The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-10-30
PARCEL POST EXHIBIT
AT UNION COUNTY FAIR
educational Work by Postmaster Young Ex-
planning the Workings of the Parcel Post
In Getting Produce From the Producer
to the COnsumer---C. O. ID. and In
surance Feature Demonstrated

work and made a map which was sat
iSfactory to the department and
thereby city delivery was securei. 1t
Is beautiful drawing showing IN
name every street and every house
with its respective number in thc cor
poratc limits and we hope Mr.. Young
VIII have it Autographed and puc on
the market. In addition to map Of
the city was also shown Mr.. Young's
roads, water courses and BRIDGES
which was used in readiustinp the old
rural routes and adding new ones la st
summer. BY means of this map route
TO; was so adjusted as TO make it 4
daily instead of three times per week
ana the new route No. 5 cStahl he'd
from here, and one from Jone esHille.
Buffalo and No. route from Whit
mlre covering the lower part of Cross
heyS and upper part of koShen Hill
townships. This work of adjusting
the routes was magnificent in its con-
ceptlon and while it created some crit
.icism at the time from parties VITO
imagined they might be inconver: nc
Cd 1t was certainly godsend TO shat
part of our rural population who had
peen forced to go from three to seven
miles for their mail.
Ship Safe-Pack Safe.
"A great variety of containers IL.
eggs, butter, fruit, vegetables, combi
nation family assortment of farm
products, Matching boxes, baby chick
shipping and brooder boxes and for
every other conceivable commodity
was on exhibition. The following
manutacturers furnished sample con-
tslners and advertising matter for
distrlbution. Anyone interested can
write them for literature, but Post
master Young is making an effort to
nave containers suitable to this local
ifI handled by some of our dealers
Whcre the farmer can buy Just what
he wants. These dealers will be cound
among the advertisers of this paper
or their narnes can be obtained from
the postmaster. In the mean time
;snouId anyone want to take it up with
ms2dacturers here is the list:
~ SAi.sGd Boz ManufaS turing. Co
'MinNeaoolis, Mimi; The Thompson 4
Norris Co., Brooklyn, n. Y; Ameri-
can PAPER Products Co., st. Louis,
Mo-; r. P. Andrews Paper Co. Wash,
lngton, d. c.: The Hinde & Douch pa
per Co, Sandusky, Ohio; The Hartley
Steel Grated Box Co., Detroit, Mich:
The Seton Manufacturing Co, Chica-
go. III.
The Columbia State in it's industrial
column every Sunday carries adver-
t!sements of wants-both to sell and
buy-of con sumer and DYo I~cer.
Should you wish to "et in COR uni
cation with any city people wri1e an
advertisement naming what YOU have
to offer. Or if you do not care to
wrste see the postmaster and he will
out you in touch with regular Gus
toner either in this city or some ad-
joining city. Get busy and take ad
vantage Of opportunities offered YOU
ny the government to sell your truck
and get ready money.
Z. y. ID. and Insured Parcel Post.
"A feature of parcel post not very
well understood was fully explained
namely the cash on delivery &c. O. d.
and insured privilege.
Under regular conditions and rates
the government makes no greater
guarantee on parcels than on regular
mail matter; should a parcel be lost in
man, which seldom happens, thcv
VIII use every effort to find it and re-
turn to addreSSee but there can be
no claim allowed for such loss or
oamage. Undo tn" insured rate
WnIch is five cents up to twenty-five
dollars and ten cents up to fifty dol