the country think the rural dolly.
cry service was established for. Gar.
rters are not permitted to carry pas.
sengers, nor to permit any person
other than authorized postal officials,
to ride with them or to have access to
The malls. They muat not engag in
any business during their prescribed
hours OF service or to conduct any
business after hours which Offars tenn.
tation to solicit patronage on their
routes, or which by reason of their
positions In the government service
gives them special advantages over
competitors.
We rIgidly bar them from acting
as book canvasSers, insurance collectors
aeWinR machine agents or acting as
agent OF any kind or occupation. We
allow carriers to carry merchandise
for hike UPON the request of patrons
residing npon their respective routes
Whenever it will not intfere with the
proper discharge OF their Official dut.
les under such regulations the de.
partmenG may %preecrtbe. Country
Btorekeepers try to use the carriers
vehicles as delivery wagons, but the
government Is not in that sort OF
business. We allow the carriers to
receive no compensation from the sell
ler OF the merchandise and where
the merchandise is carried on the
request OF the patrous for hire for
the carrying, carrying mus5 be paid
by the patrons.
We got thousands Of letters from
ii over the country just on this one
point what carriers may carry on
their routes. If the rural delivery
patrons would only remember that
the government Ia not in the express
business, they would save themselves,
the carriers and the department. q
great deal of trouble.n