Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-01-08

with the regulations that now apply 10
other classes OF mail.
Seeds OF fruit. nursery STOCK. and all
other plant products for preparation
may DO mailed under the same con.
ditions.
Confectionery ard Soap.
Candles, confectionery yeast cakes.
soap in hard cakes, otc., must be in.
closed IN boxes and SO wrapped as TO
prevent injury TO other mail mat.
ter.
Sealed original packageH OF propri
etary articles. such as soaps. tobacco.
pills, tablets, etc, put up in fixed
quantities by the manufacturer. and
not In themselves unavailable. will
be accepted for mailing whom properly
wrapped
Millinery.
Fragile articles, such az millinery,
toys, musical instruments. etc and ar.
tcles consisting wholly or in part Of
glass, or contained in glars. must be
securely packed and the parcel stamp
cd or labeled FRAGILE"
UNAVAILABLE Matt'r.
The following matter is declared I'M
mailable by law:
Matter manifestly obscene, lewd, o.
lascivious; articles INTENDED for pre-.
venting conception; articles intended
for indecent or immoral purposes; all
matter otherwise mailable BY law. the
outside cover or wrapper OF which
bears and delneation or language OF
libelous, scurrilous, defamatory, or
threatening character. All such mat
ter, when deposited In a post Office or
found in the mails, shall be withdrawn
and sent to the divisions Of dead let
ters
lntoxleants, Poisons and Inflammable
Materials.
Spirituous, vinous, matted, ferment-
ed or other intoxicating liquors OF any
kind; poisons Of every kind, and art
Giles and compositions containing pol
son, POISONOUS animals, insects and
reptiles; explosives OF every kind; IN.
nammable materials (which are held
to include matches, kerosene oil, gago-
line, naphtha, benzine, turpentine, de-
natured alcohol. etc., Internal ma.
chimes, and mechanical, chemical or
other devices or compositions which
may ignite Of explode; disease germs
or scabs, and other natural or artih.
cial articles, compositions or mate.
rails Of whatever kind which may
KILL or in any wise injure another or
damage the mail or other property.
Pistols, Animals and Birds.
Pistols or reviewers, whether in de-
tached parts or otherwise; live or
dead (and not stuffed animals, birds,
or poultry except as elsewhere pro
yided; raw hides or pelts. guano, or
any article having a bad odor will
not be admitted to the mails.
Treatment of Unbelievable Parcels,
Perishable matter will be delivered
as promptly as possible, but II such
matter can not be delivered and be-
comes offensive and injurious to
health, postmasters may destroy it, or
the injurious or offensive 9ortion
thereof.
Parcels Improperly Packed.
Postmasters will refuse to receive
for mailing parcels not properly in
dorsed or packed for safe shipment
When parcels on which the postage
is wholly unpaid or insuffciently pre-
paid is deposited for local delivery
and the sender is unknown, notice OF
detention need not be sent but such
matter will be delivered and the def
Client postage collected from the ad-
dressee by the carrier. II the ad-
dressee refuses to pay the postage
the matter will be sent to the Di'
vision of Dead Letters
Insurance on Parcels.
A mailable parcel on which the
postage is fully prepaid may be in
sured against loss in an amount equiv
alent to its actual value, but not to
exceed $50, on payment OF fee of
ten cents in parcel post stamps, such
stamps to be affixed.
Forwarding of ParceiR.
Parcels may be remailed or for
warded on the payment of additional
postage at the rate which would be
chargeable If they were originally
mailed at the forwarding Office, in
which case the necessary STAMPS will
be affixed by the forwarding postmas'
ter. Payment must be made every
time the parcel is forwarded.
Preparation for Mailing.
Parcels must be prepared for RAIL
ing in such manner that the contents
can be easily examined. A parcel Rfll
not be accepted for mailing unless II
bears the name and Address Of Che
sender preceded by the word From"
In addition to the narNe and address
of the sender, which r. required, 4
will be permissible to write or prins
on the covering of a parcel, or on e
tag or label attached to it, the occu-
patton Of the sender, ana to indicate
in a small space by meaAs of marks,
letters, numbers, names or other brief
description, the character Of the par
cel but ample space muse be left On
the address side for the sull address
in legible characters and for the ne
cessary postage stamps inscriptions
such as Merry ChristmsJ," please
do not open until Christmas" Happy
New Year." with best wishes" and
the like, may be placed on the cover
ing of the parcel in such manner as
not to interfere with the address.
Distinctive Stamps.
The law requires that the postage
on all matter must be prepaid by
distinctive parcel post stamps affixed.
Postmasters cannot receive for mail