The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-12-10
POSTOFF|CE IS
NOW READY FOR
A BUSY SEASON
HEAVY CHRISTMAS BUSINESS is
EXPECTED BY POSTMASTER
SMITH AND FORCE.
Some Interesting Instructions ,latiN:
to Sending of Presents by Ma,I
Which Will Be of Interest to tne
People Generally.

The Brunswick postoffice is expect
ing by far the heaviest holiday busi-
ness i'll the history of the office The
phenomenal increase in the amount
OF mail handled during the past year
indicates that the Christmas mall
Will be SO heavy that it will require
the strenuous efforts of every postal
emplOye here to handle it without
serious delay. The full force of the
clerks will be available, no one being
allowed to take vacation during the
holidays, and it is expected that all
will have to perform almost double
duty.
Excellent carrier service will be
given during the holidays. The pres
ent three deliveries a day in the
residence districts and four in the
business districts will be continued,
unless the late arrivals of trains ois-
rupt the schedule, and the carriers
will make a Sunday. delivery of mail
on December "a through the deliv-
cry window at the postoffice. On
Christmas day teams with drivers will
be provided for each carrier so that
they will be able to deliver every piece
of mail on Christmas in one delivery.
Unless prevented by failure of trains
to arrive in time, no Christmas pres
ents will fail of delivery on that
day.
| The postmaster general has just IS
sued an order to postmasters to per-
nit carriers to make more than theil
schedule of eight hours during the
holidays when it may be necessary
| in order to clean up a days mali
This is the first time such permbs-
sion has been given since the eight
hour law went into effect years ago
and should provide excellent service
much better, than can be given by
| the employment of substitute carriers
to aid the regular carriers, as the
| substitutes are necessarily more OF
less inexperienced, and division OF
routes invariably produces more OF
less confusion.
| The postoffice department has re-
quested the press to give the widest
| publicity possible to the fact that GER
! tain foreign countries refuse to ad
nit to their mails articles bearing
non postage christmas" stamps or
other adhesive charity stamps or la
bells. The following countries are IN
Guided:
Austria, Norway and Portugal, il
! they resemble regular postage stamps
British East Africa, Uganda, Antigua
Barbados, Bermuda, British North
Borneo, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Gold
| Coast, Dominica, Falkland Islands
Gambia, Gibralter, British Honduras
+ Guatemala, Union of South Arrra
Jamaica, Mauritius and dependencies
Montserrat, Nevis, Southern Nigeria
Saint Christopher, Saint LU cia, SAINT
Vincent Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Vir
gin Islands, Trinidad, Germany, Great
Britain, Southern Rhodesia, unless the
postage thereon is prepared, and un-
less the non postage stamps are af
fixed to the back and not to the all
dress side of the covers.
Unless the foregoing conditions are
complied with articles bearing non
postage stamps will not be dispatched
from this country, but will De return
ed to the sender, if known, otherwise
will be sent to the division of dead
| letters.
| To preclude delay in handling arti-
cles bearing such stamps the articles
should bear the full name and address
Of sender. The United States does
not apply this restriction with the Sc
verify of many foreign postal admin
istrations, but prohibits the transmits
sion and delivery of matter bearing
either upon the front or back stamps
in imitation Of postage stamps, OF
bearing numerals or other matter
which might cause them to be mis-
taken for postage stamps. Mere stick
ers or labels which are not in imita-
tion of postage stamps or do not beal
a resemblance to postage stamps IN
form or design, or which do not beal
numerals calculated or liable to cause
them to be mistaken for postage
stamps, may be affixed to domeetft
mail matter without causing 1t to- b.
classed as unmailable and sent to th'
dead letter office or returned to thu
sender if known.
Red Cross stamps and Christmai
| labels and stickers not resemblinl
postage stamps may, therefore, b.
used as desired by the public on let.
ters or parcels at Christmas time