The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 07, 1914, Page 2, Image 2
THE PARCEL POST RULES.
THE DIRECTIONS OF THE POST-I
OFFI( E 1 )EPA I rrM EXT.
Many Articles of a Breakable Nature
May l>e Sent by Parcel Post
When lYoperlv Packed.
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The postmasters have received a
recent order from the postmaster
general which treats of the method
of packing articles liable to injure
the mails in transit, such as vegetables,
produce, liquids, medicines, etc.
Local patrons of the parcel post service
will find this article of practical
interest and benefit. In this connection
it is well to bear in mind that
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shipments of eggs, butter, fruits,
vegetables, dressed poultry and other
articles in parcels weighing over
twenty pounds?and not exceeding
fifty pounds?may be shipped in first
and second zones in boxes and crates
to be carried outside mail bags.
Instructions.
The narcel Dost being in its initia
tory stages, the preparation of parcels
for the mail is the Important
feature for the patrons of the service.
Following is the department's instructions
with respect to packing
articles for mail, which the public
should adhere to:
. Admissible articles, from their
form and nature, might damage mail
matter or equipment, or injure the
person of any postal employee shall
be accepted when packed in accordance
with the following conditions:
In case of articles liable to break
the inner bag, envelope or wrapping
shall be surrounded by sawdust,
excelsior, cotton or other similar sub ')
stance.
, . Admissible Liquids.
Admissible liquids and oils in packages
not exceeding the limit or
weight (fifty pounds) shall be aecepted
for mailing when intended for
delivery at the office of mailing on a
rural route starting therefrom when
enclosed in a glass or metal container
securely closed and heavily wrapped,
provided it is not necessary to
transport them over steam or electric
railways.
Admissive liquids and oils, pastes,
salves or other articles shall be accepted
for mailing, regardless of distance,
when they conform to the fol- j
lowing conditions. When in strong
glass bottle holding four ounces or
less the total quantity seat in one
parcel shall not exceed twenty-four
ounces liquid measure. i
Each bottle shall be wrapped in
paper/or other absorbent substance
and then all placed in a box made of
? cardboard or other suitable material
and packed in a container made of
double-faced corrugated pasteboard
of good quality. The corners of the
containers must fit tightly and be reinforced
with tape so as to prevent
the escape of any liquid if the contents
should be broken, and the
whole parcel shall be securely wrapped
with strong paper and tied with
twine. Single bottle of liquid holding
four ounces or less may also be
packed as prescribed as fallows:
In Glass' Bottles.
When in glass bottles holding more
than four ounces the total quantitysent
in one parcel shall not exceed 16
ounces, liquid measure. The bottle
must be very strong and must be enclosed
in a block or tube of metal,
wood, paper-mache or similar material;
and there must be provided between
the bottle and the block or
tube a cushion of cotton, felt or other
rabsorbent.
* The block or tube, if of wood or
paper-mache, must be at least oneeighth
of an inch thick for bottles
holding eight ounces or less, and at
least three-sixteenths of an inch thick
for bottles holding more than eight
ounces. The block or tube must be
.
rendered water tight by an application
on the inside of parrafin or other
suitable substance and must be closed
by a screw top cover with sufficient
screw threads to require at least one
and one-half complete turns before
it will come off. The cover must be
provided with a washer, so that no
liquid could escape if the bottle
should be broken. Any number of
bottles prescribed may be included
in a single package if the limit of
weight and size for fourth class matter
(fifty pounds) not be exceeded.
Bottles containing liquid may also
be packed in strong and tight receptacles
of wood, metal or waterproof
corrugated pasteboard. Space must
be left all around the bottles, which
must be filled with bran, sawdust or
other absorbent material in sufficient
quantity to absorb all the liquid if
the bottle should get broken.
Metal Containers.
When in a metal container, the
weight limit of the parcel is the
ter. The container must be securely
sealed and enclosed in a strong box.
When in parcels weighing more
than 20 pounds, mailable liquids in
securely sealed glass bottles or metal
cans shall be accepted for mailing to
offices in the first and second zones
when packed in strong boxes and surrounded
with sawdust or other suitable
substance to protect the con
tents from breakage. All such packages
to be marked: "Fragile?This
Side Up," or with similar inscription,
and to be transported outside of
mail bags.
All packages containing liquid
must be marked "Fragile."
Pastes, salves, etc., not easily liquifiable
shall be accepted for mailing
when enclosed in water-tight containers
and placed in a strong pasteboard
or wooden box.
Manufacturers or dealers intending
to transmit articles in considerable
quantities should submit to the postmaster
at the mailing office for approval
a specimen parcel showing the
manner of packing.
Sharp pointed or sharp edged instruments
or tools shall be capped or
incased so that they can not cut
through their covering. Blades shall
be bound so that they will remain
firmly attached to each other or within
their handles or sockets. Plowshares,
stove castings, pieces of machinery,
etc., shall have all points,
edges and corners thoroughly protected
with excelsior or similar material
and be wrapped in burlap, cloth
or tough paper or be thoroughly boxed
to prevent damage to mail or
equipment, when intended for other
than local delivery.
Powders?Not Explosive.
Ink powders, flour, peppers, snuff,
or other similar powders not explosive.
or any similar pulverized dry
substance not poisonous, shall be accepted
when enclosed in the manner
prescribed herein for liquid, or when
enclosed in cases made of metal,
wood, paper-maohe, or similar material.
in such manner as to render
impossible the escape of any of the
contents.
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cakes, soap in hard cakes, etc.. shall
| be enclosed in boxes and so wrapped
j as to prevent injury- to other maii
matter.
Mailable hides and pelts shall, be
thoroughly wrapped to prevent
grease soaking through the packages
and damaging other mail matter.
Unloaded pistols and guns may be
sent in the mails, but the postmaster
at the mailing office shall carefully
examine such packages and shall receive
them only when the are harmless.
Cartridges or loaded shells are
not mailable.
Fragile articles, such as millinery,
toys, musical instruments, etc., and
other articles consisting wholly or in
part of glass, or contained in glass,
shall be securely packed and the parcel
stamped or labelled "Fragile."
Parcels so labelled shall be handled
with the greatest possible care.
Parcels containing perishable articles
shall be marked "Perishable."
Articles likely to spoil within the
time reasonably required for transportation
and delivery shall not be
accepted for mailing.
Perishable Goods.
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Butter, lard and perishable articles
such as fish, fresh meats, dressed
fowls, vegetables, fruits, berries, and
articles of a similar nature which decay
quickly, when so packed or wrapped
as to prevent damage to other
mail matter, shall be accepted for
local delivery, either at the office of
mailing or on any rural route starting
therefrom. When enclosed in an
inner cover and a strong outer cover
of wood, metal, heavy corrugated
pasteboard, or other suitable material,
and wrapped so nothing can
escape from the package, they will
be accepted for mailing to all offices
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mail they can be sent without spoiling.
Butter, dressed fowls, vegetables,
fruits and other perishable articles
in parcels weighing more than 20 .
pounds, shall be accepted for mailing
to offices in the first and second
zones when suitably wrapped or enclosed
and packed in crates, boxes
or other suitable containers having
tight bottoms to prevent the escape
of anything from the package and so
I constructed as properly to protect
the contents. All such parcels to be
transported outside of mail bags.
Vegetables and fruits which do not
decay quickly will be accepted for
mailing to any zone if packed so as to
prevent damage to other mail matter.
Eggs shall be accepted for local delivery
when so packed in a basket or
other container as to prevent damage
to other mail matter.
Eggs shall be accepted for mailing
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is wrapped separately and surrounded
with excelsior, cotton, or other
suitable material and packed in a
strong container made of doublefaced
corrugated pasteboard, metal,
wood or other suitable material and
wrapped so that nothing can escape
from the package. All such parcels
shall be labelled "Eggs."
Eggs in parcels weighing more
than twenty pounds shall be accepted
for mailing to offices in the first
and second zones when packed in
crates, boxes, buckets or other containers
having tight bottoms to prevent
the escape of anything from the
package and so constructed as properly
to protect the contents. Such
packages to be marked "Eggs?This
Side Up," and to be transported outside
mail bags.
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A WAR EVKRV THREE YEARS.
In Spite of Civilization Man Remains
a Fighting Animal.
In spite of the progress of civilization,
man remains a fighting animal.
Peace societies begin to think they
are making progress toward taming
his instincts, and they are confronted
by another war. Here is a partial
list of the wars of the Northern
Hemisphere in the fast sixty years,
exclusive of the minor revolts -ki
Northern South America, in Central
America, and the West Indies, and
in Africa.
Crimean war, 1854-56.
Sepoy mutiny, 1857.
Italy and France against Austria,
1859.
Civil war in America, 1860-65.
Mexico invaded by Austria and allies,
1861-67. i
Prussia and Austria against Denmark,
1864.
Seven weeks' war. Austro-Prussian.
1866.
Franco-Prussian, 1870.
Russo-Turkish, 1877-7S.
Servo-Bulgarian, IS85.
Japanese-Chinese, 1894-95.
Greco,Turkish, 1897.
Spanish-American, 189S.
Filipino-American, 1899.
China against the allies, 1900.
Boer war, IS99-1902.
Russo-Japanese, 1904.
Balkan States against Turkey,
1912.
Balkan States against Bulgaria,
1913. '
Mexioo war, 1914.
This, as has been said, is only a
partial list. England has had several
small wars, including the important
conquest of the Sudan, which
are not included, and there were
been numerous minor disturbances of
one sort and another. But the list
includes twenty fair-sized wars, or
one every three years.
There has been no falling off in
recent years. Take the last two decades,
for instance, and there have
been ten wars, or one every two
years.
Perhaps there is some encouraging
lesson for the peace societies to be
drawn from this fairly bloody record.
Perhaps it means that wars are van-j
ishing from the earth. But it would
take a pretty incorrigible optimist
to read this prediction in the history
of the last half century.
Apparently the world isn't going to
be able to get on for some time to
come without fighting.?Kansas City
Star.
FRANCIS F. CARROLL
Attorney-at-Law
Office in Hoffman Building
GENERAL PRACTICE.
BAMBERG, S. C.
No. 666
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lire. J. C. Folk, Jr., Carlisle St, Bam.
g, S. C., says: "One of the younger ?
mbers of my family was troubled n
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TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. *?||The
regular spring teachers'" ex? %g- *P
mination will be held ac the court
ouse in Bamberg on Friday, May
le 1st, 1914, beginning at 9 a. m.; . . ; *he
examination will cover English
rammar, Geography, Physiology *
nd Hygiene, Arithmetic, United
tates History, Civics and Current
Ivents, Pedagogy, Agriculture and jgj|g
Igebra. ' C&K
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County Supt of Education. f-S
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Attorney-at-Law
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LODGE MEETING.
Bamberg, Lodge, No. 38, Knights
f Pythias meets first and fourth
onday nights at 7:30 p. m. Visitig
brethren cordially invited.
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. R. GILLIAM,
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Attorneys-at-Law
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State Conrts in any County
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Attorneys-at-Law
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DENTAL SURGEON.
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