Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-04-20
SUGGESTIONS FOR FARMER AND FAMILY.
Be Willing to Assist Your Carrier in His
Vork-It is to Your Interest.

1. Don't delay your carrier b.
asking him to wait minnie unit
you can write note. Remember
he has schedule to make and de
lays are sometimes dangerous.
2. Buy your stamps, cards ane
envelopes ahead. Your carrier
always has supply. But if you
are out of stamps, why just put
the right change enclosed in 6
piece of paper, SO as to keep the
carrier from chasing pence in the
box And don't forget that youl
carrier is too poor to carry change
and the one legal tender is postage
stamps and cards. So if a dollar
and. one letter to mail are in the
box, why simply expect 40 beauti.
full views Of George Washington in
exchange.
3 Please don't expect your car
rier to write you a card or letter.
His time while on the root" be-
longs exclusively to Uncle Sam,
and delay might cause him to miss
connection and throw somebody's
valuable letter behind.
4. Always see that your mail
box is placed to your carriers right
hand as he drives. Rembem ber
that Uncle Samuel does not want
his carriers TO stand up or dis
mount to put mail III the boxes.
5. Have an eye single to good
roads and bridges. Don't expect
your carrier to keep the auto matte
gates in whack. Remember your
wife, daughter or sweetheart wishes
to drive sometime and you don't
want her to get out III the mud to
open and close gates and repair
bridges, and bear further in mind
that bad roads is the biggest tax
you carry.
6. Please don't add the words,
"In haste' or "Rush.' They do
not add anything at all to the let
ter's dispatch. Ii Mark TWAIN
were mall dispatcher he would
lay them over a day in the ice box
to cool off aud get over the rush.
And to be sure it does not 60 to
the dead letter Office, write your
name and address on the upper
left-hand corner of your letter or
package.
7. Be sure not to pile any brush
and obstructlons in front of your
mail box, but occasionally put
drop Of oil Oh the lock.
8. Ii you have message to send
in haste for the doctor or other
wise haud your "rooter" a penny
and he will write postal for you
as he rides. Don't forget memories
are treacherous, and that penny
goes somewhere towards lessening
the postal deficit that we read
about.
9. Don't stop your carrier and
ask him "the news" Remember
that there are good daily papers to
be had at 81 per year up to $6,
there are tri-weeklies that are al
most as good as dailies for 81 per
year, then there are good country
weekly papers, and magazines in
abundance, to say nothing of the
splendid farm papers. Good news
papers and magazines are first
class educators, and there are no
families that can afford to be
without them.
10. And finally, dear patrons,
lust think q moment what rural
free delivery has done for you. It
annually saves you $4,000, 900
that would be spent in time going
to the post-ofice. You have no
"bacdwoods;" )" you are all up to
date, and don't have to go to po-
litical meetings to learn how to
vote, for We bring your daily pa
pers. You do your own reading,
thinking and voting.
The money thus saved has en-
abled you to send your children to
better schools, to buy better i'm
proved implements for your farms,
musical instruments for your
daughters. to build bett4r school
houses and become a more enllgh-
tened people. Uncle Sam has
fairly bestowed all these blessings
and in return only asks cur patrons
to "come across' and heed the
abovo suggestion-and give us
good roads for our weary, way-worn
"creeters' to travel.
E. D. PEARsALL
Builds up your whole body
Regulates the bowels, cllars the