Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-08-27
NO MORE SUNDAY MAILS

The Charlotte Observer Of Monday
contains the following, which is Of con-
siderable interest everywhere:
The postoffice at Charlotte, as in ev-
cry other first or second-class postof-
fice city in the United States, might as
we'll be sarcophagus on Sunday here
after, unless the mail you are expecting
happens to bear a ten-cent special de-
livery stamp.
And II you received a single article
yesterday, letter, newspaper or mer-
chandise, that did not bear that stamp
it was only because the local authori-
ties had not received notification of a
law passed by congress Saturday night
"a law which is probably the most
drastic and stringent Sunday enactment
that ever received the signature Of the
president of the United States.
{, It provides that from midnight of
Saturday until midnight of Sunday no
article of mail received at first or
second-class postoffice shall be work
ed" even to the extent Of placing 1t
in a box, except 1t be Of the special de-
livery variety. In that case 1t will
be delivered as usual. The law is eff
fective at once, but notice was not
received until the mail yesterday had
been distributed into the general de-
livery compartments and into the
rented boxes.
The new statute does not affect the
dispatching of letters posted, which
will be sent off on the various trains as
usual.
Some curiosity was expressed here
last night as to how such a law could
have passed through both houses of
congress and been signed by the pres
ident without publicity attaching to
the procedure. 1t was regarded as
hardly conceivable that this could have
been accomplished without a great pro-
test, especially from the large cities,
If the intention had been known. If
this Is felt to be an inconvenience in
Charlotte, 1t Is easy to imagine what
would be the attitude in a village like
New York.
There are business men in this city
who have never dreamed of letting a
Sunday pass without procuring, open
ing and answering their mail. The task
of Reimbursement will be for these an
extremely difficult one.
Most inconvenience to the public at
large will result in connection with the
distribution of Sunday newspapers
from out-of-town points. Local news
papers are delivered by carrier. but
in the towns which do not have Sum-
day newspapers one Of the leading
events Of the day Is the arrival Of the
big town daily. The situation now
created Is one that will doubtless re-
ceive different solutions. In not many
cases will the people forego the pleas
ure Of enlivening their only day off.
If there is any possible means by which
the paper can be secured.
Inconvenience will also be caused
those connected with the publication
of Monday morning papers since news
letters arriving on Sunday will be nom
delivered unless bearing special deliv-
cry stamps.
About year ago an agitation was
launched In some quarters for a par
tial Sunday closing and this went into
effect here. The scope Of this was the
abolition Of delivery at carriers win
dows and the restriction Of the general
delivery window to thirty minutes
time.
The only object that will be sub
served by the new law. so far as Is ap-
pretended. is a modest saving to the
public treasury. The statute provides
that where an employe Is required to
work on Sunday he must be given a
holiday at some other time in the
week within six days. An employe
cannot be worked over eight hours a
day and all this period must be includ-
ed within ten hours. Six men have
been working at distribution in the
Charlotte office on Sunday, averaging
three or four hours each. The gov
ernment will save the money which
would be paid out for this extra work.