Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-12-15
Christmas Don'ts.

Don't wait until the last minute to
send your present. Remember there
are thousands of others and they can't
all be handled at the same time. 1t is
inevitable that some will be DELAYED; it
may be yours. To avoid this mail early.
Don't fail to plainly address your
packages. If you do not write plain or
spell we'll get a friend to write it for
you. Thousands go to the dead letter
office every Christmas on account Of
bad writing and spelling. Take no
chances on the address.
Don't, above all things, fail to put
your own name, street and postoffice
address on every package. This will
insure its return to you if anything
should go wrong with the package.
Don't fail to put sufficient stamps on
all packages to cover the full postage.
Remember packages cannot be sent On
less fully prepaid. Failure to put on
sufficient stamps would cause delay of
same until addressee could be notified
and postage sent.
Don't guess at the weight of the pack
age. Have it weighed, and then you
will know how much postage it requires.
Don't put writing inside package of
merchandise or third class matter. To
do so will subject the package to post
age at first class rotes-two cents the
ounce, and would also subject the send
er Do a fine of $40 for violating the pos
tai laws. The only writing permissible
in third and fourth class matter is the
name and address of sender with the
word from" and such terms as merry
Christmas, Christmas greeting, hap
Pr New Year, etc, but must not con
tain anything in the nature of a comnlu-
nication such as, kiss Johnny for me, "
Give my love to Kate" or ''you must
come TO see me-" etc.
Don't get it into your head that you
can put your letter inside the package
without its being discovered. You
should know that postal regulations re-
quire every package to be opened and
examined by the post offices handling
same before being dispatched
Don't put Christmas seals (Red Cross
stamps) over the string or over the
wrapping in such a manner that the
package could not be examined without
breaking the seals to do so. This makes
the package first class and subject to
postage at two cents an ounce.
Don't put Christmas or Red Cross
10 Ii
at all. Many countries will not admit
such letters or packages to the mails.
Don't fail to register all valuable
packages. 1t costs ten cents more, but
guarantees its safety. Remember that
ordinary packages cannot be traced, but
registered ones can.
Don't put your packages up in fiimsy
pasteboard boxes and expect them to 90
through without damage. Remember
that whole ton of mail in sacks is fire.
quently piled in the cars upon other
sacks containing these fiimsy boxes.
For such boxes to go through without
damage would be wonder.
RATES ON POSTAGE.
First-class matter, such as sealed
packages, or packages containing any
writing in the nature of a communica-
ton, two cents for each ounce or frac-
ton thereof.
Third class matter, such as unsealed
printed matter (where printing exceeds
blank space books, photos, Christmas
cards made from paper mot celluloid),
etc., one-half cent for each ounce or
fraction thereof.
Fourth class matter such as unsealed
packages of merchandise, which do not
contain writing, one cent an ounce or
fraction thereof